I can't post in the VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition STABLE RC1 thread, so I have to post here, sorry.
I am trying to install VEGAn on my new G Tablet, and I keep getting into endless cycles.
First I rooted, then loaded CWM fine. Cleared data, cache, and dalvic. When I installed the ROM, it would hang on the Viewsonic boot screen. Tried several times, even tried fixing permissions, nothing.
So now I have tried the nvflash full restore, which made me lose CWM. Now I am not able to install CWM (.8) it just gives a loading bar and then reboots. Then when I use push power+volume up and release, which should boot into CWM, it just does the same thing (tries to install update.zip) then reboots.
I also can't boot into APX mode: when I hold down Power+Volume up, the screen is supposed to go black, but it never does. Just tries to load an 'update.zip' file that isn't there, and then reboots. This means that I can't use the nvflash method to install CWM.
Here is the current info from my about tablet:
Model UPC300-2.2
Tap UI version: 1.1-3389
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9.00000.10.8.2-dirty
Build Number FRF91
Any help would be extremely and much appreciated. Thanks!!
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To go into APX mode, you have to hold Power plus Volume down. Get NVFlash, restore to stock rom, and then install CWM again and the flash your Rom. And don't forget to partition with NVFlash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
EDIT: I had the same issue. Installed CWM, then flashed CM7 and I wanted to change roms but I couldn't until I set up NVFlash and restored to stock and flashed VEGAn-TAB.
fp99 said:
To go into APX mode, you have to hold Power plus Volume down. Get NVFlash, restore to stock rom, and then install CWM again and the flash your Rom. And don't forget to partition with NVFlash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
EDIT: I had the same issue. Installed CWM, then flashed CM7 and I wanted to change roms but I couldn't until I set up NVFlash and restored to stock and flashed VEGAn-TAB.
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Thanks! If I follow the steps here for nvflash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950, won't that automatically repartition, or do I need to do something else beyond that?
generosity21 said:
Thanks! If I follow the steps here for nvflash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950, won't that automatically repartition, or do I need to do something else beyond that?
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You actually have to do that in CWM. Under the advance option -> partition SD card.
Check out step 7. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
EDIT: This will erase everything on the tablet. Rom files and all. After the partition. Mount the USB and copy the rom file onto the tablet via the usb cable.
Thanks for the help, one last question.
I applied the fix to Market, but now I'm not sure if it needed it, and I am not able to download any apps from the market. I can browse fine, just not download. Did applying the fix mess things up, and is there an easy way to fix? I tried rebooting, but maybe fix permissions is necessary?
Thanks
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generosity21 said:
I can browse fine, just not download. Did applying the fix mess things up
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No, you didn't mess things up. Do the fix again: delete the cache for the Market app, delete the data for the Google services app, reboot, and you should be able to download. Worked for me.
By reboot, I mean powering completely off, then manually turning it back on.
Working great now! I think it may have been the Wifi network I was using. I have read several posts where switching to a different wifi fixed the download issue.
Thanks for the help
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No, you didn't mess things up. Do the fix again: delete the cache for the Market app, delete the data for the Google services app, reboot, and you should be able to download. Worked for me.
By reboot, I mean powering completely off, then manually turning it back on.
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You guys hit it out the park with this rom. I have a question what browser is this? Also I like to save articles as I cruise the web and the stock browser let me create custom folders. What would be a good way to do it with this rom and browser?
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Hey xda forums, first time poster, long time reader. I rooted my Nook color from these forums and find them to be most informative. I just got back from hiking the Grand Canyon to find my G Tablet waiting for me from Woot.
As I did with my Nook, I immediately started to replace the stock rom with Cyanogenmod 7 beta. I followed the instructions on the Wiki, including installing Gapps, by putting them on the internal SD and using CWM to install from zip. After everything was done however I am now stuck at the Viewsonic splash screen. I tried to read thru the Googles and tried reflashing back to stock by way of some instructions on DroidPirate I think it was, to no avail. I can't even see my external SD card to load the update to recover. Please help. Anyone?
I would get nvflash set up with bekit's images and flash that to get yourself back to a working stock image. Follow the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
After that, put Clockworkmod ( v .8, get it from development forum) on it and repartition your sdcard to 2048 and 0 then you should be ready to flash.
