akashk1 wrote:Roebeet - question for you (or anyone else for that matter) - how do I get the stock weather app installed on tnt lite? Looks like your rom removes the stock weather app. I kind of like the weather app that comes with the default rom on the g tab. Any ideas guys? Thx.

There's MUCH better out there. Just gotta look. Beautiful Widgets was free as of yesterday (I grabbed it then)...not sure if it's still the case. See the thread here:
Beautiful Widgets

Team that up with a nice launcher, like this one from gojimi, and you are ALL SET! This one is supposed to look better when used on a tablet (that is, not making your tablet look like a big phone). Plus, you can customize the bejesus out of your "desktop"
VTL.launcher

Hope that helps! Check out the xda forums regularly, and there's no telling what great things you'll be able to pick up!

Well i Successfully rooted my tablet with vegan 5.1 And it is Awesome.

But i noticing some weird problems when trying to visit web pages, I cannot log in to some of my accounts, hulu, school email, some others i know that i am typing in that passwords correctly, could this be a cookie problem? I was able to log in before i rooted it but for some reason now, no dice...

clarinetbob wrote:There's MUCH better out there. Just gotta look. Beautiful Widgets was free as of yesterday (I grabbed it then)...not sure if it's still the case. See the thread here:
Beautiful Widgets

Team that up with a nice launcher, like this one from gojimi, and you are ALL SET! This one is supposed to look better when used on a tablet (that is, not making your tablet look like a big phone). Plus, you can customize the bejesus out of your "desktop"
VTL.launcher

Hope that helps! Check out the xda forums regularly, and there's no telling what great things you'll be able to pick up!

Nothing as good as the original weather app. Can you post screen shots of how this looks on your tablet? Maybe I am doing something wrong. If possible I would still like to install the original weather app.

I was lucky and saw the long gone holiday promo case at Sear's. Went online, checked inventory, almost none left in my state, though you might find some in your neck of the woods. Like it with a zipped side pouch.

borntohunt wrote:In case anyone is still looking for a tablet case or sleeve . . .

Went to a local Sears but they no longer had the holiday neoprene case logic gTablet case or sleeve.

Checked out a few Walmarts & found an HP 10.2" Netbook Mini Sleeve (neoprene) which was $9.88 marked down to $4.50 which was black with a white or pink design symbol, but HP has it on their web site selling for $20 although Amazon has it for $5.45. It fits the Viewsonic gTablet just fine, but it's simple with no pockets.

Here's a couple photo images I'll embed here below.





Hope ya'll find what you want for a reasonably decent price.

akashk1 wrote:Roebeet - question for you (or anyone else for that matter) - how do I get the stock weather app installed on tnt lite? Looks like your rom removes the stock weather app. I kind of like the weather app that comes with the default rom on the g tab. Any ideas guys? Thx.

I mentioned this about 10 pages ago!

jk!

TNT Lite firmware is setup in a modular fashion - what that means is that the user can actually alter it to their liking - add stock apps back, for example. You just need to know how to do it.

I don't alter the stock system image - I actually install stock first, then layer on the changes later.

If you're willing, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854175 This explains how the firmware is setup.

jackr wrote:I finally sat down and went through the mods for the gtablet. I followed:

http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/70/Default.aspx

which had me install Clockwork, repartition the storage, install TNT Lite 4.0, Pershoot's latest kernel and gain access to Market.

I have no idea what most of that means, but if you follow the instructions and go painfully slowly and careful it will take all of about 30 minutes. All those tasks succeeded.

The gtablet is more responsive and my only questions / problems are:

1 The email and calendar sync with my firm's exchange server but the contacts won't for some reason.

2 How do you lock these things up? Is there an app to keep people out?

3 I tried Touchdown to use for email, calendar & contact but cannot get it to sync with anything on our exchange server.

4 There are apps on the tablet like Navigation, Phone and maybe others that are not functional on a gtablet. Can they be deleted? I tried to get the gtablet connected to a Palm bluetooth GPS that I have but it would pair with it but not connect.

