Got my second batch 4.1 lb shipment. Looks new to me.

Has all the typical issues that most everyone else has. So it looks like I'm going to be good to go.

I can understand why Staples recalled these things. There's no way Viewsonic should have put their name to these things as retail units. THe software is way too horrible.

On another note, the screen res stinks as well as the viewing angles, but for the price certainly something that can be managed. The only downside is the Wi-Fi constantly cycling. If I can't get that to stabilize, this thing has to go back. I'm not buying three new routers because of this thing.

In case it wasn't blindingly obvious to someone else, in order to install TNT Lite, you need:

update.zip in gtab's root directory
command in gtab's recovery directory

I somehow missed that in all of the instructions, and just looped the startup several times until I started poking about.

And a long overdue thanks to roebeet. Not only as a developer, but as someone who stepped up, and exposed him/herself to us masses at woot.

dgstan wrote:I'm in OC. No updates on mine since it left Irving, TX 36 hours ago. The estimated delivery is tomorrow, but I'll be amazed if I get it before next week.

One more gargleblaster - It just updated as arrived in City of Industry. There is hope yet...

Hi,

My name is ken i am product quality associate for the vendor.

make sure you have done all your updates...

jsunell wrote:Here's my problem - my wifi only works within about ten feet of my router. I have not done anything but charge the unit and update the software. Any solutions?

dgstan wrote:One more gargleblaster - It just updated as arrived in City of Industry. There is hope yet...

WOOO WHOOO!! mine too!! Maybe they'll just let me pick it up. I'm going to give them a call.

ldog wrote:Much, much awesomeness. Thanks!!!


I followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
to get to 4.3

Do I need to do the wipe step again to 4.4?
Not a big deal if I do

You should be OK, but I would recommend backing up anything important first, just in case (ie Titanium Backup is a great tool).

I released 4.4 specifically to mitigate the sleep issue. But I did test it with a data wipe.

Hi,

My name is ken i am product quality associate for the vendor.

WE DO TEST THE UNITS BY GOING ON THE YOUTUBE THROUGH WIRELESS AND LET IT PLAY VIDEO FOR FEW MINUTES.....

prUsP69E wrote:My brand new G had the following url in browser history (dated: March 26, 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0bo3Wagio

W T F ?

Had this for a day now. Glad it can play flash but otherwise it's clunky and the furthest thing from my ipad, not even in the same league.

The Handango apps store is a joke! Seriously bad!

Not sure even investing the time to "rom" it or "root" it or whatever it's called is worth it. What would I gain by doing this? Thanks in advance for answering that for me.

CR

roebeet wrote:You should be OK, but I would recommend backing up anything important first, just in case (ie Titanium Backup is a great tool).

I released 4.4 specifically to mitigate the sleep issue. But I did test it with a data wipe.

Ok, cool.

I wiped data just to be sure (besides, not much important on there after only a hour or so)

4.4 is perfect. Sleep mode works. This thing is very much worth 280 bucks.

Thanks again, Roebeet!

shadeoblac wrote:WOOO WHOOO!! mine too!! Maybe they'll just let me pick it up. I'm going to give them a call.

Ok I officially hate Fed Ex. I'm literally 30 minutes away from my G-Tab and they won't let me go and pick it up. GRRRRRR

spokechuck wrote:Had this for a day now. Glad it can play flash but otherwise it's clunky and the furthest thing from my ipad, not even in the same league.

The Handango apps store is a joke! Seriously bad!

Not sure even investing the time to "rom" it or "root" it or whatever it's called is worth it. What would I gain by doing this? Thanks in advance for answering that for me.

CR

Yes. Investigate.

Night and day difference with stock rom and something like TNTLite

Hi,

My name is ken i am product quality associate for the vendor.

WE DO TEST SOME UNITS IN OUR WAREHOUSE BY GOING ON YOUTUBE....

k000 wrote:Hmmm I had the same... Date of March 26th ? So what is going on here ? It was shrink wrapped, but why would they be playing with the browser a day before shipping.

