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I bought my G-Tab with the same problems as everyone else. I want to have the power everyone talks about but with the ability that I can use it for professional work with out the embarrassment of it "forcing to close" or just not working. I am willing to sacrifice power and speed (not much of each!) for stability.
I know everyone will say this is asked and answered. I have tried to read everything and figure it out for the last month but I am not getting anywhere with more and more programs/apps being added I am lost.
If you can help let me tell you what I use so you can say that wont work anymore change to this or something like that.
-Dropbox
-Docs to go
-need to use gmail for personal work i do off of webmail
-kindel and angry birds for the kids they cant seem to live with out them
I am willing to "flash?" or what ever it takes if someone can point me to a step by step. I put TnTL on it but this just still seemed slugish and probably my own fault but I still dont have google market just handango.
I really appreciate you even taking the time to read this rambling.
jeep (I couldn't remember all of it! ,
I won't try to answer all your questions, but I'll start and maybe others will jump in.
Speed: If you have TnT Lite installed, you probably are getting the same speed as the rest of us. Searched on "tablet Quadrant benchmarks"
and the Xoom was 1823 and the Galaxy Tab 1064. The original poor G-Tablet softwear was in the 1500s and my G-Tablets (4.3.2 and TTX) both
run in the 2100-2200 range. I'd say that pretty good!
My recommendation to you -- if you already have TnT Lite on it -- would be to upgrade that to TnT Lite 4.3.2. You would need to flash 4.3.0 and
then the 4.3.2 supplement in that order.
That would get you the latest in roebeet's ROMs, and would add full Market and the latest fixes. The would get you a Quadrant speed of about 2200. And with the Market you can download Angry Birds and the other software you need.
I know this doesn't answer all your questions, but hopefully it will get
you started.
Rev
EDIT: Corrected per info in next thread by Roebeet.
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jeep (I couldn't remember all of it! ,
I won't try to answer all your questions, but I'll start and maybe others will jump in.
Speed: If you have TnT Lite installed, you probably are getting the same speed as the rest of us. Searched on "tablet Quadrant benchmarks"
and the Xoom was 1823 and the Galaxy Tab 1064. The original poor G-Tablet softwear was in the 1500s and my G-Tablets (4.3.2 and TTX) both
run in the 2100-2200 range. I'd say that pretty good!
My recommendation to you -- if you already have TnT Lite on it -- would be to upgrade that to TnT Lite 4.3.2. You would need to flash 4.3.0 and
then the 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 supplements in that order.
That would get you the latest in roebeet's ROMs, and would add full Market and the latest fixes. The would get you a Quadrant speed of about 2200. And with the Market you can download Angry Birds and the other software you need.
I know this doesn't answer all your questions, but hopefully it will get
you started.
Rev
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Just one add-on : The TNT Lite supplements are cumalative. So you install 4.3.0 as a base, then 4.3.2 after that -- you don't need 4.3.1.
I do that as that way you only have to install one supplement, if you are a few revisions off.
TNT Lite 4.3.x has one known caveat, which is a problematic sleep. "Quick fix" for now is a custom kernel - I actually recommend a custom kernel for TNT Lite, but I don't add one by default as I feel it should be a user decision.
You know, a permissions fix always helps. Reboot to recovery and under advanced there is an option to fix permissions. A lot of the time this increases stability and reduces fc issues.
+1 for custom kernel. There has been a lot of work done recently to streemline performance and fix known issues. Clemsyns new kernel made a noticeable increase in net performance sleep death issue was fixed.
Hope that helps
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Just one add-on : The TNT Lite supplements are cumalative. So you install 4.3.0 as a base, then 4.3.2 after that -- you don't need 4.3.1.
I do that as that way you only have to install one supplement, if you are a few revisions off.
TNT Lite 4.3.x has one known caveat, which is a problematic sleep. "Quick fix" for now is a custom kernel - I actually recommend a custom kernel for TNT Lite, but I don't add one by default as I feel it should be a user decision.
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Ok I can do that.....but what is a kernel and how do I do that? My brother in-law who just knows everything! Told me I need to flash it with a vegan he didnt know how or why. Only that thats what he was going to do with his phone? Obviously you can already tell the level of brains I am dealing with there.
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Ok I can do that.....but what is a kernel and how do I do that? My brother in-law who just knows everything! Told me I need to flash it with a vegan he didnt know how or why. Only that thats what he was going to do with his phone? Obviously you can already tell the level of brains I am dealing with there.
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You probably don't need to go down that path (Kernel, etc) until you have a little more experience.
