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[G Tablet General] butchconner:
No Go for Me....

Sad to say the 5.0.0 upgrade did not work on my tablet and now when I turn it on all I get is the "birds" -- doesn't seem to recognize the recovery switch has been pressed and the black notification lines never appear.

When I found 5.0.0 was out, I was running 4.2.5 and CWM so I went back to OTA 3316 and installed it since I remembered that it overwrote the CWM back to stock recovery that went fine.

Almost immediately it popped up saying there was an OTA update, so I let it use that process to update to 3588. Booted into recovery once to make sure the new blue CWM-like recovery was there. Also double-checked to make sure 3588 was loaded.

Then I loaded the 5.0.0 files in /sdcard and booted into recovery. It found the files and appeared to install and restart. I waited a while to make sure it was not going to complete successfully and then tried to boot back to recovery.

Birds on the white screen and nothing more. Turns off okay but if I hold down that power button as if to make sure it was off it comes back on.

I did check to see if power and volume - would give me the "black screen" and it appeared to do so. Power button turned it back off.

So unless someone has a better option, I suppose it will study up on nvflash and see if I can rebuild that way tomorrow after work.

Rev
[G Tablet General] freddroid:
How do we nvflash the device if we can't get into recovery mode?
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
As per the first post when you install the stock 3588 update it will overwrite its recovery, when you reboot you should not see CWM anymore, and should be stock 3588, ready to go to the next step of 5.0.0
[G Tablet General] johnkapp:
roebeet,

I followed your process step by step and everything seems to be working. I used Titanium to restore my apps and all but one worked from the restore. I had to work with the power widget to get it working. TNT Lite 5.0 appears to be a little more responsive. Is that what you experienced?

BTW, as always, thanks for making this a usable product. I have gotten hours of productuve use out of something I probably would have returned to Sears, if not for the work you and the other members have put into this unit.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
You can get that from 3588 stock. It's actually very possible that the 3588 recovery is, in itself, the crucial element here.

same experience - it feels a little snappier, and Nenamark scores are up slightly as well. And you are very welcome!

nvflash is APX mode - it doesn't require a working recovery to function. you could erase the kernel, bootloader, recovery and system and APX mode would still work.

Yeah, it sounds like nvflash time - sorry to hear that. It sounds like everything should have worked for you.

nvflash is not as easy as runnng an update.zip, but it's not too difficult. The hardest part it just setting it up, especially if you're a Windows user.This is what the Notion Ink users had to use after that first OTA update messed up their devices.
[G Tablet General] the3dman:
Are you still able to get into nvflash mode? If so try to use the nvflash from the nvflash thread to restore to complete stock then try my steps again. You could also just try re-running nvflash again from my steps and see if you get the same fail. Also make sure you have an image called boot.bmp in your extracted folder because it appears that this is the reason it failed which would also explain the black screen since that is the boot image.
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
nvflash is not recovery mode. It is writing to raw commands to the internal card, via USB.

to run nvflash you need to have the nvidia drivers for nvflash provided in the first post, and connect the gtab via usb to the PC, powered off. Then you power on the gtab holding the power and the vol dwn button. this should start the nvflash process.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I know this might sound obvious but is the boot.bmp file there? I just checked my ZIP to be sure, and it's in there. Did it extract to your nvflash folder?

Don't worry about the black screen, APX mode (nvflash) will still work. you just need to hold the power down for about 10 seconds to be sure it's off, then retry power plus volume down.
[G Tablet General] kxs783kms:
Another success story here. Installed fine on the first try, coming from VeganTab 5.1.1 beta. Downloaded 3588.zip and flash via CWM.8 to get back to factory. Rebooted. (Then powered down and booted into recovery to make sure I had the factory recovery installed.) Then I placed the downloaded 5.0.0 update.zip and recovery folder on the root of the sdcard and sdcard2. Powered down, updated. It rebooted and hung on a black screen. I then powered it down, rebooted into the new recovery, wiped data, wiped cache, rebooted and success with no problems. Thanks.
[G Tablet General] the3dman:
Your quicker than me lol, I just edited my last post with the same thing lol.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Obviously there is mix of successes and failures, so be aware

More than a handful of failures, of which I apologize in advance.