5 I have a hard drive full of music that I intend to load up once my SD card shows up. Any advice on that or is it straightforward?

Knowing my setup, anyone have any other comments recommendations?

Thanks,

1- This was something I grappled with back in TNT Lite 2.x - I eventually gave up as I realized I could not please everyone on it. I believe there are ways to further tweak Exchange access via altering the Contact / Calendar apks more (but other things might break). It's probably buried in XDA somewhere.

2- Imo, there is NO security and I would treat it as such. I personally do not use my tablet for anything other than content consumption, games and development.

4- I've heard of some success stories on TNT Lite, with USB GPS's, But obviously YMMV.

5- If you plan to just copy them over, it's drag and drop to the internal memory. For the external memory (microSD) it's trickier as some old mods ./ ROMs don't support media scanning to /SDCARD2. I honestly don't know if VEGAn supports that, but you can certainly test it.

I had a g-Tab for a few days now, I have been playing with it and happy with it so far, it's a great device...but somehow the device doesn't see the USB when I plugged into the g-Tab, is there something that I need to setup? where can I go to see the my USB? please help.

What I have done so far with my g-Tab, installed the CWM, vegan-tab.

BTW, thank you Roebeet and the XDA team for their times to make this a great product.

@roebeet....

I have followed all the comments from the beginning, I find it exhausting and demanding! I don't know how you do it.

It's time to stop thanking you, it's time to start donating!

If just half of the woot! purchasers sent you a dollar.....

I'm doing it!

Roebeet,

Please can you explain why installing ClockWorkMod is a "one way street?"

Since we are able to write it TO the gTab's firmware in the first place, why can't we later write the original back in place of it?

I note that you delete OTAUpdate.apk in your tNtLite, and I presume you do that so an automatic update from ViewSonic won't potentially break stuff you have done in the mod?

If we are willing to lose all the mods and apps we have put on since receiving the gTab, can we nvflash a stock ROM like 3389 and go back to square 1?

roebeet wrote:1- I mentioned this about 10 pages ago!

jk!

TNT Lite firmware is setup in a modular fashion - what that means is that the user can actually alter it to their liking - add stock apps back, for example. You just need to know how to do it.

I don't alter the stock system image - I actually install stock first, then layer on the changes later.

If you're willing, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854175 This explains how the firmware is setup.

Thanks for the explanation roebeet. Sorry, I couldn't find any mention of this in the woot thread (there are almost 70 pages!!)
So if I understand correctly (and I am a little technically challenged!) all I have to do is unzip 2-tntlite440.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script. Open the updater-script file with notepad and delete the line that says delete("/system/app/Weather.apk"). Put the zip archive back together and Flesh the rom again. If this is not the case then some hand-holding directions will be greatly appreciated.

I am retired and planned to use the gtab mainly for surfing the net and e-mails. I got this computer because my old computer is rather slow and the price was reasonable. Reading these forums I have never seen a product with so many problems. Even the ones who installed new roms (TNT Lite, Vegan) are having a few problems. I am not that computer literate (I don't even have a smart phone) and don't feel comfortable trying to install a new rom. I didn't even know step one until I looked at Sean's instructions. I thought you just downloaded all this stuff directly to the gtab. I got my gtab on Thursday, but have not opened it because I am thinking of selling it.
My question: If I just download the current 3588 do you think I will be Happy with this product or should I just sell it, and wait till these products are more stable? Unlike most of the people here I have a lot of patience. One of the very few good things about getting old.

stans39 wrote:
My question: If I just download the current 3588 do you think I will be Happy with this product or should I just sell it, and wait till these products are more stable? Unlike most of the people here I have a lot of patience. One of the very few good things about getting old.

In a word, yes.

