yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
sdcard is the gtab's internal storage, when you connect you gtab to your PC your mounting that. ie. sdcard == K:, sdcard2 == micro SD.
[G Tablet General] Dawg Fan:
Thanks for your help. I am so happy this worked. I did not want to mess with NVflash. Everything is working so far. I didn't lose any apps and everything looks just like it did before. I did get 13 update notices from the Market and installed those. I thought that was strange. The UI seems faster and I got a 41.2 benchmark from Nenamark. I had gotten a 36.2 under 4.2.5. My Quadrant score is 2178.

Thanks so much, Roebeet!!! Like I've said many times here, I am a technically challenged 56 year old. I love my gadgets but I don't know how they work. I leave that to guys like Roebeet. Thanks again!!!!!!! :):):):):):)
[G Tablet General] ctendell:
market fix

Ok guys. Am I missing sometimg in the market fix? I'm killing services and clearing caches but I'm still missing apps. I'm on 5.0
[G Tablet General] LGCubana:
Has anyone else noticed on 5.0 that the battery only charges to 96% ?

In reguards to the benchmarking, as this is a new revision I would go by what my eyes tell me.

And mine don't discern a loss in performance.
[G Tablet General] Dawg Fan:
No, mine is charging to 100%.

I truly believe that I detect a faster UI. And so far, not one single FC.
[G Tablet General] Dawg Fan:
Is this what you tried to get the Market back?

- Install Titanium Backup

- Make sure the Market is working with your Google ID, of course.

- Go into Settings -- Applications -- Manage Applications and Force Stop both the Market and Google Services Frameworks apps.

- In Titanium Backup, go into "Backup/Restore", look for "Google Services Framework 2.2", click on it and then choose "Wipe Data". Then go back to the home screen.

- Run the Market app. You should get an error (that's a good thing, as that's what we want. If you don't get an error, re-try the steps above until you do).

- Reboot, and wait at least a minute after the OS is up to let things stabilize.

- Run the Market again. You should see an immediate difference.

These are the instructions that Roebeet provided a few months ago.
[G Tablet General] ZephyrsDream:
Can you install 3588 over TnT Lite 4.2.5, and then install 5.0 using clockwork mod? Not ready to use nvflash.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Mine still charges to ~110% :O - in my case, it's because the battery status in not synced properly. There are other threads about that, like draining the battery and then resetting it in clockworkmod for example.

Please don't do that unless you want to risk a semi-brick. Going on my tests, 3588 standard recovery is critical to the TNT Lite 5.00 upgrade process. I believe that's because it updates the bootloader wheras clockworkmod does not.

See my first post for several tips -- in particular, some stuff on Windows in the end of my Instructions area. I don't use Win7 x86/x64, but others here do and were nice enough to write up some instructions that I linked to.
[G Tablet General] bobtran:
Nope, my battery gets up to 100%. Tablet does seem a little bit snappier and no FC's for me either. Market working great.

One other issue that I have experienced since way back, in the stock web browser the back button would not always return to the article screen after following a link from one article to another article, sometimes I had to go into history to get back to where I started. Now the browser returns to where it started every time without fail.

All in all a great ROM so far.
[G Tablet General] mscdex:
My gtab still has TnT Lite 2.4.0 on it with the standard recovery (no cwm) installed. Do I still need to nvflash to 3588 or can I go straight to TnT Lite 5.0.0 from here?
[G Tablet General] Xargon321:
ok im running vegan and i have a couple of questions. is this better/faster then vegan 5.1.1? also let me see if im reading this right. i have to

1. use nvflash to flash back to stock then update to stock 3588

2. update to tnt 5.0.0 it should reboot twice then hang and i have to do a data wipe and reboot?
[G Tablet General] Mikeg1969:
You cannot flash to TnT Lite 5.0 from anything other than 3588. nvflash is definately recommended so you don't semi brick your device.
[G Tablet General] Mikeg1969:
Mixed reviews on having to do a data wipe. I did not do it personally and I was able to retain all my installed programs with no force closes YMMV.
[G Tablet General] willows:
Help after update with this rom now i cant boot to my gtablet, i tried to get recovery mode but it only show "Recovery Key Detected" but after that hang. I tried nvflash but it show no USB detected. Please some on help me.
[G Tablet General] snarful:
I upgraded to 5.0 from Vegan 5.1.1 and, if memory serves me right, it is not necessary to nvflash back to stock before going to 3588; a straight cwm flash was all it took. Once you can confirm that you're running 3588, you then flash 5.0 using the recovery built into 3588. It is similar to cwm but IT IS NOT THE SAME. If you try to use cwm, you'll bork your tablet.

nvflash is a last resort action when everything goes wrong and you're forced to flash clear back to 1.0 stock.

