yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] dog2490:
How do I wipe the memory of the tablet? That means that everything is gone. Including Titanium backup and cwm. Or do i just do the standard data wipe? A little concerned.

One of the apps listed (pew pew) is on my gtab.
[G Tablet General] nbowes:
I pulled my explanation down because the exploit is worse than I had realized and the fix apparently requires nvflash, and I didn't want to mislead anybody. Thanks manikin13.

nvflash instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950
[G Tablet General] dog2490:
Thanks. Awesome info.
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Ok due to the nature of the exploit I would not restore a app backup, A clean wipe is required which means nvflash - read the thread to go back to stock and start from scratch. then redownload the apps from the market, the myournet dev has been removed so hopefully no rouge apps are still around.

Not a good couple of days for android. something needs to be fixed to prevent such abuse, as billions of non tech users were exposed.
[G Tablet General] wheeless:
System/Bin/Profile Dated Aug 2008 after 4.2.5 flash - is that correct?

I flashed 4.2.5 (thanks to Roebeet for super fast work) and confirmed in settings that it now is showing that I'm running 4.2.5.

Just out of curiosity I went to system/bin/profile to make sure I had the 0 byte file. I have that but it's date August 2008. The file within the zip shows a March 2011 date.

Did the flash not work somehow - bottom line question - do I have the needed malware protection if my 0 byte profile file is still dated August 2008?
[G Tablet General] reisa:
4.2.5

I flashed the update ... and looked into the tablet ... deeply ... as it sat staring blankly back at me I thought ... "My God, it's full of stars."
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
I believe the protection comes from having a file called profile in /system/bin/ folder.

The malware apparently will not execute the payload if that file exists, this is as per the androidpolice article.

I actually used adb shell to create the file manually as i did not have any way of downloading the supplement, and wanted to fix the hole.
[G Tablet General] MarkF001:
"Hello Dave"
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Correct. I guess we all just have to go through the app list to see if we MIGHT be infected. The patch is just to block the actual vulnerability since it's still there until VS patches it themselves.

The file date shouldn't matter - the "fix" is just the existence of the file. That assumes that you aren't already infected.
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
Interesting, yet another vulnerability... makes me wonder about them pushing NFC payment, like I'd ever trust one of these devices(including phones) with any financial information or any other information beyond the basic necessities...

I need/want to go check out the vuln details, just glad that I looked in here again after several days, but never used any of those apps so I should be safe anyways... (wonder if AVG caught it... time to go read more...)

What was the star fix though?

(Picked up an Archos 32 Internet Tablet(something even smaller, but it might go back for a 43 IF I can find one as it's almost a mite too small and lacks uSD slot/speakers) to use for audio/video and maybe very light surfing(nope ain't gonna happen on 32) and possibly even more useful with bluetooth GPS... I think that I'm going to be needing a scottvest next... be pretty heavy loaded up though... actually I was thinking of trying their 70 at first, but again no stock and alot of places say the dreaded discontinued... plus I'm kind of leery of Archos build quality(uUSB port is already feeling dodgy unlike NC #2(WTH are my updates?! 2 MIA for February...) so all-in-all price/availability for an experiment it's not bad c. $130...)
[G Tablet General] bobtran:
Now up to 4.2.5. Thanks Roebeet

Everything appears to be working correctly including my networking that was flaky in 4.2.4 (I assume it was the 4.2.4 upgrade to my tablet that was causing the instability and not the ROM itself as I have not heard of anyone else having this issue).
[G Tablet General] lightninbug:
is the market fully working in this version? the aosp gingerbread rom its fully working (showing all apps)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
It's the same as it was previously, tmk. Not sure how AOSP is managing it, but it is a different OS level.
[G Tablet General] dog2490:
Is there any way to tell if the tablet has been infected? I had a program (PewPew) on the Gtab but I deleted it after I read the thread but have since found out that there was a fake game and the real game. I didn't know which I had. Is there a way to tell if the tablet has been infected by malware?
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Search for lookout mobile security in the market, or in the malware thread in this forum install and run.
[G Tablet General] makto:
Updated to 4.2.5 - device is recognized in the market site again. Just incase I haven't mentioned lately.. awesome kudo's to roebeet for all his efforts.. I for one greatly appreciate the time spent supporting us.