However, the one thing I think you might miss would be the full market. There's a lot of free apps that are fun and/or useful that you may not be able to get otherwise. I don't know enough to say if you could do the market fix on the stock ROM.

stans39 wrote:I am retired and planned to use the gtab mainly for surfing the net and e-mails. I got this computer because my old computer is rather slow and the price was reasonable. Reading these forums I have never seen a product with so many problems. Even the ones who installed new roms (TNT Lite, Vegan) are having a few problems. I am not that computer literate (I don't even have a smart phone) and don't feel comfortable trying to install a new rom. I didn't even know step one until I looked at Sean's instructions. I thought you just downloaded all this stuff directly to the gtab. I got my gtab on Thursday, but have not opened it because I am thinking of selling it.
My question: If I just download the current 3588 do you think I will be Happy with this product or should I just sell it, and wait till these products are more stable? Unlike most of the people here I have a lot of patience. One of the very few good things about getting old.

Sell it and buy a Samsung Galaxy when they come out. I have no doubt it'll be a much more user friendly experience.

With Vegan on here, I have no problems with speed and stability.

stans39 wrote:I am retired and planned to use the gtab mainly for surfing the net and e-mails. I got this computer because my old computer is rather slow and the price was reasonable. Reading these forums I have never seen a product with so many problems. Even the ones who installed new roms (TNT Lite, Vegan) are having a few problems. I am not that computer literate (I don't even have a smart phone) and don't feel comfortable trying to install a new rom. I didn't even know step one until I looked at Sean's instructions. I thought you just downloaded all this stuff directly to the gtab. I got my gtab on Thursday, but have not opened it because I am thinking of selling it.
My question: If I just download the current 3588 do you think I will be Happy with this product or should I just sell it, and wait till these products are more stable? Unlike most of the people here I have a lot of patience. One of the very few good things about getting old.

Hi Stan-I got mine yesterday. I am not sure if I'll root it or not. Right now my 5 year old is playing Angry Birds and is happy as a Lark (pun intended). I did surf the web on it but haven't set up my email account yet. I put my Facebook account on, added some games for the kiddo, put the new Amazon Cloud on so I could upload my music from my amazon account, pretty basic everyday stuff and it works like a charm. Open it up, charge it the full time, then do the regular update. I think you'll like it just fine.
I plan to use mine to travel so the kid and I have something to watch/play/keep in touch with everyone with. I think it will meet your needs. Good luck

stans39 wrote:I am retired and planned to use the gtab mainly for surfing the net and e-mails. I got this computer because my old computer is rather slow and the price was reasonable. Reading these forums I have never seen a product with so many problems. (...)
My question: If I just download the current 3588 do you think I will be Happy with this product or should I just sell it, and wait till these products are more stable? Unlike most of the people here I have a lot of patience. One of the very few good things about getting old.

I say: Open it up and see what you think of it unmodified. If you decide later that you don't like it, you've still got options. (I'd even guess that a device you 've determined to be in good working order might sell better than a shrink wrapped one.)
I Have had no trouble at all with mine, and I am working just with the upgraded stock ROM. I have done email, surfed, downloaded apps to open Word docs and PDFs (and used them in a meeting), used Pandora and YouTube. I generally don't play games, so their availability and speed doesn't matter to me. So far, the most difficult thing has been typing on this keyboard!, but I am writing this post from the gTab because I can.

Anyone order this case:

http://hotmid.com/leather-case-for-malata-zpad-t2.html

Seems like the only choice since electroniccrap is out of stock and no one else makes this kind of case. Thoughts?

Just a heads up on Beautiful Widgets: Typically when a developer distributes a beta that's due to "expire in five days," that means the beta version will stop working in five days, not that it's free to download for five days. I didn't follow up beyond reading the XDA thread and the original tweet from the widget developer, but people who have or might download it might want to see if that's the case.

bigswig wrote:@roebeet....

I have followed all the comments from the beginning, I find it exhausting and demanding! I don't know how you do it.

It's time to stop thanking you, it's time to start donating!

If just half of the woot! purchasers sent you a dollar.....

I'm doing it!

I took a semi-break today - I have to admit I was getting some brain-strain. There's just too many new users! Thx in advance for any donations!

supernaturlbeing wrote:Anyone order this case:

http://hotmid.com/leather-case-for-malata-zpad-t2.html

Seems like the only choice since electroniccrap is out of stock and no one else makes this kind of case. Thoughts?

