yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Android Development] ErockGineer:
Hey all, looking for just some quick help, hopefully fellow 5.1.1 users are still here to aid the less knowledgeable. Anyway, new to the tablet, definitely not new to customizing android devices :-) Did TONS of reading and learning of almost every important thread before purchasing my G-tablet Friday. Since then spent some time installing Vegan-Tab 5.1.1 and VTL-launcher 1.65, both without a hitch, perfect installs. And man are they great.

I am running the stock 2.6.32.9-dirty kernel and want to upgrade this for my next step. After reading many entire threads (every page) and lots of googling, I still can't figure out what kernels will work for this ROM.

I've narrowed it down to either a clemsyn or a pershoot kernel, that I know. But they each have soooo many, its hard to figure out which is for THIS specific ROM....5.1.1. I'm not so much crazy for the whole overclocking thing if I don't have to .... I just want something better then stock to aid in performance and the sleep issues that mess with my wifi ability to connect upon waking.

Here's my best two guesses....please some confirm or correct me:

Either the clemsyn version 9 FROYO found on the first post of this thread,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895825

Or the Pershoot Kernel 2.6.32.41 – OC-UV-VFP_FP (1.400GHZ) – Gtab/Zpad found at droid basement and updated June 4th, 2011 here,

http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=2009

Please help so I can finalize my G-Tab customization and start using this thing in for work and school....

Thanks a million guys.....G-tablet....what an awesome device for $300 !!
[G Tablet Android Development] cbingel:
I've had better stability, and in my opinion a little better performance with Pershoot over Clemsyn, but those were going to be the two I would suggest. Good luck, and welcome to your GTab!
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Welcome to the club!

He is what you do.

Make a backup!

Make sure you make a backup!

Install both kernels separately (do not wipe anything in between kernel installs from clockworkmod)

Run tests like antutu, smartbench, quadrant and linpack (all from the market)

Test them yourself playing various games and make an educated decision. Even though the devices are all technically the same they do not all run the same.

Regardless I would highly recommend overclocking as it is completely safe. Clemsyn @ 1.5 and Pershoot at 1.4. You will be surprised at the difference this has made. For longevity, there is no harm. I have run my Original Droid at 1GHz for most of its life with no ill effect and my G-Tab for all but 20 seconds of its life at 1.4GHz. I would suggest buying setcpu from the market, it is an invaluable tool and will allow you to specify how you want the overclock to work.

Good luck!
[G Tablet Android Development] ErockGineer:
TEK112 & cbingel, thank you both for the info and the G-Tab club welcome!! I think I'll take your advice and try them both out to see which works best for my G-tab. And trust me, I make backups before any change, my desktop is full of backup copies :-)

One concern with your reply, you said no clearing of anything in between kernel flashes. Is that correct? I've read some places you should clear certain things after flashing a kernel, and read other places you shouldn't. Mind clearing that up?

One more question and I'm done, getting ready to flash the pershoot kernel off of the Droid Basement website, and I just want to confirm that I should download the first one, NOT the new bootloader one as I am not running the 1.2 bootloader. And should I just ignore the "kernel modules"??
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Working Netflix hack for VEGAN-Tab 5.1.1 users

(going to make an exception to my usual internal protocol, as I felt this was important enough to post here)

I managed to port the necessary stock 3588 libs, via some trial and error, onto my Brilliant Corners 1.2 based ROM earlier today. So, given that BC and VEGAN-tab are both based on a similar VEGA base, I reverted back to VEGAN-Tab 5.1.1 and tested this port there, hoping that it would work. And it did.

I altered the build.prop slightly to reflect VEGAN-Tab 5.1.1 (with an "NF" tacked on so it shows that the hack was added) and am offering it here, if you'd like to try it out.

This only seems to work on Brilliant Corners and VEGAN-Tab Froyo - I tried some of my other 1.2 ROMs and they did NOT work. I would assume that other 1.1 ROMs (including my retired ones) will likely not work either, so be aware of this if you attempt to run this elsewhere - you might get lucky, but assume the worst and back everything up before you attempt it.

I'm also not sure how this change will impact overall stability, especially with regular video playback - so again you might want to make a backup first, just to be safe.

Known caveats! - This has the same color banding issues that show up on 3588 stock.