I find pictures more valuable than words, if you aren't happy with how the device is performing for you then this video might help. It is a good start on how to get a more responsive ROM onto the device.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY_FvJnWNEw
beyond that it's a matter of doing a lot of reading and careful experimentation.
While I totally bow down to Roebeet's awesome-ness I would suggest going with VEGAn 5.1.1. I've been running it for over a month now and it's been rock-solid with not a single force close.
I did have a period where I had a crapload of force-closes a while back (sometime late January/early February?) but I blamed it on me messing around with my build.prop so I could use Swype. Swype is great but I didn't need it. I can't say that was the problem but after I booted into recovery via ClockworkMod .8 and wiped user data, cleared cache, cleard dalvik cache and then flashed VEGAn 5.1 and then the 5.1.1 supplemental I haven't had any problems. I also don't download any and everything that someone posts on these forums; just because I can doesn't mean I should.
I use Dropbox as well and instead of Documents To Go I've been using QuickOffice Pro and have no issues whatsoever. I am also using LogMeIn Ignition to access my work laptop from my gTab so I don't have to lug that around anymore.
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While I totally bow down to Roebeet's awesome-ness I would suggest going with VEGAn 5.1.1. I've been running it for over a month now and it's been rock-solid with not a single force close.
I did have a period where I had a crapload of force-closes a while back (sometime late January/early February?) but I blamed it on me messing around with my build.prop so I could use Swype. Swype is great but I didn't need it. I can't say that was the problem but after I booted into recovery via ClockworkMod .8 and wiped user data, cleared cache, cleard dalvik cache and then flashed VEGAn 5.1 and then the 5.1.1 supplemental I haven't had any problems. I also don't download any and everything that someone posts on these forums; just because I can doesn't mean I should.
I use Dropbox as well and instead of Documents To Go I've been using QuickOffice Pro and have no issues whatsoever. I am also using LogMeIn Ignition to access my work laptop from my gTab so I don't have to lug that around anymore.
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VEGAn is A-OK with me. It's a solid ROM and a LOT of users here use it.
One good thing about the GTAB mods is that you have a number of options!
SORRY!
To all of you who had the decency to answer someone who it seemed did not have the decency to say thank you....THANK YOU! I apologize that life kept me away so long but such is life. I will be trying all of your suggestions but fear now from trying to catch up in reading that the "GTab is dead" my wife wants a XOOM and I am afraid to buy that thinking it will be dead just as fast.
You know, what ever thing you buy is always going to start "getting behind" the minute you buy it. Cars, computers ... tablets. So don't worry about it being "dead". Just fix it up however you like it and enjoy it.
I'm excited to get this tablet (after ordering an Archos 101 and getting fed up with the delays) and am looking forward to tinkering with some ROMs. I have some experience with Android (rooted Droid X owner) so I have no doubt I can figure it out.
My question is which custom ROM is the best all-arounder (reliability, speed, updatable, features, support, ...)?
I'm sure each has their strengths and weaknesses, but what I'm looking for is maybe some arguments for/against each from experienced users. (And yes I've watched the youtube videos and such but its hard to tell long term satisfaction from a 5 min video) Thanks in advance.
Zeebok1337,
I'm sure people are not thrilled that I always give this answer, but I think you need
to use the stock tablet and get the stock updates for a while.
When you have charged it and turn it on the first time, you will need to find the
Settings icon and check the About tab to see what version you're on. So far people
are getting 3389.
Then set up your wifi Internet access. Within a couple of minutes, you should get
a Notification on the upper right portion of the screen telling you an OTA (over the air)
update is available -- probably 3588. If so go through the routine and D/L and
install it.
That done, you should have a good G-Tablet, but you will not have Market and
some other stuff most of us want. You also will need to go in and set the date/time
and a lot of other little details on the Settings icon.
http://www.viewsonic.com/gtablet has a bunch of pages of info on the G-Tablet --
and best of all the "Favorites" tab has links to a lot of the more common D/Ls.
By the time you do this and the do your homework reading here at XDA, you should
begin getting an idea of what the tab can do and where you want to go.
I don't recommend any of the experimental stuff, or perhaps even the gingerbread
stuff until you have your feet on the ground and know what you are doing.
That means basically I think you would be happiest with the TNT Lite or Vegan ROMS.
Both basically do the same thing and speeds are compatable. In the beginning, Vegan
was a little more sophisticated with screen lock, good graphics, etc. But as VS has
improved with updates and Roebeet has added stuff, TNT Lite has become just as
sophisticated. So flip a coin or make your best guess and go from there.
You just need to take time to know what you want and how to do it so you don't
wind up with a semi-brick like all too many folks do...........
Rev
Very good info. Does any of these Roms have sync with Google calendar and Contacts ?? And if so which Rom does that ?