This looks like the case I have (I bought mine off an XDA user who had a few extra from his own overseas shipment). Only caveat is that it covers the full USB port. But other than that it's a very nice case.

tjustin wrote:I had a g-Tab for a few days now, I have been playing with it and happy with it so far, it's a great device...but somehow the device doesn't see the USB when I plugged into the g-Tab, is there something that I need to setup? where can I go to see the my USB? please help.

What I have done so far with my g-Tab, installed the CWM, vegan-tab.

BTW, thank you Roebeet and the XDA team for their times to make this a great product.

The internal memory (/sdcard) should mount, but not the microSD (/sdcard2). This is a flaw in every Tegra 2 device I know of.

If you mean /sdcard, it should work - just make sure you click on the "!" icon (assuming you are on stock or TNT Lite) and then make sure you connect to USB from there.

stans39 wrote:I am retired and planned to use the gtab mainly for surfing the net and e-mails. I got this computer because my old computer is rather slow and the price was reasonable. Reading these forums I have never seen a product with so many problems. Even the ones who installed new roms (TNT Lite, Vegan) are having a few problems. I am not that computer literate (I don't even have a smart phone) and don't feel comfortable trying to install a new rom. I didn't even know step one until I looked at Sean's instructions. I thought you just downloaded all this stuff directly to the gtab. I got my gtab on Thursday, but have not opened it because I am thinking of selling it.
My question: If I just download the current 3588 do you think I will be Happy with this product or should I just sell it, and wait till these products are more stable? Unlike most of the people here I have a lot of patience. One of the very few good things about getting old.

Android devices (especially tablets) require a lot of patience and tinkering. It's kind of the "nature of the beast", but it's also the reason why I have one - I can't just leave things alone.

Stock does work and maybe people use stock and are very happy with it. Others are not. So it's hard to say what you might find acceptable in a tablet PC.

Personally, I would recommend opening it up, giving it a whirl and then just sell it used but "like new" if you really can't stand the device. The only person who can really know if the device serves your needs is yourself.

"This looks like the case I have (I bought mine off an XDA user who had a few extra from his own overseas shipment). Only caveat is that it covers the full USB port. But other than that it's a very nice case."

How does the tablet slide into this? Looks like it wraps around both the top & bottom and obviously has sides.

greymane wrote:"This looks like the case I have (I bought mine off an XDA user who had a few extra from his own overseas shipment). Only caveat is that it covers the full USB port. But other than that it's a very nice case."

How does the tablet slide into this? Looks like it wraps around both the top & bottom and obviously has sides.

There's a flap on the bottom (where the dock slot is located) - you slide the device in and then the flap goes over that, which holds it in place.

The docking port is covered, as well as the full USB port. But the other areas are exposed like the volume, mini USB and headphone jack.

Btw, I bought my SmartQ R10 at hotmid.com, with no issues to report.

For those of you still not happy about not seeing all the apps from the android market, there is what looks like a new fix on xda forums: Market Fix

I'm new at this, but following the instructions for "new guys" by wd5gnr on page 2, it's easy and works like a charm! All I had to do to make it easy on myself is buy the "Root Explorer" app off the market, and I was editing my system files like a pro. Now I can see Firefox, Saumari 2, and many other things I couldn't see with the "standard" market fix (clearing cache/data). Try it!! I'm loving this thing!!!

maybe that means your market isnt fully working then..? when i got my market working properly, my purchases from my HTC Incredible showed up in my purchased items list.

editorkid wrote:Hey, Roebeet,

I just installed TnT Lite 4.4.0.

Nice work! This is gorgeous -- elegant. And yes, enough like my G2 that my insecurities are pretty minimal.

One suggestion for your otherwise ideal instructions -- you may want to remind folks that it may take a few reboots for the tablet to reach the home screen. I think it took three for me -- I remembered seeing that here, but there are going to be soooo many people even n00ber than me. (I've at least got a couple of hackintoshes under my belt. While watching the honeycomb animation loop for a while, I did have a "ruh roh" moment until I remembered the multiple reboots mention.) I'd installed CWM .8 if that matters.

