Thanks for stopping to read this.
I wanted to know if this has been rooted yet, and also if I can load it up to honeycomb yet?
On a side note does anyone know if the snes and other emulators work well on it?
RiffyDivine said:
Thanks for stopping to read this.
I wanted to know if this has been rooted yet, and also if I can load it up to honeycomb yet?
On a side note does anyone know if the snes and other emulators work well on it?
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Hello,
Replacing with the firmware makes the device root. You have multiple to choose from. TNT lite. Vegan Etc..
I have not seen honeycomb firmware yet but the word is that the devs are looking in to in and will be available once it is fully tested.
I have seen the emulators work on the viewsonic so the question to that is YES..
Enjoy..
I think most of us bought this for the hardware knowing that Android developers will eventually bring us everything we want and more. If the tab can't do "it" now I am sure it will soon.
cd112 said:
Hello,
Replacing with the firmware makes the device root. You have multiple to choose from. TNT lite. Vegan Etc..
I have not seen honeycomb firmware yet but the word is that the devs are looking in to in and will be available once it is fully tested.
I have seen the emulators work on the viewsonic so the question to that is YES..
Enjoy..
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Thanks, it will be here tomorrow. I just needed to find the specs sheet on tiger and was sold. Can't believe it's a 150 dollars off right now, it's less then my cellphone was. Glad it is on sale, it can replace the crappy dual boot viewsonic tablet I got. Wish it had said on the site hey this isn't real android on here.
I was also reading, people say flashing a CFW is simple with the gtablet. Something about how there are no blocks or anything in the way to keep you from doing it which is great. So I will just look around in here for the how to flash unless it's as simple as CWM.
Yep, just CWM! Though, possibly a touch more than normal with a simple phone, like the Droid. You need to repartition it in CWM for best results, then wipe everything, then install the ROM. Depending on the ROM, you most likely will want to install GAPPS after. That's pretty much it! Most of the ROMs come with decent kernels, I've noticed.
Good thread to step through the process.
www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016695
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Yep, just CWM! Though, possibly a touch more than normal with a simple phone, like the Droid. You need to repartition it in CWM for best results, then wipe everything, then install the ROM. Depending on the ROM, you most likely will want to install GAPPS after. That's pretty much it! Most of the ROMs come with decent kernels, I've noticed.
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What is gapps? Is it a stock apps store just for the gtab.
RiffyDivine said:
Wish it had said on the site hey this isn't real android on here.
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It is real android, they just their own "layer" on top of it. It is fairly easy to install another Rom on this thing, just make sure you read, understand, and follow the directions carefully.
Once you get it installed, unless you feel comfortable with possibly having to do a bit of work if you "mess it up", I would try not to fool around with it too much. I've installed Vegan-Tab 5.1.1, and a kernel, and it runs fine, so I try to just use it as is...
back it up with nvflash before you start rooting....that will prevent you from bricking your tab. I just got mine last week and its amazing how well it works . I am currently testing our different roms on it to see which one I like the best. Vegan 5.1.1 and TNT Lite 4.4 are pretty nice to start off with.
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It is real android, they just their own "layer" on top of it. It is fairly easy to install another Rom on this thing, just make sure you read, understand, and follow the directions carefully.
Once you get it installed, unless you feel comfortable with possibly having to do a bit of work if you "mess it up", I would try not to fool around with it too much. I've installed Vegan-Tab 5.1.1, and a kernel, and it runs fine, so I try to just use it as is...
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No no sorry, I ment the other viewsonic tablet. The one that dual boots win7 and x86 android.
rbansal2 said:
back it up with nvflash before you start rooting....that will prevent you from bricking your tab. I just got mine last week and its amazing how well it works . I am currently testing our different roms on it to see which one I like the best. Vegan 5.1.1 and TNT Lite 4.4 are pretty nice to start off with.
