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Does anyone know the dimensions of the Gtab compared to an iPad? I get mine tomorrow, but I've been looking for some nice book cover type cases and there is not much of a choice. If the Gtab has similar dimensions to the iPad then I'm thinking I can use some pretty iPad accessories.

laserbiz wrote:Did you get the verification email?

No.

roebeet wrote:Crapola Writing

I want to apologize. I met no disrespect to you, I was just frustrated that I could read the other guide and understand what was going on in five minutes, as opposed to xda where I've spent hours and hours trying to figure out what was going on.

I respect all the work you put in to making these tablets the best they can be. If I was a better technical writer I would attempt to write a tutorial for xda about how to install whatever Rom I go with. But I suck, and I don't have the android skills you do, so I should just keep quiet.

In short...I will keeo quiet and Thank You!

Ok, so who got a completely new sealed / wrapped unit.

Also, the folks who got repackaged units ... can you please report back with the firmware version? I am wondering if there is a difference.

prUsP69E wrote:Ok, so who got a completely new sealed / wrapped unit.

Also, the folks who got repackaged units ... can you please report back with the firmware version? I am wondering if there is a difference.

Mine was 3588 and in my opinion showed no signs of use even though it had Angry Birds on it and booted into classic mode.

No accounts were on it and everything was bundled as I would expect it to be new. Works great.

@wootstaff, most of us understand the normal shipping model you have and are just fine with it. And to get 10,000+ boxes out the door in 3 days is pretty amazing to me.

@roebeet, I got the tablet, and messed around with it a bit before it wanted to do the OTA update. Once it applied the update, all the what looked like unique stuff like the kindle store and angry birds weren't there and the active background didn't work. Then whenever I tried to start any remaining program a black box flashed up and disappeared. I couldn't read the whole thing but I could see process and force close, even after a couple restarts.

Luckily I was able to get it to flash to your TNT LITE and get it working, but I wouldn't mind going back to what came from it from Woot for a little while to see what that was like.

Is this something that's been covered on XDA before and my search-fu is weak, or did I miss something? I know I have a tendency to bork electronics, but I'm at a loss as to what I did this time. Thanks in advance.

balletbull wrote:I am having trouble signing up at XDA. It keeps telling me I did not complete the task properly. The only task I get is to set my time zone and a reference person. I did try adding roebeet, but I still can't register. Does anyone know what I can do to register at XDA?

I had to disable malwarebytes website blocking in order to download the task. Very clever task, by the way.

Mine should be arriving today and I'm wondering about charging before use. I've seen people say they just plugged it in and started it up and others saying they are fully charging before turning it on. Is there a preferred method? I'm hoping I don't have to fully charge first as I am anxious to start playing with it when I get home from work!

balletbull wrote:I am having trouble signing up at XDA. It keeps telling me I did not complete the task properly. The only task I get is to set my time zone and a reference person. I did try adding roebeet, but I still can't register. Does anyone know what I can do to register at XDA?

They use image based captcha, you need to solve a simple picture puzzle to sign up. Do you have noscript or something installed ? You can see samples of the puzzle here.

munessie wrote:Mine should be arriving today and I'm wondering about charging before use. I've seen people say they just plugged it in and started it up and others saying they are fully charging before turning it on. Is there a preferred method? I'm hoping I don't have to fully charge first as I am anxious to start playing with it when I get home from work!

I plugged mine into the wall and after it hit 10% or so, I was able to start working on it while keeping it plugged in.

I used the firmware/instructions from Blendblog, and everything went 100% smoothly, but now I have some issues with it occasionally locking up (esp wrt video files) and files spontaneously disappearing from sdcard2. (also video files.)

Gonna hit XDA as soon as I get a breather.

Just wanted to write a quick note about my impressions of the GTablet. Nothing about software, just the device itself.

It's a fingerprint MAGNET. I'm hoping a screen protector will go some good. From the images I have seen online I thought the back was textured, nope... It is flat fingerprint magnet black. And yes the logo is ugly.

The power plug and headphones jack are in the absolute worst position. Holding it landscape, rightside up, both are exactly where your left hand would sit. Annoying but liveable.

Speakers actually sound good for a device this small. Pretty LOUD.

Dimensions 10.5" x 6.81" x .64"
Weight 1.76 pounds according to our UPS scale. It's heavy. Specs list it at 1.55 pounds, lighter than the iPad. Either way, I don't see using this thing one handed. Might have to exercise some more.

The cover for the USB and memory card port is bound to break off eventually. Pretty much expect that to happen.

The screen... Ahh the point of contention amongst many of the people on SlickDeals... Not great. Better when upside down, but then all the buttons are in the wrong spots and the android buttons are perfect for your left hand to cover up and accidentally hit. Unusable, not at all. Worthless on a flat surface looking at it from an angle (unless upside down). Enough for me to kick it out of bed, HELL NO. Gets better if you jack up the brightness, but not worth the loss of battery IMO.

The build seems solid. Nothing creaks, all the edges line up perfectly, no flex to the unit.

Just my thoughts on the unit itself.

After several nervous days of waiting... mine is on the truck for delivery! We'll see what she looks like in a few hours.

However, this is the first time I've seen this in my FedEx tracking log.

Date/TimeActivityLocationDetails

Mar 30, 2011 7:57 AM
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
PERRYSBURG, OH

Mar 30, 2011 7:29 AM
At local FedEx facility
PERRYSBURG, OH

Mar 30, 2011 3:06 AM
Departed FedEx location
GROVE CITY, OH

Mar 29, 2011 4:24 PM
Shipment exception - Barcode label unreadable and replaced
GROVE CITY, OH

Mar 29, 2011 4:24 PM
Arrived at FedEx location
GROVE CITY, OH

Mar 26, 2011 5:32 AM
Departed FedEx location
HUTCHINS, TX

Mar 26, 2011 12:24 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
HUTCHINS, TX

Mar 25, 2011 4:22 PM
Picked upIRVING, TX
Mar 25, 2011 12:00 PM
Shipment information sent to FedEx

Please let us know if you find a decent case for this.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013799

This guy has good ones (I like the Clip) but they're mostly out of stock. (He sells them at http://electroniccrap.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5_9)

adnmail wrote:Maybe this will qualify as a "Quality Post"....

'fraid not.

I have a feeling this thread is going to explode. I can just see a few thousand showing up on doorsteps today. Good luck Robeet!

OH NO!!!! From the FEDEX site:

Thunderstorms at Memphis hub may cause some service delays and disruptions within the U.S. today. Learn more

I am on the East coast. FML.

Wagnbat wrote:'fraid not.

mtborrelli wrote:OH NO!!!! From the FEDEX site:

Thunderstorms at Memphis hub may cause some service delays and disruptions within the U.S. today. Learn more

I am on the East coast. FML.

Well, it is FEDEX Ground, I assume thunderstorms would effect air plains only :o

patricksommer wrote:Ok, so I decided to root. I used clockworkmod, and TnT 4.3.

So far so good.

My question now is I noticed a supplement TnT 4.3.1. DO I install that the same way as I did the 4.3? It's my understanding that by getting a supplement, I don't need to clear all the stuff I have set up....

You should be asking on XDA.

Yes, it's the same way. And you only need the latest supplement -- for example, I'm probably going to have a 4.3.3 today to "unfix" the Camera.

drewshrader wrote:I want to apologize. I met no disrespect to you, I was just frustrated that I could read the other guide and understand what was going on in five minutes, as opposed to xda where I've spent hours and hours trying to figure out what was going on.

I respect all the work you put in to making these tablets the best they can be. If I was a better technical writer I would attempt to write a tutorial for xda about how to install whatever Rom I go with. But I suck, and I don't have the android skills you do, so I should just keep quiet.

In short...I will keeo quiet and Thank You!

I appreciate the reply. I do agree that it can be a mess, but that's because there's no one cleaning it up. I do try to keep my own mod posts as clear and concise as I can.

munessie wrote:Mine should be arriving today and I'm wondering about charging before use. I've seen people say they just plugged it in and started it up and others saying they are fully charging before turning it on. Is there a preferred method? I'm hoping I don't have to fully charge first as I am anxious to start playing with it when I get home from work!

I would charge it for about an hour first (if you can wait). It depends on how low the original battery was - if it's 0% to start for example, give it some time. If it were 50% or more, then I wouldn't be as concerned.

