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[Optimus One, P500, V General] abarkena:
:confused:

I have recently purchased an LG Vortex (from what I read is Verizon Wireless's Optimus One) that comes with the Android 2.2 operating system installed. I have looked into rooting my phone with z4root and have successfully temporarily rooted my phone. I would rather keep my phone unrooted, but if it is absolutely necessary I will root it permanently with z4root.

My question is this: How can I connect to my company wifi and use apps that require wifi?

I can successfully connect to my corporate wifi through the 802.1x EAP protocol. The problem comes when trying to access any of the apps that require internet (I am forcing Verizon's data plan not to be used--using wifi only due to 150MB limit on my data to save $$ per month). None of my apps seem to work--internet browser, Market, Gmail, Google Calendar, etc...

On my company pc I know that within internet explorer the box is checked that says "Use automatic configuration script" and gives an "Address" that is in the format of "..../proxy.pac" It looks like my work uses a proxy for things to connect to the internet. I have no such place to put this information in my LG Vortex. I downloaded an app that seemed promising called "Proxy Settings" which will allow me to enter in the following Hostname and Port. When I tried to enter the "..../proxy.pac" as the hostname it gave me an error stating "The hostname you typed is not valid."

Is there an app or something that will allow me to use my apps when connecting to my corporate wifi? Is it a proxy setting thing or a VPN thing? I am not sure. I am open to any and every idea so that I can use my phone's online features while connected to my company's wifi.

FYI - I have friends that have iPod touches and they are able to connect to the internet with some apps internet browsing and downloading apps, but they have a similar issue of not being able to use all of their apps as well. I believe they were able to put the "..../proxy.pac" address in their devices somewhere.

Thanks!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] lapappas:
I am a new member on this forum but I decided to reply because I have a question and a possible solution for you:

-solution:try to download the *.pac file.You will see that it is probably a script that defines your actual proxy's ip.So you could try and figure out which is your actual proxy's ip.Then use this ip for the proxy-app. (However I am afraid that only browser will connect properly,not every app)

-and now the question:how did you manage to connect to the network?I have trouble connecting because the wifi settings menu doesn't seem to help.

I try to connect to a 802.1x EAP network and I have installed the required certificates but I don't know what to fill to username,password fiels.

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lampros
[EVO 4G General] xadidas4lifex:
hey how do you make custom lock screens?...
[EVO 4G General] phsteve:
Try Widget Locker in the Marketplace.
[EVO 4G General] JTNiggle:
I'll second Widget Locker. And if you want to change the look of the sliders, use 7zip to open the Widget Locker apk and change the png's to whatever you like. I use Paint.net to edit png's, its freeware and works great.

Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nelb22:
Hey guys, I've been using NAND for 12 days now, and with every build I try, I get recurring problems involving safe mode, each time I get this I have to reboot winmo 6.5 then re-flash back onto the build I want, so far this usually occurs when I turn off my phone, I'm back to using the cotulla desire build and now I can't seem to get back onto boot loader either! Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks in advance, nelb22
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quattre222:
How to boost volum ? Ringer Media etc.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blagus:
That should be easily possible once bootloader is hacked - then we could load custom kernels and drivers, as well as sound drivers...
[G Tablet General] baoli:
Is it saying unavailable for anyone else? Anybody know the reasoning behind it? I was planning to pick one up in Las Vegas this weekend but it seems like the only place to get one now is Office Depot. I was hoping to have a few choices of places to pick one up.
[G Tablet General] Virtual Pariah:
Could be sold out.

I don't many of the stores are carrying much G-Tab inventory. So they may have to wait till the next shipment from China.
[G Tablet General] tyy10002:
Interesting, there are plenty in my areas (NH, MA, VT). BTW, I just checked today, there are at least 6 -7 in the outlets..
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
It still says that it is temporarily unavailable. But checking the link for locally available stock shows plenty available in my area.

So, it's been pulled from the web site, but not the stores? What is up?
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
It looks as if it has also been removed from the Office Depot web site! When I search for tablets on their site, it comes up as a thumb link. But clicking on it results in an "Invalid SKU" error! It does say this under the thumb view:

Unavailable, please call

1-800-GO-DEPOT!
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
Hopefully, they are just being recalled to install the latest firmware. They are suppose to be coming out with a Flash update soon. Flash, along with the improvements since the initial release, really makes this an iPad killer!
[G Tablet General] TheKaz:
It is still available, just search on "viewsonic g tablet"
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Same here (VA). Available both online and in-store...

Jim
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
It wasn't that way when I checked early this morning. I see it listed again too.
[G Tablet General] idontknowu2:
It is showing as available on Office Depot but it appears to gone from Sears.com all together.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Yes, you're right. I can't find it on sears.com either... My earlier post was for officedepot.com.