Thoroughly read and understand Roebeet's post on page 1; he advises that 5.x.x REQUIRES a wipe.
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Roebeet,

One thing I would like to see if you could work on/fix is the Media Scanning issue that rescans all media on reboot.

I have 10gb of Music, and EVERYTIME the tablet reboots (which when you combine with the fact 1/2 the time i leave tablet asleep, i have to reboot it) it does a FULL Scanning SD Card for media, and seems to rebuild the media DB every time.

This takes about 25 mins, during which time the tablet is basically impossible to use (cpu usage I guess of the media scanner).

Now I am not sure what you can do about this, but it does not exist in the Vegan Gingerbread Rom - it only scanned it 1 time, then seems to only find new files - i would guess it uses a simple file date check. (I had to come back to your awesome rom due to Flash issues).

This also didnt happen on Froyo roms on my HTC Desire, where I have the same Music (LeeDroid and Oxygen 2.2 and 2.3)

Is this something you can put anytime into?

Thanks

Dan
[G Tablet General] Dawg Fan:
Here is what I did:

1. Download the "update-smb_a1002-3588-user" file to your PC and extract it to the "ROM" directory on the Tablet via the USB.

2. Unmount the Tablet from the PC and then turn your Tablet off.

3. Boot up the Tablet into CW mod and apply the 3588 update zip.

4. Do NOT wipe user data or cache at this time.

5. After 3588 installs, boot up normally.

6. Verify that you have 3588 by going to "Settings", "About".

7. Connect the Tablet back to the PC with the USB line.

8. Download the TnT 5.0 file to your PC and extract it to the root directory of the Tablet.

9. Unmount the Tablet from your PC.

10. Turn the Tablet off and boot into recovery. Apply the 5.0 zip and watch it do its thing.

11. It should reboot twice all on its own.

12. If it hangs up, then you should manually reboot into recovery. From there, you should wipe all user data.

13. Reboot and everything should be fine.

Combine these instructions with Roebeet's (on page 1). And remember, there are no guarantees. Some people have had problems.
[G Tablet General] Reggie777:
Market.Android site mystery....

After trying for a day or so, I finally saw my gTab recognized on the Market.Android site. I didn't do anything different, just kept trying again and again, and again. That was the good news. The bad news is that most of the apps are "not compatible", even those I had downloaded before. I will keep trying, just in case the site starts to behave.

Oh, BTW, on the issue of warnings on the upgrade to 5.0, anyone who could not see, read, or comprehend all of the warnings you included have no one to "blame" but themselves. I had some issues with my install. But it was in no way due to anything you did or did not do. So, please do not let one nastygram get to you. :cool:
[G Tablet General] Reggie777:
Re-flashing 5.0

I just want to be sure. Can I re-flash from 5.0 to 5.0 easily if I want to start over with a "clean" 5.0? I had to uninstall the Android keyboard, NI keyboard, and the TnT keyboard so that I could get SlideIt to work. But I am thinking I might drop SlideIt and go back. I am still waiting for Swype. I had ClockworkMod on my earlier system, but have not put it back on 5.0. I have Titanium, but it will not restore them.
[G Tablet General] karlkarloff:
Just a guess, but it sounds like you may need to do the market fix again. I know my tablet shows up as "Malata Gtablet-TnTLite" on web market and the only apps that show up as non-compatible are ones that ask for gps location permission. At this point all other apps seem to show up fine, and I can fool the market into thinking I have gps with my bluetooth gps receiver and market enabler when I want something that requires gps info.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
Yes, I have done it. Just put update.zip and the recovery folder under root and boot into recovery mode, my install was automatic from here.
[G Tablet General] johnkapp:
I have been running 5.0 for 3 days now and it works great. Yesterday, in a fit of boredom, I decided to try the NVFLASH setup that otreblada posted on 3/11 and see how it worked. I use Windows 7 x64 and had seen a lot of questions about whether it worked, etc. I expanded his RAR and followed the directions included and it worked very smoothly. I ended up with an old version of the Viewsonic ROM prior to 3588. Then I used roebeet's directions to upgrade to 3588, which of course worked. Then, I followed his directions to get to 5.0. And, here I am again at a working system with TNT Lite 5.0.