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Very good info. Does any of these Roms have sync with Google calendar and Contacts ?? And if so which Rom does that ?
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I can't speak for them all, but TNT Lite does. It replaces most of the Viewsonic apps with stock Google apps (The browser and the music apps being the exception). Most likely most of them do, however - just read up on their posts to see what each offers.
Thank you. I really want to leave the stock rom and if there was a way to add Google calendar and contacts sync ( like there is with Gmail with the enhancment) I would keep it but I really need my contacts and calendar. Again Thanks.
Corwins CM7 FTW.
I recommend installing a keyboard with key height adjustment like thumb keyboard, disabling the capacitive buttons with button remapper and using button savior for soft buttons.
Also, the case crown kindle dx case from amazon is a great fit and looks great.
I am in the same boat. GTablet is charging right now. I have an Archos 101 and decided to get a GTablet for playing with. I have an EVO phone but I have never rooted anything so far. I have a computer background so I can probably work it out. Also have a little help from my friends.
Woot G Tablet on the bench
First off I would like to thank Butchconner for the advice I have seen on this forum on getting started with a new G Tablet. "Leave it stock for awhile"
Mine is on the work bench right now charging. It was one of the Woot deals. I am currently using an Archos 101 I got just before Xmas and it works great with no rooting or custom ROMS. I managed to get the wife to use it to read some books from the Kindle store. Look up technophobic and my wifes picture will be there.
I got the Viewsonic because of the Woot deal (Damn that big shinny button).
I'm thinking of leaving the G Tablet stock for the wife right now but she has gotten used to the standard Android interface on her EVO phone. In fact she has gotten pretty good at using the phone.
I understand that the stock user interface for the Viewsonic is very different than what would be seen on the Android or the EVO. Right now I'd just like to get the wife using it to read books and move on to other things later.
Most of the posts regarding the rooting and updating of the ROM's seem a little excessive to me right now. What I am afraid of is the Viewsonic with the stock interface may be too foreign for my wife. Any comments from the forum users?
Thanks again.
The 3588 build (which should arrive as an OTA Update) has a more generic launcher built in. Easy to switch to it if your wife prefers the standard Android interface. No need to load a custom ROM unless you choose to.
what I did with my woot-g
charged it all the way up
started it up
added to my wi-fi
ran the update (it'll ask you to)
rooted
installed clockwork recovery, did a backup, reboot
copied backup to sdcard2
recovery, repartitioned (2048/0), factory reset, reboot
recovery, backup again, reboot
copy new backup to sdcard2, copy old backup back to sdcard
recovery, restore old backup, reboot
played a while then installed TNT lite.
probably missed a few steps but overall this made backups as soon as I could while moving forward. There is no comparison between the stock rom and TNTlite, am looking forward to trying vegan5.1.1
Yeah I jumped 20 feet forward and installed VEGAN Gingerbread even before it was fully charged. played with it a little, then read some more and installed VEGAN 5.0
loving it and haven't even scratched the surface yet.
I charged it, then when it was fully charged, i installed CWM, then VEGAN.
I never did a OTA update before installing CWM and VEGAN.
Does that mean that I messed something up or will lose some functionality?
ZB
I got mine yesterday (FL)
and as this is my 3rd tablet (wife has an augen and I have a ZT180) I have to say that the ROM that is pre loaded is MUCH better than you have heard.
Now it may not be lightening fast, but what will you be comparing it to?
No Market, but I have about 9 DVD's full of APK's that I will NEVER get through.
That being said I DID the TNTLITE update, but then again I cant even ESTIMATE the number of FW flashes I have done since I got the Augen in August (which BTW is also a pretty decent tablet)
but I have to say, there is a RUMOR around the net that ONE of the more recent updates from viewsonic will NOT allow a 3rd party flash, but like I said I did 1 over the air update to 3588 and then went TNTlite
but I also have a lot of experience doing them, BUT I will say hands down this is one of the best tablets I have used (even at the retail price)
HoLyCoWzOrZ said:
I charged it, then when it was fully charged, i installed CWM, then VEGAN.
I never did a OTA update before installing CWM and VEGAN.
Does that mean that I messed something up or will lose some functionality?
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No....Vegan should have entirely replaced the original firmware so it made no difference whether you updated or not.
I've only really used Cyanogenmod on my HTC Incredible. On my tablet, thus far, I've tried vanilla, Cyanogen, and Vegan. I think I've found Vegan to be my ROM of choice.
TNT Lite
I just flashed the newest edition of TNT lite (4.4.0) and I was blown away by how easy it was. I would really recommend it. Very easy to use for anyone who is not a pro at this kinda stuff.