- This hack will break the YouTube app (thanks to everyone who tested!).

VEGAN-Tab 5.1.1 Netflix hack link: http://www.mediafire.com/?5c29tkl71n9jw4g

md5sum: 6f2e34c0e6a803545d690e03715d39ce

(Instructions are the same as all my ROMs -- this is a RAR file with an update.zip and recovery folder inside. It should work for either cwm or standard recovery users).

Btw, this does NOT alter the bootloader in VEGAN-Tab (I figured a few of you might ask this question). All this changes is the build.prop file to add the needed manfacturer change to stop the "chipmunk" effect, and replaces three libs with 3588 stock based ones that make the Netflix app actually work. Nothing else.

Enjoy!
[G Tablet Android Development] SofaKingWeird:
You are so awesome roebeet, although I have given the G-Tab to the wife. I got the Acer Iconia A500 over the weekend. I really like it, the screen kicks butt over the G-Tab. As always that you for making the G-Tab the product it should have been.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
FYI, testers have reported that the YT app breaks after adding this to Brilliant Corners, so I would assume the same thing would occur on VEGAN. I'll add it to the caveats list.
[G Tablet Android Development] shawayne21:
Soo .... no more updates?
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
For VEGAn? I stopped supporting 1.1 based ROMs almost two months ago, and rothnic sold his GTAB. As for gojimi, I can't speak for him but I'm assuming that he doesn't support this anymore since it hasn't been touched since January (the last update was the 5.1.1 supplement, which I had created).

I created a 1.2-based mod called "Brilliant Corners" that has similarities, but it's not the same as VEGAn. They are both based on the VEGA firmware and both have rothnic's status bar changes (I always liked them).
[G Tablet Android Development] ramerco:
How hard is it to port this to the 1.2 BL? Just adding a custom kernel and changing the update package to have the right BL correct? Or am I missing something?
[G Tablet Android Development] GoPDemon:
Is there a way to lower the lowest volume?
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
I already did, back in April - the aforementioned "Brilliant Corners".

BC version 1.0.0 was still heavily VEGAn with a bit of a face-lift, but version 1.1.0+ was a major overhaul with a lot of under-the-hood changes. The whole idea of BC was to move the VEGA Froyo build into a 1.2 bootloader.

It's also the reason why I posted back to this thread, this week - I managed to get a base Netflix hack working on BC, so I tried to port that hack to VEGAn (thinking that they were similar enough) and it worked. I figured that there are still a lot a VEGAn users out there, so I wanted to offer it as an option to them.
[G Tablet Android Development] ramerco:
Thanks for the info. I knew BC was similar.

Also, do you know what kernel is in this 5.1.1? It is the only ROM/kernel combo that will run Plants vs Zombies with any success. On 5.1.1 and upgrading to pershoot or clemsyn latest kernels makes the game freeze after a short time. Same behavior with any ROM using a new clem or pershoot kernel. With the included 5.1.1 kernel it runs perfectly for me. At least for enough time to get through 3 levels. I didn't test it longer yet. With other kernels the freeze comes almost always in the first level for me.

I have tried a variety of CPU speeds on the overclocked kernels. I suppose it could be stability issue with the voltage and clock changes, etc. Maybe poor code is leading to a heavy CPU load with PvZ.

Is there an easy way to extract the kernel and install on another ROM to test further? Maybe I will play with the zip files...

Talking about this ove rin this thread as well: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14563798#post14563798

UPDATE: Maybe it is not kernel related... I tried pershoot's latest non-OC kernel, and it worked at first. Then I paused it and left it for a bit. When I went back it was frozen. I couldn't get it to run again well until rebooting and clearing cache and dalvik. Further discussion will be in the thread linked above.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
VEGAn 5.1 itself is quite old - it was built in late December, with whatever pershoot kernel was available at the time. 5.1.1 supplement was created in February, but it was just some lib and binary updates, not a kernel update.
[G Tablet Android Development] chugger93:
Anyone else notice in this ROM that WIFI never connects great when you awake it from sleep mode? It seems I have to disable/enable WIFI for it to connect all the time when I awake it. I can never just awake it and goto the internet. Figured it was a bug. Sometimes if I just wait a few minutes from awaking it, it will connect to WIFI fine..but I shouldn't have to wait long...
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
It is a known problem. Try softlocker to keep the tablet awake while the screen is off. Wifi is much more responsive.
[G Tablet Android Development] chugger93:
thanks! I'm gonna try that out
[G Tablet Android Development] maw269:
Reboot into recovery and fix permissions from cwm
[G Tablet Android Development] lllGurulll:
Is it just not possible to overclock this ROM past 1000. I can't seem to find any information to do this for this specific ROM.
[G Tablet Android Development] jerdog:
It is a stock kernel - so no. You need to use one of the custom kernels (pershoot or Clemsyn) in order to overclock