Then get a ROM from the development forum here, there are some based off cm7 (gingerbread builds).
I was hoping not to have to use NVflash cuz people report problems with the boot loop, however I havent found any other option so far so I guess i'm trying that. Thanks for the link.
Xxlgeek,
Every time I hear boot loop I think re-partition -- because most of the time that
seems to fix the problem.
I agree you should NVFlash to get a stock version working. Then install CWM so
you can partition -- and the do the Fix Permissions, Wipe Dalvik Cache, Wipe
Cache, Wipe Factory Data.
With that I would try to wind up with a stock machine and let it OTA up to 3588.
I wouldn't load another Alternate Rom until I knew my tablet is working good and
until I know a lot more about the roms and how to work with the G-Tablet.
IMHO.
Rev
I can actually boot into CWM right now. I already repartitioned and wiped all the caches. But when I try to flash Cyanogenmod 7 again, which is on the root of the internal memory, it just does the same thing, won't load past splash screen.
Xxlgeek,
If it didn't work, I would erase the Cyanogenmod 7 file -- and I would go back to a stock rom until I could make sure all the hardware is working right and the system
is stable.
When you know the tablet is good and stable, you can always download and re-do.
Rev
Xxlgeek said:
Hey xda forums, first time poster, long time reader. I rooted my Nook color from these forums and find them to be most informative. I just got back from hiking the Grand Canyon to find my G Tablet waiting for me from Woot.
As I did with my Nook, I immediately started to replace the stock rom with Cyanogenmod 7 beta. I followed the instructions on the Wiki, including installing Gapps, by putting them on the internal SD and using CWM to install from zip. After everything was done however I am now stuck at the Viewsonic splash screen. I tried to read thru the Googles and tried reflashing back to stock by way of some instructions on DroidPirate I think it was, to no avail. I can't even see my external SD card to load the update to recover. Please help. Anyone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021978
you are not alone...
it may have to do with the boot loader .... further investigation needed. CW does not replace this but the stock does I have been running the old one since december on my personal tab. but most of these woot pads are updated .... hmmmmmm
Xxlgeek said:
I can actually boot into CWM right now. I already repartitioned and wiped all the caches. But when I try to flash Cyanogenmod 7 again, which is on the root of the internal memory, it just does the same thing, won't load past splash screen.
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Which version of CM7 are you running?
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Which version of CM7 are you running?
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doesnt matter all the gbread roms do this when the error happens. thats why i am starting to think its the bootloader
Just throwing this out there. I bought 2 from Woot myself. On my first G-Tab I had the same issue with every single ROM I tried. I finally used NVFlash to go back to stock and everything was good again. I then flashed to the G-Harmony Gingerbread ROM and it worked and still runs like a CHAMP. Now, I finally get the other G-Tab out and start to go through the same routine as the first and it's been a no go repeatedly. I have mostly been trying with the Cyanogen 7 Final ROM to no avail and even with the G-Harmony. Going to try NVFlash on number 2 tab and see what the result is and will post back in a bit with updates.
Ok, I said I would reply and here it is. The downside is this.... The NVFlash worked great and put me back to stock. The bad part is that I am not sure that was what actually caused the problem to occur in the first place on the second tablet. I had read right before doing this that installing the Clockwork mod from the SD card instead can be a fix as well. I did that this time through. It also shows something different on the screen when you hold down the start and vol+ buttons than it was when CWM was installed wrong.
So basically this:
Run NV Flash (Detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 )
Run Clockwork Mod FROM THE SD CARD!!! (Detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245 )
Then proceed to follow those exact instructions from the same thread.
Do not skip stuff, do not think you have a better path, just do it all as described. I now have a G-Tablet running the Cyanogen Mod 7 Final release SMOOTH as glass! Hope this helps someone else out.
tunez23 said:
Ok, I said I would reply and here it is. The downside is this.... The NVFlash worked great and put me back to stock. The bad part is that I am not sure that was what actually caused the problem to occur in the first place on the second tablet. I had read right before doing this that installing the Clockwork mod from the SD card instead can be a fix as well. I did that this time through. It also shows something different on the screen when you hold down the start and vol+ buttons than it was when CWM was installed wrong.
So basically this:
Run NV Flash (Detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 )
Run Clockwork Mod FROM THE SD CARD!!! (Detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245 )
Then proceed to follow those exact instructions from the same thread.
Do not skip stuff, do not think you have a better path, just do it all as described. I now have a G-Tablet running the Cyanogen Mod 7 Final release SMOOTH as glass! Hope this helps someone else out.
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I too am having the same problem but when I try to run NVFlash, I get the error "nvflash configuration file error: file not found Press enter to continue:"
The tablet doesn't restart or anything. I followed the steps to re-partition and install the ROM from "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245." After that didn't work, I tried the steps from "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950" and I get stuck at running the nvflash_gtablet.bat file.
Any help would be appreciated.
Did you extract both archives to the same directory on your computer?
akodoreign said:
doesnt matter all the gbread roms do this when the error happens. thats why i am starting to think its the bootloader
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2 partitions are reversed and Gingerbread roms don't like it. Using bekits original nvflash files will fix the partitioning permanently as far as flashing between froyo and gingerbread.
Any official updates from viewsonic past 3588 have a locked bootloader and require viewsonics kernel so you must use Gojimis fix or nvflash to go back.
Edit.....This is not all tablets. I'm guessing around 30% or so have the 2 reversed partitions but it seems 50% of the woot tabs. Helped fix many of these on irc in the last 2 weeks
KrazyOne7 said:
I too am having the same problem but when I try to run NVFlash, I get the error "nvflash configuration file error: file not found Press enter to continue:"
The tablet doesn't restart or anything. I followed the steps to re-partition and install the ROM from "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245." After that didn't work, I tried the steps from "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950" and I get stuck at running the nvflash_gtablet.bat file.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Having the same problem too!! Any help would be much appreciated.
Tried wiping everything with FORMAT.zip from another thread, and get and error for unknown device when running that *.bat file.
This newbie needs some serious help!
Locked bootloader??!
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Any official updates from viewsonic past 3588 have a locked bootloader and require viewsonics kernel so you must use Gojimis fix or nvflash to go back.
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I think I must have the locked bootloader, but tried both Gojimis's fix and nvflash fix and get the error as mentioned above.
So I am getting nowhere, won't go past the "booting..." splash screen to install any of the update.zip files from the microSD card.
Help!
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Did you extract both archives to the same directory on your computer?
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Yes, I extracted both the gtablet and the windows zip files.
KrazyOne7 said:
Yes, I extracted both the gtablet and the windows zip files.
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Me too, and still getting the error "nvflash configuration file error: file not found Press enter to continue:"
Are they in the same directory. If they are not then nvflash can not find the files to flash. Both zips have to be unzipped in the same directory and the driver has to work. You must be able to see the tablet from the computer when you boot into apx mode. APX mode is power/vol- NOT power/vol+
I install the clockworkmod for set up the GTAB rom...
but now i want to return to the stock recovery...so how to uninstall clockworkmod?
thanks!
savage,
You install CWM to replace the stock recovery. Therefore, you have to re-install the
stock recovery. If you were using a stock rom like say 3588, you would just reinstall
the rom again and let it overwrite CWM.
But since I don't know what rom you are using, you need to check the source of
your rom, make sure it contains the stock recovery -- and then inquire of the issuer
of the rom whether or not you should re-install or do some other special procedure.
Rev
thanks！ Now i am using the VEGAn-Tab Build rom~
so what should i do next?
sorry for the confusion~
GTAB ROM is not granular enough - you running stock or a modded ROM? If so, which ROM?
I can reply for TNT Lite 4.3.0+ or gADAM 1.3.0+ - there's a script setup to go back to standard recovery. If you are running either of these, please see my first posts on those ROMs for instructions on what to do. Again, this is only if you are running TNT Lite or gADAM.
You can also attempt to flash standard recovery using a build 3588 standard recovery firmware image in PART3 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005080
savage,
EDIT: roebeet answered you first so I'll just stand by and see what y'all do.
Good luck!