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Always good to backup, I assume as long as you get that even if you totally mess up you can just reflash it and try again. It will be here tomorrow around 11ish, so once I get done at the office going to get a few ciders and attack this thing.
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What is gapps? Is it a stock apps store just for the gtab.
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Depending on the package, it will be some of the missing Google stock apps. such as the Market.
One other thing - boot it and set up wireless so you can get any over the air updates before you put a new ROM on.
chadness said:
Depending on the package, it will be some of the missing Google stock apps. such as the Market.
One other thing - boot it and set up wireless so you can get any over the air updates before you put a new ROM on.
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Thanks mate, I planned to try out the stock first just to see what they did with it.
Oh, one other thing. How is the screen on this? Nice and clear? I only ask cause on the viewpad 10 I bought some months back, well the screen looks awful unless you got it maxed brightness, it just always looks like there is dust on it.
RiffyDivine said:
Oh, one other thing. How is the screen on this? Nice and clear? I only ask cause on the viewpad 10 I bought some months back, well the screen looks awful unless you got it maxed brightness, it just always looks like there is dust on it.
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I think it looks really good, as long as you are at the right angle. You probably heard that it has a narrow field of view if you tilt it up or down (while being held in landscape). But, when looking at a decent angle (tilted less than 45 degrees, maybe?) the screen itself is bright and clear.
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I think it looks really good, as long as you are at the right angle. You probably heard that it has a narrow field of view if you tilt it up or down (while being held in landscape). But, when looking at a decent angle (tilted less than 45 degrees, maybe?) the screen itself is bright and clear.
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That sounds about the same for the angles as the viewpad 10. My only problem was that it honestly always looks like a dusty. But I will know for sure in about 3 hours when I am done here. Don't most tablets have issues if you try to tilt them too much one way or another?
cdavisccs28 said:
Good thread to step through the process.
www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016695
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weird seems that link doesn't work.
EVEN WORSE, there is like 2 pixles that are red. Are they dead or just somehow locked?
Related
My dad just got my mom this Tablet, I dont want to mess with it to much, so no custom roms. All I want to do is give her access to the android market. I have read tons of posts and they all start with open the market then close the market, but I dont have the market. Is there an APK to download to install the market then do the "clear cache till I get an error" fix. Or is the only way to get the market is to install a custom rom that already has the market. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.
Just flash a custom rom and make it run 10 times faster and more stable. The whole process will take less than 20 minutes if you follow my instructions down to the letter.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/starthere.htm
You're either a code green or yellow. Take your pick.
I'm serious about it. The stock rom is really not that great. If you want to maximize the user experience for your mom, flash her a custom froyo rom. I like the calkulin+clemsyn combo the most. Make sure you pay attention to which branch of development you're on.
Ya, I was afraid that was going to be the response. I actually have been on your site for dummies. I am not new to android as I have a Motorola Atrix and have done my share of modding on it, but am nervous about screwing up my moms new present and never hearing the end of it. Gues I might just have to bite the bullet and get it done.
Go on and do it...
goodintentions said:
Just flash a custom rom and make it run 10 times faster and more stable. The whole process will take less than 20 minutes if you follow my instructions down to the letter.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/starthere.htm
You're either a code green or yellow. Take your pick.
I'm serious about it. The stock rom is really not that great. If you want to maximize the user experience for your mom, flash her a custom froyo rom. I like the calkulin+clemsyn combo the most. Make sure you pay attention to which branch of development you're on.
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I'm 65+.
That said, I went to goodintentions website, followed the instructions, and wala, I have a custom ROM, running at blazing speed and could not be happier.
Calkulin+Clemsyn 1.5ghz Froyo Combo V6 BL1.2
I'd give it a shot.
And don't forget to make a donation to goodintentions...
Moms about to drop the tablet off. Once I find out which branch it is on, I am going to start the process goodintentions has on his "Start Here" page. thanks all for the input.
