I installed everything correctly on my gtablet for CWM 8 and Cyanogenmod 7. Everything was working fine. Everything synced. All apps work perfectly. The problem is when you turn the tablet off and you want to turn it back on, it gets stuck at the three birds. I have nflashed it, and started over. I get the same thing. I even re partitioned, went back to stock and started over. I have done everything the way the instruction s say to the T. No matter what I do it will load and operate correctly until it is time to turn it on again. CWM will not allow any other ROM to install except cyanogenmod. It will give me the error 7 message. Please help!
Your nvflash is missing a critical step that isn't mentioned in the instructions on these forums. Go to my website.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/starthere.htm
Use code red. Please follow the instructions carefully. Don't skip any step. People keep skipping the most critical step for some reason.
Please tell me what is the part that I am missing, because I went to your site and did it exactly like I said. I can nflash. I can get back to stock. I can load cyanogenmod 7, but if I shut off the tablet and restart it, it will go to three birds.
Wipe data RIGHT AFTER nvflash.
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Ok so i'm trying to figure out whats wrong.
I got my G- Tablet, got clockwork running with no issues, installed Cyanogen 7 build 38 (which was available at the time) and installed gapps.
Everything was running perfect.
Today I got an SD card in the mail for it and I popped it in, booted up, and now its stuck in the Cyanogen boot animation screen. I've rebooted several times, removed the sd all together (at the time it had nothing on it), loaded the latest build along with cyanogen 6 beta 4 etc and i'm always stuck at the boot animation.
I've done factory resets, and wiped cache, and even tried to wipe the Dalvik cache.
I'm at a total loss, does anyone know what I can do?
You know what I have found. with the CM7 boot. When I first installed it with no apps it would take 3 to 4 arrow passes around the android to get to the home screen about 4 seconds. But after I installed all my apps the time went up a lot. After about 30 passes I stopped counting and it takes several minutes to boot up.
worst comes to worst you can always use nvflash to go back to stock and start over again
Well....i thought that maybe that was the issue....that ill just let it loop its way to death and see what happens when i walk away for 5 minutes but I found the tablet turned itself off :-/
Hows this nvthing work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
that has a very good step by step guide on what needs to be done. Just an FYI that will put you on stock rom and I think the OTA update is down right now, so you might not be able to update to 3588 till OTA comes back up.
wow excellent, thank you so much for the info.
I will give this a try, and report back my findings
ok, so I tried this nvflash thing and it ran successfully. I let it reboot....and now instead of the cyanogen flash animation i get the g tablet animation loop.
For some reason this thing is getting stuck at the boot animations...is there something I can do within clockwork to format something...???
Wiping Cache and Data usually clears up looping at the animation for me. If that doesn't help then repartition.
SOLVED. Ok so I did some reading on the topic, it turns out that the tablet needs to have the sd card partitioned a certain way in order to get everything running again. The link at the bottom has all the information if your g tablet doesn't get past the splash screen and your stuck in a boot loop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
I just received my new Gtab and wanted to test it before making any changes. After charging, I booted it and the first thing I noticed was that it did not enter setup as it was supposed to. I went through the steps in the manual and set up my network, etc. No problems. I checked for updates and got the message that it was up to date. I thought this odd since Viewsonic says there's an update that you should download immediately. I tried all the installed apps and then tried the update again. This time I got the message that an update was available so I downloaded it and then installed it. When this completed, the screen started to flash and I could get nowhere else. I rebooted and I get the startup screen and then the flashing. I can't get pass this because I can't use the touchscreen - it's blank and flashes every 10 seconds or so. Any suggestions????
When you use the Gtab for the first time, you will not get a setup screen like mentioned. I think this is because they tested at the factory and did the setup for you. If you revert back to stock rom and boot for the first time, the setup portion comes up and you have to make a few selections before you enter the rom for the first time.