Rev
thanks！ Now i am using the VEGAn-Tab Build rom 5.1.1~
so what should i do next?
sorry for the confusion~
problem with installing CWM
I got my gtablet yesterday and tried to install CWM v.8 using external micro SD card. It looked like it was half way done because it could not reboot by itself and stuck at a screen asking for reboot. So I selected reboot but it did not reboot. I had to force it to close. When I pressed volume+ and power, it had this message on the upper left coner: Recover key detected, booting recovery kernel image and 3 birds in the middle of the screen. It stuck there forever without doing anything. I only installed Z4root and nothing else. How can I remove the half-done CWM and redo it again. If I can do it again, what should I look out to avoid the same error?
yu203964 said:
I got my gtablet yesterday and tried to install CWM v.8 using external micro SD card. It looked like it was half way done because it could not reboot by itself and stuck at a screen asking for reboot. So I selected reboot but it did not reboot. I had to force it to close. When I pressed volume+ and power, it had this message on the upper left coner: Recover key detected, booting recovery kernel image and 3 birds in the middle of the screen. It stuck there forever without doing anything. I only installed Z4root and nothing else. How can I remove the half-done CWM and redo it again. If I can do it again, what should I look out to avoid the same error?
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If you got your tablet yesterday, then it probqbly had firmware 1.2.4349 on it, which is a 1.2 bootloader firmware. You tried installing a CWM made for a 1.1 bootloader. how much research did you do prior to modding? Seeing as you installed Z4root, I'd imagine that you didn't do much, as it's not needed at all to root your G-tab.
go to http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/ and start reading at "START HERE" to get an idea of what your dealing with, and what you can and can't do...look through the entire site!
to get out of where you are now, and back to a workable base, follow the "CODE RED" instructions here: http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/
Lastly...don't do anything else silly until you've read and understand all of the instructions on Goodintentions site...it's a GREAT resource and should be a pre-requisite for all new G-Tab owners.
This is my first experience trying to mod a device but everything I read said it was easy so I bought the Gtab and spent 4 hours yesterday trying to flash VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition STABLE RC1 but it won't boot.
The first thing I did was root the device following instructions from driod pirate (before I found XDA). I now know I didn't need to do that step.
After rooting it, I found this post with great step by step instructions for installing clockworkmod and flashing a rom. I followed the instructions to install ClockwordMod and the VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition rom. After trying to boot, it stuck on the ViewSonic splash screen.
I did some more research and thought I might need to downgrade the bootloader/tnt version so I followed these instructions and was able to successfully load the stock rom. I then followed the same steps above to install clockworkmod and flash the vegan rom. Again, when trying to boot, it just sticks on the ViewSonic splash screen.
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
Do I need to do a nvflash and try the process from the beginning again?
dw21 said:
This is my first experience trying to mod a device but everything I read said it was easy so I bought the Gtab and spent 4 hours yesterday trying to flash VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition STABLE RC1 but it won't boot.
The first thing I did was root the device following instructions from driod pirate (before I found XDA). I now know I didn't need to do that step.
After rooting it, I found this post with great step by step instructions for installing clockworkmod and flashing a rom. I followed the instructions to install ClockwordMod and the VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition rom. After trying to boot, it stuck on the ViewSonic splash screen.
I did some more research and thought I might need to downgrade the bootloader/tnt version so I followed these instructions and was able to successfully load the stock rom. I then followed the same steps above to install clockworkmod and flash the vegan rom. Again, when trying to boot, it just sticks on the ViewSonic splash screen.
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
Do I need to do a nvflash and try the process from the beginning again?
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You need to follow the nvflash instructions on the developer page. Your partitions need to be fixed before gb roms will work
I suggest the first thing you do is setup nvFlash. I can assure you that you will need to use this utility at some point. It is very usefull and powerfully utility and is very easy to setup and use. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
once you set that up..i suggest you start from scratch.
So this is what I would do if i was in your shoes.
1. Install nvFlash and go back to stock.
2. Update to 3588 using OTA
3. Install cwm .8 on your tablet
4. Repartition to 2mb/0 using cwm .8
5. Wipe data, clear cache, clear dalvik using cwm .8
6. Mount your tablet using cwm .8 and upload the rom you want to install
7. Install the rom you want and you should be good to go
(dont forget to reboot your device after that first boot.)