Goodluck modding the tablet. I put a custom rom on my fathers tablet. Boy did he yell at me as i was halfway through but then he used it that night, called me up and said "holy **** what did you do?" Quite funny in the moment.
Sent from my Galaxy S running Galnet's MIUI v2.2 @ 1.3ghz!
Another vote for Calkulin+Clemsyn 1.5ghz Froyo Combo V6 BL1.2
It's been perfectly solid and stable for me. Your mom shouldn't have any troubles for the foreseeable future.
The good thing is, it's essentially unbrickable, so there's always a way to back out. I assume that she's been using her Tablet since getting it, so she may be used to the UI of stock Tapntap...
That being said, if you flash a rom (another +1 here for Calk+Clem combo 1.6 for bootloader 1.2) and she doesn't like it, you can always take it right back to stock for her. I highly doubt that she'll hate the custom rom, though. She'll have full market access, speed WITH battery management, stockish settings menus, A way to backup the system OS (through CWM) , and basically just a whole new experience that is far superior to stock...
NOW, I'm sure you know, but make sure to backup whatever apps she's already got prior to flashing the new rom...
but, yeah...flash a new rom, let her use it for a few days, THEN ask her which she liked better...
All right, got the new rom and have been playing with and I am quite happy. She only had it for a day or two so I she still was getting use to it. That is why I did it right now before she got to attached to the stock rom. Not seeing the full market but need to do the clear cache and force close thing and see if it will work. I noticed several apps that I wanted to install were not showing up.
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All right, got the new rom and have been playing with and I am quite happy. She only had it for a day or two so I she still was getting use to it. That is why I did it right now before she got to attached to the stock rom. Not seeing the full market but need to do the clear cache and force close thing and see if it will work. I noticed several apps that I wanted to install were not showing up.
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In theory, you will never ever have "full" market. Google market is set up so that certain device only gets certain apps. It is impossible for any one device to have access to all apps. Don't ask me why google does this.
My "girlfriend" just bought the transformer. I've been playing with it. Right away, I noticed that the market for the transformer is missing a whole bunch of apps.
That said, if you want more market access, go to the following link and read.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/apps/blog/categories/show/1101880-02-market-fix-
smcastillo said:
Moms about to drop the tablet off. Once I find out which branch it is on, I am going to start the process goodintentions has on his "Start Here" page. thanks all for the input.
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Don't forget to repartition and fix permissions first...
Ya, I actually started on goodintentions site "code green" and did each in order so I should have covered everything. I also did the market fix and I am able to find alot more apps now. I know you will never see everything, but there is alot more apps showing after the clear cache, force close fix.
Okay so today i am ordering a G-Tab. I was planning on getting it from woot since they have great prices. Is there any problems that anyone has had with their woot owned g tab? Like i heard charging stops but you can get the dock to charge it. But anything that should turn me off?
I haven't heard about any wide spread troubles with woot's stock of gtabs. Charging is always a little funky on the gtab, but mainly issues such as only reaching 96% and fast draining in sleep mode. Both of which have long discussions and various fixes.
I wouldn't be too worried. Good luck!
thanks its suppose to come july 7th and i cant wait lol )))))
My website linked in signature.
jjkoolj8282 said:
Okay so today i am ordering a G-Tab. I was planning on getting it from woot since they have great prices. Is there any problems that anyone has had with their woot owned g tab? Like i heard charging stops but you can get the dock to charge it. But anything that should turn me off?
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I had mine from Woot since Apr. Works fine. No quality issues so far.
I have flashed several different ROM's..each have their own pluses and minuses.
The fun part is getting them to work.
I think the most stable and operational is Vegan-Tab, Vegan-Ginger or CM7...
You should try them all if you are up to the task..
Read as much as you can or start @ goodintentions's website
qkster said:
I had mine from Woot since Apr. Works fine. No quality issues so far.
I have flashed several different ROM's..each have their own pluses and minuses.
The fun part is getting them to work.