I knew this was going to be a tough update from the get-go, but I didn't expect the 3588 stock downlevel to be the biggest issue. Very bizarre.

To anyone considering this update -- read some of the posts to get a feel for the risk, please. There is a chance, a fairly good chance I would say, that you could semi-brick the device. Be prepared for the worst, which is that you'll need to get nvflash working to restore the device. Please don't upgrade unless you understand the risks.
[G Tablet General] iWeasel410:
What I did to fix this was nvflash back to base, install cwm .8, update to 3588, then change roms to tnt lite 5.
[G Tablet General] astevens54:
This is not your fault. For me, it was mine because I was trying something else and should have followed your directions. (One problem was I wasn't familiar with NVFLASH, what a life saver that turned out to be.) I would like to personally thank you for your continuous efforts to make the gtab better for us.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I just installed 3588, at least that's what settings-about reports. Guess I'll try 5.0 now, wish me luck. :-)
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Very Informative POST for nvflash / Windows

In the general sub-forum a very concise post on nvflash and windows

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=914039

a Must read !!

:cool:
[G Tablet General] japhule:
So if I install 5.0 and install the 5.0 friendly cwm, I cannot restore an older version of tnt/vegan w/o nvflash? The 5.0 friendly cwm would only be good for 5.0+ backup/restore and post 5.0 update.zips?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I used up my thanks for the day . :) I'm going to add this to my first post, and this is a great reference.

I believe that's the case. This new build alters the bootloader which, tmk, makes all the old ROM's unusable. It's almost like it's a different device.

There is a way to backout, but it requires nvflash and bekit's 1105 image to do it. That's because it downlevels the bootloader, among other things. Even my 3588 stock nvflash image does not work, post 5.0.0.

I actually have to retest all my HC images now, as I honest have no idea what kind of effect this new bootloader will have.
[G Tablet General] GenBlood:
manikin13,

Thanks for the info. I was able to flash it back to 3588 and

it's working again. The only thing I had to do was google search

proper apx drivers for windows 7 .. I found some and I was able

to flash it.

Now I can drink a pint and relax ... :D

Thanks again...
[G Tablet General] wheeless:
It Worked - But I Began to Wonder about flashing pentagons

I've upgraded to 5.0 successfully. Put 3588 on SD card, changed recovery command to sdcard 2. Confirmed that 3588 was running. Then put 5.0 on SD card, changed recovery command to sdcard 2.

It took a long time and a couple (actually 3) restarts - and I wondered if the flashing pentagons would ever stop - but then there was TNTLite 5.0.

Took me a minute or two to figure out how to deal with the screen lock so I could get to the dashboard launcher - but all appears to be well at this point. And, as of right now, I didn't do any data wipes so I haven't had to do reinstall of apps.

So long as folks following the directions of ABSOLUTELY getting to a STOCK 3588 BEFORE flashing TNTLite 5.0 - and have patience to go through several reboots - then I hope everyone will find the change as easy as I did.

Thanks to roebeet.
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Coming up on st patty's day have a guiness or two or three :D
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Honeycombs --
[G Tablet General] wheeless:
Numerous Apps Had to Be Updated - Is This a Move Toward HC?

I've found that I had to update about 1/3 of my apps after installing TNTLite 5.0.

Since I've read that HC is requiring updates of many apps - am I putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5 if I make a wild leap and assume that Viewsonic is starting to move the software toward HC?
[G Tablet General] Cannibul:
Ok I seem to have locked up my G Tab trying to install 5.0.0

It's stuck on the white ViewSonic screen.

Been trying for three hours to get NVFlash working.

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit and can't for the life of me get a working driver for the G Tab. I've edited the android_winusb.inf file several times. I have the lines added in both sections.

The tablet is showing up as a Other Devices - APX

Is there an IRC channel I can go to for help?

I need to get this Tab working again.

