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[G Tablet General] Frozen001:
Seems like they are listening to everyone here...
[G Tablet General] Mikeg1969:
Our very own "Fantastic Four" and Viewsonic for the win!!! Thanks guys for all your hard work on the ROMs, getting Viewsonic to listen and making the product so much better. I bought one for myself and one for the wife a week an a half ago based on everything I saw here with the ROM work, now thanks to you we will have the premier tablet on the market! Ours are definately NOT going back to the store. Viewsonic, thank you for listening to your consumer base, more companies could benefit from listening to their customers as you have done. Be sure and thank our developers as they are the ones who have helped the g Tablet stay alive in the market place, without which your product would probably have died a fairly quick and painful death. :)
[G Tablet General] TeamSpeed:
I installed the latest and I like it. Wish I could add more Widgets like a clock, etc but at least the live wallpapers work! It feels more like my Droid x now.
[G Tablet General] idontknowu2:
I had the same issue with the stock email. I just used titanium back up and un-installed the email app. Then I restarted the Gtab and the email app worked.
[G Tablet General] ttk153:
I have 3338 installed and I like it. I haven't been getting fc's with my exchange mail yet. I also did a factory reset after I ran the update.
[G Tablet General] rr5678:
For me, 3338 FC's on the Photos application.
[G Tablet General] Coldfirex:
Are the instructions the same for installing this type of manual OTA update as the TNT Lite instructions? I am still running stock 3053.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Yes, except that there's no /recovery/command file it - you need to supply your own and also rename the zip to "update.zip".

It actually runs in clockworkmod .8, and it will also erase clockworkmod.
[G Tablet General] djohncline:
New tnt rom

I am new to the gtab but, willing to learn anything that present a reasonable challenge. I have the new rom update as provided. i have copied it to the internal sd drive in a new folder i created. what where when? I have searched rom installation but, they are specific to each rom and I don't want to brick the device. I got it early for Christmas or at least until she takes it from me to go under the tree.
[G Tablet General] djohncline:
I thought voiding was what you did when you pee'd.

Like you warranty "i don't need no stinking warranty".

The only reason I bought the gtab is because of what Ive read here. I knew the HW was above and beyond anything currently released. IPAD nice but lobs' foot print on my neck is not for me. Gates well enough said. I have been a Linux user and follower for 3 decades. I have recently introduced the youngest to Ubuntu 10.x.x "Freedom to the people!" You guys have made this a most excellent experience. Keep up the excellent work,..............
[G Tablet General] anlog:
Sweet! All this time I've been thinking that Linus started working on it in 1991...
[G Tablet General] TeamSpeed:
Mine is broke too, uninstall then reinstall didn't work for seasons?
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
Its like the job postings looking for 15 years of mobile app development experience or twenty years of Java experience. If you're that good the laws of physics just don't matter.

But seriously i suspect he meant two decades. Plus or minus. My first Linux box was slackware circa 1996.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Angry Birds Seasons is borked on stock 3316 / 3338

I already called CS about this, on Monday. They put AB in /system. That's great, but since the .so is in /system/lib, it breaks ABS.

In TnT Lite 3.x, I pulled AB out of the build because of this issue. You would just install AB (and ABS) as a regular user app so that way they can play nice together.
[G Tablet General] guitar geek:
Havent gotten OTA since Nov 18. Do I need 3053

Question for Roebeet.

I am one of the people who got the Nov 22 update four days early. Since that time I have not gotten any other updates. My tablet always says I have the latest software. I see that we have a 3053 and a 3316 update which you have posted. I just got 3316 from you and installed it. Everything appears to be working well.

I am running a stock gtablet with flash.

The question is since I have not been updated since Nov 18, do I need to manually install 3053?

I have already called VS but they don't know. Are the updates inclusive of all the other updates or are they just single applications that need to be strung together?

Thanks for your help. :confused:
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
The "updates" are generally full ROM images. In other words, if you've installed 3316 successfully, there is no reason to install 3053, and doing so will flash you back to an older ROM image.