I think the most stable and operational is Vegan-Tab, Vegan-Ginger or CM7...
You should try them all if you are up to the task..
Read as much as you can or start @ goodintentions's website
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what bootloader came with yours? and if my tablet comes with 1.2 could i downgrade it using roebee's guide to nvflashing?
mine came with 3588 BL1.1
After you have read up on how to use nvflash and drivers, the bootloader issue only matters depends on what rom you want to run.
yeah mine came with 1.1 and i love it!!!! i flashed in order: vegan 5.1, gtabcomb beta 3.0 and 3.1, beastys 2.2.1 with clemsyn combo, and i am getting ready to flash vegan ginger
my only complaint is that it doesn't have a rock solid feel that an ipad or a xoom has, but for the price and the hardware, who cares!!!!
I ordered mine from Woot a couple of weeks ago and Im satisfied so far. It came with Bootloader 1.2 and Im using the Flashback HC ROM.
Aha fellow wooters! Got mine in woot. Come with a 1.2BL but done some mistake and installed a CWM 1.1 . Well, long story short, now running gtabcomb HC rom. Previously used CM7. CM7 is more bug free than gtabcomb...but HC is plainly smoking cool than Ginger
fury7 said:
Aha fellow wooters! Got mine in woot. Come with a 1.2BL but done some mistake and installed a CWM 1.1 . Well, long story short, now running gtabcomb HC rom. Previously used CM7. CM7 is more bug free than gtabcomb...but HC is plainly smoking cool than Ginger
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yeah i am going back to honeycomb just because of how sexy it looks on the gtablet LOL
Just got mine in the mail today, I'm joining the family, lol. Its charging as we speak, when I'm able to turn it on, Ill post more. Anyway tips you guys can give me since you've had yours for a while?
arrived YESTERDAY!
Yep just got mine as well yesterday from Woot via Amazon. Came with 1.2/4349. For $259 I guess Im happy. One thing that may be a problem, along with the obv angle issues, is the screen seems to be very sensitive. I know fingerprints, but I mean scratches. I was attempting to put on a screen protector(XTREMEGuard protector from Prestige Solutions) I had followed the directions, which included steps involving wetting my fingertips and the back of the protector so I could move it around if needed to get it in place. Well I failed miserably, couldnt get it right and had to throw it away. Not sure if it was my inexperience or their ****ty $10 product. I will never buy from this company again. ANyway, in the process of this, the screen somehow has a scratch and a small white mark on it and all it could be from was when the sticky side was touching the screen as I was trying to readjust it. Im assuming wetting it, like the directions say, is one of the things to keep from that happening, but i couldnt wet it anymore, honestly. So yeah, it seems to be that if you dont successfully get a screen protector on their asap, it wont be long before scratches and nicks will be everywhere.
I havent rooted yet but I will be shortly and like many of said, it makes the experience much much better. If they just would have made a little bit better screen, this things would be the ultimate value tab. That just KILLS it.
One other smaller thing, depending on if you have 1.1 or 1.2, you can only flash certain roms to each. I know iv read you can switch between the 2(not sure of process), Just seems like a hassle if you want to try one, then he other and have to switch first......
Ok so I have CWM installed, now onto picking which 1.2 rom will be my first, most stable/most stuff working/most BADASS...any ideas please?? would appreciate it....
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This was originally an opinion post that turned in to more.. I am leaving the thread intact and the stock rooted rom dump can be found in post #20
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I picked up a couple of the 5" refurb players for my kids (ages 6&7) for christmas (both are YP-G70CW). I am actually quite impressed with this device, but thats not why i am here.
I plan on rooting them so i can do a hidden install of Cerebrus just in case they lose them or they get stolen. Anyway, since these will be going to my kids, i dont want to heavily mod them, i want them to be reliable.
This is where the opinions come in, do i leave the stock rom on there or is there another reliable rom that would be super kid friendly that has no problems?