Woot Deal
Hey guys just got the tab off woot. Charged it then. Loaded clockwork then cleared cache data then rebooted. Then added tnt 4.2 it worked for about 6 hours then of course when I tried to turn it on it keeps rebooting. What should I do? Is it a good idea to take the tnt off? Or can I do that? I'm just pretty upset right now. Can anyone help me out please?
To fix the boot loop you will need to repartition the card and then reinstall the ROM. Boot into clockwork mod then select repartion and set 1st selection to 2048 and second to 0. This will wipe your tab tho. You will then have to reinstall the ROM.
Thanks
You saved my life man. For some reason the stock rom has been erased for the tab also. Does anyone have the stock rom?
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You saved my life man. For some reason the stock rom has been erased for the tab also. Does anyone have the stock rom?
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Stock ROMs found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000
Hi all,
Just got my tablet from Amazons's big woot sale. Really appreciate all the work in the Roms & the documentation; from the post/guides to the youtube videos. I hope I can contribute soon.
I have read & read & searched but I haven't found a list showing the most current Rom. I see the list of roms to chose from but I'm not seeing a standard that everyone is accepting. Is it pick your own flavor as what suits you?
I also have seen posts taking about the G and Honeycomb (read the one & only post on forum). I swore I read somewhere someone made it honey for the G. Is that just elements on another ROM?
Is there a chart or something that compares what ROM has what feature?
If there isn't any of these things I'm guessing the best way would be to see what the most active posters have in their sigs/ profiles?
I'm new to the rooting thing & don't understand the psychology of the dev process here. I see the different camps but don't see how to tell the diffs without making a spreadsheet for myself.
thanks for your time & wisdom,
IdeaJason
maybe I should just ask what are you running?
Install a rom, if you like it use. If you don't install another
It takes about 2 minutes to wipe and flash a rom. This is not like windows in the 1990s where it took like a whole night to install an OS. Just try one and if you don't like it move on.
I'm using Calkulinized + Klemsynized + O.C.ed ROM right now. It's freakin' fast and pretty stable.
I was on CM7 nightly for a few days... switched to VEGANtab ginger because he's got screenshots working at least via screenshot ER or ddms, which I really want.
Love VTL launcher... love using pershoot's Overclock kernel... it's all good.
thanks all did everyone vote?
Thanks for the replies & votes. I'm going vegan ginger for now. I also wanted to make sure people got to vote.
I have nothing to save as I haven't even used the thing yet. Loaded ClockworkMod v08 and laughed afterwards. I spent 2 hours watching the video and reading 3 different guides on two different websites. Was so easy, hopefully this continues with vegan. After that when the root/ hack gods show me a good omen I'm going to root mine & my wifes EVOs & then replace the HD on my Asus G73 with a hybrid SSD. These things work on energy, If the energy is good once you can usually get great results as long as you don't get the smoke in you eyes... or lungs.
I'm running Calkulin + Clemsyn 1.2. I was running the 1.5 but found the battery drain to be too high. Quite happy with it!
Loaded Vegan Ginger last weekend. Love it. Not going back to Vegan 5.1.1 That was good, Ginger is better.
I ran tntlite for about 3 weeks and loved it then figured I'd give some gb roms a try liked Veganginger try g-harmony as of yesterday so far love it just can't get my honeybread on it
I have been a member for a long time, but I never post anything so in that sense I'm new enough that I can't post this in the forum I wanted to, so I'm asking here. This is going to sound like a hateful rant and I'm sure someone is thinking, "If she knows that, then why is she hatefully ranting?" I am not ready to give up yet, so I'm explaining how I arrived at this point.
I have had my Gtab for about a year and a half. In that time I have rooted it and changed the ROM several times. I moved up to the 1.2 bootloader. In all this time I haven't really used it much because it just doesn't work right no matter which rom I try. Each rom will be ok for a few days, and then it starts getting glitchy. I got so fed up with it, I just parked it for several months and didn't touch it. Just recently I have installed the smoother bean rom. It is sort of ok but it doesn't 'just work'. I'm not a bigtime gamer, I like angry birds and sudoku. I surf the internet, watch videos, read books/magazines that are in epub format. When I study, I highlight text and make notes. When I sit down to study, I need it to work. No hangups or lockups or slow/frozen screens. When I get it out to use at the KH to follow along with the material I studied previously, I need it to just work. It has been to the point that I had to open the thing and physically unplug the battery to get it to behave. I was so excited to get this tablet and read all the information in these forums about it, so I knew what I was getting into when I bought it. The bloom is off the rose and I just want a tablet that does what I want it to do. I don't even care if it has jellybean or ICS or even Honeycomb at this point... I just want a tablet that works without having to fiddle around with the software.