Speedde423 wrote:@wootstaff, most of us understand the normal shipping model you have and are just fine with it. And to get 10,000+ boxes out the door in 3 days is pretty amazing to me.

@roebeet, I got the tablet, and messed around with it a bit before it wanted to do the OTA update. Once it applied the update, all the what looked like unique stuff like the kindle store and angry birds weren't there and the active background didn't work. Then whenever I tried to start any remaining program a black box flashed up and disappeared. I couldn't read the whole thing but I could see process and force close, even after a couple restarts.

Luckily I was able to get it to flash to your TNT LITE and get it working, but I wouldn't mind going back to what came from it from Woot for a little while to see what that was like.

Is this something that's been covered on XDA before and my search-fu is weak, or did I miss something? I know I have a tendency to bork electronics, but I'm at a loss as to what I did this time. Thanks in advance.

This is an excellent point - they've customized the device outside of Viewsonic's stock ROM, somehow. Apps like Kindle and Flash are NOT in the stock ROM, and after you do a factory reset, they are gone.

I honestly don't know if there's a "Woot stock ROM" to go back to a Woot-baseline, as I don't have one of these. We won't know how their distributor customized this. Ideally, you'd have a user apks on your sdcard to sideload, but no idea.

Anyone in staff want to chime in? If a Woot user does a factory reset and loses Flash, what's the "best" way to get it back? Is there a process that distributor has created?

Btw, if there's not, ROMs like TNT Lite and VEGAn have Flash pre-installed, and the Google Market does the rest.

Quick, Everyone look at deals.woot.com, they have a case/hand strap for the Ipad that is frickin sweet. Everyone go to this website

http://sleeve360.com/

and write them an email asking to make one for the Gtab. I already sent my email and told them I know of at least 10,000 people who would want on for the Gtab. It is everything you could ever want for you tab, but it would cover up my sweet carbon fiber back protector.

[edit] just got an email back from them, saying that they are working on securing investment capital and are going to use it to develop for other tabs.

I got mine last night and played with it quite a bit as I was charging it. (Remember, this is a 10-hour battery, so you're going to be charging it for some time!) I actually like both the stock "classic" Android interface (which mostly matches my G2 phone) and the Dashboard quite a bit. But the browser force closes quite often (including loading the Woot forum pages) and I do want the stock Android Market; going to market.android.com showed me some of what I'd downloaded on my G2 but not everything, and I do want a lot of the same software to be on both.

You folks who have installed the modded ROMs -- is there any consensus on which provides an interface closest to the "classic" version on the stock unit? Thanks!

(Also: Any Slingplayer users here? I bought the version for my phone... do I have to buy it again for the tablet?)

I received mine in the mail yesterday. I charged it up and booted it up to have lots of things force quit, that was until I let it install the 3588 firmware update. Now it all works, I will no doubt root it soon so I can get market but in the meantime going to the freewarelovers.com website allowed me to download most of the programs I wanted on here like the current Adobe flash 10.2, Lookout Security and yes dammit Angry Birds Seasons! I tried using their "G-Market" and I didn't much care for it. The sooner I root it and get regular Android Market working the better.

It's also funny on some websites it insisted I needed the ipad plug-in to work, including the secure wireless we have here at work. I know it was Apple's motto in the past, but what about ye olde "Think Different"?

editorkid wrote:I got mine last night and played with it quite a bit as I was charging it. (Remember, this is a 10-hour battery, so you're going to be charging it for some time!) I actually like both the stock "classic" Android interface (which mostly matches my G2 phone) and the Dashboard quite a bit. But the browser force closes quite often (including loading the Woot forum pages) and I do want the stock Android Market; going to market.android.com showed me some of what I'd downloaded on my G2 but not everything, and I do want a lot of the same software to be on both.

You folks who have installed the modded ROMs -- is there any consensus on which provides an interface closest to the "classic" version on the stock unit? Thanks!

(Also: Any Slingplayer users here? I bought the version for my phone... do I have to buy it again for the tablet?)

There is an "Enhancement Pack" in XDA, with various iterations. But I think it's stale. One XDA user tried to do a recent update, and it's a good beta version but has a few bugs in it.

brsnow wrote:Quick, Everyone look at deals.woot.com, they have a case/hand strap for the Ipad that is frickin sweet. Everyone go to this website

http://sleeve360.com/

and write them an email asking to make one for the Gtab. I already sent my email and told them I know of at least 10,000 people who would want on for the Gtab. It is everything you could ever want for you tab, but it would cover up my sweet carbon fiber back protector.