Jim
[G Tablet General] TeamSpeed:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00382001000P
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
That link contains this message:
[G Tablet General] bijan588:
I think I might sell mine now, it looks like vs abandoned it.
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
Don't jump to conclusions. It may be possible that Sears has abandoned the g-tablet, but there are other possible reasons for it's disappearance. Maybe they want to sell units that have the latest firmware, and Flash too. Remember, they promised a Flash update this month.
[G Tablet General] lulu1993:
I would buy :)
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
BTW, anyone notice the blue box under the item with "New Item!"?

Was that there before?

Jim
[G Tablet General] ThunderPuppy:
What's the thing in the picture?
[G Tablet General] dmm5157:
Looks like a View pad 10.
[G Tablet General] nascardudette:
It would be nice if the Viewsonic rep that has been on this site, would chime in?

I have been on the fence and almost convinced and went to the sears web site yesterday/today to see the same "unavail". I did see it avail at OD, and I went to VS site and weird stuff. When I selected "resellers" it temporarily popped up a list then they disappeared off the screen, and when i put in my zip (Houston area) it had no stores listed.

I'm back on the fence - but hopeful it is a good thing.
[G Tablet General] TheKaz:
I wouldn't read too much into that.. the same thing happened to me a week or so ago... I do hope they are not abandoning it for the android 1.6 viewpad...

And if they ARE, I hope they cut the price a lot to dump stock! :)
[G Tablet General] baoli:
Yeah, I hope they're lowering the price if they're dumping stock. I'm going to Vegas later on today and now I'm having second thoughts about picking one up. I'd be pretty PO'd if the price was slashed in a few days. I was hoping to have picked one up beginning of the trip, get to know it for a few days and decide if I want to keep it or not on the last day. I can't find one of these here in Vancouver so this is really the only opportunity to grab one until my next trip to the US in a few months.
[G Tablet General] idontknowu2:
Just called my local Sears and they are sold out. She said she heard that they were a seasonal item they stocked for Christmas. She says they do this with the ipods as well.
[G Tablet General] ByByIpad:
Local Sears in Concord, CA has 4 in stock $399.00 price
[G Tablet General] catttman:
My Sears has them in stock (always had them) .... at 399. though
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
It's kind of funny though... the VPAD10 & VPAD7 are both lesser tablets of the tablet species(and they seem to cost more although the gTab would've been better @ $300) yet apparently developed inhouse by VS while their ODMed gTablet is just better hw wise for a tablet excepting the not so hot LCD...

I'm keeping mine until it dies, as I came away unimpressed overall by CES offerings, either being junk hw and/or undoubtedly grossly overpriced 3G/carrier tied models ala the Tab... (I'm not even considering the non-Android, i.e. QNX/webos tablets(all 2) as they're going to need to sell craploads to get any sort of traction which I think that neither RIM nor HP can do... or if they manage it, it will be to corporate clients which won't mean much anyways...)

(The only "real" "advantage" of the VPAD10 is the x86 based CPU which would mean that it theoretically would be easier to port other OSes over to run on it with possibly better access to drivers(definitely WiFi, bt, & graphics), but the touchscreen input driver would still likely be tricky... i.e. probably be almost trivial to get say Ubuntu on the VPAD10, but the battery runtime hit just isn't worth it... nor the additional cost...)
[G Tablet General] karlnorth:
Got Mine at Sears last night with Freebies!

I bought my GTab at Sears last night. Even better was I got it for 10% off, I got the Viewsonic Neoprene Case and a 16GB Class 10 MicroSD Card for free!

I got the discount because Sears was running their Friends& Family sale the previous Sunday. They were forced to close Sunday by a 'snow storm'. Sears announced they would honor the F&F discount all week. (That worked out great for me since I didn't get paid until Friday morning!) I went into Sears in the early evening. It took them at least 45 minutes to find the only GTab they had in stock. It seemed to have been either a demo or a return. Since it still till had both screen protectors on it. While we were waiting the sales manager remember they had a Viewsonic neoprene Case for it. Around Christmas the case was a freebie. Since I was patient the sales manager did some register magic and hooked me up with the case for free! I was a happy guy! :cool:

I was even happier when I got home and popped open the little door to put in my 8GB MicroSD and found a Kingston 16GB Class 10 MicroSD already nestled in there! :D
[G Tablet General] YA_Maxim:
Gtab in Amazon for 365$
[G Tablet General] GaryHypnosis:
Sears Discount

This reply is for you and about your particular unit. These comments are my opinion. My background is in PC board testing, burn in, and Quality Control.

I don't think your unit was a demo unit. At the Sears where I shop they did not have a physical demo unit only a cardboard cutout.

Since yours has an SD card in it, it was almost certainly a return.

Since you just got it last night, the first thing I would do if I was you is look up the calibration posts and do the screen calibration ini fix.

I would do the calibration wheather you are having any screen issues or not.

All you have to do (if your tablet is still stock) is create an empty calibration.ini file on the micro SD card and install it in its slot and power on the G Tablet.

Don't touch the tablet or the screen until after the G Tablet boots. Then go into the SD card and rename the calibration ini file or remove it.

The next thing I would do is charge the unit to full charge and turn off automatic shutdown. I would probably also go into settings and pick the factory reset as well. Then I would allow the G Tablet to run all day on battery power (24 hour burn in) and make sure the battery meter is working correctly.

I would check everything and make sure the speakers are working and the OTA upgrade is in place (OTA = Over The Air 3389 also in settings). I would hold off (for a day or two) on doing any mods, but that is up to you.

I would also turn it off and on a few times after the burn in and test phase. Also, you can still be using it during this time and loading apps and doing everything else. You might also want to look up some of the posts on partioning the internal SD card and be familiar with that just incase you need it later.

I think the G Tablet is a very good unit. However, I have seen a lot of posts from people who had to do the screen calibration or the touchscreen would not respond to touch after about two days (me included). Please notice there are a lot of "I's" in this post and that these are my opinions. I would do the above tests and the calibration on

any

new G Tablet I purchased as soon as I opened the box.

Again, this is my opinion but I don't think the G Tablets were given a proper QC (Quality Control) test prior to shipping. If the people at G Tablet would have done these few tests and calibrations and put a sticker over the logo of the flash player saying Future Feature prior to shipping, I think about 70% of the returns could have been avoided. I hope QC gets better on the next batch of new G Tablets sold and I also hope the QC is better on the new Viewpad 10s.

If you take a few minutes to do this and run the QC, I think you will have yourself a great tablet experience. (I wish a post like this was available when I first bought mine). Thank you for reading this and have fun.
[G Tablet General] catttman:
Reconditioned $279.93

NEW HYDE PARK -

1400 Union Tpke

New Hyde Park, NY 11040-1761

5165745500

Store Hours:

10:00 AM-9:00 PM (Mon-Fri)

9:00 AM-9:00 PM (Sat)

10:30 AM-6:30 PM (Sun)

view store info » Reconditioned $279.93
[G Tablet General] TheKaz:
This price was actually through a 3rd party seller. Amazon's price seems to be $416 ... I wish I had bought it a few weeks ago, when Amazon's price was $399...
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
The cheapest that I was able to find it at, was the Electronic Express web site. They were selling it for $364.72 (shipping extra, about $20). They are now selling for $399.72 (shipping extra)!

http://www.electronicexpress.com/pr...froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
OfficeDepot has dropped the price $20, to $379.99:

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/134043/ViewSonic-G-Tablet-101-Android-22/
[G Tablet General] catttman:
Sears Ad today Has it too ... 379.00 So they must still sell it ... its in the Sundaypaper
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
Interesting. The web version of the ad even has a "Buy Online" link, which leads to the page that says it is unavailable.
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
I've had more problems with my Nook Color(s had to exchange) than I've had with the gTablet(none).

[EDIT]

Yup. Searching for viewsonic on the Sears site only turns up some 10.4" tablet client POS, no gtab...

Heh. I got that they NY store when searching the outlet as my "closest"(100s of miles away) too... local outlet never had any...

[/EDIT]
[G Tablet General] wnbowman:
Hey, i was all prepared to go back to Sears to get the price match until I found my receipt and discovered I had purchased it for $379 on 1/1. I did get the printed rebate form, and as others have discussed, does not mention the 10.50 shipping/handling charges. I downloaded the form from the link provided in the web site at that time, and mailed in the check last week.

I'm probably going to Sears this week to see if they can comp me for the forgotten S/H charges on their rebate form.

btw, running Vegan 5.1b and loving the tablet!
[G Tablet General] copc:
Agree I saw it also
[G Tablet General] TheKaz:
Amazon is back down to $379 ... just ordered mine with a bunch of gift cards I had.. I am excited!
[G Tablet General] idontknowu2:
It is Back

The Gtab is back at sears.com.
[EVO 4G Accessories] stricklerjosh:
I have an extra battery from sprint, as I thought I would need two, but I just keep a charger with me instead. It is not wrapped because I used it to make sure it worrked. If anyone is interested pm me and we can figure out a price.

Thanks!

mikfroyo evo!
[EVO 4G Accessories] bigupurself7:
Hey bud, just so you know that one is a knockoff since there is a gap in the red. Ive been through many batteries. The only 2 that actually work well are the official one and the backup one bought directly from Sprint.
[EVO 4G Accessories] stricklerjosh:
Well bud I got it directly from sprint so not really sure you know what your talking about. It came directly from a sprint employee at the store. Thanks for trying though. I was actually given it to use for my hero because they are the exact same battery just red instead of black. I ended ip selling my hero and upgrading to evo. I really have no use for the extra battery so I figured I would sell it and buy another case with the money. I will take paypal that way if you are not satisfied with the battery then you will have protection. But I assure you it is a stock factory evo battery. I'm not gonna rip someone off cause karma is a b.

mikfroyo evo!
[EVO 4G Accessories] _MetalHead_:
That one is real. Just like there are different hardware versions of the EVO, there are also different battery versions. And youre also wrong about them being the only ones that work well. I have a slew of cheap ebay batteries, and some of them actually work better than the stock battery.
[EVO 4G Accessories] bigupurself7:
This is a great deal:

http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Standard-...VERC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1294873504&sr=8-2
[EVO 4G Accessories] Caanon:
+1

Ebay batteries vary like mad. I bought these and they last almost 1.5x longer than the stock battery (I had one like in the first post)

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-EVO-4G-SPRI...ccessories&hash=item335fa61cc1#ht_5375wt_1060

But I lost the wall charger, so I decided to get another pair of batteries, since it was only $5 more than the wall charger alone:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x2000mAh-Batte...Accessories&hash=item51972e9506#ht_5505wt_905

These 2000mah batteries completely suck. Mild use and I get ~5 hours out of 'em. Same usage, same rom, same kernels with the stock battery ~11 hours, and ~15 hours with the 1800mah battery. Moral of the story: batteries vary quite a bit.
[EVO 4G Accessories] _MetalHead_:
You don't like the Galileo batteries? Those ones have worked the best for me. I have a few that are labeled 1800 and a few that are labeled 2000 and both of them last longer than the stock battery.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Caanon:
Not so far, though I admit I haven't cycled them more than two or three times yet so they might not be "broken in", so to speak. But yeah, I can't seem to get them to hold a charge for anywhere near the other two batteries I have.

Hrm, just noticed that I'm at 100% wake time. Odd. Well, that would certainly explain it :confused:
[EVO 4G Accessories] stricklerjosh:
I will sell my stock one for $15 plus whatever shipping is. Let me know.

mikfroyo evo!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ian_4614:
Can anyone tell me where I can get the latest Radio for Orange UK ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tristan202:
Not exactly a dev question. Try posting in the Q&A.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nijnvy:
Do a Google search for Villainrom Gsm Htc hero radio.

This should get you your desired page
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1immortal:
you should be able to download it from here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PTT5EPEQ

link taken from Feeyos' forum here:

http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=70
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ian_4614:
Thanks all,,

MODS - Pls can you move to Q&A - Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattnmd:
OR here : http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?307-Gsm-Hero-Radio-Roms-Download-Links :D

EDIT : was already one of the answers .. excuse me ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hubix:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?307-Gsm-Hero-Radio-Roms-Download-Links - I'm updating Radio's from here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] antoinoid:
hello !

I'm new here and newbie in general. What is more, I'm french !

My desire z and I would like a root, but the uberroot method, using visionary, stops for me at the temroot step with this message : su permission denied

So i'd like to use the "clean" method ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843014 )

but it's a bit difficult to understand why it doesn't work either !

Aaargh !
[G2 and Desire Z General] Xanaki:
This works for just about any phone, give it a try...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682
[G2 and Desire Z General] lsxrx7:
G2 is not one of them

try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801206

there are like 2 or 3 methods

pretty straight forward.
[G2 and Desire Z General] antoinoid:
thanks, let's read that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
The most up-to-date method is in the Wiki - http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29

However, you don't have the 1.72 ROM do you ? Because that needs a different procedure, due to HTC closing down some of the previously-exploited security loopholes - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905261
[G2 and Desire Z General] antoinoid:
I carefully avoided installing the 1.72 !

I'm still "su permission denied" right now, and try to multisearch the website before asking more questions.
[G2 and Desire Z General] antoinoid:
Well, it seems like I won't solve this by myself.

Thanks, Steviewevie

I installed sdk and usb drivers on my computer. Now, the question is : why does nothing happen when I use the cmd and write : " adb push su /sdcard/su " ?!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] antoinoid:
I'm finally root and s-off, thanks to the "bad" visionary method !

What's the risk exactly with visionary ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Were you typing that command from your PC's command prompt ? What error message did you get ? Some people do an "adb shell" first and then run that adb, and that's not right because then you're running it on your phone and you'll get an error.

Well, it seems to have a much higher chance of ending up stuck in a boot loop compared to other methods. But if you are back up and working again then it was obviously fine for you !
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ibleedandroid:
Visionary and Z4root ...or any root app is harmless. S-off is when you may find a few thin ice moments.... but that's what backups are for. Rom manager or titanum backup work just fine for me.

G2 CM6.1.1 (free)
[G2 and Desire Z General] antoinoid:
ok. if I understand, as I'm alive, let's rock then !