There is also a new 3338 image that isn't officially released yet. That's the only thing you might want to download and install manually, or you could just wait a few days for the official update to come down the pipe.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Honestly, I would just hold off for now. We don't know what the final version is going to be, yet.

I'm not releasing a TnT Lite 3.1.0 yet because I want to see how this plays out - 3338 could be the final, or it could be something newer. The only reason I released 3.0.0 at all is because it looked like it was a released version on Sunday. These TnT devs need to stop pushing pre-releases to users - how are we supposed to know it's not actually released?
[G Tablet General] djohncline:
A Gtablet by another name

Looks like the Gtab has a twin in the far east. If Viewsonic should stop supporting the g tab it appears Malata will. This is not confirmed but, based on the specs and the layout and the fact they have a dock that is G tab compatible. .....

.aliexpress.com/product-fm/377927252-Zpad-10inch-tablet-laptop-Capacitive-Multi-Touch-LCD-screen-16GB-1GHz-Tegra-2-3G-WCDMA-Dual-wholesalers.html[/url]
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
Yes, we have been running their firmware off and on since soon after the gtab came out. The zpad guys have been a lot of help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853310
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
Viewsonic tweeted that the newest software is being pushed Just a heads up :D

EDIT : Never mind read it wrong there just touting it. Bleh... jumped the gun ... sorry :(
[G Tablet General] LittleBirds:
Latest Tweet says OTA update by Friday for sure, maybe tonight...I'm suspecting it might even be sooner. GTablet users who still have OTA capability may want to run the Updates app this afternoon and see what happens.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
~1PM ET seems to be the usual time, for them. I've been scanning and nothing yet.

If they are in UAT and they use their online DNS entry for UAT (which seems to be the case), then 3338 is likely to be the final. But, we will see.

UAT = user acceptance testing, FYI. Also commonly known as QA or sometimes pre-prod or pre-release.
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
after the original release of stock, I doubt they use actual users :D lol I tease I tease
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Did you ever figure out why your hacked emulator thingy was the only one seeing that 3316?

Just curious...

Jim
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Ain't that the truth! And the robo testers had been drinking a little bit too much juice:)
[G Tablet General] djohncline:
running 3338 for a couple days now only thing is now the stock apps store wants a device selected and I am cautious as the g tab isnt in the list. everything else works pretty darn good. Flash is working..... 4 me dumb luck I don't know. i loaded it a 0145am and went to bed.
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
phppt! That was obvious since you could get a FC w/in seconds of booting up the original release, and the following update was no better...

TnT just wasn't/isn't ready for primetime yet... the idea was kind of nice and I suppose that for some customers it'd be necessary, but vanilla Android is just more flexible...
[G Tablet General] oshea85:
I just wanted to add my two cents here for the Viewsonic Marketing VP...

I actually made my choice of which android tablet to buy for my wife this Christmas based on trolling the forums here, and seeing which platform had multiple strong devs committed to it. I literally would not buy one until I knew that I had community support for it.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
3389 just showed up in the OTA updater

Again, I am East Coast, North Philly.

Link: http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/tapntap/viewsonic/update-smb_a1002-3389-user.zip

I think that the TnT folks are using at least a portion of the their production environment as UAT, so when these updates go out to UAT / pre-release, they show up in my OTA updater. At least thats my theory.
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
Hmmm 3389... interesting number you got there :D
[G Tablet General] woneill1701:
I am getting this as an OTA update on my Gtab now - this one is REAL!
[G Tablet General] work-n-show:
Second that. 3389 is coming OTA right now.
[G Tablet General] cybik:
3389 FCs after clock setup. Frustrating, to say the very least. And recovery got hosed by their version of recovery.

What should I do?

-> when i get to recov, then hit Home, it says "formatting MISC:" and reboots after. it's stuck in that loop.

ed: fixed it. it still FC's to hell, but i have CWM now. :P
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Wait for TnT Lite 3.1.0. :)
[G Tablet General] work-n-show:
Installed in < 8 minutes. Significantly improved performance. They added a favorites icon which goes to the Viewsonic page. Also added a YouTube icon and an icon for the Android classic homepage.
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
doing a factory reset now with 3389 automatically reflashes the tablet...