I can't really comment on your situation with the update install since I am on vegan ginger rc1 and do not get the OTA updates. But when I first got my GTAB a few weeks ago, I did an OTA update to 3588 I believe, and it worked fine. Some of these updates take a while to configure before the first boot into the updated rom. Without seeing your problem I don't really have an answer for you but maybe you should power on and give the tablet some time to configure.
Same story
I assume you finally got your from woot, as I did. I had the same thing happen. I got the tablet back by booting into recovery, Volume up plus power, hold them, both until it turns on. Follow the directions to move the cursor and wipe cache, then factory reset, then apply update.zip. That should get you back in business.
Good luck.
Tom
Purchased from Tiger Direct. I tried booting into Recovery but I get the first message in the top left of screen and then screen goes blank except for the occasional flash!
I suggest you go under development sections and find the section on how to use nvFlash. Once you have it setup use nvFlash to restore back to stock.
nvFlash is a very powerful utility that has been made very easy to setup and use because of the devs here. It will come in handy when you start putting custom roms on your tablet(which I strongly recommend), and will help you recover from any kind of soft-brick.
Was it a brand new gtab or a returned used one?
Also you probally picked the wrong day for this because of the new update. Did you happen to notice the version before you updated?
If I was in your situation I would do an nvflash back to stock and start over.
Thanks for the suggestion. It is new and I managed to restore it back to stock and started over. Everything is running fine now but I know I'll need help from here as I mod on!
Hello, I just bought my G-tablet and I have severely screwed it over. First, I rooted it and installed CWM, (It went fine). Then I flashed Cyanogen 7, following their wiki full update instructions. It was running fine till I found out that for some reason, my computer nor the tablet even knew it had an SD (Computer found nothing, File explorer on tablet had nothing) coupled with the fact Gapps refused to install, I figured this would be solved in a wipe then another flash. Nothing was different. So I wiped again (seemed to have froze during) but the flash of Vegan 5.1 seemed to have went well... for now. However, trying to install Adobe Flash via the preinstalled android market, it wouldn't install. It kept saying download unsuccessful, for every single app I tried. (no it's not an network problem). Being the noob I am I started following random googled XDA threads on how to fix this. I partioned 4gig from my sd to see if that would fix the market problem. I got stuck in a bootloop so I was forced to reflash vegan. When I did, I found out that when I tried to install anything it said something along the lines of "Not enough space" knowing I had 13 gigs of memory leftover, I figured I'd try rebooting. Got stuck in bootloop. Then followed yet ANOTHER googled guide (droidpirate brick fix) and now I can't even access CWM. It just loads as IF it were going to CWM but then shows me a /!\ caution sign then instantly turns off. When I normally start it, it goes into bootloop. when I try to get to CWM (holding volume up, power) it goes to a useless flash that I presume just fails, then brings me back into the bootloop. As far as I see, I have no way of fixing this...
I know this is so much to read, so in a brief explanation.. I'm in a bootloop, cannot get into CWM (brings me to a failed flash then back into boot loop) and am in dire need of assistance Please help me
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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NvFlash is currently not working for me, I don't know exactly where I messed up but my computer already has the drivers to read the tablet. when I run the .bat, it doesn't seem to do anything.
Scratch that, got it to work. I didn't extract one of the folders entirely. But my tablet is still stuck in bootloop even after this? what now?
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Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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Take this with a grain of salt, as I learned it is not 'always' your friend
Now it's just on the stock Viewsonic birds and Gtablet logo bootloop...
Even after I NvFlashed it... Still can't access CMW.
Any suggestions?
Nvm, I got it to what appears to be working. (and I just about jizzed all over my tab.) Thanks so much. Saved me a beating from my parents.
I reflashed my gtablet with NVflash, the three birds comes up then the tap n tap animation comes up then disappears and it does this about 10 times then goes black. I did the volume + & power button, I get a triangle.
after looking through the forums I came to the conclusion the I needed to install CWM. I installed CWM3028.1.2micro it and the triangle was replaced with a unpacking box. It rebooted and the on and off of the Tap Ntap screen started again (this time only 4 times)
I am at a loss of what to try next, any suggestions?