The package that otreblada put together was easy to use and had everything in it to get NVFLASH working and the batch file to run once you were set up. If you are really stuck, take a look at his RECOVER_GTABLET.RAR file. You will have to be somewhat familiar with loading drivers in Windows, and you will have to follow directions. But if your are stuck, it was a fairly easy way to get back.

However, I am saying to do this

AT YOUR ON RISK

. I hope that is clear enough.

Also, congrats to roebeet. He is becoming famous for his work on the Xoom also. I saw a reference to him on Engadget.
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
Reggie,

In theory, once you get to TnT Lite 5.0.0, you should be able to reflash the rom. I know a couple of folks have asked the question, but I haven't seen anyone report their successes and/or failures. Because the modified boot.img was already applied, your chances of reflashing successfully should be high. If you decide to reflash it, please report back so that other folks will know for sure in the future. Thanks!!!
[G Tablet General] Mikeg1969:
I have flashed to 5.0 and then to stock 3391, back to 5.0 again without nvflash. nvflash was on standby of course but have not needed to use it since the initial pre 5.0. I have not had any problem with the market or force closes. Have not done any data wipes, all my apps and data have remained with no problems. The exception being when I went from 5.0 to 3391, the market would not open(start up with immediate shutdown) and using an old gapps zip from january did nothing to help so I flashed back to 5.0. YMMV
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
Check post #3962.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'm fairly certain that 3991 / TNT Lite 5.00 flashing back and forth should be fine - they share the same booloader. That bootloader is the key -- once you get that working, any ROM with the same setup should work fine. However, right now most of the ROM's here use the older bootloader.

We don't know where this is headed. VS could stick with their new bootloader (which is my guess), or they could do a 180 on us. If they stick with the new bootloader and their UAT becomes a release, then then I will continue to create new versions of TNT Lite with that new setup. Conceivably, anyone on TNT Lite 5.00 or 3991 stock should already be "over the hump" and thus new versions should be easy to upgrade to.

However, if they backpedal and go back to the old bootloader, then I'll need to revert and we'll have these issues all over again. Unfortunately they don't tell me their plans. :D
[G Tablet General] RojasTKD:
I was in you shoes just a day or two ago. Thanks to a couple of member here for the links below, that got be going again.

A. Get NVFlash from here and fallow instructions to put "nvflash_gtablet" files in the same folder where "nvflash_windows" files are :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950

B. Install the SKD from here.

http://developer.download.nvidia.com...o_20110207.msi

C. APX USB drivers for windows

http://www.duckload.com/download/361...sbpcdriver.rar

1. Open the zip and remember the folder you unzipped it two.

2. Hole the power key and volume down button (Note NOT the volume up button), to boot into APX mode.

3. Connect you tablet to your PC via USB.

4. PC will try to install driver, but fail.

5. Navigate to Device Manager, where you'll see a yellow exclamation mark next to the "unknown device".

6. Double click the Exclamation point device and manually install the driver by pointing it to where unzipped the AXP USB drivers from above.

7. Navigate to the folder where you placed the NVFlash files (nvflash_windows_20100500 & nvflash_gtablet) and run "nvflash_gtablet.bat"

8. Let it do it thing, and wait for your tablet to re-boot.

___________________________________________________________________

Alternate method: I did not use this as it was posted after I already NVFlashed my tablet back to life.

An other member made this zip that is supposed to has all the files needed in one zip (except the SDK). You should be able to skip section "A" above.

A. Zip with APX USB drivers and NVFlash for gtablet on windows:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5op96ostv5w2qiy

B. Install the SKD from here.

http://developer.download.nvidia.com...o_20110207.msi

C. 1. Hole the power key and volume down button (Note NOT the volume up button), to boot into APX mode.

2. Connect you tablet to your PC via USB.

3. PC will try to install driver, but fail.

4. Navigate to Device Manager, where you'll see a yellow exclamation mark next to the "unknown device".

5. Double click the Exclamation point device and manually install the driver by pointing it to where unzipped the package from step A.