What is the risk involved with NVFlash? I've read a few complaints that their devices were bricked after nvflash. How do I make sure I avoid that happening?
dw21 said:
What is the risk involved with NVFlash? I've read a few complaints that their devices were bricked after nvflash. How do I make sure I avoid that happening?
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Anytime you brick it, you can use nvFlash to un-brick it. Its just a matter of knowing what you are doing and reflashing it with the correct files. From what I have experienced, its pretty much impossible to brick these tablets once you have nvFlash setup. No matter how bad that situation is, I have always been able to recover using nvFlash(and I have been in very terrible situtations where I got a blank screen when i booted...turns out I was stuck in apx mode when i booted)
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4. Repartition to 2mb/0 using cwm .8
5. Wipe data, clear cache, clear dalvik using cwm .8
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Can you go into more details on these two steps? I know it's done with cwm but I want to make sure I do it exactly right.
worked for me
Thanks guys this worked great! For some reason I couldn't upgrade to 3588 it would FC at 50% but it works now!
clayvikings said:
Thanks guys this worked great! For some reason I couldn't upgrade to 3588 it would FC at 50% but it works now!
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Awesome, that's great news! Welcome to the club!
rbansal2 said:
I suggest the first thing you do is setup nvFlash. I can assure you that you will need to use this utility at some point. It is very usefull and powerfully utility and is very easy to setup and use. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
once you set that up..i suggest you start from scratch.
So this is what I would do if i was in your shoes.
1. Install nvFlash and go back to stock.
2. Update to 3588 using OTA
3. Install cwm .8 on your tablet
4. Repartition to 2mb/0 using cwm .8
5. Wipe data, clear cache, clear dalvik using cwm .8
6. Mount your tablet using cwm .8 and upload the rom you want to install
7. Install the rom you want and you should be good to go
(dont forget to reboot your device after that first boot.)
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I did exactly this (minus step 1. as it was already a stock device) and I had exactly the same problem - gtab stuck at viewsonic splash screen. My unit was fresh outta the box and fully charged, and this was the firstht hing I tried to do with it. CWM installed without a hitch (yes, 0.8) and I repartitioned without fear (I had no data on it anyway). Did the wipes, mounted the tab and copied over the rom... all instructions I found on XDA for doing it. It still sticks at the splash screen.
So, to get a working tablet again, I used nvflash to go back to stock (though I have a superuser app now, which is odd for 'stock'), did the ota update to 3588, loaded Spark+ on it for a launcher and add the amazon marketplace app (looking for more free apps).
I still want to get VEGAn installed though, just wish I new why it was freezing up/not booting/not correctly installing or whatever the problem is.
If you have run nvflash you can now install Gingerbread roms as it fixed your partitioning. When you got stuck on the vs birds it meant your partitioning was wrong and you needed to nflash. If you did then your fine now.
The nvflash provided does not bring you to complete stock. If you want complete stock just flash the 3588 update.
I did the exact same thing you did, with the same result. Then I nvflashed and walked through the rest of the steps and I was quickly able to flash VEGAn-TAB.
dw21 said:
I did the exact same thing you did, with the same result. Then I nvflashed and walked through the rest of the steps and I was quickly able to flash VEGAn-TAB.
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I've been watching the VEGAn-TAB logo flash and pulse at me for the past hour. Think I'm going to try to flash the ROM again...
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Scratch that. restarted into cwm, cleared user data again, booted right into V. Going through setup screens now. Question though... If this was writtne for the G-Tab, then why does it still have the phone stuff in it?
was working but now it isn't?
++++i had to use nvflash for my gtab and it worked. I loaded vegan-tab 7.0 GE and it took "literally HOURS" to boot to the tablet setup page, after that it was working great until I rebooted it after 1 day of use and now i can't get past the "powered by g-tabdevs" boot page?????? any thoughts?++++
UPDATE: I repartitioned the sd card 2048/0 and that didn't work, then i cleared the dalvik (?) cache and the other cache and it booted up successfully (warning to newbs like me, this did clear all my data so back up everything)
SIDE NOTE: I love this website!!!