And I don't install crazy amounts of apps. I think there are 7 or 8 that I use. Mainly Moon+ reader, Dolphin browser, Pinterest and Sudoku and Angry birds. I also like to sync my google stuff, calendar, contacts, email.
I'm am thinking I might put it back to stock and let it do all the OTA updates and see how it runs. But if I do that, I have to do the fix that makes the google market and stuff work. If I can do that and in the end have a working tablet that is decent and stable, I'll do it. Can anyone give me any feedback after having done this themselves? How was your tablet after? I remember how horrible it was out of the box. Is it better? MUCH MUCH Better? or just a little better.
Is there another rom that has been proven to be stable? I'm not worried if the camera or bluetooth doesn't work, I don't use those with the tablet. I don't think they are working right now, I'm not sure I haven't tried them since I installed the smoother bean rom. It can be any version of Android, I don't care.
I have given some thought to selling my gtab and getting another tablet, but I don't want to do that just yet. I know there has to be a solution, I just haven't found it yet.
Any feed back or suggestions would be most appreciated. The developers work hard on this tablet and have kept it going when Viewsonic themselves quit on it. I think that its really cool that there is such a devoted community of people who still love this tablet.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
My recomendation for "stable"
No expert here, but I have multiple g-tablets. For the "stable" ROM, I use Cyanogenmod cm-7.2.0-smb_a1002.zip
Hope that helps,
Jack
I have very similar experience as yours. Bought the gtab long ago, played for a while, then stashed away for several month, but pulled it out again while some brilliant devs actually put JB on it.
I will never ever go back to stock on gtab. Both Smoother Bean and G-Harmony Jellybean ROMs work reasonably well. In my opinion, they are already pushing the limit of the hardware.
atfsi said:
No expert here, but I have multiple g-tablets. For the "stable" ROM, I use Cyanogenmod cm-7.2.0-smb_a1002.zip
Hope that helps,
Jack
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Whereabouts can I download that ROM? I googled the file name and I found the cyanogen download page with the various releases but I wasn't sure which one to pick. I didn't see any that said for the gtab and to tell the truth, it was late and my eyes were sleepy! If you know of a place to download the ROM, I would appreciate it. I would like to give it a shot and see how it goes on my tablet. I'm also going to try out reinstalling JB. I didn't realize there was a update for smoOther bean. So, we'll see what happens.
For stability and full function of the Gtablet, you will probably want to use a Froyo rom. All other versions of Android required re-written drivers and/or kernel, as Viewsonic did not release an official version, and never released their source code. My favorite Froyo rom is:
TNT 6039
I used that rom with VTL Launcher for months, until TeamDRH released their JellyBean rom. You might need to make some minor modifications to see all the apps in the Play store, just read the thread.
I also have another Gtab that is running CyanogenMod. This became my 'stable' tablet. My parents, kids and nephews have used it for months with no complaints. If it gets a little slow, just wipe the cache and it speeds right back up again. Hardware acceleration does not work on Gingerbread, so major 3d games often have graphical glitches, but it is very stable. Here is a link:
CyanogenMod 7.2
If you can wait a few more days (hopefully!) TeamDRH will be releasing a new JB rom with their new kernel. I am currently running my own CM10 build with the new kernel and it is great. Very fast and stable. None of the released JB roms ran very well on my 'experimental' Gtab, so I built my own. After a ton of work, it is running even better than my 'stable' tablet, so I would be willing to bet that when they release their new rom, it will be the best available. Judging by the description of your usage, I would try CM 7.2.
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For stability and full function of the Gtablet, you will probably want to use a Froyo rom. All other versions of Android required re-written drivers and/or kernel, as Viewsonic did not release an official version, and never released their source code. My favorite Froyo rom is:
TNT 6039
I used that rom with VTL Launcher for months, until TeamDRH released their JellyBean rom. You might need to make some minor modifications to see all the apps in the Play store, just read the thread.
I also have another Gtab that is running CyanogenMod. This became my 'stable' tablet. My parents, kids and nephews have used it for months with no complaints. If it gets a little slow, just wipe the cache and it speeds right back up again. Hardware acceleration does not work on Gingerbread, so major 3d games often have graphical glitches, but it is very stable. Here is a link:
CyanogenMod 7.2
If you can wait a few more days (hopefully!) TeamDRH will be releasing a new JB rom with their new kernel. I am currently running my own CM10 build with the new kernel and it is great. Very fast and stable. None of the released JB roms ran very well on my 'experimental' Gtab, so I built my own. After a ton of work, it is running even better than my 'stable' tablet, so I would be willing to bet that when they release their new rom, it will be the best available. Judging by the description of your usage, I would try CM 7.2.
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Second that! :good:
When will TeamDRH be releasing a new JB rom?
Do you mind to share the new rom?
Thanks for the feedback ya'll. I did install the CM7 ROM and I also tried another one, I can't remember right now which one it was. I was tempted away by the G-Harmony Jellybean ([ROM-AOSP][BL-1.2]G-Harmony Jellybean 4.1.2 ODEXed (UPDATED 12/28)) , I installed the Overclocked version and I have to say it is doing very well. I did have some SOD's but I supercharged it and bumped up the CPU with No Frills CPU and since then it has had no trouble. Its been since Saturday that I installed this ROM and I have used it a bunch since then. I guess time will tell.
I do have a question tho about a problem I'm having but it's absutely not a deal breaker. I can't get google calendar to sync. I know other ROMS have had a package to install that fixed this but I wasn't sure if I could do that with this rom. I don't want to jack up my install. I don't absolutelly have to get the calendar working right now. I don't have reliable internet at home, so the only time I get online with the thing is when I wifi tether to my phone. Was just wondering if anyone knew how to resolve this issue. Again, I would post in the forum for this ROM but I'm not allowed yet.
Thanks!
DaggerDave said:
For stability and full function of the Gtablet, you will probably want to use a Froyo rom. All other versions of Android required re-written drivers and/or kernel, as Viewsonic did not release an official version, and never released their source code. My favorite Froyo rom is:
TNT 6039
I used that rom with VTL Launcher for months, until TeamDRH released their JellyBean rom. You might need to make some minor modifications to see all the apps in the Play store, just read the thread.
I also have another Gtab that is running CyanogenMod. This became my 'stable' tablet. My parents, kids and nephews have used it for months with no complaints. If it gets a little slow, just wipe the cache and it speeds right back up again. Hardware acceleration does not work on Gingerbread, so major 3d games often have graphical glitches, but it is very stable. Here is a link:
CyanogenMod 7.2
If you can wait a few more days (hopefully!) TeamDRH will be releasing a new JB rom with their new kernel. I am currently running my own CM10 build with the new kernel and it is great. Very fast and stable. None of the released JB roms ran very well on my 'experimental' Gtab, so I built my own. After a ton of work, it is running even better than my 'stable' tablet, so I would be willing to bet that when they release their new rom, it will be the best available. Judging by the description of your usage, I would try CM 7.2.
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Can you share the ROM, please?
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Can you share the ROM, please?
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Do you mind to share the new rom?
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When DRH is ready to release their new rom, it will likely be on the other forum first. Search Google for "gtablet roms 1.2/1.3" and that forum will be listed at the top of the page. Can't link you to it, else I may anger the XDA Moderators! Sounds like they are very close, just waiting on a new recovery.
As for my current build, just a basic CM10 build with a few minor customizations (my chosen boot animation, removed/replace system apps, changes to build.prop, etc.). I cannot share it because I am using the new (unreleased) kernel, and it's a pretty 'plain' version of CM10, but you can easily build it all yourself. Once you have your build environment setup, it is easy to rebuild an updated version any time you like. Only thing is, you are on your own when it comes to troubleshooting and support! If you are interested, I can link you to the info I used to figure out how to build the kernel and CM10, and the Git locations of the required source code. You would need a decent computer running 64bit Linux (I use Arch Linux, but Ubuntu is easier to setup), about 50GB hard drive space, and some free time. I just did it for fun, plus I'm impatient and wanted to try the new kernel, and none of the JB roms at the time would run well for me.
Best ROM for G-Tab
Hi all,
I bought my G-Tab whentheyfirst came out and have tried about 13 or 14 ROM's over the last (nearly) two years. In my opinion the best is SmoOtherBean by Nobe1976. Out of the box it is pretty good, I made a few minor adjustments after the install and it is running perfectly.
Changed dpi to160 (enabled Music / Movies in the Play Market)
Used ROM Toolbox to delete Music FX and DSP Manager (fixed problem where music would suddenly blare or change volume)
Set min/max CPU to 312 / 1200 (seems to wake up faster, no lags when browsing,etc)
Give Nob1976 a thumbs up if you like his ROM - stop the trolls who have chased off so many devs.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900562
This post. A million times this post. Smooth bean looks promising but I've been through so many roms with mediocre to poor tab perf.
[=torilyn73;37717272]I have been a member for a long time, but I never post anything so in that sense I'm new enough that I can't post this in the forum I wanted to, so I'm asking here. This is going to sound like a hateful rant and I'm sure someone is thinking, "If she knows that, then why is she hatefully ranting?" I am not ready to give up yet, so I'm explaining how I arrived at this point.