Thanks
Search the forums before posting next time. Your answer is here about 100 times.
Google search "G Tablet for Dummies" and READ, READ, READ
go to the start here section. I believe that you are a code red, if memory serves me right.
Why were you NVFlashing? Were you already in a soft brick? Read the page on NVFlashing, read the page on CWM, READ, READ, READ....then post
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I reflashed my gtablet with NVflash, the three birds comes up then the tap n tap animation comes up then disappears and it does this about 10 times then goes black. I did the volume + & power button, I get a triangle.
after looking through the forums I came to the conclusion the I needed to install CWM. I installed CWM3028.1.2micro it and the triangle was replaced with a unpacking box. It rebooted and the on and off of the Tap Ntap screen started again (this time only 4 times)
I am at a loss of what to try next, any suggestions?
Thanks
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My signature. Go to start here page. You're a code red.
What you did was you didn't erase data from the previous rom. The left over data is interfering with your boot up process. What's worse, you might have installed the wrong branch of development.
try at your own risk
Shadowrunner63 said:
I reflashed my gtablet with NVflash, the three birds comes up then the tap n tap animation comes up then disappears and it does this about 10 times then goes black. I did the volume + & power button, I get a triangle.
after looking through the forums I came to the conclusion the I needed to install CWM. I installed CWM3028.1.2micro it and the triangle was replaced with a unpacking box. It rebooted and the on and off of the Tap Ntap screen started again (this time only 4 times)
I am at a loss of what to try next, any suggestions?
Thanks
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(I am from medico line i donot have any IT knowledge, what all i have learnt is from this forum from the awesome DEVs here. If I make any mistake in my instructions then please rectify it, and I am sorry about it in advance. These instructions are according to my experience so please use at your own risk, for any doubt read, read,read the forum)
I was in same scenario after my gtab started to bootloop suddenly one day. i was using bos alpha 6. Its an awesome ROM, i think some of my apps backed up by titanium messed up......... how i sorted out this problem is as follows.
As i said i was on bos i.e 1.2 rom so when i nvflashed (to the initial 3588 stock rom) i went to 1.1 with lot of data from previous rom still there in the memory interfering with the booting process. So i used the the compatible CMW i.e the old one bekits version (CMW v08). I booted in to CMW and did my all factory reset and wipes. (Donot use the newer cmw the one meant for 1.2 bootloaders.) After all wipes i rebooted and was stuck in gtab logo. Since i have cleared all the data, so i Nvflashed again and every thing went fine from there. Now if you want to again use 1.2 loader roms then install 4349 stock rom to get bootloader 1.2 on your gtab.
hope it helps thankyou
Hey, guys,
So here's the deal. My tablet was bricked, and I used nv flash method as found on g tablet for dummies. Worked great. Accessed recovery menu, and installed gtabcomb 3.3--rom was stable and awesome. I reboot, and it gets STUCK AT THE SPLASH SCREEN (three birds). Then it doesn't move. I can't access recovery at this point, either. Only APX mode.
So I did NV Flash again, but whenever I reboot, the same problem happens: Stuck at three birds, with no access to recovery anymore, thereby forcing me to reformat to stock rom.
Any guesses?! There has to be an android wizard out there!
Try this procedure out.
No dice
Did you follow the steps exactly? At a few places it asks you to make sure that certain things have happened and not to proceed if they haven't. In Part 1, Step 4, for example, you have to verify that you got into CWM. Did that happen? If that worked, then which step failed?
If you installed 3.3 right it takes up to 5 minutes or more for the system to actually show any action, getting past the three birds. Then you will see the android logo and it will take a while for it to run also. It could be another 5 minutes. Its slow on the first start up but it gets faster after the first initial run.... also you want to make sure that your NOT using REBOOT in CWM to run the initial set up, it can cause a loop.
I could recommend a very good video for step by step gtabcomb 3.3 install. This guy is very good at showing you how to do this with less stress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnbikAdqKys