Hey there hope this is the right place for this ... Just want to report something that has happened. I am currently unable to use the G tablet stock vanilla TnT... any clue as to why this would happen? I dont really use it anyway however should this be resolved? and would it affect the tablet in the long run if not addressed? I use Launcher pro and the tablet forces itself to that when "home" force closes. I would like to try the TnT lite however am not confident about it.
Do i need to root the device before i hold the power button and vol +? to flash the new rom ( it bugs me that this is all i have to do to put in a custom rom. it seems to easy, unless it is that easy)
Will i lose all the files, PDF's, and documents that i have on it once i flash the new rom ?
As you can see im a noob to Android. Thanks for advice and guidance in advanced and patients.
Follow the instructions in the alternate gtab firmware post. It worked great for me. I would suggest installing cwm so you can back up your existing firmware.
My update would force close during download on the stock firmware. I finally got it to work by minimizing the pop up that displayed the progress. For some reason the screen would crash the download.
Your files should be there but you will lose all user settings and installed apps when you do the factory reset.
This is a common issue with stock, and TnT Lite. The user data seems to be very unstable once you upgrade to different firmware.
The "easiest" thing to do is just wipe the user data. However, if there is certain data you need to keep, I would recommend the excellent Titanium Backup. The only caveat is that the device has to be rooted, to use it.
roebeet said:
The only caveat is that the device has to be rooted, to use it.
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And Z4root does this easily. Just install and click "root".
RyuFDAC01 said:
Hey there hope this is the right place for this ... Just want to report something that has happened. I am currently unable to use the G tablet stock vanilla TnT... any clue as to why this would happen? I dont really use it anyway however should this be resolved? and would it affect the tablet in the long run if not addressed? I use Launcher pro and the tablet forces itself to that when "home" force closes. I would like to try the TnT lite however am not confident about it.
Do i need to root the device before i hold the power button and vol +? to flash the new rom ( it bugs me that this is all i have to do to put in a custom rom. it seems to easy, unless it is that easy)
Will i lose all the files, PDF's, and documents that i have on it once i flash the new rom ?
As you can see im a noob to Android. Thanks for advice and guidance in advanced and patients.
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Tntlite is that easy I was surprised. Too since rooting my HTC hero a year and a half ago was so much more hands on
Hey guys.... first off thanks for the advice it worked great it was easy to do... flashed TnT lite and was excited.... i attempted to pull an app from freewareloversDOTcom and was stuck in downloading status for some time even with a good wifi signal... This is where all hell broke loose ....the file i wanted never downloaded.... then the pic gallery forced closed then the launcher forced closed and had to shut down now now its in bootloop....I attempted to power and vol + but nothing happened in fact got a triangle !.... what is needed now.....
LOL at the entire situation this was my fear..... please if someone with extreme patients can list or point to a noob friendly thread on what i need to do
i have a microSD card can that be used read somewhere that i may need that.....
I thank you guys VERY VERY MUCH appreciate this
Hey guys.... first off thanks for the advice it worked great it was easy to do... flashed TnT lite and was excited.... i attempted to pull an app from freewareloversDOTcom and was stuck in downloading status for some time even with a good wifi signal... This is where all hell broke loose ....the file i wanted never downloaded.... then the pic gallery forced closed then the launcher forced closed and had to shut down now now its in bootloop....I attempted to power and vol + but nothing happened in fact got a triangle !.... what is needed now.....
LOL at the entire situation this was my fear..... please if someone with extreme patients can list or point to a noob friendly thread on what i need to do
i have a microSD card can that be used read somewhere that i may need that.....
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I had a similar problem twice today (installed TnT Lite 2.02 and ran into boot loops). Here's how I recovered. Results may vary, so use at your own risk:
1. Download the vanilla restore from http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16 (this is just to get the recovery\console file unless you want to manually create it).
2. Download the updated stock TnT from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9362168&postcount=35
3. Extract the "recovery" folder from gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1.
4. In the recovery folder there is a file called "command" with no extension. Open this file with a text editor (eg. notepad) and edit the line so "SDCARD" says "SDCARD2" instead. Save it and ensure you do not add any extension. It should look like this:
--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip
5. Rename the "update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip" from step 2 to "update.zip".
6. Copy the entire recovery folder with the edited "command" file from step 4 and the "update.zip" from step 5 to the root of your MicroSD card. It's important that the contents on the root of your MicroSD ends up with:
/update.zip
/recovery/command
7. Put the MicroSD in your gTablet.
8. Power on while holding the Volume Up button until you see a message regarding recovery.
9. You should see a graphic showing package box with a progress bar after a short time.
10. Wait until it completes and the unit will restart.
11. If all goes well, you should be back to stock TnT with the last OTA update.
If you are wondering why I just didn't use the gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1, it's because it didn't help me. I initially used the same general method above with the gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1, but my gTablet still continued to boot loop. After a fair amount of panicking and looking over all of the threads here, I found that gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip added ClockWork Recovery so I was able to use this to copy over the update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip to my internal SD, install it, and get my gTablet working again. When the problem happened the second time, I used the method above and it worked for me.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
dcom222 said:
I had a similar problem twice today (installed TnT Lite 2.02 and ran into boot loops). Here's how I recovered. Results may vary, so use at your own risk:
1. Download the vanilla restore from http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16 (this is just to get the recover\console file unless you want to manually create it).
2. Download the updated stock TnT from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9362168&postcount=35
3. Extract the "recovery" folder from gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1.
4. In the recovery folder there is a file called "command" with no extension. Open this file with a text editor (eg. notepad) and edit the line so "SDCARD" says "SDCARD2" instead. Save it and ensure you do not add any extension. It should look like this:
--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip
5. Rename the "update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip" from step 2 to "update.zip".
6. