ho0ber wrote:It may or may not sit in a truck. Some folks got theirs shortly after it went to that status.

Also, as an update on mine: Nothing yet, today. Hopefully the FedEx CSR wasn't feeding me bull, and it'll be handed over to my PO tomorrow morning.

I'm surprised yours didn't arrive today. Ours were both on the truck last Wednesday. Hard to believe the weekend would come into play. I was just lucky this time. Smartpost is the worst shipping method available. With the number of shipments Woot sends out I'm sure they could make a deal with another carrier. Here's hoping packages show up for everyone waiting tomorrow.

mikeys100 wrote:Click on the clock on the lower right. Click on the clock again in the popup. Click Settings in the new popup. Click on About Tablet in the left menu. Look at the last item on the right, Build Number.

boo, looks like I did get the dreaded HMJ37.-1.5.0018 build. How necessary is it to update to 3.2? Everything seems to be working fine and I'm about to go on a trip on Friday. I don't really have the time to deal with the rooting process right now. Just want to be able to put my videos on this thing and have access to wifi when I'm on my trip.

angela627 wrote:boo, looks like I did get the dreaded HMJ37.-1.5.0018 build. How necessary is it to update to 3.2? Everything seems to be working fine and I'm about to go on a trip on Friday. I don't really have the time to deal with the rooting process right now. Just want to be able to put my videos on this thing and have access to wifi when I'm on my trip.

Honestly, it's not terribly necessary. There are a few minor fixes, but otherwise you'll be fine with the build you have. Just wait until you feel like following the instructions on the thriveforums.

Someone posted roughly the same a few pages back.

aebowman wrote:I'm surprised yours didn't arrive today. Ours were both on the truck last Wednesday. Hard to believe the weekend would come into play. I was just lucky this time. Smartpost is the worst shipping method available. With the number of shipments Woot sends out I'm sure they could make a deal with another carrier. Here's hoping packages show up for everyone waiting tomorrow.

7:24am: Arrival at Post Office!

Amazing how the half-hour drive between our post offices took an extra week. :D

crenquis wrote:I emailed a wee bit after posting -- got a reply saying that they would be sending out a new power-adapter soon.

has anyone received their replacement power supply from Woot yet? i'm just wondering how long it's taking. (i'm impatient to play with my new toy

ho0ber wrote:7:24am: Arrival at Post Office!

Amazing how the half-hour drive between our post offices took an extra week. :D

Wow! Well, it should go out today. There wasn't much time between arrival and out for delivery here.

aebowman wrote:Wow! Well, it should go out today. There wasn't much time between arrival and out for delivery here.

It's here! I lucked out. Unit appears to be in perfect condition. Speakers work fine, correct cables, and a happy build. Updating to 3.2 now!

It's odd thinking that I ordered this two weeks ago.

cpheral wrote:Just remember you are still under warranty for 3 months.

Check to see if your lens has a plastic cover; my unit had one that I didn't actually pay attention to last night. Pulled it off and what a differnce in clarity.

josefinn wrote:Check to see if your lens has a plastic cover; my unit had one that I didn't actually pay attention to last night. Pulled it off and what a differnce in clarity.

Oops; I responded to the wrong post.

psm321 wrote:Finally got mine. Cameras seem to work but are somewhat grainy. I'm guessing this is normal? GPS isn't working indoors (same spot my phone picks up 11 satellites, Thrive picks up 0). Will try outdoors in the morning, but I'm guessing my GPS is broken

Power cord is fine, but Wakko Talks Faboo! is the "Do not disconnect the AC power cord from the AC source!" warning on the cord supposed to mean???

Software is .0011. I'm kind of disappointed honestly, was looking forward to playing around with the engineering test apps before rooting. Anyone have an image of the .0018? :-D

Other than doing a more complete test of the GPS, what else do I need to test?

Check to see if your lens has a plastic cover; my unit had one that I didn't actually pay attention to last night. Pulled it off and what a differnce in clarity.

I heard back from Woot Member Services today. They said that they will ship the proper power adapter when they get some in and they have no idea when that will be.

At this rate, the warranty will expire before I can even find out if my Thrive works.

Yay, just got the power cord, plugged in, and first thing I did was check the version... yay .11 ... updating now to latest easily enough it seems. so hooked... wishing I had the cash to have gotten 2 of them...

ho0ber wrote:It's here! I lucked out. Unit appears to be in perfect condition. Speakers work fine, correct cables, and a happy build. Updating to 3.2 now!

It's odd thinking that I ordered this two weeks ago.

I have been checking this thread even after I rec'd my Thrive waiting to see when you got yours. You really have been quite patient during this whole shipping deal and I am thrilled that you got a working tablet worth waiting for.

Damn, still not a thing on usps tracking page!

sonypspplayer wrote:Damn, still not a thing on usps tracking page!