EDIT: interestingly, does not wipe cwm if already installed
[G Tablet General] Correia:
Is there any adverse effects for one that is rooted with market and stock ROM?
[G Tablet General] gasch1:
Way to shut off TnT?

So... for those installing 3389, is there a way to turn off TnT and get a "pure" Froyo experience?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
It will wipe root.
[G Tablet General] jwlehane:
I finally get cwmod workingand now the update comes, updated failed with Mac error. Any advice on applying the update with cwmod installed? I understand I will have to reform, but am game.

The default install is getting sbnappier. The may be useful for lay-people yet.

Johnny
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
You would have to open the update, find updater-script, open it, remove the line that references recovery.img
[G Tablet General] Correia:
Will it prevent rooting with z4root post update? Maybe its too early to tell yet. Just wondering if it will be similar to Droid 1 2.2.1 update.
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
with 3389:

you can still install cwm using stock recovery

you can still install tegra gapps using cwm

z4root works

market fix works

life looks good so far...
[G Tablet General] LittleBirds:
So does that mean you DID buy one?
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
:D Same here
[G Tablet General] LittleBirds:
There's a "Home" button on the menu that switches between the two.
[G Tablet General] robe611:
I received 3389 as well. MUCH MUCH faster than the previous stock. From what I could tell the browser is faster than my other tablet (the one from the dark side). Now my problem is getting the gtab away from my wife
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
You could always buy another one, like roebeet did... would solve your problem :)... Just kidding :)!

Jim
[G Tablet General] GTablet:
I actually have purchased 2 of them myself... I know as soon as I get this done my wife will want it... those darn angry birds anyway!!! lol
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
What is the quadrant score for stock?
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
Quadrant 1822 on 3389 update
[G Tablet General] Talk2Rider:
Just wanted to point out that for anyone who wants to get back to completely stock, this 3389 will do that. It will put you back to stock recovery and unroot you.

I like what their doing with the stock UI, but I went back to TNT Lite after about 10 minutes of playing with it.
[G Tablet General] grimdaddy42:
Sites denying flash

I'm liking 3389 so far, but one negative-ish change is that more websites are now recognizing the device as a tablet (though at least one has offered links to iPad apps). You'd think this was a good thing, but what's happening now is that websites (including Adobe's Flash Showcase site) are denying me access to Flash-based functions.

Flash is installed and is working; flash-based banner ads, of course, are happy to demonstrate that for me. Older flash sites work fine as well. But even Facebook is denying me the ability to play videos because "Flash doesn't work on my device" or such and such. These functions worked fine in 3316, when sites seemed to think the default browser wasn't on a tablet.
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
the stock browser has a page display settings: tablet, phone, desktop
[G Tablet General] cybik:
If you get massive FCs on the configuration screen, try putting your tablet in Airplane mode.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
TnT Lite and VegaN have a modded build.prop file that shows the device as a Windows machine I believe. At least the Hulu mod at one point did. I'm not sure if that was put into TnT Lite, and VegaN but maybe that is why stock TnT does that..
[G Tablet General] grimdaddy42:
Yeah, I just discovered that after I posted this, but thanks for putting this info here. I don't know how I didn't notice it before, unless it's a new feature. Switched to Desktop, issue resolved. Nice to know that's there - could help reduce Flash load when I just need to browse quickly.
[G Tablet General] DaleD102:
3389 Failed Install

Have tried 3 times to install 3389 via OTA and it fails. WTF?? gtab is completely stock. any help for a noob??
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
download it and install using stock recovery
[G Tablet General] crsboca:
Android System Info App

I installed the Android System Info App (one of the links on the Viewsonic's Favorites page). The dashboard and LogCat work, but the System and Android choices FC. Anyone gotten these to work? I am on the TNT 3389 and I repartitioned my sdcard as recommended before installing it. Thanks.
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
It does?

I have a mostly stock g-tablet. I haven't rushed to install the latest update, yet. When I check the stock browser settings, there isn't a page display setting.

Care to elaborate?
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
i believe it has been there for the last couple of updates
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
Currently running 3053, and it's not there. I guess I will have to update.
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
OK, updated and browser now shows Tablet/Phone/Desktop choices. Selected desktop, but Hulu still says platform is not supported. :(
[G Tablet General] jwlehane:
Finding the update download location is escaping me. I should likely wait for Roebeet to make the next TnTLite, but they are getting the stock so clean, I am tempted to run stock then Root and install gapp and flash.
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
observation: 3389 does not seem to have a default home (classic/dashboard) screen - when you turn on the tablet, it will go to the home screen (whether classic or dashboard) you were on when you turned off

so if you do not like TapnTap ("dashboard"), you theoretically could never see it (although I am partial to it)
[G Tablet General] festivus:
I think it would be really helpful in this thread for everyone to note any operational quirks with this latest update. It will be helpful to others who might be experiencing the same problems, and it will definitely help Viewsonic to produce better updates down the road.
[G Tablet General] DaleD102:
did you mean to download through OTA? or directly? if directly, where can I find it? thanks for your help...
[G Tablet General] brian_h_kim:
go to post 250 of this thread
[G Tablet General] woneill1701:
There is a link to it at the bottom of the first post on this thread.
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
One of the easiest ways is to bring up your icons on screen. Find the "Update" icon and press it. It should with find the update and advise you about downloading and installing it -- or it should tell you what state your G-Tablet is in.

In my case, I had installed 3053 and 3316 and for some reason it didn't recognize me as eligible for the update. I reinstalled 3053 and then it quickly responded as above.

Hope this helps.

Rev
[G Tablet General] Neoprimal:
I noted in another thread, that this ROM seems to allow you to start off fast/quick but after a while of your tablet sitting idle I'm noticing visible lag. It won't end the world and it's not as bad as the normal TnT UI was in terms of sluggishness, but it's still slightly disappointing nonetheless. Once I restart it, it works wonderfully again.

If I had to say what I suspect is causing it, I'd say the CPU is in idle mode or low power mode and not ramping up with use, if that makes sense. It's reminiscent of a notebook/pc that you purposely put into low power mode (where the CPU is clocked to say, 50 or 60% vs. able to ramp up to 100%). I have yet to find a way to get it to ramp up other than restarting (which means it could be something else entirely). I haven't installed anything that could cause a change to performance since the update. I haven't tested with Quadrant after I notice the lag, but without the lag I'm getting 1840 avg.

Without lag: the classic home (tnts new ui) has a transitional effect when the app drawer opens. launcher pro has the icons sort of fall into the screen very smoothly.

With lag: the classic home icons come into place sort of in a choppy way, almost stuttered. launcher pro's icons fall into place slightly slower than they do with no lag.
[G Tablet General] anlog:
Yea I believe the general consensus is that there is an issue with the kernel's CPU governor. The kernel also appears to be locked, so clocksetting utilities like "Overclock Widget" don't have access to change the governor.

I'm guessing that once we get the kernel source the devs will be able to compile a completely open and tweakable kernel...
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
The slowdown has been pinpointed to be something to do with the google framework when updating calendar.

If you disable automatic calendar syncing through AutoStarts, the issue completely goes away.
[G Tablet General] anlog:
If you remove the calendar app will it also be fixed? I don't use the calendar.
[G Tablet General] Neoprimal:
At the time I didn't have GApps installed so no Google Framework was in the picture at all.

Ironically, now that I do have GApps installed I'm not seeing the problem at all.

Might I pose another possibility? (Since it couldn't be calendar syncing or the G framework in my case...my calendar wasn't even set up).

Could there be some code in there which saves power after a certain threshold with the battery? Or could this perhaps be something built into 2.2? Why I say this is that at the time I was running at something like 20% juice. I'm now at 100% and nothing I do is slowing this thing down anymore. I've left it idle and such and it's as speedy as after a fresh restart. Just a thought! I'm no dev.

One more thing - I don't remember if this was even possible before, but I'm noticing I can't go into Portrait mode with the Classic Home or TnT Home UI. The sensor is still working, since it does switch when I go into Settings or certain apps - but not the Home screen. Was this always the case? Launcher Pro turns about fine.
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
Maybe you are talking about a different slowdown then. I had multiple people on IRC try it out.

I installed a couple ROMs with wiped cache/data. Then loaded up and experienced the lag coming back from sleep. Installed autostarts, disabled calendar entries, lag doesn't come back. There is a google framework call right before sleep that is causing the issue.
[G Tablet General] Neoprimal:
Yep, must be different lag scenarios. This was just some slowdown in terms of screen animation/movement. Since I didn't have the Google Framework installed at that point, it couldn't have been that. For now I'm chalking it up to something putting the device in power save mode secretly. I am going to attempt to prove/disprove this in the coming day(s).
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
For anyone that wants to run the stock 3389 TnT ROM, but want the gtabdev performance pack and Gapps: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10057504&postcount=1

This is somewhere inbetween TnT Lite and stock TnT. The quadrant, etc should be on par with TnT Lite.
[G Tablet General] asiaticdiva:
OK. I'm running stock on my tablet and have completed the most recent update. I have tried unsuccessfully to install clockworkmod on my tablet but keep getting the "!" error. This tablet is a xmas gift for my son and I want to make sure it has all the basic things he will use it for. I installed the flash from the viewsonic website and that seems to be working fine. Is there any way I can get the gapps on the device without having clockworkmod or tnt? I tried the instruction in the install gapps thread and downloaded the gapps.apk and recovery file. It said to save to sdcard and press the + and power button and it will install. It didn't. Is it because my system isn't rooted. Please help. TIA.
[G Tablet General] Carlysle:
I am giving three Gtabs to my daughter and her family that I bought before Thanksgiving and have been modding the one I kept for myself with TNT and VEGn.

That mod is probably the best one to set the kids up with for their user enjoyment when they go home. So, I guess I will have them pony up to my computer here and have a good time "fixing things for the better".:rolleyes:

Thanks for all of your work!

Carlysle
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
In most instances when people are referring to the sdcard they mean the external and not the internal. When installing clockwork you unzip the cwm 0.8 zip to an external sdcard. update.zip should be on /sdcard2/update.zip and a file named "command" will be in a directory on /sdcard2/recovery/

I believe the same applies for the gapps file when using standard recovery. If you have clockwork installed then you can just select the gapps file. In this case the gapps file must be on the internal sdcard as cwm can not see sdcard2
[G Tablet General] DaleD102:
outstanding!

got it. installed, no prob.

thanks for your help!
[G Tablet General] jturner49:
This is getting better and better.

BUT, can anyone tell me why Gapps is NOT part of the Viewsonic stock roms?

Is it an political/hardware issue with Google?

Joe
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
Legal issue. Google will not approve any non-cellular devices for the "Google Experience", i.e. the Gapps that are proprietary. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is basically a very large format phone, so it was approved. Pure tablet devices will have a separate track for approval, but not until Honeycomb is launched, which will be the first Android version with official tablet support.

So you are stuck with unofficial GApps from XDA Developers until sometime in 2011 when Honeycomb comes out.
[G Tablet General] guitar geek:
thanks but...

I have applied the enhancement as you suggested : However I seemed to have lost the following apps

ES file explorer

Android Market

Viewsonic gmarket

Talk

PHotos

Angry Birds is present but I have lost all of my user data.

Any thoughts on how to restore these? :confused:
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
I don't have Angry Birds installed any more!!??

I don't understand how some say it installed by default on the newest update. Did they remove it, like roebeet suggested?

EDIT: I restored it with Titanium Backup. It will also offer to restore all of the data so I don't have to start from the beginning.

EDIT #2: I forgot to back up before installing the update. Therefore it restored everything to the last backup. I had advanced a few levels since then. I guess now I get more practice.
[G Tablet General] asiaticdiva:
I don't see sdcard2 I only see sdcard. :mad: Can someone please explain how to navigate to sdcard 2 in the stock file explorer. Thanks.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
In ES File Explorer, there's a button, top-left, with a "/". Click that.

Jim