I have had my Gtab for about a year and a half. In that time I have rooted it and changed the ROM several times. I moved up to the 1.2 bootloader. In all this time I haven't really used it much because it just doesn't work right no matter which rom I try. Each rom will be ok for a few days, and then it starts getting glitchy. I got so fed up with it, I just parked it for several months and didn't touch it. Just recently I have installed the smoother bean rom. It is sort of ok but it doesn't 'just work'. I'm not a bigtime gamer, I like angry birds and sudoku. I surf the internet, watch videos, read books/magazines that are in epub format. When I study, I highlight text and make notes. When I sit down to study, I need it to work. No hangups or lockups or slow/frozen screens. When I get it out to use at the KH to follow along with the material I studied previously, I need it to just work. It has been to the point that I had to open the thing and physically unplug the battery to get it to behave. I was so excited to get this tablet and read all the information in these forums about it, so I knew what I was getting into when I bought it. The bloom is off the rose and I just want a tablet that does what I want it to do. I don't even care if it has jellybean or ICS or even Honeycomb at this point... I just want a tablet that works without having to fiddle around with the software.
And I don't install crazy amounts of apps. I think there are 7 or 8 that I use. Mainly Moon+ reader, Dolphin browser, Pinterest and Sudoku and Angry birds. I also like to sync my google stuff, calendar, contacts, email.
I'm am thinking I might put it back to stock and let it do all the OTA updates and see how it runs. But if I do that, I have to do the fix that makes the google market and stuff work. If I can do that and in the end have a working tablet that is decent and stable, I'll do it. Can anyone give me any feedback after having done this themselves? How was your tablet after? I remember how horrible it was out of the box. Is it better? MUCH MUCH Better? or just a little better.
Is there another rom that has been proven to be stable? I'm not worried if the camera or bluetooth doesn't work, I don't use those with the tablet. I don't think they are working right now, I'm not sure I haven't tried them since I installed the smoother bean rom. It can be any version of Android, I don't care.
I have given some thought to selling my gtab and getting another tablet, but I don't want to do that just yet. I know there has to be a solution, I just haven't found it yet.
Any feed back or suggestions would be most appreciated. The developers work hard on this tablet and have kept it going when Viewsonic themselves quit on it. I think that its really cool that there is such a devoted community of people who still love this tablet.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions![/QUOTE]
Running SmoOther Bean but it starts up laggy?
Nice you gave me some more settings to try. Don't know that I want to change the DPI or have any issues with volume. Did change CPU settings. Anything else you'd recommend?
After it's run for about 10 minutes, it seems to work OK, only occasional lag. I'm setting background processes limit to none on every boot up. Anyone have a way to make that change stick between reboots?
Thanks!
Downloadbob
ugsny321 said:
Hi all,
I bought my G-Tab whentheyfirst came out and have tried about 13 or 14 ROM's over the last (nearly) two years. In my opinion the best is SmoOtherBean by Nobe1976. Out of the box it is pretty good, I made a few minor adjustments after the install and it is running perfectly.
Changed dpi to160 (enabled Music / Movies in the Play Market)
Used ROM Toolbox to delete Music FX and DSP Manager (fixed problem where music would suddenly blare or change volume)
Set min/max CPU to 312 / 1200 (seems to wake up faster, no lags when browsing,etc)
Give Nob1976 a thumbs up if you like his ROM - stop the trolls who have chased off so many devs.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900562
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Check out nobe1976 UnOfficial -BAKED ROM
For anyone who is "still looking" for something stable, check out noble1976 modified Blackbean (on this site).
I am very satisfied with this "beta" version that this maybe will be the last one I'll be using (its that stable for me).
A big THANK YOU to Noble1976 for his hard work on getting this version to work on the gtablet and his PAC rom and all the other help he has given to us. :good:
What's your experience like with Blackbean?
Are you seeing any startup or sleep lag like I'm getting with SmoOther Bean? I switched from Go Launcher EX to the default one (Apex?) and it does seem a bit better.
Would like something a bit more responsive for daily use though. What's involved to flash Blackbean over SmoOther Bean? Repartition, etc?
Thanks for the heads up on this - might give it a shot when I hear back from you! Sounds like a good weekend project!
Downloadbob
_dave said:
For anyone who is "still looking" for something stable, check out noble1976 modified Blackbean (on this site).
I am very satisfied with this "beta" version that this maybe will be the last one I'll be using (its that stable for me).
