I ordered a gtablet from woot and it should be here next week. In the mean time, I am trying to decide what ROM I should choose. I can't decide if I should use a Gingerbread ROM or a Honeycomb ROM. (Most likely I will use a Honeycomb ROM.)
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Alex
L3XUS said:
I ordered a gtablet from woot and it should be here next week. In the mean time, I am trying to decide what ROM I should choose. I can't decide if I should use a Gingerbread ROM or a Honeycomb ROM. (Most likely I will use a Honeycomb ROM.)
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Alex
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Try some and see. Here's my experience
Froyo Roms - never used them. Main claim to fame is support for HD video playback. Since display is no better than 720p, and storing huge HD material that only is marginally visually better than a good divx encode that takes 1/4 of the space isn't worth it for me, I passed on Froyo.
CM7 based gingerbread roms - lots of them. Will make the gTab the best big ass phone without a cell radio. I ran VeganTab Ginger Edition since getting my gTab a couple months ago. Right up until
[ROM][BL1.1][BL1.2] GtabComb beta 3.1 came out. Honeycomb goodnesss. Tablet actually feels like a tablet, not a big ass phone. I'm on this.
BE SURE you understand the whole "1.1" vs "1.2" bootloader issue before you flash any rom. Then decide what you want to try first. The flash away and play with stuff - maybe try a few different ones - and pick which one you want.
It's pretty easy to switch between them all.
Hmm... I'm gonna look into GtabComb. I'm look for the best overall Honeycomb ROM.
Woot still hasn't shipped out my tablet. I ordered it on 7/13/11. Also I was wondering, what ROM has the best camera support for Skype, ooVoo, etc?
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what ROM has the best camera support for Skype, ooVoo, etc?
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Oh, camera is broken (to varying degrees) in all roms other than Froyo roms.
Its such a crappy camera I just think of it as "doesn't have a camera" anyway. If you want the camera to work, you're stuck with Froyo roms.
Oh really? Damn, it's that bad?
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Oh really? Damn, it's that bad?
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Yeah. It is. VGA. Like from the mid 2000s.
This thing is an interesting mish mash of quality and garbage. The parts you see (LCD, camera) are garbage. They saved about $15 on the build costs by cutting those corners. Winning!
i use tango for my video calls.
and it's definitely not the best, but it looks fine when I video chat with my wife on her iphone 4 when she's away or when I'm out of town.
so in all honesty, the camera function to be able to video chat with my wife is why I haven't jumped to the honeycomb roms yet...
I don't really mind no flash, I just want the camera to work.
Im back to Froyo after trying all of them including Gingerbread and Honeycomb simply because GB and HC degrade much faster than Froyo, and Froyo feels snappier and way more stable. Not to mention that HC is crippled in video acceleration amongst other things.
This is the Froyo version I'm currently using: Clemsin_Caulkinver5
IMO you should decide what you want to do with the tablet, and then see what ROMs fit your needs, and then pick one.
I like G-harmony Gingerbread. But as in an earlier post. Kind of keeps you as a big phone.
I have tried several ROM's after quickly switching from the stock ROM. I am on Gtabcomb 3.2 and love it. Battery live was an issue but I believe it was due the setting on my live wallpaper. Took it off the charger at 5:00 this morning and still at >75% battery.
I think that i'm gonna take a shot at gtabcomb, it sounds good. If not then i'll look into Vegan-Tab. My gtablet is coming in tomorrow, i'll keep y'all posted.
So gtab comb was a complete fail. I am running illuminate. I'm having issues watching Youtube videos. Videos do not load on the Youtube app.
man that sucks...in the same boat as you...was going to try the first one, but now I'm thinking of the illuminate...let me know how you like it.
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man that sucks...in the same boat as you...was going to try the first one, but now I'm thinking of the illuminate...let me know how you like it.
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I had illuminate for a day. It is nice but it has too many force closes, app compatability issues and youtube issues. It did run fast, but for now im gonna switch to gingerbread or froyo until Honeycomb becomes open source.
L3XUS said:
I ordered a gtablet from woot and it should be here next week. In the mean time, I am trying to decide what ROM I should choose. I can't decide if I should use a Gingerbread ROM or a Honeycomb ROM. (Most likely I will use a Honeycomb ROM.)
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Alex
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I was using Vegan Gingerbread for months, I'm using Honeycomb for 2 days and i have so many problems with freezing, camera not working, so much problem, going back to Gingerbread, and personally recommend that you flash with Gingerbread, you will love it.
You have to look at what you are using the tablet for. Watching videos youtube etc. Then stick with vegan-tab ginger edition . The 2.3 roms are more polished at this point , but honeycomb is quickly coming around. It is very easy to flash and try different roms.