I did a little check on antivirus for this device.. although I got very little feedback I do like avg but a slows down the installs when scanning otherwise Lifehacker is reporting "If you think your Android phone may have been infected, download and install Lookout, which has updated with the app names and the exploit code. "

So I went back to lookout..rest of the article can be found here" http://lifehacker.com/#!5775320/how-to-protect-your-android-against-more-than-50-malware-apps
[G Tablet General] alejandrox67:
I want to know: This ROM includes spanish language???
[G Tablet General] fpga_guy:
Still at 2.4 but going to 4.2.5. I have made a backup of 2.4 with CWM and have successfully restored 2.4 when I hosed the system. In viewing the files, the backups are stored in a CWM folder on SDCARD and not SDCARD2.

Three questions:

1. If I install 4.2.5 using CWM (first 4.2 and then the update) will my 2.4 backup files still be on SDCARD?

2. What is the new gmail in 4.2.5?

3. I assume that I can go back to 2.4 if I have a problem?

Thanks
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Only English - the VS TnT devs used to have a lot of languages supported, then ripped them out. They haven't fixed it, yet.

I've mentioned this before, but when it comes to stock issues like this, the best thing to do is call up VS and complain. This one really big me because their earliest firmware actually supported multiple languages.
[G Tablet General] bobtran:
I've been running lookout security on my mobile devices for sometime and really don't understand not running an AV product especially considering that it is free on up to two devices and scans all apps and downloads at the time of the download. Have we learned nothing over the last 20 years......there is no such thing as a virus safe OS. The more popular an OS is the more likely blackhats are to target them as this market issue just goes to show. Just because Android is Linux based, don't be mislead by the safe from virus's statements by Linux fans....I do use Linux, Windows and Android .....I believe in them all and support them all. I also use AV with Linux as there really isn't a down side.

RUN AN AV FOR GOODNESS SAKE....YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO LOOSE IF YOU DO AND LOTS TO LOOSE IF YOU DON'T........IT'S UP TO YOU
[G Tablet General] rmolter:
I just loaded TNTLite this morning following http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245 to a tee. Everything went smooth. But i am unbale to find Angry Birds in the market? Whats up with that? I looked at the list of top free, and while there are a ton of apps there, no angry birds. Also tried the search and its not coming back with anything. Did i miss something in the 351 pages on this thread?
[G Tablet General] kozmo2k4:
Security is not software, is a PROCESS!
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I had to apply the market fix three times to get it and stuff still disappears occasionally , requiring another round of fix the market.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I upgraded my tnt-lite from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 last night using CWM and did a data wipe prior to rebooting, I've just about got my apps reinstalled but wonder if I should have skipped the wipe when applying a supplement?
[G Tablet General] digger44:
Correct... you should not have wiped for the 2.2.5 supplement, and would have saved yourself a lot of re-configuration and re-installation. The conventional wisdom (rule-of-thumb) is to wipe for major upgrades (version releases) and not for supplemental releases.

That being said, I know others on here will say they always wipe data, but for me this is way too much work to do, unless there is a problem that I have no other recourse for. I only wiped once, and tecnically, that was a re-partition. Otherwise I've upgraded from 2.x to 3.x to 4.x and have had very few problems.... I'm not recommending it for everyone.... I've been lucky, I guess.

...you always have the option to wipe if it doesn't work out. :rolleyes:
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Generally it's not needed unless the supplement itself is a major update. 4.2.5 added a new Market, Gmail and that malware patch.

Rule of thumb I go by is to do a nandroid backup (clockworkmod) before any update. That way you have a backout in case something goes wrong.
[G Tablet General] dog2490:
Is there any thing out there that can give you a tutorial on CWM? I've been using it for ROM upgrades but to backup and other things.... I don't know what it can do except for the stuff that is on the first post on this thread.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
The important stuff is fairly easy -- the bekit version writes to NAND (internal memory). When you go to backup and restore and choose "backup" and your system / user data / cache will get backup up to the clockworkmod folder (it uses the date as a folder). Then, restoring is just a matter of re-running cwm, choosing restore and then choosing the backup folder you want to use.