I do have some generic icons on a few apps -- ES File Explorer, Facebook, Weather, News, Photos. I'll see if deleting those shortcuts and creating new ones fixes that.

As a data point, as an existing user, Market worked fine from the first launch; I was a little disappointed that it separates my two machines (the Gtab and my G2) to the point where I can't get a list of what's on my phone to install on the tablet. Minor inconvenience, though, since I'll want to test apps as I install anyway.

Thanks again for your fantastic work. It's been a long time since I've shipped my own code (about 20 years -- ack!), but your stuff is really nicely thought out and polished. Kudos from someone who used to know what he was doing and can still spot quality.

roebeet, if you're still there, I like to an answer about how to update the VEGan-Tab via the supplement. Do I just skip step 10 of part 2 of this guide to update it since you said you just don't have to wipe out the data?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

jonbeazles wrote:maybe that means your market isnt fully working then..? when i got my market working properly, my purchases from my HTC Incredible showed up in my purchased items list.

Same for my purchases. And installed apps show up after I download one app (free or otherwise) -- it's like something "clicks" when that's done.

As for "ro.product.device=olympus", I'd have to think about that one in my mods. It could add some apps, but cause other issues. Definitely needs to be tested thoroughly. "ro.product.device=stingray" might be another option.

thelastredeemer wrote:roebeet, if you're still there, I like to an answer about how to update the VEGan-Tab via the supplement. Do I just skip step 10 of part 2 of this guide to update it since you said you just don't have to wipe out the data?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

It shouldn't require a data wipe - but, always backup your data, just in case.

Supplement is run just like the 5.1 base. But it's just a smaller file within a small number of file copies.

Hello everyone... I installed VEGan mod today and just having a lot of fun with it... I do have one problem and that is when I connect my Gtab to my windows pc, I get the prompt for for the Gtab (J), it says "please insert disk into Removable disk(J). I was able to mount the Gtab at the very first time after all the mods were installed, but that was the only time since the mod... Of course on the stock rom all was fine... I need help to get it mounted.... Anyone else having this problem?

Update... I was able to fine the problem.... Thanks

So I got my GTab flashed with CWM Recovery and I have already tried 4 different Gingerbread ROMs on it. Very, very easy to hack!

This thing is HUGE!!! Compared to our Samsung Galaxy Tabs the GTab is a monster! The fast dual core processor doesn't, however, make up for the disappointment that is the screen. One more gargleblaster, even looking directly at it there are slightly polarized areas of the screen around the edges. Colors change when looked at 45 degrees. Compared to the Samsung screen, this one is the equivalent of a Broksonic walkman.

Definitely OK for grandma and worth the w00t price. Greatly recommend flashing it with CM7.

TIP: Copy the ENTIRE contents of the Internal SD card BEFORE you Flesh ANYTHING, as the necessary repartitioning will destroy all data on the Gtab.

so it can support Flesh 10.1 and Multi- touch or two point touch?

aphexburn wrote:Does anyone know if you can upgrade this from android 2.2 to a newer version?

just only get the update link and you can do that

speedman wrote:Hello everyone... I installed VEGan mod today and just having a lot of fun with it... I do have one problem and that is when I connect my Gtab to my windows pc, I get the prompt for for the Gtab (J), it says "please insert disk into Removable disk(J). I was able to mount the Gtab at the very first time after all the mods were installed, but that was the only time since the mod... Of course on the stock rom all was fine... I need help to get it mounted.... Anyone else having this problem?

Update... I was able to fine the problem.... Thanks

I'm having the same problem. How did you fix it?

cybermacgyver wrote:So I got my GTab flashed with CWM Recovery and I have already tried 4 different Gingerbread ROMs on it.

Which 4 have you tried?

D93401 wrote:Roebeet,

Please can you explain why installing ClockWorkMod is a "one way street?"

Since we are able to write it TO the gTab's firmware in the first place, why can't we later write the original back in place of it?

I note that you delete OTAUpdate.apk in your tNtLite, and I presume you do that so an automatic update from ViewSonic won't potentially break stuff you have done in the mod?