Thanks.
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
I do not believe so. I have to update a boat load of apps after every build.prop change for fingerprints.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
it's a stretch but i'm crossing my fingers, as well. :D
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
Ok what you are trying to do is ADB - android sdk. nvflash is different APX mode. Its nvidiausb.inf, and is in the nvidia devkit.

please read this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=914039

as it explains it in very good detail.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'm not a Windows user, but did this help? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=914039
[G Tablet General] cabbagewxc:
try attached rar file. it contains the NvidiaUsb.inf and dll files. I am not sure whether it's going to work.
[G Tablet General] karlkarloff:
Version 5.0 installed

Got it installed with a few minor hiccups...ended up having to re-install 4.2 and CWM and wiping user data before installing the stock VS update. After I did that it was clear sailing except for the fact I didn't read the instructions on the stock recovery and kept hitting the home button and nothing happened. But after my initial foolishness, all is well and it seems that this ROM is quite speedy.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I installed 5 and on the 2nd reboot it hung on a black screen after the Viewsonic and gtablet screens. I powered down then back into recovery mode with blue letters. Now I selected data wipe/factory reset now I'm stuck at a black screen with white scew driver and wrench. What now?
[G Tablet General] cabbagewxc:
read the instruction on the top of the screen carefully, you should use power but home button to select the task. if you use home button, you will see the screw driver and wrench.
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
do a reboot again. based on reports you sometimes have to do multiple reboots

or try installing 5.0.0 again
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
Or read the onscreen directions.:-( I'm running 5.0.0 and I'm feeling good after that lil' scare.
[G Tablet General] Jesse6749:
I cannot get 5.00 to load either it also gets stuck at viewsonic birds screen. I can nvflash back to 3588 just fine from your apx backup, but 5.00 just will not boot at all. I have tried nvflashing back to 3588 about 10 times just fine and every time 5.00 just hangs, I had even redownloaded the file thinking it was corrupt.

Oh well time to go back to my Vegan Gtab rom :(:(:(.
[G Tablet General] gotwillk:
is there a video of this thing in action?
[G Tablet General] Cannibul:
Got the driver help I needed in IRC. Now I'm at the same place as Jesse here.

I can NVFlash just fine.

Install 5.0.0 and it hangs up on the white screen on the first boot.
[G Tablet General] danielsjam:
Just installed 5.0. Very fast and smooth. My favorite. ROM

Thanks
[G Tablet General] shaitand:
Family accounts still seem to be broken in 5.0.0. This was broken in 4.2.5 also.

Everything installed ok though. Too bad, this is a major function for me.

Have a thread here.
[G Tablet General] thongtap:
TnT Lite 4.24 to 5.0

I keep reading some posts over and over again just to make sure I don't brick my gtablet. :) So far it works. I didn't have to use my SD card at all.

Steps:

- Copy stock rom 3588 zip file to internal memory

- Reboot to CMW and wipe the data

- Then install the stock rom

- Boot to TnT 3588 and copy TnT Lite 5.0 zip and recovery folder to internal memory

- Reboot to stock recovery mode to install 5.0 (same way with power + vol up)

- The first reboot it hang on dark screen, just power it off

- Power it on again you should see honeycomb boot animation for few minutes

- Done

Good luck.
[G Tablet General] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
This is exactly how I did it.

Seems to be working fine.
[G Tablet General] kgvico:
Need some suggestions.

Installed 5.0, got a few force close (setting & some apps)..

1. Using launcher pro plus, sometime has some thing like bad pixel on the top left edge. I believe it maybe some compatibility issue. (my lcd doesn't have bad pixel though, have issue on the homepage and app drawer only)... (the "launcherPro'' corner to be exact)

2. couldn't select my own input method under setting (successfully installed)
[G Tablet General] kgvico:
More Info

I believe it is the compatibility issue, any suggestions?
[G Tablet General] kxs783kms:
My wifi keeps dropping in and out. Any suggestions to get it to stick?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
If it's the Gtablet white screen, try a data wipe. I have flashed 5.0.0 many times and I needed to wipe my data every single time. I would either get stuck at the white GTablet screen, or I'd get a blank screen after that.

The new recovery has a wipe data function in it.

This one I definitely had not seen - if anything else, I've had no glitches or tearing on the video since I upgraded. Although I haven't tried Launcher Pro, it was mainly the stock Launcher -- could be a problem with LP.