Umm...

Make that 9,999 folks.

roebeet wrote:That's actually a good idea. When I got mine months ago, we suggested two things:

1) Charge it fully
2) Do a data wipe ("factory reset")

I still think these are valid first steps. However, if you have Flash and the Kindle apps pre-installed, a data wipe WILL delete them. There are ways to add them back, but still be aware of this.

When you start reading up on mods, a data wipe is almost always suggested as a first troubleshooting step for any problem. If you root it, I would highly recommend "Titanium Backup" as it will backup important user data (cough cough Angry Birds) so you can restore that data after a data wipe.

So mine is out for delivery. Just so I am clear, we should do this before rooting and applying a new ROM.
1. Charge
2. Do a Factory Reset
3. Install nvflash
4. install Titanium Backup
5. Let the OTA update install

Does that sound like good first steps? Or should I do the Factory reset after steps 3 and 4?

Sorry, this thread is getting so long it's hard to keep track of all the steps everyone has been doing.
And thank you roebeet, you have been extremely helpful.

JUST JUST JUST JUST got it!

But damn, battery is completely drained on arrival. Charging it up now.

OK so there been alot of talk about the instructions on th xda forums, but does any one know if there are any complete videos out there on how to root and install Vegan or tnt lite. Found a lot of reviews and people just playing with there gtabs, (making me curse Fedex more and more, Haven't got mine yet)

any one? Been reading the xda forums since i ordered it last week, but would really feel more comfortable doing it myself if i could actually see someone do it.

brsnow wrote:Quick, Everyone look at deals.woot.com, they have a case/hand strap for the Ipad that is frickin sweet. Everyone go to this website

http://sleeve360.com/

and write them an email asking to make one for the Gtab. I already sent my email and told them I know of at least 10,000 people who would want on for the Gtab. It is everything you could ever want for you tab, but it would cover up my sweet carbon fiber back protector.

That actually does look super cool. I don't have mine yet so I'm not sure how tricky or not it is to hold it in one hand and use it with the other, but I can certainly conceive of this product being useful.

magicwuff wrote:JUST JUST JUST JUST got it!

But damn, battery is completely drained on arrival. Charging it up now.

Give it at LEAST an hour, then. It's a best practice.

Your device might also be a bit "wonky" - this is normal when the deivce is completely drained. I would recommend a data wipe / factory reset if you get a lot of FC's (force closes) or only weird issue.

But keep in mind a factory reset will wipe all the extra user apps, including Flash.

jsjames wrote:So mine is out for delivery. Just so I am clear, we should do this before rooting and applying a new ROM.
1. Charge
2. Do a Factory Reset
3. Install nvflash
4. install Titanium Backup
5. Let the OTA update install

Does that sound like good first steps? Or should I do the Factory reset after steps 3 and 4?

Sorry, this thread is getting so long it's hard to keep track of all the steps everyone has been doing.
And thank you roebeet, you have been extremely helpful.

#3 is optional. more of a "learn how to use nvflash" and #4 won't work unless you root it.

I would do this:

- Charge it (at least an hour, especially if the battery is drained)
- Do a factory reset only if it's all wonky. Problem is that a FR will wipe out all the extra apps (see above)
- OTA update, if you are 3389 build.
- Read up on adb and nvflash (it's really worth it, if you plan to mod the device)
- Start playing with mods!

I received the tablet and am disappointed with the display when you angle the top away from straight on viewing. I think the display was installed wrong because when you hold it upside down it is a lot better. Anybody else have this problem?

user238 wrote:OK so there been alot of talk about the instructions on th xda forums, but does any one know if there are any complete videos out there on how to root and install Vegan or tnt lite. Found a lot of reviews and people just playing with there gtabs, (making me curse Fedex more and more, Haven't got mine yet)

any one? Been reading the xda forums since i ordered it last week, but would really feel more comfortable doing it myself if i could actually see someone do it.

You're in luck. This site just launched today:
http://www.gtabunleashed.com/

It's got some good how-to videos for installing CWM and flashing roms, so you can follow along visually when you're reading the how-to's on XDA.

Also, iPads and G-tabs have very different dimensions. Don't go buying an iPad case and expecting it to fit. The Gtablet is an inch wider and half an inch shorter (when held in landscape) than the iPad.

[quote postid="4405527" user="uanarchyk"]That actually does look super cool. I don't have mine yet so I'm not sure how tricky or not it is to hold it in one hand and use it with the other, but I can certainly conceive of this product being useful.c

This is my reply from Sleeve360 about a gTablet version.

Jeff
Unfortunately this is specifically designed for the ipad 1st gen. We do plan to expand to other tablets in the near future.
Thanks,
Carter

speedman wrote:Time to sell your G-Tablet... For this one.

The ViewSonic® ViewPad® 10 10.1" Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® dual OS tablet supports both Windows® and Android® operating systems.

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/vpad10.htm

I watched a video of this dual booting from 7 to android... which was in fact androidx86. This is essentially a homebrew OS which can be downloaded and installed on just about any machine, but it's buggy and largely unusable.

I have had both 1.6 and 2.2 running for months on the first asus eeepc (a version is designed just for it). Since the apps are compiled for ARM processors and this is an x86 proccessor virtually none work. If this tablet is still running androidx86 don't expect anything resembling a true android experience.

I'm hoping intel(or anyone) pushes out a usable x86 build of android in the near future although I don't really know how that'd be possible unless apps were compiled on the system itself, or came in x86 flavors as well. Both seem unlikely.

The more likely dual boot solution, which some are already implementing - is to have an ARM processor built into the main screen area, and a separate Atom in some sort mobile dock/laptop body, which will run windows. It seems terribly wasteful, but it illustrates the near impossibility of running multiple architectures on the same chip. That said windows 8 will support ARM processors - meaning dual boot android devices may become quite common.

Forgive the rant, the point is for now don't buy anything that dual boots windows and android.

I have a shuttle X50V2 touch screen all in one computer I'd LOVE to put android on. Although I managed to make ubuntu 10.04 extremely usable on it.

Imagine a 15.6 inch android tablet with 4 usb ports, 2 hyper-threaded atom cores, 4 gigs of ram, and 750 gig hd....... I think i'd cry.

FYI, I'm testing out a TNT Lite 4.4.0, today. It's going to have a customized kernel to fix the sleep issue. I usually don't do this, but I'm making an exception.

My thinking is that I want 4.4.0 to be as Woot/hitchhiker friendly as possible - I don't like having that sleep issue hanging over my head. So you might see it uploaded later today.

jsjames wrote:So mine is out for delivery. Just so I am clear, we should do this before rooting and applying a new ROM.
1. Charge
2. Do a Factory Reset
3. Install nvflash
4. install Titanium Backup
5. Let the OTA update install

Does that sound like good first steps? Or should I do the Factory reset after steps 3 and 4?

Sorry, this thread is getting so long it's hard to keep track of all the steps everyone has been doing.
And thank you roebeet, you have been extremely helpful.

thats what im wondering too. good way to put it. im not very good at those kinda things haha. i'd love to see the answer to this question too. thanks!

roebeet wrote:FYI, I'm testing out a TNT Lite 4.4.0, today. It's going to have a customized kernel to fix the sleep issue. I usually don't do this, but I'm making an exception.

My thinking is that I want 4.4.0 to be as Woot/hitchhiker friendly as possible - I don't like having that sleep issue hanging over my head. So you might see it uploaded later today.

Do it! Do it! Will lessen the number of steps I need to take :D

spamhead wrote:You're in luck. This site just launched today:
http://www.gtabunleashed.com/

It's got some good how-to videos for installing CWM and flashing roms, so you can follow along visually when you're reading the how-to's on XDA.

Sweet! Looks like it's the guy "Sean" that had that blog that everyone was linking to. Should be very helpful

tiedyejeremy wrote:Anyone having network connectivity problems? My SSID is hidden. I set up the connection, it connects, then says not in range, then connects again...

no network connection yet.

if anyone else is having network connectivity issues, I fought with it for a while and, finally, fixed it. I had the router set to autoswitch in B & G and, as stated previously, did not broadcast my SSID. I had to broadcast the SSID AND switch to G only to get connected and running. Fortunately, I don't own any B devices anymore and should have switched that ages ago.