If we are willing to lose all the mods and apps we have put on since receiving the gTab, can we nvflash a stock ROM like 3389 and go back to square 1?

Original Post

Clockworkmod is kind of a one-way street. Once you mod the device, you've basically put your firmware updates into the hands of the devs/modders in XDA. That's not a bad thing, but you just have to keep that in mind - we are usually pretty fast in ripping apart new stock ROMs and added them to our mods.

If you want to stick with stock, however, you can also manually install new ROMs. We post them also, when the released updates show up: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000


BTW TO ALL WOOT USERS HERE. I'm finding it hard to keep up with all the questions, right now. If I miss a question, it's not because I'm ignoring you - I'm trying to toggle this, XDA and my day job and I'm finding it challenging. Quite frankly, there's just too many of you.

If you have an XDA account, you might want to post your questions there, as well. That way, another XDA power user can respond back, if I don't see it."

One way is a little strong - I am pretty sure you can flesh a stock rom to get it back to original. I used CWM and flashed Vegan which is awesome but I liked a few of the OEM apps better (like email/browser) so I might reflesh the OEM and try TNT

xanadu1979 wrote:Thanks, I didn't even think to look at the specs of the EEE Netbook. I'll try to remember to report back here when I get it. Might be a while since I used Super Saver shipping.

I just got this case in the mail a few days ago.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003F8W3JA

It fits the gTablet very well. It's not perfect, there is about 1.5 - 2 inches of empty space height-wise, but it fits perfectly length-wise. And the charger fits in the pocket just fine. For less than $10, I'm very happy with it.

Personally I wouldn't stick to stock, not because stock is unusable, but because it lacks access to the Android Market. My understanding is that TnTLite operates very similarly to stock, but it supports the Market and is more stable, etc. I personally was not terribly fond of the stock UI so I went with VEGAN (after a couple of ill-advised attempts to install gTablet-compatible CyanogenMod - I should have investigated VEGAN first.)

With that installed I am fairly happy with my purchase. The viewing angles of the screen are indeed bad, and it doesn't seem quite fast enough to play my 720P video files, contrary to the advertisement (possibly it would be able to if they were in a different format, but the format I have is the format all the HD video content I've run across is in). Also, Android development seems to be heavily phone oriented right now. Do not expect a significant number of tablet-specific or adapted apps just yet. But otherwise it's done very well at the things I've wanted from it. Pandora, browsing, email, streaming videos, reading comics, and viewing onboard (nonHD) video all work beautifully.

Some app recommendations:
Thumb Keyboard - it's a paid app, but it's only $2 and it has substantial customizability. The basic idea is to replace the default Android keyboards, which directly mimic a hardware keyboard layout, with layouts that split for optimal two thumb typing. This is particularly nice on a gTablet due to the substantial width of the landscape orientation. (And it has a 10" tablet layout.) The split areas of the keyboard go conveniently to the corners, and the middle has less used characters like symbols and numbers.

PlayOn: this one's a bit spendy and requires a home PC with a decent internet connection, but the result is the ability to play content from Hulu, Netflix, Amazon VOD, various network TV sites, and a variety of other streaming media, not to mention a beta feature that will stream local media from your PC (though you have no ability to skip around in it, just play and pause.)

PerfectViewer: This is a free comic viewer app that is, as it says, pretty well perfect. I wish it had the ability to display two pages side by side, but I assume that that wouldn't be very useful on the 3 or 4 inch screen of a phone and it probably hasn't had tablet use taken into account (yet?) in its design. Otherwise, excellent.

jackr wrote:
2 How do you lock these things up? Is there an app to keep people out?



Thanks,

As mentioned by Roebeet, there is no real security so I keep that in mind and follow the advice not to do banking or keep access to secure emails on the device. However if you simply want a way to "lock" the screen that requires an "unlock" code you might want to try YourKey at

http://www.yourkeylock.com/

I know its limitations but for what I need it works for me.

cherman1 wrote:One way is a little strong - I am pretty sure you can flesh a stock rom to get it back to original. I used CWM and flashed Vegan which is awesome but I liked a few of the OEM apps better (like email/browser) so I might reflesh the OEM and try TNT

You can, but you just need to know how to do it (and thus my post). With the stock ROMs listed on XDA, it's just an update.zip Flesh and away you go.