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I have tried several ROM's after quickly switching from the stock ROM. I am on Gtabcomb 3.2 and love it. Battery live was an issue but I believe it was due the setting on my live wallpaper. Took it off the charger at 5:00 this morning and still at >75% battery.
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That's all you like, Battery life? you don't mind that freezes, Camera not working, videos stop playing. Tab side bars not operating.
I am in the same boat as many of you. Went with GTabcomb and really worked well. I loved being able to take screenshots of apps I was writing about. Then, out of the blue, it would not recognize the internal SD card. So I think I need to head back to Vegan Ginger and wait until the HC roms become a little more stable.
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I'm leaving the country again on monday and I'm currently running bottle of smoke. Im kinda iffy about if I should downgrade before leaving. I guess my only concern is the lag but I'm wiring is others can tell me the pros and cons of each
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I would downgrade to a froyo rom just becuase BOS is still technically an alpha build, and not intended for daily use, yet.
there are no Nvidea video drivers for Gingerbread or Honeycomb, yet, so regardless of how pretty they look, or how lightning quick they are, the most complete, usable version of Android for the G-Tablet is the one that is officially supported. That being Froyo. I'm running BC and loving it. I've had no problems, everything I throw at it plays well. It's quick, battery life is good, it's stable, and the Angry Birds are still able to shut my wife up for a while...that's all I really need.
what rom are you running if i may ask?
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I'm running BC and loving it.
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Pretty sure that is Brilliant Corners
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I'm leaving the country again on monday and I'm currently running bottle of smoke. Im kinda iffy about if I should downgrade before leaving. I guess my only concern is the lag but I'm wiring is others can tell me the pros and cons of each
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I'm running VegantabGinger, with pershoot's latest kernel, and everything runs fine for me. Then again, I don't have a large library of full-rez HD video on it, so I guess that's the only thing that wouldn't work smoothly.
Then again, why not downsample video to take up half the space? The display isn't even 720p, seems a waste of space to throw full HD at it.
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I would downgrade to a froyo rom just becuase BOS is still technically an alpha build, and not intended for daily use, yet.
there are no Nvidea video drivers for Gingerbread or Honeycomb, yet, so regardless of how pretty they look, or how lightning quick they are, the most complete, usable version of Android for the G-Tablet is the one that is officially supported. That being Froyo. I'm running BC and loving it. I've had no problems, everything I throw at it plays well. It's quick, battery life is good, it's stable, and the Angry Birds are still able to shut my wife up for a while...that's all I really need.
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"Not intended for daily use" is a pretty ambiguous phrase in the world of hacked Android ROMs and mods.
I happen to be using Bottle of Smoke 2.4 as a daily driver and I have zero issues that cause me to require a different ROM. Some people consider full hardware acceleration and flash a deal-breaker, I do not.
Email, web browsing and the vast majority of my chosen apps (including all of the Angry Birds ones) work perfectly, so I am not going back.
"Officially supported" is another good one.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the only one that is ACTUALLY supported officially is the stock TapNTap one. Of course, as we all know, getting official support from Viewsonic is pretty much a joke anyway.
The support available here and at a couple of other sites is more than enough for most, I think. But BC and VEGAn and CM and the other flavors are not supported by any "official" entity that I am aware of, except their developers.
To sum it up, the OP should go with whichever configuration works for them most completely.
media files erased after installing Gingerbread
I ve been using my GTab for months with no problem until I installed Vegan Gingerbread. Now my media files are getting erased. I inserted .nomedia in my media folders to prevent this, but it is just a workaround until I find a better solution. Can anybody help, please? None of my video players can find my files now. Thanks.
you only need .nomedia during the data wipe or rom install process I think. maybe try making a new folder with one video music and picture and see if all three remain after a couple reboots. then you know you can remove .nomedia files from your main folders.
OK so I'm looking to install a rom on a new GTab. I'm reading that there are new Honeycomb clones coming soon but I would much rather install a ROM that has been proven. My daughter is heading off to college again and I don't want her to be stuck with issues she won't understand. That being said which of the 2.3 versions are best. Please be understanding of my concern and don't arbitrarily say "this ones the best because this gut makes it". I truly need a stable rom.
Thanks in advance.
I'm not a fan of CM7 because of the lack of hardware accelerated drivers, but it seems to have been fairly stable.
I'm debating other roms at the moment (possibly froyo for more hardware support), but I'm thinking I might end up coming back to CM7 because my kids and wife use it and its been pretty rock solid.
Otherwise, heard good things about Vegan Gingerbread Edition.
Are you talking about all roms (ie 1.1 & 1.2)?
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I'm not a fan of CM7 because of the lack of hardware accelerated drivers, but it seems to have been fairly stable.
I'm debating other roms at the moment (possibly froyo for more hardware support), but I'm thinking I might end up coming back to CM7 because my kids and wife use it and its been pretty rock solid.
Otherwise, heard good things about Vegan Gingerbread Edition.
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This is interesting. I have tried CM7 versions on a couple phones in the past and was never really impressed. I find CM7 forum folks short at times with fellow XDAers whom might not understand things as well as they do. You also make me wonder and I will check when done here but CM7 isn't a Froyo nor GB based yet??? Hmmm
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Are you talking about all roms (ie 1.1 & 1.2)?
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I would imagine 1.1 due to it's longevity.
CM7 is a Gingerbread based ROM. Its true, I had to leave XDA to get support for it. But I initially did it because it was compatible with netflix.
Hey tomween1, Well I've had my tab on several roms and most have been pretty good but it dpends on how much "tweaking" you do:
for me (& ppls exp would differ dpending on what tweaks they have done):
I've found Vegan GingerEdition as SOLID AS A ROCK! (followed MobileTechVideos directions /vid--I call this out as Josh starts on 1.1-2XXX then OTA upgrade to 1.1-3XXX) which gets you to great place to spilt to either 1.2 or stay on 1.1. I've found 1.1 ROMS most stable.
I've used CM7 Nightly (1.2 ROM)- super fast speeds, got NETFLIX & Hulu to run perfectly, but it was unstable. I would reboot and all widets would "Problem loading..), usb to PC didnt work so had to place in CWM and mount usb or adb...sounds like you kid isnt into the geeky stuff
So right now gtab is on CM7 7.0.3 Stable (build is from May 2011), usb to pc works, got netflix & hulu running perfectly (after setting the CPU 1.5Ghx min/max on Perfomnance in CyanogenMod settings), seems steady been about a week and running GOF2 (game) for hours and doig emails, twitter etc. no problems.
Anyway good luck.
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Hey tomween1, Well I've had my tab on several roms and most have been pretty good but it dpends on how much "tweaking" you do:
for me (& ppls exp would differ dpending on what tweaks they have done):
I've found Vegan GingerEdition as SOLID AS A ROCK! (followed MobileTechVideos directions /vid--I call this out as Josh starts on 1.1-2XXX then OTA upgrade to 1.1-3XXX) which gets you to great place to spilt to either 1.2 or stay on 1.1. I've found 1.1 ROMS most stable.
I've used CM7 Nightly (1.2 ROM)- super fast speeds, got NETFLIX & Hulu to run perfectly, but it was unstable. I would reboot and all widets would "Problem loading..), usb to PC didnt work so had to place in CWM and mount usb or adb...sounds like you kid isnt into the geeky stuff
So right now gtab is on CM7 7.0.3 Stable (build is from May 2011), usb to pc works, got netflix & hulu running perfectly (after setting the CPU 1.5Ghx min/max on Perfomnance in CyanogenMod settings), seems steady been about a week and running GOF2 (game) for hours and doig emails, twitter etc. no problems.
Anyway good luck.
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Thank you for the in depth analysis, it is appreciated.
Josh's vids have always been fantastic, during most new endeavor's I will refer to his vids
I have started with vegan gb edition for now. I had tried G Harmony gb but ran into issues looking for market.
I am interested in Hulu for her tab (god know she uses it on her laptop all the time) but cannot find an app for it.... yet.
From a Newbie
I'm pretty new to this game.
That said, I've had very good luck, and am very happy with this ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024120
I'm in 1.2 bootloader.
I think your daughter will be OK with it.
This is a good website for newbies.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/
Good Luck.
Ever since 2 hours after I got my phone, I've been using CM7.2. It's been pretty decent. But, are there any advantages of stock-based roms over Cyanogenmod?
Another one of these threads? Just try them out yourself and see
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Ever since 2 hours after I got my phone, I've been using CM7.2. It's been pretty decent. But, are there any advantages of stock-based roms over Cyanogenmod?
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You get some stock apps that you can't get in Cyanogen. And for me you get a silkier and smoother experience on stock based roms.
I like the idea of pure Android, but what completely killed it for me in CM7 was how double tap zoom works. I came from iPhone so I was used to a "zoom-fit" type action whenever I double tapped on a picture or paragraph while browsing. In CM7, it wouldn't do that. Ever. Text re-wrap seems to be the big thing in that ROM. I hate it. So I stay with stock based ROMs, which zoom-fit on double tap.
So what I'm saying is: its the little things that determine which one you pick. If you find something on one thats minorly annoying, in 3 months you'll be ready to rip your hair out.
I've grown to become a big cm7 fan past few months. I switch back and forth now. Only things I find flaky in CM7 include the headphone volume (not their fault blame samsung), and the bluetooth implementation seems a bit flaky.
Are there any stock roms that have the AOSP look? I really despise the look of TouchWiz.
Headphone volume control is broken aosp because it doesn't have samsung driver.