EDIT: I just installed LP .0.8.3, and within 5 minutes I saw my first screen glitch (similar to the photos, just s few lines but it was there). I'm guessing LP is not liking the newer Nividia drivers.
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
No problems here in limited testing, knock wood.

EDIT: Just ran Quadrant, down to 1600.
[G Tablet General] kxs783kms:
Screen Transitions

One more quick question. How do I get the normal Android screen transitions back? I never could get use to so much flipping and turning.....lol. Thanks in advance.
[G Tablet General] astb1:
Pershoot's Kernel 2.6.32.32

Has anyone tried updating the kernel past the 2.6.32.9? Am about to switch over to 5.0 but wonder if the Kernel advances in 32 will help any???
[G Tablet General] linesma:
Do I need to reroot?

Awesome Job Roebeet! I love it. I have not had any problems so far. The only downside is that I have to reinstall all my programs again. One question though, do I need to reroot the tablet? I did a data wipe both before and after install. Thanks for all your hard work. If you ever get to Japan, I'll buy you a beer!

linesma
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Quadrant seems to be pretty unreliable, but 1600 is definitely too low. Perhaps reboot, make sure there's no other tasks running and re-run. I get between 2100-2400, which is normally for the mods I usually have run.

Nope, already pre-rooted with TNTL 5.00.
[G Tablet General] GenBlood:
I just got the latest TNTL 5.0 installed. Looks great and no major

issues. I only had one small :p issue due to me ... I need to learn

to read stuff more ... :D ...

I did get the gtab restored to normal and was able to get 5.0 installed

with only minor issues. I had to remove angry birds and updated the

game through the market place and I replaced the flash with another

version I've got that works with hulu.

I don't have alot of apps on it. I basically have angry birds, pandora,

zeam and t.backup. It's running the way I wanted it too.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Pull out the framework-res.apk from the ROM ZIP (it's under /system/framework) and re-flash. That's the file that adds the animations. It also changes the TnT home button to stock, so that will be reverted as well.

Instant customized TNTL ROM. :)

Angry Birds and Flash are pre-installed (assuming you don't need to wipe data). That's how stock is setup and I retained that in this mod. In the case of AB, it might have overridden what you had and messed things up.
[G Tablet General] tyy10002:
wifi WPA2

I have two questions and hope someone can help me

1) Anyone knows does 5.0 enable the WPA2 option/screen? I was running TNT 4.2.5 and i needed the "hack" to install the settings.apk and un-install it to workaround the issue. Vegan ROM has the WPA2 screen.

2) Have anyone tried both tnt 5.0 and Vegan GingerEdition? I just flashed mine from TNT 4.2.5 to Vegan GingerEdition and I like the Vegan a lot, the notification bar is awesome and performance is getting faster when I use it more and more. But there are some minor issues such as youtube, market, gmap, etc are not as smooth/good as TNT lite.

Basically, my question is Is it worth to flash it back to Tnt lite 5.0...especially, it is no longer straightforward anymore through clockworkMod.

appreciate any feedback.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I was able to flash back with nvflash - that definitely works. But update.zips probably won't work because the bootloader is retained. That's my guess.

WPA2 is not in stock? Not following that one. My DDR-WRT router is WPA2 (Personal, not Enterprise).
[G Tablet General] linesma:
Sweet, Thanks for the quick reply. Now if only I can find ADW Launcher again in the Market......
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
Still 1640, any other thoughts?
[G Tablet General] tyy10002:
thanks, my bad. it is 802.1x. One day, I bought my gtab to work. My network administrator laughed at me when I showed him the tnt lite.. he said that your tablet does not even support 802.1x EAP.. as he is a IPAD lover and I guess that he HATES Droid. :(

My question is can we access the 802.1x EAP screen in 5.0? As far as I know, it is hidden in previous TNT stock/lite but the functionality is there. It is one of the reasons I switched to Vegan GingerEdition because the 802.1x option/screen is there and I can piss my network admin off.. :D

Anyways, thanks for you work and help.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
reflash? 1640 is definitely too low. Or possibly remove any apps that might be slowing it down - anything in memory that might explain it? Maybe use a Task Manager and kill all running services, before you run Quadrant.