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[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Just know that if you change the kernel you will no longer to be able to play plants vs zombies and a couple of other games.
[G Tablet Android Development] feinanusa:
I am confused. Cause I have a period of time leave g -tab

this week, I pick up my g-tab and try to flash a gb rom for my brother.

but I can't find the way to know what BL on my g-tab. (there're all mention 2.* in "about device")

so, if the current version is this one, what BL is it?

and if BL is 1.2, does that mean I just go find BL1.2 rom?

thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
You are on Froyo with the stock software, so the "About Device" section will mention 2.2.

What you need to look for is the ROM version. If you are on 4349 you need a 1.2 Boot Loader. If you are on 3588 or lower (I doubt it would be lower) you are on a 1.1 Boot Loader. If you are on 3588 or a 1.1 Boot Loader, my suggestion would be to learn how to nvflash and get yourself on the new 1.2 Boot Loader. They make Froyo, GB and HC ROMs for 1.2 and 1.2 is the future of ROMS. All 1.1 ROM developers have basically halted development.

If you have questions let us know.
[G Tablet Android Development] feinanusa:
thanks for reply,

And I realize why I feel confused, cause I think I can find the number 4349 or 3588. But I can't.

Now I can see :

Model number

VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b5.1.1

Kernel version

2.6.32.9

Build number

harmony 2.2 FRF91 20101123.172729

so the exact 4 numbers are located in where?
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
They were there prior to you flashing 5.1.1 Beta. It would have been located under the "Build Number" heading. However, since you flashed that ROM you are most definitely on a 1.1 Boot Loader.

To get to a 1.2 Boot Loader is a semi-complicated process if you have never done it before. However, there are a bunch of resources to get you through it. If you are happy with what you have, stay on 1.1. If you want Honeycomb and a Tablet UI, bite the bullet and prepare for 1.2. It is really your call. There is no need to do anything.
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Alos, that kerenl is pretty old. Here is the thread to Pershoot's Latest and greatest.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=903505
[G Tablet Android Development] siptang:
edit: I found the answer.

My another question.

What players are recommended for HD Video playbacks?
[G Tablet Android Development] DiGiTY:
I'm selling my gTablet so how do I factory reset with this ROM (so the apps and data are deleted)?
[G Tablet Android Development] DiGiTY:
Also, how do I find out which bootloader I'm on (1.0, 1.1 or 1.2)?
[G Tablet Android Development] MechAniX.one:
Is this ROM still in BETA? :rolleyes:
[G Tablet Android Development] DiGiTY:
VPlayer or Rock Player has worked best for me.
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Format everything through clockworkmod and then reformat your sdcard a few times. That should make your data gone and non-recoverable.
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Go into your tablet settings and post what you find in the build setting of about tablet.
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
moboplayer is by far the best.
[G Tablet Android Development] DiGiTY:
Thanks! That worked perfectly.
[G Tablet Android Development] DiGiTY:
I'm pretty sure it was 3389 or 3588 before rooting it so its gotta be bootloader 1.1. Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] frankencat:
Is this ROM still being developed? I hope so because it's great. Just needs a few tweaks to be awesome.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
I don't believe so. It was the work of three of us (gojimi, rothnic and myself). Rothnic eventually sold his GTAB, I moved onto the 1.2 dev branch and reworked this, the Advent VEGA and the Viewpad 10s firmware into a newer ROM called "Brilliant Corners" (not hosted here), and tmk gojimi moved to the VEGAn-TAB Gingerbread Edition and later to his VTLauncher.

I had announced my retirement from my participation with this mod back in March, I believe.

With stock, it's easy - just check the TapUI version in Settings -- About Tablet. The first two number will tell you.

If you are on a mod, it's hopefully listed in the title of the thread (BL1.1 or BL1.2) - the moderators made this change at least a month back, although for some reason it's not listed on this one. But I can tell you -- this is a 1.1 bootloader ROM.
[G Tablet Android Development] frankencat:
Well thanks for the great work. :)
[G Tablet Android Development] superchaos:
Frankencat,

Brilliant Corners works just like the 5.1.1 but has the 1.2 bootloader. I was skeptical when I switched but I won't go back unless BC breaks.
[G Tablet Android Development] Sean09:
Can anyone direct me on how to install the latest Android Market 3.1.3? I try the apk that worked on other firmwares but now it says application not installed, and when I try to restore with Titanium Backup it reports success, but still keeps the 1.8.x that is installed :(
[G Tablet Android Development] heinrich:
This ROM ROCKS!!!!! I had another popular ROM from here for months, and installed Vegantab tonight. Instal was very easy. Went smoothly, and I love LOVE the split keyboard. My thumbs can finally reach. Excellent ROM thank you .... everything is stabler & faster, easier to use and works better. I also love the SD arrangement.
[G Tablet Android Development] RojasTKD:
Have you checked your apps in the market? Did they fix the issue with installed apps not showing up, making them difficult to update them and keep current. If I remember correctly that's one of the issues that caused me move on.

Gingerbread was pretty nice though.
[G Tablet Android Development] heinrich:
Market apps work normally, in fact I've installed more apps since loading VT because the tablet is now a pleasure to use.

Better:

Dictionary has better vocabulary and learns

keyboard split

browser animations / frames work better

Boots faster

battery improved 2x

Small perceptible UI speed increase

intuitive layout

Worse:

Facebook app works only 1st time and crashes on notifications after that
[G Tablet Android Development] sjmoreno:
Blood and Glory (NR) in Market

Can somebody who's running this rom download and install this game from the Market and let us know if it runs and if so how it is?

Thanks in advance,

Steve
[G Tablet Android Development] shinxsetsuna:
Best rom for gtablet pvz & aoz run great , slightly laggy when running 20 apps or more :B
[G Tablet Android Development] ant667:
I have been running this mod since it's release and am still running it. I am going to dual boot backtrack eventually but just wanted to say how great this mod was of its day. I get very few problems with this mod.:good:
[G Tablet Android Development] ant667:
Has Vegan ROM been updated at all?
[G Tablet Android Development] lupacche:
Does the 3g modem work with this?
[G Tablet Android Development] slsmag:
Running VegaN 5.1.1 rom on the GTab but screwed up something in the system build.propr file...

now I can't download anything from the google play store .

Can someone using 5.1.1 please copy their build.prop file and send it to me?

Thank you!

- Michael
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Just download the rom, open the zip and grab the build.prop from the system folder.
[G Tablet Android Development] slsmag:
ha - of course - thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] Dego41:
I'm trying to get my G-Tab up and running for my father in law and i wanted to run this rom but the links are down, any one have a mirror?
[G Tablet Android Development] slsmag:
VEGAn rom downloads

GoJimi's download page is still available here:

http://vegantab.gojimi.com/downloads/

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VEGAn GE v. 7.0.0 STABLE RC1

VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition

HERE IT IS! This is the current stable edition of VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition. It is in update.zip format so flash it with CWM 0.8 and don't forget to wipe data/cache/dalvik and to reboot after first boot and setup screens to finish installation.

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VEGAn-TAB ROM BETA 5.1 FINAL

VEGAn-TAB ROM BETA 5.1

This is the FULL BETA 5.1 update.zip format.... you need Clockwork installed to install.... as always for our BETA's we recommend a full data/cache wipe. But I can usually get away with just a cache wipe coming from BETA 4 or BETA 5 your mileage may vary. ***Sorry about the quick drop but a better G-Sensor fix was discovered so I wanted to incorporate it too***
[G Tablet Android Development] festivus:
I know there isn't much activity on this forum, anymore but I wanted to share my experience anyways. Having used NVFlash to move from BL1.1 to 1.2, I tried a bunch of different ROMs. What sent me screaming back was the omnipresent Sleep of Death problem. No matter which 1.2 ROM I tried, as soon as my tablet went to sleep, I'd have to reboot it from scratch. I tried every conceivable patch to no avail.

Once I reverted to BL1.1, I decided to give this ROM a shot. As far as I can tell, it's near perfect. No more Sleep of Death, and everything seems plenty snappy. Hope this saves someone a bunch of time if they are thinking about switching to BL1.2 to try some of the others out there.
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
The biggest motivation for 1.2BL is ICS and JB. Team DRH has done a wonderful job and it appears that the SOD issue may be hardware specific as each G-Tablet seems a little different from the next. Remember folks, you can always copy your nandroid backup off when you upgrade to 1.2 and if it fails, nvflash back to 1.1 copy your backup back onto the tablet and restore it. It can be a no risk option if you want it to.
[G Tablet Android Development] nobe1976:
Actually when it comes to the ICS or even JB the BL doesn't even matter currently. I have ran both my creations on BL1.1 using CWM ver8, just expanded the system partition to 250m and everything still ran really good. I would imagine that DB would do the same with just expanding the system partition on the 1.1 NVflash the 350m system expansion. Haven't tried it, but the only issue might be with the loader DRH uses. Going to have to try it one of these days.
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
Correct for your creations, but most users aren't facile enough to make ROMs let alone expand partitions. That is why it was broken into two bootloaders and three partition sizes. The latest being 300MB. A lot of ROMs out there are BL specific and won't load if you are not on the correct BL.

However, it would appear that bad block issues prevent users from running their system partition too high and the system flagging of bad blocks restricts the Nand size and is assumed to cause boot issues.
[G Tablet Android Development] yamaha83:
hoping someone can help me. i have vegan 5.1 and im trying to revive my Gtab and all is working but now i cant get the market to load anything. i cant remember and cant find what i did to fix it the first time i loaded this... the market works, but wont load very many apps...
[G Tablet Android Development] tenet420:
Search for "Gtablet market fix" on google. Alternatively, go to gtablet for dummies dot com and see the procedure for "market fix".

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861044 <<click me
[G Tablet Android Development] TEK112:
You need to do one of two things.

1.) Settings-Apps-Force Close Google Framework Service and clear data, Force Close Market and clear data, then open the market. You will get an error, if not repeat until you do. Then reboot and open the market.

2.) Edit the build.prop to mimic another tablet and you should have more items. Just remember that it is a FY ROM and GB, HC, ICS and JB specific apps will not show up unless you load the corresponding ROM. Might I suggest Team DRH's ROM?
[G Tablet Android Development] mmracing:
Thanks roebeet. Any idea why I'm getting the error I described above? This one?

Sorry!

The application Google Services Framework

(process com.goggle.process.gapps) has stopped

unexpecdtedly. Please try again.

Also, I can not get he market to fix any more with any of the suggestions. I have purchased Launcherpro and can't even find it in the market and not all the apps I have installed show up in my applications any more.
[G Tablet Android Development] Diesel74:
VEGAn-TAB v4b issues

First of i would like to give thanks to the fantastic 4 for their hard work and abilities to showcase what this device is capable of and hope that they continue the progress, thanks again.

That being said i have encountered a previously mentioned issue after the update to V4B, when i try to utilize the market and download anything i get the

" Sorry, there is not enough space to install this item" message.

This is still occurring after several clean boots and wipes blah blah blah BAH HUMBUG . . .

Otherwise with my limited usage everything does seem quicker, but i have been more or less too fixated on this issue to move on, so i will try a couple of other things checking out if i have any other issues, if i do I'll update this post, but unfortunately i will be reverting back to V3B for now

** Gojimi has the fix posted in OP currently working on this now again I'll update when complete**

*** Fixed the issue Thank You Again ***

Again thank you to all, and happy holidays to you and yours

-Shaun
[G Tablet Android Development] anlog:
So no one else is having the power button = home issue?
[G Tablet Android Development] manfly9884:
Hey Roe. Foe what its worth. I've no missing file issues on sdcard2. Running beta 4 over beta 3 with just a wipe cache, battery stats, and fixed permissions.
[G Tablet Android Development] mrackley:
also had the video deletes

I also had the videos deleted off my sdcard2 with this build... bizarre...

BTW: Is there a decent player that will play avi files? So far, all the ones I've found play sound but no video.

Otherwise, Beta 4 rocks my world.