If you don't know how to do it, then it's a one-way street. I get a lot of PMs from people who Flesh a mod and then don't understand why the OTA updater is broken.

xanadu1979 wrote:I just got this case in the mail a few days ago.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003F8W3JA

It fits the gTablet very well. It's not perfect, there is about 1.5 - 2 inches of empty space height-wise, but it fits perfectly length-wise. And the charger fits in the pocket just fine. For less than $10, I'm very happy with it.

Really nice having a pocket on the case, but be very careful when you place the charger in the pocket & make sure that the gTablet screen is facing away from the charger & pocket to make sure not to crack or break the screen by accident. Unfortunately, I'm speaking from experience when I cracked a laptop screen when traveling for business trips.

$299 free ship on buy.com today, if someone lurking still is deciding on buying one...

http://www.buy.com/prod/viewsonic-g-tablet-10-1-tablet-computer-nvidia-tegra-2-1ghz-512mb-ddr2/q/loc/101/listingid/132564105/219101228.html

I've gotta ssay, I'm pretty happy with this. I'm somewhat of a gadget whore and have wanted a tablet but just couldn't justify the alrger price tags or data plans required on many devices.

The price I've been waiting for was $300 for a decent performing tablet and this one fits the bill. I knew going into it from other reviews that the display was not the best. But for the rest of the specs, I jumped on it.

I started off with TNT but was having the sleep issue that many people have experienced with this product on different ROMs. I then went to Vegan 5.1 and the sleep problem was resolved...haven't had the problem since. I don't know if it's the ROM or something else that changed with the process of loading the new ROM.

So now I've got Vegan 5.1, Google Maps 5.2.1, working multi touch, Google Market, etc. I've got it paired with a bluetooth keychain GPS (although it seemed to require another little program to make that work...stock bluetooth alone would pair but not connect) so I can use it for full navigation with Google. I've got Sling Player on it which rocks and LogmeIn so I can provide tech support to my father in law anywhere. For data if I am somewhere without WiFi, I have my free hack for wifi tethering on my Incredible.

I wasn't crazy about the way the launcher was working so I installed Launcher Pro (the paid version...gotta support the devs). Launcher Pro is so damn smooth in the way it scrolls around...very happy with it. It also lets you stretch widgets on pages so you can make them fill the whole screen. I highly recommend it.

The only real negative so far is the screen but as I said I knew that going in. It's not so bad when looking straight at it, but in certain light there is some odd reflection from deep in the LCD that I haven't seen in other screens. If I were planning to use it for watching movies it might be a problem in the wrong light...but that's not my plan so it's only a minor inconvenience.

I upgraded to 3588 and have not rooted because I am a little challenged when it comes to computers. My main issue is with the poor reception I get with the wireless. I have a netbook that picks up the signal at least twice as far away as does the gtab. Will rooting and flashing a new ROM have any effect on the wireless range?

I upgraded to 3588 and have not rooted because I am a little challenged when it comes to computers. My main issue is with the poor reception I get with the wireless. I have a netbook that picks up the signal at least twice as far away as does the gtab. Will rooting and flashing a new ROM have any effect on the wireless range?

cherman1 wrote:One way is a little strong - I am pretty sure you can flesh a stock rom to get it back to original. I used CWM and flashed Vegan which is awesome but I liked a few of the OEM apps better (like email/browser) so I might reflesh the OEM and try TNT

Yes, indeed you can - I took a deep breath and nvflashed the stock gTablet ROM. It was even kind enough to leave alone a folder where I kept copies of the apks I had installed, so I can re-install them easily.

Amazon AppStore installed fine, and Angry Birds was already there (but no history, grrrrr.)

So now I know I can always go back to square one, I am very happy.

Thanks again to Roebeet and the many helpful people here.