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sorry guys, i moved this thread.. i accidentally posted it in the dev forum ... i need more coffee this morning!
There aren't really any fully functional roms which will make that much difference.
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joemhewitt said:
There aren't really any fully functional roms which will make that much difference.
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Thanks.. i will just keep them stock rooted then
i dont think that any anti theft is that helpful due to the lack of mobile data.
unless a thief is dumb enough to connect to their own wifi, there is no way for the galaxy player to report its location
I fully agree with the above comments.
I have a 5.0 for more than one year and now a Nexus 7. if I take at side the device speed (for heavy games) The 5.0 is in my view the best staple in today market. Especially in term of portabilty!
good choice
iurnait said:
i dont think that any anti theft is that helpful due to the lack of mobile data.
unless a thief is dumb enough to connect to their own wifi, there is no way for the galaxy player to report its location
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You can flash a cerebrus zip to the system and hide it from the app drawer. This also keeps it from being removed from a factory reset. If someone stole, or "found it" then they would have to be at least smart enough to flash different firmware, or manually remove it. I would rather have little protection than none at all. And if it fails me then i am only out the $140 per device that i spent.
lolo9393 said:
I fully agree with the above comments.
I have a 5.0 for more than one year and now a Nexus 7. if I take at side the device speed (for heavy games) The 5.0 is in my view the best staple in today market. Especially in term of portabilty!
good choice
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I have N7, N4, HTC Vivid, an older LG Optimus, a few chinese android knock offs, etc... my kids love playing with my N7 but i wanted to get them something a little more portable that they could easily take back to their mom's house. I came across these refurbed players and knew immediately that it would be perfect for them.
Just like any big kid with a new toy, i couldn't wait to get them and try them out (well, i have to test them, they are refurbs)... And i have to say that i actually really like this device. I kinda want one for myself.
I use chip rom and everything works(its based on GB ) ..i use mine on 1.5 ghz with undervolted FQ and i tell you (at least on chip rom) most apps works faster then on nexus 7..i put side by side nexus 7 and GP5 and press buttons on same time ..in 90% SG5 would open faster or finish faster.
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shogunmark said:
I picked up a couple of the 5" refurb players for my kids (ages 6&7) for christmas (both are YP-G70CW). I am actually quite impressed with this device, but thats not why i am here.
I plan on rooting them so i can do a hidden install of Cerebrus just in case they lose them or they get stolen. Anyway, since these will be going to my kids, i dont want to heavily mod them, i want them to be reliable.
This is where the opinions come in, do i leave the stock rom on there or is there another reliable rom that would be super kid friendly that has no problems?
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Don't mean to get off topic but can you make a copy of your Stock for the GP5 USA for us?
Sure, give me a few days and I'll see what I can do. Seems as if I have a slight case of food poisoning, so I'm not moving much further than the couch or bathroom. So as soon as I feel like staring at my computer I'll get it
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
Hope you feel better,
and thank you!
what is the build number
Does anyone have a untouched galaxy player 5 usa that has the original build #? curious to know what it is.
JeonZiro said:
Does anyone have a untouched galaxy player 5 usa that has the original build #? curious to know what it is.
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I am not near mine currently, but i can get them when i get home tonight... they are still stock and unrooted. I have done nothing except power them on to make sure they both work properly.
And i am feeling much better today.. so i shouldnt have a problem getting that info tonight when i get home from work.
JeonZiro said:
Does anyone have a untouched galaxy player 5 usa that has the original build #? curious to know what it is.
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Model Number: YP-G70
Firmware Version : 2.3.5
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-G70UEKI8-CL566269 [email protected] #2
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.UEKI8
JeonZiro said:
Don't mean to get off topic but can you make a copy of your Stock for the GP5 USA for us?
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So i still didn't get this... I plugged the one in to my machine with windows booted up and Kies told me there was an update. So i figured i would grab the update and dump that, then also dump my other one without the update and give you guys both.......