A big THANK YOU to Noble1976 for his hard work on getting this version to work on the gtablet and his PAC rom and all the other help he has given to us. :good:
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downloadbob said:
Are you seeing any startup or sleep lag like I'm getting with SmoOther Bean? I switched from Go Launcher EX to the default one (Apex?) and it does seem a bit better.
Would like something a bit more responsive for daily use though. What's involved to flash Blackbean over SmoOther Bean? Repartition, etc?
Thanks for the heads up on this - might give it a shot when I hear back from you! Sounds like a good weekend project!
Downloadbob
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BAKED Bean you will must NVFlash to the new 2013DRH setup. The boot.img in that ROM is the latest fosser2 3.1.10 kernel. The mounting is completely different other then the System. So updating the Tablet with the latest that is linked in the OP should be done to the T.
downloadbob said:
Are you seeing any startup or sleep lag like I'm getting with SmoOther Bean? I switched from Go Launcher EX to the default one (Apex?) and it does seem a bit better.
Would like something a bit more responsive for daily use though. What's involved to flash Blackbean over SmoOther Bean? Repartition, etc?
Thanks for the heads up on this - might give it a shot when I hear back from you! Sounds like a good weekend project!
Downloadbob
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The only "lag" I'm seeing is after the opening screen animation the screen goes blank for 10sec or so. So, just wait till the regular default screen appears.
And be sure to do what Nobe1976 said. It went very easy for me changing over, for I already have used NVFlash 2013DRH version with
nobe1976 "PAC" ROM. Good Luck.
I rooted and installed Vegan-Tab Ginger 7.1 well over a year ago and then my g tablet pretty much collected dust. My son is asking for a tablet for 4 basics things: to watch You Tube, Access Net, Play Android Games, watch Netflix. Right now the video lags or is just a black screen when trying to watch through the You Tube app and when we go through a browser, it tells us we need updated flash player. I'm so far removed from when I started with the tablet that I have no idea where to begin.
I don't know what other information you need to offer any suggestions.... When I originally rooted, I was on version 1.1 -3588 (that doesn't even make sense to me anymore!)
And, you can recommend something to meet my needs, what steps to I take to get it on the tablet? I'm happy to follow links -- I just don't know where to begin. (Do I wipe it clean? How? Do I partition it? How? Then add new ROM? How? LOL)
I have to believe I can salvage this tablet for his needs rather than buying a new, cheap tablet for him.
Thank you .... thank you!!!
I am still on this one from Roebeet, Brilliant Corners
Everything works, camera and all. I use it to watch netflix, SlingBox Mobile, YouTube, it all works.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/171..._brilliant+corners__fromsearch__1#entry159641
Refer raywaldo.com site for detailed instructions on installing ROM to GTablet. I personally prefer Smoother Bean v1.5.2. I bet you won't regret the time spent on flashing this stable wonderful ROM
Sent from GTablet Smoother Bean v1.5.2
Thank you! So both of those ROMS would work with version 1.1?
I really appreciate the help!
You may have to follow the directions to move over to 1.2 I held off for the longest time but am glad I did it now. A lot of the compatible ROM's look really good and the dev's have done an awesome job keeping everything updated but I want all of the hardware to work on my GTab. It is kind of why I haven't strayed from Brilliant Corners.
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You may have to follow the directions to move over to 1.2 I held off for the longest time but am glad I did it now. A lot of the compatible ROM's look really good and the dev's have done an awesome job keeping everything updated but I want all of the hardware to work on my GTab. It is kind of why I haven't strayed from Brilliant Corners.
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Thanks -- I found a thread yesterday to walk me through upgrading to 1.2. Gonna save that for another weekend but feeling like there is a light at the end of the tunnel
I tried 2 versions of Jelly Bean last week and now back to vegan tab gingerbread. I found both versions of JB to be slow, afterall they are still beta versions. Went back to vegan tab and it runs great, even seams to run better this time. Everything works including youtube, had problems before because I updated youtube. Leave the version that comes with vegan. Just my opinion.
superchaos said:
I am still on this one from Roebeet, Brilliant Corners
Everything works, camera and all. I use it to watch netflix, SlingBox Mobile, YouTube, it all works.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/171..._brilliant+corners__fromsearch__1#entry159641
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the download links do not work can you provide us with a download link please ?
I have gtab brilliantcorners 1.3.0 saved on my Google drive. It is 149MB and I guess MegaUpload was shut down. PM me if you want access to the file.
I tried SmOother_Bean.ver.1.5.2 which is a version of Jelly Bean. It's running pretty good, youtube and other video sites run great. I don't play games so cant answer to that.
Back to Vegan tab gingerbread, tired of sod's and lately restarts for no apparent reason.
personally cm 7.2 is the bomb