Tmk, it's the same - I don't see any 802.1x options.
[G Tablet General] jharris09:
I finally did it! It tooks some work, but it was worth it. Looks nice and runs very smooth. I had some issues getting it to install after reverting back to the 3588. It was like it did not see the .zip and the image folder. Most likely due to my error. I had to due a complete wipe of sytem data and everything else listed in the advanced option on clockwork mod (This bricked my G TAB, which I expected it would do!). Then NVFLASH it back, reinstalled the 3588 build, recopied the .zip and image from tnt 5.0 back to internal card and the rebooted holding down the normal recovery keys and bam! It started installing! Thanks for all the incredible information available here!
[G Tablet General] dog2490:
Love it!

Installed 5.0 and everything went as expected. When I first saw the screen transition I thought that 5.0 was honeycomb and Roebeet was surprising everyone....

Does anyone know if there is an newer flash driver than what we already have?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
hahaha I had thought about that, last night - I wasn't trying to tease anyone!

The Flash driver in there is actually being supplied by Viewsonic (it came from stock -- 10.1.120.11).
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
quiter today

hopefully today will stay like this :)
[G Tablet General] joe2262:
I tried 'advanced task killer' and it didn't help. Also, tried using stock launcher instead of LPP. Some things where misssing from the market so I restored them from a titanium backup ie. Fancy Widgets.

reflash? Do you mean put update.zip and the recovery directory in /root and boot into recovery mode? Or nvflash?
[G Tablet General] urbanrunner:
So this is based on Froyo right? And i know that you mentioned that this specific rom is pre-rooted once installed, but going back and forth between different roms will not be possible anymore?

Also, i am just curious if waiting for gingerbread or HC is smarter or trying this, i just do not want to be left without being able to switch between roms with ease.

Are there any noticable differences between 5.0 and that last supplement? if so what are the real world gains....sorry to be a pest, just want to make sure the hassle of updating is worth it! Not very familiar with NVflash, but might have to become comfortable soon!
[G Tablet General] secfincorp:
Quick Question

First of all Roebeet you are great. WOW. I am new to the GTAB and have flashed all the roms including this new update 3991 with the stock TNT Home screen. I NV flashed back to stock and installed this TNT Lite 5.0 and find myself missing that Home Portal. Is there a way to add it back into this version or is that defeating the whole "lite" deal. Let me know.

By the way thanks for all your work.
[G Tablet General] b3ltazar:
everytime i try to install a app the tablet goes to the honeycomb boot animation then the lockscreen ! very wierd anyone else??
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Got a PM with a suggestion on the low Quadrant scores

(came from Version_3, btw) - Version_3 had a problem with low scores, and SetCPU was the root cause. Once uninstalled, the scores were back up. Just a heads up.
[G Tablet General] Jesse6749:
Well I tried again and followed the instructions by the letter and again I can nvflash 3588 just fine, but 5.00 flashes ok and then the tablet boots to the Viewsonic birds screen and it just stays there and nothing happens and if I try going into recovery nothing happens :mad: :eek:. That's it I am going back to my Vegan GB Experimental rom. :o:(:o
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
5.00 seems a little snappier to me, and Nenamark score are up slightly as well. I can go back and forth between ROMs, but I have to use nvflash to do it. In all honesty, if you need to go between ROMs a lot and are not comfortable with nvflash, then I would NOT recommend using TnT Lite 5.0.0.

Thanks for your help, btw! It was just as bad as I expected it to be, when I released it. Major change.

I think this came up already, but it's probably buried in here. The ROM is modular -- you can add / remove whatever you want and customize. The system image file is actually stock.

So, if you wanted the homescreen and the TnT apps back, you'd do two things to the ROM:

1- updater-script file. Remove all the "delete lines" - that's deleting all the stock apps that TnT Lite doesnt use.

2- /system/app folder. There are certain apps I replace, like the Launcher, Contacts and Calendar. You can remove some, or all of them, to get this closer to stock.

You can play around with the ROM to your liking, until you get it to the way you like it.

The GUI is restarting - that's not a good thing. You might want to wipe the user data and retry. You might have an app that's not playing nice with the new ROM.

Try a user data wipe, if recovery is working. If that doesn't work, then it's back to 3588 or nvflash time. :(