Well this turned out to not be an easy process. Kies did something and F'd up the drivers. I spent a good hour (uninstalled/reinstalled drivers, hard reset phone, etc) with it trying to make it see the phone again to no avail. So this morning i booted linux and tried to get a dump and ran out of time. I am off work tomorrow so i should have more time.
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So i still didn't get this... I plugged the one in to my machine with windows booted up and Kies told me there was an update. So i figured i would grab the update and dump that, then also dump my other one without the update and give you guys both.......
Well this turned out to not be an easy process. Kies did something and F'd up the drivers. I spent a good hour (uninstalled/reinstalled drivers, hard reset phone, etc) with it trying to make it see the phone again to no avail. So this morning i booted linux and tried to get a dump and ran out of time. I am off work tomorrow so i should have more time.
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I would recommended giving up Kies all together because it's more problematic then it's worth. You could install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11633550 (this) and it'll fix your issue. Sorry for the issues.
JeonZiro said:
I would recommended giving up Kies all together because it's more problematic then it's worth. You could install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11633550 (this) and it'll fix your issue. Sorry for the issues.
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yep, i saw that earlier.. i will give it a shot. No worries about the issues, I have been so far up HTC the last few years i need some different exposure.
The one is in the process of uploading now.. I still have to update it yet and get the dump of that one also. But i am going to bed, i have a sick kid to deal with now (guess i had the flu and not food poisoning, lol). I will update with a download link after i get up. Which should be in a less than 5 hours.
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This was my was my first attempt at this. I am not a Samsung person. So here you go
Model Number: YP-G70
Firmware Version : 2.3.5
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-G70UEKI8-CL566269 [email protected] #2
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.UEKI8
Download here
md5 d3253616e8509e001dd59491a2352bf0
*since this was my first attempt, if you have a way to test it, then please do as i dont want to mess up your device. But i followed the instructions and encountered no errors to achieve an Odin flashable TAR file, it was just over 300MB, It zipped down to 183. SO file size to me seems to be normal.
Many many thanks to hanthesolo for pointing me in the right direction!
Ok, I have an odd request if anyone can help. 16gb nook tablet here, it's been collecting dust for a couple years, but still works fine. I last flashed it with CM 12 I think. (it's at android 5.1.1) I'm pretty certain the partitioning was changed though. My goal is to reflash an older version of android. I want to downgrade it down to ice cream sandwich or gingerbread. I'm suspecting bad things are going to happen if I simply try to flash CM7 or CM9 or something without changing the partitioning back. Any suggestions on how best to accomplish this? I'm a bit rusty on my ROM flashing skills after a couple years of experimenting with windows tablets instead of android.
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Ok, I have an odd request if anyone can help. 16gb nook tablet here, it's been collecting dust for a couple years, but still works fine. I last flashed it with CM 12 I think. (it's at android 5.1.1) I'm pretty certain the partitioning was changed though. My goal is to reflash an older version of android. I want to downgrade it down to ice cream sandwich or gingerbread. I'm suspecting bad things are going to happen if I simply try to flash CM7 or CM9 or something without changing the partitioning back. Any suggestions on how best to accomplish this? I'm a bit rusty on my ROM flashing skills after a couple years of experimenting with windows tablets instead of android.
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How about taking it back to stock and then doing whatever you have in mind after that? This "last-ditch" un-brick procedure might do it: http://bishoptec.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/?
FWIW, I was running CM 12.1 at one time and as far as I know there was no repartitioning involved in that flash, unless you did it as an addition for some other purpose.
nmyshkin said:
How about taking it back to stock and then doing whatever you have in mind after that? This "last-ditch" un-brick procedure might do it: http://bishoptec.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/?
FWIW, I was running CM 12.1 at one time and as far as I know there was no repartitioning involved in that flash, unless you did it as an addition for some other purpose.
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hmm thanks, looking into that link now. I'm certain I repartitioned it at some point, but it was a long time ago now. I'm not certain what method I used. I've played around with way too many other tablets and phones since then, so it's hard to mentally keep straight what I've done with which device.
EDIT: Well, I've got it to CM9 now, I still have to flash gapps but otherwise its there. not sure how stable CM9 is, but I'm not sure which gingerbread version is best for stock + root without the B&N apps or skin. Any suggestions?
StridAst said:
hmm thanks, looking into that link now. I'm certain I repartitioned it at some point, but it was a long time ago now. I'm not certain what method I used. I've played around with way too many other tablets and phones since then, so it's hard to mentally keep straight what I've done with which device.
EDIT: Well, I've got it to CM9 now, I still have to flash gapps but otherwise its there. not sure how stable CM9 is, but I'm not sure which gingerbread version is best for stock + root without the B&N apps or skin. Any suggestions?
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Wow, I applaud your resourcefulness in scaring up a CM 9 ROM and GApps! You must have a specific reason for wanting an old OS. As far as issues I suppose you could search this board for "CM 9" and see what people had to say about it in the past.
nmyshkin said:
Wow, I applaud your resourcefulness in scaring up a CM 9 ROM and GApps! You must have a specific reason for wanting an old OS. As far as issues I suppose you could search this board for "CM 9" and see what people had to say about it in the past.
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Doing so. Though I do have a specific reason for the older OS. It's a silly reason too one old game. Nethack. If the person who did the best android port had updated it since gingerbread it wouldn't be an issue, and if I could turn compatibility mode OFF on an app after jellybean, it also wouldn't be an issue. The game is nostalgic for me. (used to play it back on my Amiga 1000 in the 80s) My choices, play it on a newer OS and have the view zoomed in so you can see only a part of the map for each level (Boo!), Try my hand at porting it myself, or else simply get an old tablet running an old OS version again. (I don't think attempting to put old versions of android on a recent device would work out well) This seemed like the easiest choice. Got it running, and functioning how I want now I didn't have to adjust the partitioning at all. Your link was helpful, since in it it they referenced that the reflashing wouldn't effect changed partitions, which clued me in that it wouldn't be a big deal for downgrading the NT. so thanks!
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I'm pretty certain the partitioning was changed though.
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If your NT model is 16GB, see https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575489 for the original factory sizing of the EMMC partitions.
Hi guys,
I'm sorry cause asking this, especially cause this question has been asked manytimes and I have read several subjects too, but I didn't strict answer I'm looking for.
I recently bought nexus 9 (WiFi only model) 16gigs,
I unlocked bootloader, I rooted the device and now I want to debloat it.
I'm in dilema weither I should just have it rooted and debloated on 7.1.1. android, or should I use some of the custom roms around.
I'm aiming to use tablet mainly for gaming. I have servral games I'd like to play listed:
Marvel Future Fight
DC Legends
Star Wars Galaxy Heroes
Star Wars Force arena
and few others but i take it that if those can run fine, all others would too.
Also can someone point me to a safelist of application that can be removed if answer to first question is to just leave it rooted and debloat.
Thank you a lot for help.
Cheers.
IrethTassartir said:
Hi guys,
I'm sorry cause asking this, especially cause this question has been asked manytimes and I have read several subjects too, but I didn't strict answer I'm looking for.
I recently bought nexus 9 (WiFi only model) 16gigs,
I unlocked bootloader, I rooted the device and now I want to debloat it.
I'm in dilema weither I should just have it rooted and debloated on 7.1.1. android, or should I use some of the custom roms around.
I'm aiming to use tablet mainly for gaming. I have servral games I'd like to play listed:
Marvel Future Fight
DC Legends
Star Wars Galaxy Heroes
Star Wars Force arena
and few others but i take it that if those can run fine, all others would too.
Also can someone point me to a safelist of application that can be removed if answer to first question is to just leave it rooted and debloat.
