Does anyone know if the newest Android SDK_r12 release supports the G-Tab without having to doctor up the usb inf file?
If not, should I still use the old instructions that are from January?
I just ordered the G-Tab and I'm trying to gather as much info about rooting, rom-ing, modding, etc that I can so I can jump right in when it arrives. I've had android smartphones (HTC EVO 3D currently) and they've always been easy to recognize with ADB. I've seen some posts that ADB is not native on the G-Tab so I'm making sure I'll be able to get it working.
Thanks for any help!
-mb
Crap... sorry mods. I thought I was under the Q&A... that's what I get for viewing in multiple tabs.
Also, in case it matters for the advice - I'm running a Windows Vista machine.
I'm at a loss as to why development hasn't begun on rooting the Vizio tablet.
There have been a few hints thrown out by Vizio techs that rooting involves an sdcard.
Thoughts?
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Anyone in the dev community have one of these yet? I'm considering trying to root it myself but I'm still learning.
What has been required of rooting past devices?
Its been suggested that Gingerbreak and other conventional root methods have failed due to the odd internal memory/SD card directories..
Thoughts?
How do we get a dev or two interested in this device?
I also do not understand why the Vizio hasn't received more 'root' attention. Perhaps it is too recently released, perhaps the experts are busy working elsewhere, or maybe Honeycomb has enthralled the hackers leaving us wee Gingerbread users to fend for ourselves. Like your message suggests, it may be up to us neophytes.
I know Unix/Linux reasonably well enough, though I have no immediate knowledge of how to hack for root. So, I am also trying to learn what is needed. The crux of rooting is to find a method to get a process 'suid', a.k.a. root privilege. Once that is achieved the OS is rooted and sustained rooting can be done. At least that's my take on the process at the moment.
I have adb (Android Debug Bridge) working on my Win7/64 system. I've tried Gingerbreak-v1.20 and SuperOneClick-v2.1.1 with no success. So now it's a race between me and Vizio. Do I/we crack the OS or does Vizio bring out the Honeycomb version of Android for the VTAB1008?
Nelson
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I am guessing that vizio is probably throwing in the towel today as Amazon just ate their lunch. A $200 tablet that smokes our Vizios in every way imaginable.
The dev community will probably jump on the Amazon tablet as fast as possible, and pretty much everything else is toast.
R2N2 said:
I also do not understand why the Vizio hasn't received more 'root' attention. Perhaps it is too recently released, perhaps the experts are busy working elsewhere, or maybe Honeycomb has enthralled the hackers leaving us wee Gingerbread users to fend for ourselves. Like your message suggests, it may be up to us neophytes.
I know Unix/Linux reasonably well enough, though I have no immediate knowledge of how to hack for root. So, I am also trying to learn what is needed. The crux of rooting is to find a method to get a process 'suid', a.k.a. root privilege. Once that is achieved the OS is rooted and sustained rooting can be done. At least that's my take on the process at the moment.
I have adb (Android Debug Bridge) working on my Win7/64 system. I've tried Gingerbreak-v1.20 and SuperOneClick-v2.1.1 with no success. So now it's a race between me and Vizio. Do I/we crack the OS or does Vizio bring out the Honeycomb version of Android for the VTAB1008?
Nelson
R2N2
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I'm interested in following your progress! Thank you for the reply.
walkingagh said:
I am guessing that vizio is probably throwing in the towel today as Amazon just ate their lunch. A $200 tablet that smokes our Vizios in every way imaginable.
The dev community will probably jump on the Amazon tablet as fast as possible, and pretty much everything else is toast.
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Holy crap. Its dual core. I just looked it up.
Gonna preorder tonight. I'm still within my Vizio return period!
I just preordered a Kindle Fire.
I'm on the fence about returning my VTab. If it gets rooted, I'll be inclined to keep it.
walkingagh said:
I am guessing that vizio is probably throwing in the towel today as Amazon just ate their lunch. A $200 tablet that smokes our Vizios in every way imaginable.
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"Every way imaginable?" Hardly. No camera. No SD card slot. No GPS. No Bluetooth? No access to the 'droid app store. Skinned and constrained to keep you on AOL... er, Amazon.
walkingagh said:
The dev community will probably jump on the Amazon tablet as fast as possible, and pretty much everything else is toast.
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*snort* Yeah, right.
Even were that true: The "dev community" is not the whole of the Android, much less the tablet, world. This may come as a shock: But some people actually just use their devices as-delivered, other than to install apps and add some hardware accessories.
Sorry if I'm coming across kinda harsh on my first post here, but breathless hyperbole seems to me better-suited to an American Idol or Big Brother web site, or perhaps a marketing or stock-trading forum, than to a development venue.
Jim
jseymour said:
"Every way imaginable?" Hardly. No camera. No SD card slot. No GPS. No Bluetooth? No access to the 'droid app store. Skinned and constrained to keep you on AOL... er, Amazon.
*snort* Yeah, right.
Even were that true: The "dev community" is not the whole of the Android, much less the tablet, world. This may come as a shock: But some people actually just use their devices as-delivered, other than to install apps and add some hardware accessories.
Sorry if I'm coming across kinda harsh on my first post here, but breathless hyperbole seems to me better-suited to an American Idol or Big Brother web site, or perhaps a marketing or stock-trading forum, than to a development venue.
Jim
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Wow, I ASSumed the Fire would have simple stuff like that.
Well, that explains the price. Why bother with a dual core proc and no supplemental features, like Bluetooth!!!
They really are trying to make it an IPad.
Interesting.
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They really are trying to make it an IPad.
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Not even in the same class. It's designed to be a Nook-killer.