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I like the idea of pure Android, but what completely killed it for me in CM7 was how double tap zoom works. I came from iPhone so I was used to a "zoom-fit" type action whenever I double tapped on a picture or paragraph while browsing. In CM7, it wouldn't do that. Ever. Text re-wrap seems to be the big thing in that ROM. I hate it. So I stay with stock based ROMs, which zoom-fit on double tap.
So what I'm saying is: its the little things that determine which one you pick. If you find something on one thats minorly annoying, in 3 months you'll be ready to rip your hair out.
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With CM7 you can double tap to zoom just fine and it wraps the paragraph also. Plus if you want super large text you can use two fingers to make the words as big as you want, then double tap and it will keep the size ann rewrap it also. Just fyi
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I used cm7 for about 3 weeks, I liked it but did go back to a stock based rom. My only issues were missing the stock/Samsung clock and video playback had problems. Otherwise it was very nice. I'm running icscrewd now and love it.
Might have just been me, but I hated the lack of the "My Files" thing and the missing "Task Manger" thing after holding "Home" from the main screen.
As for these topics, I really think we should get ONE thread with a big poll where people can vote on which ROM they're using, and maybe one more thread with just a brief compare/contrast (or just allow people to post in the thread under the poll), but that's optional. It's not like we one big thread, so can't complain when more of these threads do emerge after the older ones get buried, locked, deleted, etc.
CM7 is really good and it gives you a lot of control over you device and themeing options, but I always go back to stock because of some stock apps and video playback which is broken in CM7 ( it will only play videos recorded using CM7)
Video playback wasn't a big problem with CM7 because 3rd party players could usually handle it.
A2DP audio (e.g. music over bluetooth) was the dealbreaker for me. It is hopelessly broken on CM7 (lack of driver support as usual).
Also, wonky headset volume was problematic. And for the few times that I want to do video out to impress friends/parents with my S2, CM7 also came up short.
On Unnamed 2.2.1 now, but battery drain is worse than CM7...
still looking for that perfect ROM...
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Video playback wasn't a big problem with CM7 because 3rd party players could usually handle it.
A2DP audio (e.g. music over bluetooth) was the dealbreaker for me. It is hopelessly broken on CM7 (lack of driver support as usual).
Also, wonky headset volume was problematic. And for the few times that I want to do video out to impress friends/parents with my S2, CM7 also came up short.
On Unnamed 2.2.1 now, but battery drain is worse than CM7...
still looking for that perfect ROM...
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Yeah, Dice Player can handle anything. I use it exclusively.
. . . If you like UnNamed, have you considered the first version (before the re-base)?
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Isn't HDMI out broken on CM7?
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Isn't HDMI out broken on CM7?
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Yes it is. I never used the hdmi out feature on our phones. The only thing that is keeping from running cm7 is the market issue. I've tried the market cwm fix but mine still just shuts off when i try to search.
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On Unnamed 2.2.1 now, but battery drain is worse than CM7...
still looking for that perfect ROM...
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You can try the European Hellraised and slimmed down ROMs that just came out. One of them is based on XWKL1 (not yet named) and one is based on XWLA4 (LilRom). They are both pretty good and have a very nice stock experience. You can theme them just like you would with an i9100 rom, so it can come out very nice. You can also run JKay.
There are going to be a lot of both since Entropys tutorial. The other is CleanRom if I remember correctly. And entropys KL1 is Sh1tRom, he mentioned work on an LA4 version too.
Have you tried the new roms yourself? If so can you comment? I'm really reluctant to leave UnNamed 1.3.2. Bad experiences with the other stuff out there. No offense to any devs, just UnNamed does it for me.
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I get a wild hair about every few weeks and flash CM7 twiceweekly nighly in the dev section. I always have the same issue with CM7 that I did when I had it on the Captivate. The bluetooth would randomly disconnect my bt headset. While in call, the bt audio was crackly and get worse until it disconnected. I like to listen to podcasts on my bt headset while I'm at work, so that always kills my enthusiasm for CM7. I love CM7 otherwise.
I really think it has something to do with my bt headset (Sammy's WEP870), but the problem doesn't exist in any Samsung based ROMs (even on the Captivate). It has to be some compatibility between the bt drivers and hardware. Maybe some of the bt profiles aren't handled perfectly.
If you need bluetooth dependability, I would test CM7 under normal bt use before investing much time in getting it cozy with all your apps and customizations. Other than that, its solid. Give the twiceweekly nightly a try.
video out
does not support video out using the usb port. And the Bluetooth is flaky doe snot work and crashes the audio file. Camera is also not right. auto WB is off by a bit compare to stock.
well, if you like the company's UI, then thats a plus to the stock-based ROM, and if you hate it, like motoblur, then cm7 and other aosp roms would work better for you
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.
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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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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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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