Updated 3:11, delivered to my school facility, will give me tomorrow afternoon.
Thank god!

ho0ber wrote:It's here! I lucked out. Unit appears to be in perfect condition. Speakers work fine, correct cables, and a happy build. Updating to 3.2 now!

It's odd thinking that I ordered this two weeks ago.

That is great news! Those 2 weeks seem like 2 months when you're waiting for delivery. Great that your Thrive is perfect, too!

Finally arrived today! Looks brand new, has the proper power cord, usb cable and works like a charm. I'm even using it to post this message.

bdonisi wrote:Finally arrived today! Looks brand new, has the proper power cord, usb cable and works like a charm. I'm even using it to post this message.

Congrats! Enjoy your new tablet.

aebowman wrote:That is great news! Those 2 weeks seem like 2 months when you're waiting for delivery. Great that your Thrive is perfect, too!

You know, I completely forgot it was supposed to come with a USB cable! Time to send an email to support, but at least it isn't as if I need the cable to use it.

Thanks for rooting for me, everyone!
(sent from the new thrive!)

fishbulb42 wrote:Got mine from the last Woot sale, absolutely thrilled with it. My netbook had died about two days beforehand and I was in need of a quick replacement. I was fortunate enough to have one of the ones with no physical defects out of the box, and despite having the nonstandard ROM, successfully updated to .32. This resolved a problem some people might have out of the box where it has trouble recovering from sleep mode. Was content to leave it alone there, but then discovered that it doesn't understand NTFS drives, and Toshiba's advice is to reformat your drives - not practical on one holding a TB of content you don't have a place to offload.

So I rooted using dalepl's Easy Flash Tool from thriveforums.org and installed an app called USB Mass Storage Watcher. Mounts my NTFS drives with no problem. But then I discovered another problem, that my SD card slot allowed reading, but not writing. Dalepl to the rescue again with a modded ROM that restored this capability. The Thrive Rooting Tutorial for us Skippy Squirrel's! step-by-step gave me everything I needed to confidently go through flashing the custom ROM. (Many thanks to jdhchang for pointing me in the right direction.) There's even a special Woot Purchases thread there where developers are generously offering support for the specific problems people have had with the last batch.

Netflix works beautifully, I've been able to play pretty much any video file I want with Moboplayer, can browse my home network with ES File Explorer, read/write on SD works and the full USB support is fantastic. A hub has let me use a wired keyboard and mouse together on it when I have the need until I can get ahold of Bluetooth devices.

Hulu's restrictions on viewing in a browser seem to be a calculated maneuver to get you to use the Hulu Plus app for Android, which also requires you pay them monthly for a Hulu Plus account. I have one already, so this wasn't a big deal for me, until I discovered that the app only works on a handful of devices, and that doesn't include the Thrive. There's an app called Flash Video Browser that tricks Hulu into thinking you're on a desktop computer, though, and that's been working for me so far. There's discussions of modified Adobe Flash installations that have gotten people past these limitations as well.

If anyone has any questions about the particulars of the work I've done on it, I'd be happy to answer them.

Just don't think I am technical enough to do this

Just got mine yesterday. The glass in the one corner is popped up and won't go back into place. Looks like I'll have to contact Toshiba about it.

Did anyone else have this problem?

What are the advatage to upgrading to a 3.2 and not upgrading

cpheral wrote:Just don't think I am technical enough to do this

It's not nearly as bad as it looks. The people who set up the tools and instructions have done the hard part, and if you follow the step-by-steps, everything should go smoothly. Watching bilgediver's YouTube videos linked from those pages improved my level of confidence significantly, since I could watch him do a step, then try it myself.

Ok, so this is my first posting on woot. I've been buying for a while and have never had an issue. Today, after waiting 15 days for delivery, my woot box arrived with what was supposed to be my thrive. Oh wait, does a thrive come with more than just the USER'S Manual! Somehow, either at Toshiba, Woot, Fed-Ex or Post office, the tablet and power/cables disappeared. Needless to say I had the postal worker take the box back as I refused receipt. Now I am waiting on email hell for someone to get back to me about the situation. I hope I don't have to punk woot by tell visa to pull payment. =(

mitchstef wrote:Ok, so this is my first posting on woot. I've been buying for a while and have never had an issue. Today, after waiting 15 days for delivery, my woot box arrived with what was supposed to be my thrive. Oh wait, does a thrive come with more than just the USER'S Manual! Somehow, either at Toshiba, Woot, Fed-Ex or Post office, the tablet and power/cables disappeared. Needless to say I had the postal worker take the box back as I refused receipt. Now I am waiting on email hell for someone to get back to me about the situation. I hope I don't have to punk woot by tell visa to pull payment. =(

I just got an email from woot saying they would send another one. Hoping this works out!

Today I receive a box that I thought would contain the toshiba thrive I purchased. To my surprise the box is empty. Please advise soonest. Thank You

mitchstef wrote:I just got an email from woot saying they would send another one. Hoping this works out!