Thank you a lot for help.
Cheers.
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For the best performance, install a custom ROM. As for debloat, ... It's a Nexus, what bloat?
But if you want minimal, I would say flash slimrom and the smallest gapps package that fits your needs. Or go gapps free and use micro g instead.
Performance on stock is pretty bad (really bad), but a custom ROM will fix it for the n9. When I say bad on stock, I mean opening more than 1 tab in chrome, it has to reload the page every time switching between the two. Same with having a couple apps open.
Fortunately, most of the ROMs out there take care of all that.
madbat99 said:
For the best performance, install a custom ROM. As for debloat, ... It's a Nexus, what bloat?
But if you want minimal, I would say flash slimrom and the smallest gapps package that fits your needs. Or go gapps free and use micro g instead.
Performance on stock is pretty bad (really bad), but a custom ROM will fix it for the n9. When I say bad on stock, I mean opening more than 1 tab in chrome, it has to reload the page every time switching between the two. Same with having a couple apps open.
Fortunately, most of the ROMs out there take care of all that.
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I'm on latest Android 6 stock, unencrypted and Fire Ice kernel. its running fine and if use the chrome that comes with the stock and don't update it, it will run fine.
How would someone find official roms? I used pure nexus rom thinking that is official but i guess i was wrong. I not to big on roms knowing. They all looks the same to me I just care to be able to uninstall builtin apps i don't use and that everything works fine.
This one i use now had a problem common with nexus 9, white blocks and anoying skrechy sound, but i read somehwere it is fixed by unhoking battery, cleaning pins and putting it back together. I tried it and I didn't have problems since then. I drained battery to 2% no problem, before it was impossible. I have no idea was it ROM issue or what.
IrethTassartir said:
How would someone find official roms? I used pure nexus rom thinking that is official but i guess i was wrong. I not to big on roms knowing. They all looks the same to me I just care to be able to uninstall builtin apps i don't use and that everything works fine.
This one i use now had a problem common with nexus 9, white blocks and anoying skrechy sound, but i read somehwere it is fixed by unhoking battery, cleaning pins and putting it back together. I tried it and I didn't have problems since then. I drained battery to 2% no problem, before it was impossible. I have no idea was it ROM issue or what.
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That's a common hardware issue for n9, not a ROM issue.
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That's a common hardware issue for n9, not a ROM issue.
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But it's safe to say that it's fixed now. Everyone was talkin about disconnecting battery, and clean a bit and connecting again.
it seems such a easy troll solution to this "very anoying and hard problem that even HTC didn't solve", and i did it and it really did the job (knock on a wood ). I've been draining battery to the end for 3 days now, nothing ever like that happend ever again. before it wasn't even a day when i didn't experienced that problem.
IrethTassartir said:
But it's safe to say that it's fixed now. Everyone was talkin about disconnecting battery, and clean a bit and connecting again.
it seems such a easy troll solution to this "very anoying and hard problem that even HTC didn't solve", and i did it and it really did the job (knock on a wood ). I've been draining battery to the end for 3 days now, nothing ever like that happend ever again. before it wasn't even a day when i didn't experienced that problem.
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Good to hear. That usually is the fix for that.
Please, just to confirm, is this "image-volantis-n9f27l" official ROM or it's custom ROM?
I also use this bootloader : "bootloader-flounder-3.50.0.0143" since other ones didn't work for me.
I was with support trying to solve issue of Device restarting every time I install new app or update app, and while trying to clear cache partition, it gone to my device not wanting to boot. so i had to factory reset, and it still won't start android in full. so i have to reflash ROM. I guess.
I'm kinda lost now cause i don't know what to do.
As said i just want for my device to be rooted so i can delete all apps i don't need and change launcher (deleting existing one - well i don't know if it's smart or not. i figure why having two launcers when i will use only one).
And i want to play games and use apps without it failing on me all the time.