I usually rename the dated folders later, just to make them more usable.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I did a CWM backup before but I wasn't sure how to restore my stuff while leaving 4.2.5 intact? I did manage to restore a data file from a previous Titanium backup.

Anyway, my install feels fresh. Guess I'll go back to waiting on 4.3....
[G Tablet General] bobtran:
You can also install ROM manager which works with ClockworkMod and automate the backup, restore, install operations. This is actually a good tool and ROM manager (add supported) is free, Premium version (add free) and very cheap at $4.99.
[G Tablet General] usafle:
Well got to hand it to you Roe. Not only did you eek out a supplemental, but it has *miraciously* fixed the market star issue AND now allows my Thumb Keyboard to work.

You SAY you haven't changed anything in this supplemental... but come on... fess up... you did stuff. Because why would 4.2.4 screw up the Stars-in-market and mess up my Thumb Keyboard install and now this one fixed everything?!?!?

Stop being so sheepish... LoL
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
4.2.5 was the first TNTL ROM where the stars were fixed post Market update. My only guess (and it's only a guess) is that the latest Market update itself fixed the issue, and maybe only some people saw it pre-4.2.5 because their Market auto-updated on them.

Btw, to all -- I won't be around most of the weekend (need to go out-of-state for personal matters). I'll be back online on Monday at the latest. I was going to finish working my TNTL 4.3.0 prototype more this weekend, but family business calls.....
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
4.3.0 prototype (test 1)

It's not finished yet -- missing at least the rothnic animations and the Home button change. I also haven't tested it heavily, so definitely a test build. Feel free to play around with it and tell me what you think, and I will finish it up early next week (I'm away this weekend). Thanks!!

4.3.0 TEST1 Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?a37a677pl6zgi8n

This is an "update.zip" btw -- just drop it into your internal memory and run clockworkmod against it.

The reason why I'm releasing this is because TnT really have improved on this from the last stock version and I wanted to have something that could be consumed by us, easily. This one uses the old bootloader / kernel so it shouldn't freeze up the system.
[G Tablet General] jshuford:
Stunnung work Sir... Thank you for your efforts!
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
Roebeet,

The install of TnT Lite 4.3.0 test was flawless. Great job as usual. WIFI connected on the first try. Market works with full stars. No fallout seen based on some preliminary testing. Quadrant score 2309.

I will have fun testing this update out over the weekend.

Thanks!!!

UPDATE: I had to backout the Adobe Flash 10.1.120.11 due to FCs. Installed 10.1.120.10 which works fine.
[G Tablet General] viplob:
Roebeet,

everything works great. Great work as usual.

But Market does not find facebook, twitter, google voice etc...I did the market fix etc to no avail.

Thanks
[G Tablet General] AsSiMiLaTeD_77:
I'm not new to Android buyt am new to the G-Tablet, do I install the supplimental 4.2.5 ROM the same way as I do the regular 4.2.0 ROM, or are there extra steps needed since its installing on top of 4.2.0?

Also, what kind of quadrant scores are you guys getting on 1.2? I'm getting around 1800 and am thinking that is a bit lower than what I should be seeing.
[G Tablet General] jonfawcett:
It's painless. In recovery, just make a backup, then install zip and wipe cache.

Jon
[G Tablet General] SRTDOC:
Running well nice Rom 4.3.0
[G Tablet General] japhule:
Seems the frequency is set back to 50hz in 4.3 test.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
Anybody else running 4.3.0t having the gmail app FC every time?

Going into Settings-Applications-Gmail and clearing the cache and data cleared up my FC problems.
[G Tablet General] realsol:
I'm running the latest version (4.2.5, not 4.3) here and have been having a problem downloading a couple of app's from the Market. The last one that failed was 'Adobe Photoshop Express'. Can someone try to install this from the market so I can see if it is just me? Thanks.
[G Tablet General] japhule:
I'm getting FC's also with gmail.
[G Tablet General] vnbuddy2002:
It works great for the most part but the accelerometer is not working.

Regards,

Kenny Ngo
[G Tablet General] Dawg Fan:
I am getting 2195 with 4.2.5. It hasn't changed much at all thru the various updates. If I recall correctly, it has been in the 2100s every time.
[G Tablet General] jonfawcett:
I installed PS express from market after updating to 4.2.5 with no problems.
[G Tablet General] mikesal57:
Do you have to mount/unmount system -data when going between ROMS?

Do you wipe data-cache-dvlick like you have to do on Android phones?

thxs

mike-coming from Samsung Epic
[G Tablet General] pagantek:
From what I've gathered, the mounting of system and data are SOP while flashing any rom on this device. This device is new to me, but I switched 5 roms in the day I got it, and borked it 1x (When ROM Manager says new version of recovery is out... Don't Do It!) With the instructions on this site I was always able to get back to working condition. I only had problems when system and data were unmounted. I also did both wipes factory and cache.
[G Tablet General] papazche:
I have been using it for a long time now. But somehow not able to update to 4.XX

Anyone has issues updating it?
[G Tablet General] Frrrrrrunkis:
Loving 4.3 Robeet.

Its that simple, LOL. I flashed it and immediately, my tablet saw all the Tegra II HD games that it wasn't seeing before, plus Gun Bros. and a few others. Can't wait unitl you "finish" this version. LOL.

BTW, is there an OC'able kernel made yet for our tablets?
[G Tablet General] jonfawcett:
I've always flashed the same way I do my N1 and haven't had issues. I don't do the mount stuff mentioned in that one thread.

Copy the zip to a folder under /sdcard. This is internal memory. The microsd shows up as sdcard2. Name the zip something like tntlite_v4.2.5.zip. I do this instead of update.zip because I can save all the recent versions to reflash easily and know what they are.

Then in recovery, flash zip from SD. When done, wipe cache.

If going to new version of same Rom you usually don't need to wipe data. You might need to for a major update, but that should be it. If changing roms, always wipe data.

Jon
[G Tablet General] jakehale:
running 4.3.... nice... no hang ups yet...., wifi working ,, hasnt slep yet,,, so i will see if anything come from that. Confirmed that it works well with the Dock,, USB 500GB drive works, opens from sleep no errors.

not sure what else you would do with it....

thanks for the hard work.... TnT lite is the only ROM i have played with, dont see a reason to try another one

jake
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
If you are talking about TnT Lite 1.2, if I remember correctly, we were all really happy to get Quadrant scores of 1800 at that time. There has been many changes implemented to TnT Lite since then that improve the experience on the G Tablet (including updates from Viewsonic). With the later versions of TnT Lite, we are seeing Quadrant scores between the 2200s and 2400s.

TnT Lite is a stable custom rom. If you decided to upgrade to 4.2.x, you need to install TnT Lite 4.2.0 (as a base) first, then install the 4.2.5 supplement.

Good Luck!!!
[G Tablet General] realsol:
I have seen many people say they would use TNTLite if they could use the Thumb Keyboard. I have been using Thumb Keyboard in TNTLite for a while, including the new 4.3t.

In order to do it, I use the Replace_TNT_Settings.zip and Rollback_TNT_Settings.zip for in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857939

Here is how I do it:

1. Reboot into recovery and install the Replace_TNT_Settings.zip.

2. Restart TNTLite.

3. Go directly into Setup > Keyboard and check Thumb Keyboard (assuming you have installed it).

4. Exit Setup

5. Click on the Search Button, Long press the input box, select 'Input Method' and select the Thumb Keyboard.

6. Reboot back into Recovery and install the Rollback_TNT_Settings.zip. If you don't do this right away you will start getting errors.

7. Restart TNTLite and click on the Search Button again. If everything went right, you will now be able to use the Thumb Keyboard.

Hope this helps anyone that wants to use this keyboard.
[G Tablet General] Evo8IKON:
4.3t and running fine. Thanks! :)
[G Tablet General] realsol:
Weird problem... I thought everything was running fine with 4.3t, but I was using it all day. I finally put it to sleep and I could not wake it back up. Rebooted back in and tried to put it back to sleep again. Again, just a black screen when trying to wake it back up. This was on a new install. Had to reinstall VEGAn.

Another problem I was having is not all Market App's were showing. I always test this by searching for TV.COM.

I haven't seen any posts on this at all today. What was weird is I installed it right after resetting with NVFlash.
[G Tablet General] baoli:
I must be blind... where can I change the default TTS voice from Pico to Loquendo?
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Any news on final version mate?
[G Tablet General] GenBlood:
I've seen the sleep issue once so far. I put my gtab to sleep before I called it

a night. I just powered my gtab and so far no issues. Looking forward to the

final release of 4.3 .

Keep up the good work...
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Three things I know are missing are the changed Home button, the extra rothnic animations and the frame rate increase. I also have to go over some of the other libs because, in all honestly, I had to remove a LOT of the enchancement stuff because TnT added them into their build, already.

Correct. I need to fix that.

Anything specific? I thought I ported that over and tested a game I know is broken (and it worked). Will need to test some more.
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
Roebeet,

One thing I noticed over the weekend is that when the G Tab goes to sleep, it won't wake up. I have to hold the power button for 8+ second to force a reboot. I don't know if other TnT Lite 4.3.0 testers experienced the same issue or not. I also mentioned as an update to my original posting that the 10.1.120.11 Adobe Flash causes FCs. I had to downgrade to 10.1.120.10.

I just wanted to make you aware of this. I did upgrade from a clean install (full data wipe/factory reset).
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I had the sleep issue once.
[G Tablet General] RojasTKD:
I'm also having the wake from sleep problem. Doesn't happn everytime but very often.

As far at the market, the quick market fix should take care of that. You know the one where you clear cache and force close the market, then clear data and force close Google services framework and reboot.
[G Tablet General] ecejdt:
I am having the wake up problem too twice during the last 24 hours

BTW, nave you added the malware fix in this last version

BR

juan
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Malware fix isn't in the test - thanks for the reminder on that. I had built this test out right before that happened, I believe. It's also missing the latest Market (stars).

As for the sleep issue, it's hard for me to judge because I've always had that issue, regardless of TNTL version.
[G Tablet General] vnbuddy2002:
Thanks roebeet. The I tried a number of games ( Raging Thunder II ). The car keeps turning left no matter what you do. I installed the accelerometer test from the market and the results support my findings.
[G Tablet General] vnbuddy2002:
I fixed the missing stars by using titanium backup and wipe the data from "google framework services" and market. Then reboot the phone, everything behave normal afterward. This is not my idea. I went across this solution somewhere in XDA, but can't remember the original creditor.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I have a test game that I use, which is "Armageddon Squadron" - this is usually broken without the g-sensor fix. In TEST1 it's working post-fix. Granted, maybe there's something else that's need to fix other games, I'm not sure. I actually ported the 4.2.x fix over to 4.3.x already.

Is Raging Thunder a game that normally works pre G-sensor fix? Maybe I missed something. Keep in mind that the g-sensor fix that we've been using for the last month is a hack, in itself.

EDIT: I actually have a copy of RTII on hand, so I'll test it. I'm 99% sure it works pre-fix, if memory serves. I might have missed a post-fix fix (I remember that there was one for games that broke post-fix, but I need to find the docs on that).

EDIT2: Confirmed, and thanks. Labyrinth Lite has the same problem - I must have missed the post-fix-fix. :D
[G Tablet General] astb1:
I've never had the "sleep" issue with any of the TnT's or VEGAn 5.1's until trying 4.3 Test1. I adjusted the settings for the screen timer to a longer period...but when it snoozes, it's out until you force a reboot.

It's a great ROM! Keep up the great work!!!! and THANKS!!
[G Tablet General] vnbuddy2002:
LOL - Thanks roebeet. Other than that, everything else is rock solid :)

- Kenny N
[G Tablet General] vnbuddy2002:
That's strange. For me, it's the other way around. I had sleeping issues with other ROMs, except 4.3T1

- Kenny N