This does sound like these were either specially packaged for W00t or even refurb tested. Screen is not great at all. Same pictures themselves have patchy colors not smooth transitioning sky..

I am so pissed

gooberedup wrote:Got my second batch 4.1 lb shipment. Looks new to me.

Has all the typical issues that most everyone else has. So it looks like I'm going to be good to go.

I can understand why Staples recalled these things. There's no way Viewsonic should have put their name to these things as retail units. THe software is way too horrible.

On another note, the screen res stinks as well as the viewing angles, but for the price certainly something that can be managed. The only downside is the Wi-Fi constantly cycling. If I can't get that to stabilize, this thing has to go back. I'm not buying three new routers because of this thing.

It's definitely finicky with routers, and the wireless driver was NOT touched between 3389 and 3588 builds. Suggestions:

- Do a user data wipe. Can't hurt and might clean things up. Wifi settings like your supplicant config are in your user data.
- Change the channel on your router (at least as a test). I used to need that on an old tablet of mine (not the GTAB).
- Turn off security (just as a test). For example, the GTAB might not like your WPA2 setup, but you won't know that unless you turn off security to see how that works.

Btw, as a reference: I have a FIOS Actiontec that I use for testing, with WEP (yes, WEP is bad but it's just a test device), and then my Cicso 160N DDR-WRT'd router is the "real" router, with WPA2 and no issues with my GTablet.

Good luck!

Hi,

My name is ken i am product quality associate for the vendor.

WE DO TEST SOME UNITS IN OUR WAREHOUSE BY GOING ON YOUTUBE....

majaco wrote:Still confused by this. Where would our devices be the day before they ship?



This was one of the links in browser history from March 27:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIgJYGOBj-I

Maybe I was just lucky, but I added Clockwork and VEGAn, and the market and all worked perfectly. Added Angry Birds, set up exchange email, etc. Nothing barfed. Awesome

shadeoblac wrote:Anyone in Southern Cal get their's yet. My FexEx tracking changed to show it arriving Tomorrow instead of today. :0(

Im just north of Pomona and mine is being delivered to my PO Box. Fed Ex shows a delivery date of April 2 but also shows that it is currently in Chino. Weird thing is the time stamp on the Chino update. See below...


Date/TimeActivityLocationDetails

Mar 31, 2011 6:13 PMArrived at FedEx locationFEDEX SMARTPOST CHINO, CA

Mar 29, 2011 9:39 PMDeparted FedEx locationFEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX

Mar 29, 2011 9:14 PMArrived at FedEx locationFEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX

Mar 28, 2011 6:08 PMShipment information sent to FedEx

Anyone have softkey trouble? I am running the OTA update and everything works great but the "setting" soft key doesn't do anything, shouldn't it?

This is my 1st android device so I'm working on coming up to speed on it with this updated 3588 stock rom. Therefore, I'm starting easy & safe but will try more like XDA's mods & custom roms as I get comfortable with the new environment.

I was hoping to download a few easy free items from safe places & let the system install them like I've read & watched in videos before I start registering at places to buy apps next.

Since I saw it running on a youtube viewsonic gtablet video, I was hoping for my 1st download & install to be Kittehface's Snowfall free live wallpaper so if anyone has any recommendations for safe places folks are comfortable in getting android items, then I would appreciate hearing about your thoughts & experiences.

I went to gtab's preloaded gMarket Handango to look for the snowfall wallpaper, but could only find Kittehface's Lightning. When I selected to download it, I was confused which of 3 options to select when it offered me download to a pc, send to email, or SMS I think for phone. Also, Viewsonic gTablet was not in the list of android devices but it was supported on Android 1.6 or later.

I've done some PC google searches & I think I found & downloaded the APK for the snowfall live wallpaper from the mediafire web page like I've downloaded some of roebeet's stuff from. I went back with the gTablet to the same mediafire web page & tried downloading the APK which I figured would go thru that auto install process too, but I think a mediafire real estate popup web page got in the way so I only received an htm file.

I don't know if I can just do a USB connection between the PC & gTablet to transfer the APK & figure out how to install it or boot & let it auto install the APK if it does not do it right away.

Any help, advice, recommendations, and or experiences is much appreciated.

roebeet wrote:4.3 has a sleep issue, I just released a 4.4. yesterday to correct that.

Mine was doing it with 4.4 as well as with stock. I did an RMA for a replacement.

EddyGurge wrote:Maybe I was just lucky, but I added Clockwork and VEGAn, and the market and all worked perfectly. Added Angry Birds, set up exchange email, etc. Nothing barfed. Awesome

I see a lot of people here have decided on VEGAn, and I would like to put my two cents in that it's a very solid ROM and a lot of users have enjoyed it since it's initial release. I was involved in part of the creation of VEGAn, but devs gojimi and rothnic did the bulk of the work with it and should be commended. A lot of the fixes in VEGAn, like the g-sensor hack, eventually found their way into TNT Lite, thanks to gojimi's help.

It completely removes the TnT interface and replaces it with a UI taken from the Advent VEGA. What's interesting about this is that Viewsonic's own Viewpad 10s actually LOOKS like the VEGAn build, and it's a clone of the Advent VEGA. Go figure!

The great thing about this device is that you have a number of mod options - I would recommend that you try them all!

maintrain wrote:Mine was doing it with 4.4 as well as with stock. I did an RMA for a replacement.

? You should go back to stock and confirm it there, first. It could just be an issue with the mod + the vendor might not honor a warranty with a mod on it.

The sleep issue is mitigated with TNTL 4.4, but that doesn't mean it's 100% gone.

I would suggest you go back to stock AND wipe the user data, just to get as close to a clean build as you can. If the problem persists, then maybe it's hardware. Also contact Viewsonic CS just to make sure it's not a bug in 3588 (I don't think it is, but they would know better than I).

sabbracadabra wrote:Im just north of Pomona and mine is being delivered to my PO Box. Fed Ex shows a delivery date of April 2 but also shows that it is currently in Chino. Weird thing is the time stamp on the Chino update. See below...


Date/TimeActivityLocationDetails

Mar 31, 2011 6:13 PMArrived at FedEx locationFEDEX SMARTPOST CHINO, CA

Mar 29, 2011 9:39 PMDeparted FedEx locationFEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX

Mar 29, 2011 9:14 PMArrived at FedEx locationFEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX

Mar 28, 2011 6:08 PMShipment information sent to FedEx

They won't let you pick it up either. It's so frustrating.

EddyGurge wrote:Maybe I was just lucky, but I added Clockwork and VEGAn, and the market and all worked perfectly. Added Angry Birds, set up exchange email, etc. Nothing barfed. Awesome

I also did CWM and VEGAn, but my only issue is angry birds. I can't get it to install from either the market or the amazon app store???

I also think my market is not 100% because there are a lot of things I know exist, but I can't find. Like dolphin or face book. We, the Hitchhikers...

Mine is fully charged and up and running.
I set it up, updated to 3588 and installed Amazon Appstore, signed in and installed Angry Birds Rio etc.. Everything is working flawlessly with Tap&Tap.

Only issue I did have was when I put a 16gb SD card in it told me it was damaged and to format, I tried 3 time to format it and it would, so I popped it in the PC and did the format there then back in the GTAB and it worked fine.

Just debating on rooting it or not???

shadeoblac wrote:They won't let you pick it up either. It's so frustrating.

I'll be happy if it makes it to my PO Box tomorrow. then I'll have all weekend to play with it.

I think this is going to be my first and last woot purchase. I would have rather paid the extra $50.00 and not have to worry about bad pixels, used tablets, and 2 weeks for shipping. Can you imagine how long it will take to replace my tablet if it's bad? The worse part is I don't even know because it hasn't even arrived yet. Sorry I just had to vent.

borntohunt wrote:This is my 1st android device so I'm working on coming up to speed on it with this updated 3588 stock rom. Therefore, I'm starting easy & safe but will try more like XDA's mods & custom roms as I get comfortable with the new environment.

I was hoping to download a few easy free items from safe places & let the system install them like I've read & watched in videos before I start registering at places to buy apps next.

Since I saw it running on a youtube viewsonic gtablet video, I was hoping for my 1st download & install to be Kittehface's Snowfall free live wallpaper so if anyone has any recommendations for safe places folks are comfortable in getting android items, then I would appreciate hearing about your thoughts & experiences.

I went to gtab's preloaded gMarket to look for the snowfall wallpaper, but could only find Kittehface's Lightning. When I selected to download it, I was confused which of 3 options to select when it offered me download to a pc, send to email, or SMS I think for phone. Also, Viewsonic gTablet was not in the list of android devices but it was supported on Android 1.6 or later.

I've done some PC google searches & I think I found & downloaded the APK for the snowfall live wallpaper from the mediafire web page like I've downloaded some of roebeet's stuff from. I went back with the gTablet to the same mediafire web page & tried downloading the APK which I figured would go thru that auto install process too, but I think a mediafire real estate popup web page got in the way so I only received an htm file.

I don't know if I can just do a USB connection between the PC & gTablet to transfer the APK & figure out how to install it or boot & let it auto install the APK if it does not do it right away.

Any help, advice, recommendations, and or experiences is much appreciated.

You can install apks a few ways: copying to your internal memory from a USB mount (and then just click on in EStrongs to run it), via Dropbox, or even via the adb sdk.

I use the adb in the sdk, and it's just easier for me. Like this; "adb install nameoffile.apk". Adb is a GREAT tool, but it takes some learning.

patricksommer wrote:I also did CWM and VEGAn, but my only issue is angry birds. I can't get it to install from either the market or the amazon app store???

I also think my market is not 100% because there are a lot of things I know exist, but I can't find. Like dolphin or face book. We, the Hitchhikers...

For AB and VEGAn, I dont remember if VEGAn has the "mount with SD card" issue - it might. Try this:

- Mount the device via USB, so that way the internal storage is automatically unmounted on the device.
- Run the AB install. It might work this time.

If it works, its because AB is trying to install on the SD card, which used to be a problem. This is the "trick" to get around that.

As for the Market, did you do the Market hack? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845175

Just a heads up, this device is unusable for web surfing. After installing the update, the factory browser along with Dolphin will not load more than three pages before crashing.

joecooool wrote:Just a heads up, this device is unusable for web surfing. After installing the update, the factory browser along with Dolphin will not load more than three pages before crashing.

Try a user data wipe (if you haven't already done so). I know it sounds like I'm beating a dead horse, but it's the first thing to try.

[quote postid="4407524" user="gtabletguy"]Hi,

My name is ken i am product quality associate for the vendor.

My charger produce a non-stop humming noise. I have tried different outlets, but with same results. Can I get a replacement?

roebeet wrote:You should be OK, but I would recommend backing up anything important first, just in case (ie Titanium Backup is a great tool).

I released 4.4 specifically to mitigate the sleep issue. But I did test it with a data wipe.

Version 2.2 is the one still linked off the instruction page. See part two, step two.

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

patricksommer wrote:now i have buyers remorse

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/asus-eee-pad-transformer-shows-up-at-best-buy-for-400/

$400.....honeycomb....better display....sheesh.

I don't think woot would even take mine back now that its been rooted.

I will buy this and keep my ViewSonic if that price holds true. And I can actually get one.

Hi,

My name is ken i am product quality associate for the vendor.

The youtube line in your browser history is part of the test before the unit is packed and shipped...

k000 wrote:Exactly - what the heck is going on ? Can someone from W00t team please clarify ?

I am not rooting/modding until I am satisfied that is was actually brand new.

shadeoblac wrote:Anyone in Southern Cal get their's yet. My FexEx tracking changed to show it arriving Tomorrow instead of today. :0(

Got min in West Hollywood about 4 PM.

joecooool wrote:Just a heads up, this device is unusable for web surfing. After installing the update, the factory browser along with Dolphin will not load more than three pages before crashing.

What are you running?
Im on Vegan; Dolphin works fine for me.

Been running up to 5 tabs and its not crashed once.
Been watching things on youtube, facebook, megavideo, etc.

---
Most likely whatever you installed isn't the latest build. Try a different build or another ROM.

didn't even bother to test the original TNT, just rooted it the minute i got home and put Vegan instead.
------

Running like a champ!

vhines57 wrote:Has anyone else had an issue with connecting to their network?

Mine finds the network ok, then it proceeds to connect, then disconnect, then connect, then disconnect.

I know my router is ok...Any insight would be much appreciated.

That same thing happened to me. Try getting right by your router and then see if it works. If it doesn't work go to security and do a factory reset and try again. This will wipe the pre-installed apps but don't worry they are on your flash drive and you can just reinstall them. So once you can get on to the network you should update your Rom through the system update tool. The problem does not happen on the new Rom.

roebeet wrote:Try a user data wipe (if you haven't already done so). I know it sounds like I'm beating a dead horse, but it's the first thing to try.

I would argue that, even if you don't have any issues, you should STILL do a data wipe. It wipes all the data apps, but I've been told that there's a MASTER folder where all these apps can be reinstalled.

If I had gotten one of these, I would 1) verify that the app apks are in that master folder and 2) wipe it (factory reset) . I wouldnt even wait for issues to pop up. My 2 cents.

This requires installing clockworkmod correct?

Well I got mine this morning charged it up and everything seems fine. I do have one dead pixel and wonder if it's even worth complaining woot about it. Sure I would love a new one but this unit updated and installed everything fine the first try. If I get a new unit there is no guarantee that it wont have a dead pixel or have problems updating. This isn't a woot problem but a manufacturing defect woot is is just selling them.

The other way to think of is I paid $275.00 for my daughters Ipod touch 32gb and I can tell you that angry birds and a few other things I have used work much faster on the tablet than the touch. Is this thing perfect heck no, but I'm going to enjoy it a lot more then an Ipod touch or Ipad.

gooberedup wrote:Got my second batch 4.1 lb shipment. Looks new to me.

Has all the typical issues that most everyone else has. So it looks like I'm going to be good to go.

I can understand why Staples recalled these things. There's no way Viewsonic should have put their name to these things as retail units. THe software is way too horrible.

On another note, the screen res stinks as well as the viewing angles, but for the price certainly something that can be managed. The only downside is the Wi-Fi constantly cycling. If I can't get that to stabilize, this thing has to go back. I'm not buying three new routers because of this thing.

Did you temporarily make your SSID visible? Just entering your SSID name and PW will cause WIFI to cycle between connect and disconnect. Making SSID visible will allow it to lock. Once locked, make SSID invisible. It worked for me and hasn't been necessary to make visible again.

borntohunt wrote:When I selected to download it, I was confused which of 3 options to select when it offered me download to a pc, send to email, or SMS I think for phone.

I think the easiest way is to pick email (assuming you use gmail or some other web-based mail). Then just click the attachment and it should install.

Edit Update: Easiest way is from the tablet, pick "download to computer" and it'll download directly to the tablet. Then click the notification in the upper right to install.

joecooool wrote:Version 2.2 is the one still linked off the instruction page. See part two, step two.

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

DON'T USE TNTL 2.2 - unfortunately I can't control that post (it's not mine). That mod is pretty old, at least three months old, if memory serves. It's older than the 3389 stock build everyone is running!

This is THE TNT Lite post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842004. That's what you want to look at.