[How-To] Install a custom (and good!) ROM on the gTablet

[XxAxNxDxRxOxIxDxX USER 69]

ok im new to modding, can you link me a idiots guide to making my GTab worth keeping? as of right now it cant stand to even power it up. but everything i read tells me it has the potential to be the best tablet on the market right now. just seems VS needs to get on the ball software wise. i would like this tablet to operate just as my droid x does, and i was told it can.. thanks in advance

 

[g8rzz187]

Nailed it...

Your post reads like "Mayhem" sounds in the Allstate Ins. commercials...

I've been lurking through all the xda forums, YouTube posts, etc. trying to piece together the exact process for this. This is the first, concrete, description detailed specifically for a noob I've found so far. Witty, too.

Hope other people like myself are able to find this. Thanks for posting it.

One question - what does the Clockwork recovery offer over the stock recovery?

Thanks again...

 

[kadinldg]

I just got this tablet and have never rooted any device before or updated a ROM. The instructions in this thread were the most straight forward and easy to do. And what a difference it makes on this device. I have also bricked the GTab already and reflashed it just as easy.

Kudos to the writer.

There is some great info in regards to the GTab over at DroidPirate.com also.

 

[dannzeman]

I whole heartedly agree! The op needs to post this at xda in their gtab section.



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[sniffs]

I still can't get the market to work..nothing from google appears and none of my purchased apps are there.. followed the directions the letter.

 

[sniffs]

Got it working.. the OP's post is clear, concise and is very easy to follow.

On the flipside, I don't get why people on other forums just assume people know what they are doing.. If you read the instructions on tegratab.com the dude that posts about installing the CM ROM, I want to punch him in the face.. half the links dont work, some of what he's talking about doesn't make sense.. he assumes the world is fully of modders and can figure it out.

Thanks OP for making your post legible and easy to understand.

 

[pnndo2a]

Have to Root or not

Do you ave to root the gtablet or can you just flash the tnt lite?

 

[SolidOrange]

Do you ave to root the gtablet or can you just flash the tnt lite?

gotta root first.

 

[pnndo2a]

if i can't get to the market, where can i find it? everthing i try on xda site doesn't let it download

 

[SolidOrange]

if i can't get to the market, where can i find it? everthing i try on xda site doesn't let it download

latest version is here:
[APP] z4root - root android in one click from an app - xda-developers

if you want to download from xda, all you have to do is register to become a member. there is no post requirement afterwards like there is on many other forums.

 

[pnndo2a]

registered

i registred, never got email confirm, can log in but no downloads

 

[circustravis]

I went through these steps, rooted, flashed tnt_lite, moved it to the recovery folder, then flashed the supplemental. Now it's stuck in a cycle of showing the "Viewsonic See the difference." screen and then "gtablet" screen.

Is there any way to break this cycle and recover back to a previous rom?

 

[kraz33]

I have the same problem. I thought it was tnt_lite so I went back to vanilla. Using the same method as described above (mounting sd card, removing tnt_lite, placing vanilla in its stead & installing update.zip). It didn't work. But, I didn't remove any of the other apks. Do I remove the flash, Titanium & z4root from the sd folder before going back to vanilla?

 

[circustravis]

I just exchanged it at Sears.

 

[circustravis]

Still not able to do this. Tried it on a 2nd tablet, and it got stuck in the loop cycle after flashing the TNTLite rom. I can boot once after the update, but any subsequent reboots get it stuck between the first 2 boot screens. I was able to recover this time with instructions on XDA.

Anyone else having this problem?

 

[watersrules]

solidorange posted another pretty simple step-by-step on how to do this over here: [HOW TO]: Root, Install a Custom ROM, Fix the Market, and Update Flash - Android Forums

 

[kraz33]

Still not able to do this. Tried it on a 2nd tablet, and it got stuck in the loop cycle after flashing the TNTLite rom. I can boot once after the update, but any subsequent reboots get it stuck between the first 2 boot screens. I was able to recover this time with instructions on XDA.

Anyone else having this problem?

Can you post the link from XDA?

 

[circustravis]

Here:
Alternate GTab Firmware - TnT Lite (updated 12/26/10, latest version is 3.1.2) - xda-developers

And here:
xda-developers - View Single Post - TNT keeps force closing on newest OTA update

 

[circustravis]

I was finally able to get this working. Not sure what I did wrong before, but I followed the instructions here, and now it's working. And boy is it ever pretty.

 

[circustravis]

One last thing, I can't seem to get Flash to work. I downloaded it from XDA, but it just causes my stock browser to crash.