Two things I always do before I decide to try a new ROM, backup anything I don't want to lose, then go do a factory reset. When you install a new ROM, it doesn't automatically wipes all the partitions, especially the user data and settings. By leaving that there, you are allowing the ROM have access to that information which in turn, can cause problems because not every ROM setups the same. I have seen many people run into problems because they don't do a data wipe. If you do this, you will see a lot less problems in the future and if you do get a new install running but seeing FCs with a lot of apps, do a factory reset.
VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition STABLE RC1 Still In Boot Loop
Hi, I've tried doing as per what the instructions said about clearing the cashes and partition SD card sizing. I've load VEGAn-Tab 6 times already and everytime I still end up with a boot loop error. I just decided to use tntlite instead, but I really want to get this working. I noticed one thing as I was loading tntlite and the stock rom that when I go back to ClockworkMod v08 to mount “/system” and “/data”.
I see the following:
“unmount/system”
and,
“unmount/data”
which is right, but when after I load VEGAn-Tab
I see the following:
“mount/system”
and,
“unmount/data”
From what I've been reading this should not be the case. I'm not sure it this is related to my problem with the boot loop or not.
Please help!
Hey,
I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285894 However, after doing the steps fully, I launched ROMManager, becasue I didn't know it wasn't working correctly. So in order to fix it, I tried to restore my phone to the stock rom, by following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
I used both the rooted pda and the modem files with Odin. That didn't fix anything either. So then I decided to search a bit more, and figured out that I shouldn't have installed or used RomManager. No big deal, I redid the first guide again. Now that I'm correctly into CWM (the 3 button press way, not RomManager > Boot into CWM) I tried flashing CM7. I can't. I get a pretty long error. It starts with the following:
Assert failed: getprop ("ro.product.device")
I googled that. Turns out CM doesn't support the radio/modem I flashed. (atleast, that's what the problem was with a different phone). How can I go about solving this? I basically just want CM7 running on the S2.
Edit: I was using the wrong CM7 rom. I was able to flash it, but now it just gets stuck at the Galaxy S2 screen with the yellow triangle. Left it there for about 5 minutes with nothing else poping up. Right now I'm going to try a nandroid restore.
Alright. I was able to restore it. I was also able to install the Cognition X2 Mod. I'm still having issues with Cyanogen, but I'll keep trying and looking around the forums.
Fixed. Reflashed the mod twice and it's working.
Which ROM did you flash? Because i was having the same problem. i was able to restore and i'm back to stock rooted.
I installed both cognition and cm7 lastnight.
I'd backup everything first though in CWM Backup
Both times, all I did was copy the .zip to the INTERNAL sd storage, then boot into recovery via (VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER), did data/cache wipe, then install from SD and voila.
I got it working. At first I was flashing the International S2 rom. then I downloaded the rom off the thread in this forum. So it should be all good now.
I am just getting the cyanogen mod 7 logo on loop after flashing.
How do i get back to where i am able to do a restore? Volume up and Power is no longer working. Thanks
justininhifi said:
I am just getting the cyanogen mod 7 logo on loop after flashing.
How do i get back to where i am able to do a restore? Volume up and Power is no longer working. Thanks
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VolUp + Power never worked.
VolUp + VolDn + Power... This is documented in MANY places.
Yeah, I got this issue when I tried to flash google apps, then installed cyanogen. To get out of the loop, I cleared everything (wipe) then flashed CM7 twice (there is a new nightly, just got released a few hours ago, fixed bluetooth audio) and then flashed the google apps package. Took a min or two to boot upto the setup screen after that, it took just a few seconds to boot up.
Entropy512 said:
VolUp + Power never worked.
VolUp + VolDn + Power... This is documented in MANY places.
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Ah, that it what i meant. I was finally able to get back into recovery mode after trying about 4-5 times and have everything working great. Just couldn't get the ROM manager to work to get google apps so i had to flash that. Am i correct that it should be the old style market and not the one that comes stock?
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Ah, that it what i meant. I was finally able to get back into recovery mode after trying about 4-5 times and have everything working great. Just couldn't get the ROM manager to work to get google apps so i had to flash that. Am i correct that it should be the old style market and not the one that comes stock?
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The g apps file I flashed only had "talk" on it. Once I loaded talk it asked me what other apps I wanted to download from the market. It downloaded and installed those apps.. But once I went to the market place it was the same one as the stock rom.
weird, i still have the old market style. I wonder if there is anyway to update without reflashing.
Hi all. I've kinda screwed up the wifes gtablet and am now in the doghouse and need some help. I tried searching for this info in the forums and have had no luck getting the info I need. I am running android 2.2 tap ui version 1.2-5699 kernal 2.6.32.9-svn4979 [email protected] #2. I would really like to get back to original stock setup as the email, android market facebook app all don't work thus making this tablet the worlds most expensive clock. I have read that there are issues trying to go from 1.2 back to 1.1 and I can't find a comprehensive guide explaining how to do this. Any help or suggestions regarding this matter would be extremely helpfull. Thanks to all.
1. Version 1.2-5699 is the latest stock firmware from Viewsonic, so there's no need to install another version.
2. If only the ROM, or the apps on it are screwed up, and if you have the stock recovery, then just wipe data. This will bring the stock ROM back to the original, newly-installed, state.
3. Depending on where the apps you mentioned are installed (either in /system/app or /data/app), after a wipe data in stock recovery, you may not, or may, respectively, have to re-install the apps. All application data, however, will have been wiped.
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1. Version 1.2-5699 is the latest stock firmware from Viewsonic, so there's no need to install another version.
2. If only the ROM, or the apps on it are screwed up, and if you have the stock recovery, then just wipe data. This will bring the stock ROM back to the original, newly-installed, state.
3. Depending on where the apps you mentioned are installed (either in /system/app or /data/app), after a wipe data in stock recovery, you may not, or may, respectively, have to re-install the apps. All application data, however, will have been wiped.
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I have taken your advice and have went into recovery mode and wiped all caches and have done a factory reset. The system appeared to boot up like I had just taken it out of the box for the first time. After initial setup I am still having the same issues. I can't enter a valid email address. I can't get into any android store (and I've tried them all) and the same web sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc) are erroring out. This is why i was wondering if there is any way to go back to original stock as before i tried using vegan tab everything worked properly. I bought this for the wife when it first came out and vegan tab appeared to work for about 6 months before apps started force closing and i couldn't access the mac address on the tablet to set it up on my new router. I think my ROM might be dirty? I have seen ways on here to bring the system back to original if you are still running on the 1.1 branch but I am on the 1.2. BTW clockworkmod .08 doesn't work on 1.2 branch. All it does after installation is kill access to recovery mode. Any ideas? Oh and thanks for your help. Cheers
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I have taken your advice and have went into recovery mode and wiped all caches and have done a factory reset. The system appeared to boot up like I had just taken it out of the box for the first time. After initial setup I am still having the same issues. I can't enter a valid email address. I can't get into any android store (and I've tried them all) and the same web sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc) are erroring out.
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I'll need to look at logs and run some commands to figure out what's wrong (but see below).
This is why i was wondering if there is any way to go back to original stock as before i tried using vegan tab everything worked properly. I bought this for the wife when it first came out and vegan tab appeared to work for about 6 months before apps started force closing and i couldn't access the mac address on the tablet to set it up on my new router. I think my ROM might be dirty?
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There's no reason to go back to the stock VS ROM--or an older version of the stock ROM--just to fix problems. Better to install a custom ROM and then fix problems on that.
BTW clockworkmod .08 doesn't work on 1.2 branch. All it does after installation is kill access to recovery mode. Any ideas?
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CWM .08 won't work on a 1.2 bootloader because the kernel in it is built for the 1.1 bootloader. You'll have to install a different version of CWM. See this thread.
However, if you really like CWM .08 and want to keep using it, then let me know. It's not hard to run CWM .08 on a 1.2 bootloader.
Suggestions:
1. Set the correct date and time always. This is very important.
2. Install CWM.
3. In CWM:
a) Repartition the internal SD card (remove any microSD cards first).
b) Format /cache (mount and storage menu)
4. Transfer and install a custom ROM.
Do steps 1 - 3 first, then I'll tell you how to collect some logs. After that's done, tell me which ROM you want to install.