6. Navigate to the folder where you unzipped step A, and run "nvflash_gtablet.bat"

7. Let it do it thing, and wait for your tablet to re-boot.

NOTE: I'm not really sure if step A is needed but some have said it is. So I included it.
[G Tablet General] RussellAlan:
Which SDK do I need to download to get this ZPAD unfroze? =( lol Or do I even need the SDK for the recovery?
[G Tablet General] ctendell:
I was using a different method. But this way worked. Thanks!!! And thanks room Roebeet for another awesome rom! !
[G Tablet General] lsu205:
3588

Can 3588 be inslalled over 3588 with the enhancement pack the normal way (recovery and update.zip) to get to a stock 3588?
[G Tablet General] Reggie777:
Re-flashing 5.0....

... the adventure continues.

Placed the files/folder in the root, booted into recovery mode.... the menu similar to ClockworkMod came up. Chose the Apply internal update, and it went into the screen with the screwdriver and wrench.... I am not sure if it is working on the update... or just off into never never land. A progress bar would have been nice.

The other option was to apply the update from an external SD card. So I didn't choose that one.

:confused:
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
RussellAlan,

You don't necessarily need an SDK kit at all. You just need the right files.

You might look at the nvflash sticky further down this forum. Also, you might look at my post 3798 in this (5.0.0) thread. Several of us have been trying to provide info on where the USB drivers, gtablet .img files and nvflash files are to make recovering easier.

Rev

It's all in the 5.0.0 and nvflash stickies and in my post "NVFlash "USB Driver Solution".
[G Tablet General] Reggie777:
Boy... Do I feel dumb...

Learning is such a pain... LOL... I found out why nothing was happening when I tried to use the new recovery mode.... It looked so much like ClockworkMod, I ASSUMED, [I know, I know, bad move] that the home key was the "select" key. When I DID read the screen, like any sensible person would have, I noticed that the power key is now the select key. Duh. :o Living proof that many problems we get into are self inflicted.

Yes. The re-flash worked just fine. No problem ... only user stupidity.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
This happened to me the first time. Did you use the 'home' button to select your choice? You need to use the 'power button'.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Yes, that should work. Those stock ROM's should wipe everything. Again, the key here is making sure that it has stock recovery, after-the-fact. I believe that's what's really needed for TNT Lite 5.00 flashing to work.
[G Tablet General] freddroid:
It really does Take A Village!

Thanks to several posts, I am running 5.0.0! Great HC animation. Thanks everyone.
[G Tablet General] chief1978:
Roebeet - any thoughts?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Is that really the case, even with this ROM? Admittedly it's not something I test heavily as my device is usually is a quasi-development state. It's rarely used for day to day, anymore.

25 minutes to scan? I seem to recall it's less than a minute, but again I don't have a lot of content on mine. There's also the ".nomedia" fix, but that has its own problems. I might have to test TNTL5 out and see what happens.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'll make a note of this for v2 - I must have missed this apk when I made the last build. Thanks!

EDIT: I'm going to spend some time on this today and build out 1.03 with all the fixes thus far. It's going to be a modular format so that way v2.00 will be failry easy to deploy, next week.
[G Tablet General] flipper9:
You are awesome!!!!!
[G Tablet General] thedudevt:
Request

Can I put in a request?

I'm working on getting cifsmanager working, and it looks like cifs is not rolled into the kernel. Cifs/symbol support would be great for streaming video over LAN.

Can you add the cifs.ko for this kernel (possibly from the tegra2 sdk) to system.libs.modules?

Once there, cifsmanager can load it as required.

Streaming video from my NAS to rockplayer seems like it would be a killer app for a tablet like this, particularly with a front-end like the XBMC remote.

Thanks,

TheDude
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
If you could find a cifs.ko that worked, I would definitely add it. I think it has to be compiled for each specific kernel and so far the few I've tested have not worked.