I like Amazon well enough. Other than their free shipping has turned very lame, I've always been satisfied with them in every respect. But their overwhelming market dominance I think is bad juju, so my VTAB has only Nook installed, and I'll henceforth go first to B&N for my reading purchases.
Jim
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Not even in the same class. It's designed to be a Nook-killer.
I like Amazon well enough. Other than their free shipping has turned very lame, I've always been satisfied with them in every respect. But their overwhelming market dominance I think is bad juju, so my VTAB has only Nook installed, and I'll henceforth go first to B&N for my reading purchases.
Jim
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Every review I've seen is comparing it to the ipad, but I digress.
I have 50 books on Kindle and none on Nook. I don't think I could make the switch.
Back to rooting the VTab...
Any devs out there interested? I will buy you a case of your favorite beverage, within reason.
Bump for the night crew. The lack of intrest in development of this device is a mystery to me.
I wish I knew how to root stuff. This thing wants CM7 and setcpu soooo bad.
DetCochese,
I don't think you've been looking very hard: My quest to root my Vizio VTAB108 Tablet and how I enabled ADB access
That thread was on the first page of the Android Q&A forum for a goodly portion of yesterday.
Jim
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DetCochese,
I don't think you've been looking very hard: My quest to root my Vizio VTAB108 Tablet and how I enabled ADB access
That thread was on the first page of the Android Q&A forum for a goodly portion of yesterday.
Jim
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I am aware of both that thread and the one regarding booting into recovery.
Both of which are grassroots attempts by folks such as myself to obtain root. I applaud their efforts and wish them success.
That said Jim, my desire is to see interest in this device from well established platform developers, such as the Cyanogen Mod team.
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I am aware of both that thread and the one regarding booting into recovery.
Both of which are grassroots attempts by folks such as myself to obtain root. I applaud their efforts and wish them success.
That said Jim, my desire is to see interest in this device from well established platform developers, such as the Cyanogen Mod team.
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Ah, ok. Sorry for the mis-impression.
Jim
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Ah, ok. Sorry for the mis-impression.
Jim
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No apology needed.
As soon as someone comes up with a way to reconfig the file structure of the SD card to /sd from /sd external or whatever abomination Vizio came up with, conventional root methods will succeed. At least that's my prediction.
I'm too much of a newb to know how to alter the /sd card file structure.
I just installed and PATH'd ADB 5 minutes ago.
Lunch time!
Iconia A100 uses "externalsd" too. Internal storage is /sdcard.
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Iconia A100 uses "externalsd" too. Internal storage is /sdcard.
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Has someone found a work around with that device yet that could help here???
This is from the Iconia A100 subforum on acertablet
Would this work with the VTab??
http://www.acertabletforum.com/foru...ssion/1167-rooting-iconia-a100-made-easy.html
Rooting Iconia A100 Made Easy
This is a method to root the Acer Iconia A100, as presently neither Gingerbreak, nor IconiaRoot 1.3 (or earlier versions) work. I used terminal (app from market, any will do), and performed the procedure below.
What you need:
A copy of superuser, bin file, NOT .apk...
http://downloads.androidsu.com/super...bin-signed.zip
Place this file in the root of INTERNAL SD (mnt/sdcard, not external SD), and unzip it into this same directory. Still at root, /mnt/sdcard, locate and click 'system' folder, then 'bin' folder, and copy the su file. Nav back to sdcard root (mnt/sdcard), and paste su file.
Busybox Installer (.apk from market)
Superuser (.apk from market) This will update the su file and install the Superuser app after rooting.
Titanium Backup (.apk from market) or ANY application for root, to check and ensure you are indeed rooted.
With the su file loaded to internal sd's root, open terminal.
Copy/Paste the following commands at the $ prompt:
/system/bin/cmdclient ec_micswitch '`mount -o remount,rw /system`'
/system/bin/cmdclient ec_micswitch '`cat /mnt/sdcard/su >/system/xbin/su`'
/system/bin/cmdclient ec_micswitch '`chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su`'
Once completed, install and open Busybox Installer.apk, and run the app to install Busybox. If it completes, you have root, if it fails, repeat the steps above.
Once busybox is installed, go ahead and install the other remaining apps, and 'Allow' when prompted for superuser access. Congrats! You've rooted your A100!!
Credit goes to several folks @ XDA, particularly: abliss, brendan802 and guags99
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Hey guys!
I don't know if that's the right section to post this question, but yeah.
I got an iPad 2 because of someone's success, so it's kinda emotional - long story short, I can't sell it, so I want to use it in an efficient way.
- the question: is there an app that turns my phone (a Galaxy S II) into a touchpad/mouse that doesn't require software on the client's side - or is there any app that pairs my phone with my iPad in this way?
Thanks!
Well there's a few different ones you can try. Hope that at least points you in the right direction
BlueputDroid
Gmote 2.0
PRemoteDroid
RemoteDroid
Padroid
PADroid isn't available anymore, all of the others require software which can't be installed on the iPad.
But thanks anyway!
Well sorry . But I'm sure if you keep searching with Google you'll come up with something.
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Hello everyone. I recently bought a new hp chromebook 11- v020wm for the sole purpose of running tails on it. After getting tails onto my usb I have been unable to find an answer on how to boot from usb. Theres loads of info out there on how to do this for every other make of chromebook besides HPs version and rather than risk bricking my new chromebook with the wrong commands I thought I would ask for some experienced help. Thanks, sorry I'm a noob lol.
I am looking to do the same thing on a 14" hp. Just started looking and figured i check here.
Don't try the HP site. Anything other than the issued software is a no no, including discussions on developer mode. A post will get locked quickly with a snippy remark from one of the monitors. BTW, did you find the solution?