So does that mean I have to wait another 2 weeks before the real one is delived?

jsanta1 wrote:So does that mean I have to wait another 2 weeks before the real one is delived?

I'm in the same boat. I sure hope not!

jsanta1 wrote:Today I receive a box that I thought would contain the toshiba thrive I purchased. To my surprise the box is empty. Please advise soonest. Thank You

That's an unfortunate surprise! Please drop service@woot.com a line with your order details.

Regards,
Woot Staff

worked great out of the box, BUT...

The very next day, it just stopped working, it keeps rebooting it self, I wasn't able to do anything about it.

is this well known problem about this device? any suggestions?

Can we watch Netflix movies on these?

rachelle33 wrote:Can we watch Netflix movies on these?

Yes, Netflix, Skype, it does it all!

rachelle33 wrote:Can we watch Netflix movies on these?

There's a Netflix app in the Android Market. You can watch on the Thrive or on your TV using an HDMI cable from the Thrive to the TV.

fishbulb42 wrote:Got mine from the last Woot sale, absolutely thrilled with it. My netbook had died about two days beforehand and I was in need of a quick replacement. I was fortunate enough to have one of the ones with no physical defects out of the box, and despite having the nonstandard ROM, successfully updated to .32. This resolved a problem some people might have out of the box where it has trouble recovering from sleep mode. Was content to leave it alone there, but then discovered that it doesn't understand NTFS drives, and Toshiba's advice is to reformat your drives - not practical on one holding a TB of content you don't have a place to offload.

So I rooted using dalepl's Easy Flash Tool from thriveforums.org and installed an app called USB Mass Storage Watcher. Mounts my NTFS drives with no problem. But then I discovered another problem, that my SD card slot allowed reading, but not writing. Dalepl to the rescue again with a modded ROM that restored this capability. The Thrive Rooting Tutorial for us Skippy Squirrel's! step-by-step gave me everything I needed to confidently go through flashing the custom ROM. (Many thanks to jdhchang for pointing me in the right direction.) There's even a special Woot Purchases thread there where developers are generously offering support for the specific problems people have had with the last batch.

Netflix works beautifully, I've been able to play pretty much any video file I want with Moboplayer, can browse my home network with ES File Explorer, read/write on SD works and the full USB support is fantastic. A hub has let me use a wired keyboard and mouse together on it when I have the need until I can get ahold of Bluetooth devices.

Hulu's restrictions on viewing in a browser seem to be a calculated maneuver to get you to use the Hulu Plus app for Android, which also requires you pay them monthly for a Hulu Plus account. I have one already, so this wasn't a big deal for me, until I discovered that the app only works on a handful of devices, and that doesn't include the Thrive. There's an app called Flash Video Browser that tricks Hulu into thinking you're on a desktop computer, though, and that's been working for me so far. There's discussions of modified Adobe Flash installations that have gotten people past these limitations as well.

If anyone has any questions about the particulars of the work I've done on it, I'd be happy to answer them.

This is so confusing.....it doesn't show where I can download this.

mikeys100 wrote:There's a Netflix app in the Android Market. You can watch on the Thrive or on your TV using an HDMI cable from the Thrive to the TV.

Thanks!

Another question....what is the advantage to updating from the HMJ37.01.5.0018 version (I will be afraid to do it and mess up the tablet) and is it better to update to 3.1.01.5.0032 or up to 3.2? What's the differences? Thanks again.

goodfella777 wrote:This is so confusing.....it doesn't show where I can download this.

Here's the information you need from Thriveforums...

http://www.thriveforums.org/forum/toshiba-thrive-general-discussions/7563-guide-updating-hmj37-01-5-0018-a.html

power adapter is on its way! looks like i'll be able to check out my thrive on tuesday.

rachelle33 wrote:Thanks!

Another question....what is the advantage to updating from the HMJ37.01.5.0018 version (I will be afraid to do it and mess up the tablet) and is it better to update to 3.1.01.5.0032 or up to 3.2? What's the differences? Thanks again.

Look halfway down the following page. You'll see an abbreviated change log for Android 3 versions...

http://www.thriveforums.org/forum/toshiba-thrive-development/4808-thrive-rooting-tutorial-us-noobs.html

Got the replacement tablet yesterday. The first one that I got was a tester. Was able to update this new one with no prob... Thanks Woot for a timely turn around for my replacement!

gemofgod wrote:Still waiting on mine, but it's good to hear that what I suspected to be true is. They changed my status to in transit yesterday, but I guess that really means it's going to sit in a truck for a few more days...

Did end up getting mine on the 19th, but not before I could get a hold of it. My daughter finally called to tell me it has the power adapter (the right one), usb cord and build 31.5.0011. I'm pretty sure I'm good. Won't get to test it out until Friday night. I can hardly wait...