I would love to get this on the GTab as we could mount SMB files shares, off WiFi.
[G Tablet General] thedudevt:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8687172&postcount=164

This looks like a promising method. You can hack the KO file to match the kernel using a hex editor, I'm assuming you need a source file from a similar kernel, so I was thinking of starting with the SDK, and the zPad rom. Maybe do some digging on the zPad forums. I found the thread while I was away from my PC, so I haven't combed through the SDK and given it a try just yet.

You'll be the first to know if I get something to work.

TheDude
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Thanks for link! I'll play around with this, as well...

btw, 1.03 is being released. Been playing around with it for a few hours, with no issues found.
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
Wow excellent work runs great
[G Tablet General] Mediumpimpin:
Thank you for helping to make my gtab not as useless as i thought. I just upgraded from 1.02-1.03 and one of the workarounds for a complete market nolongr works for me. I went into settings and clicked on apps then to market and the clear cashe button is nolonger highlighted, only the force stop. I was wondering if you had another workaround for a full market? Great work btw.
[G Tablet General] TheTruth:
Nice work on the rom... cannot access the settings menu for tnt, but Toshiba settings work ok... was able to get into tnt settings but broke after switching between launchers. Rebooted and repeated, happened again. ... thought flash was baked in as well, but I guess it is not... looking forward to the new kernel from VS!

Btw the opengl update seems to have sped everything up in general... noticed a huge difference on Roth's latest clean zpad 11-06

I should point out I am talking about getting into tnt settings via hitting menu then settings... I can get in just fine via apps menu
[G Tablet General] rickyt63:
Please point to a link for opengl update. I'm currently on Zpad 11-06.

Thanks.

Edit: Found OpenGL update. Please disregards above request.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Use Titanium Backup as a workaround. I listed this in the Market post in the apps section. I have never gotten the "standard" way to work in TnT Lite.

EDIT: the post I made on this -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=845175

Btw, for cwm users -- I just made a 1.03a that pulls out recovery. Due to the modular setup, doing a restore with the .img files will no longer work. In 2.00+, I'm no longer going to add recovery as a rule.
[G Tablet General] Spaztik:
Nice work roebeet. I just picked up a gtablet today and have been flashing all the different builds (yours I've had the best luck with). 1.03 is definitely feeling much snappier. Oh, and I used the cwm build with no issues.
[G Tablet General] Nsato:
wifi issues

so I switched over to this from CMB3 and now no wifi, any ideas?
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
In your next build, I don't know if it is possible but can you include WPA2 enterprise support :). If not possible, I completely understand.

That would be the iceing on the cake (University I work for has a portal wifi and WPA, the portal based wifi is horrible :( )
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Unfortunately that's something that needs to be in stock. We'd need to play around with the kernel and WiFi modules to do this ourselves and that probably requires source code.

I'm actually not a developer - I'm a nuts and bolts sysadmin. I take things and rip them apart and try to get them to work a little better. I wish I had some coding skills! :)
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
its ok, he he. none of the apps on market place seem to be able to help me either. wifi advanced lets me go in and edit the connection to plug in authentication etc but it will not connect.

Still though, I will deal and call up and bug viewsonic :) thanks :D
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I ported over the zPad WiFi drivers as my understanding was that the zPad drivers were generally better. I guess not in your case, sorry about that! WiFi issues are very hard to track, as it's probably a router issue. I have two routers and I have seen this myself - one would work fine, the other would not, depending on the mod / firmware.

v2.00 (this week) will have the VS drivers again - that's assuming they've improved them.
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
CM uses zPad wifi drivers. So most likely a different issue, or just general wifi errors like some people get.
[G Tablet General] khaytsus:
Does this not work? http://www.appbrain.com/app/wifi-advanced-config-editor/org.marcus905.wifi.ace
[G Tablet General] jacindc:
I've sideloaded a fair number of apps (including Gmail, Maps, and the not-working-right Market). Should I uninstall these before using TnTLite? Or will wiping the user data after install be good enough?
[G Tablet General] thx69:
Some reason AngryBrids and TB update refuse to install for me
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'm not expecting a stable 2.0.3 version anytime soon. The closest I'll get is a gojimi variant, but right now his fix doesn't seem to speed things up (at least with Quandrant).
[G Tablet General] techtech:
I end up using CW0.8 format and repartition....and now everything is work fine...
[G Tablet General] techtech:
I just rename wpa_adhoc-signed.zip to update.zip do it on the recovery mode.. now is working...thanks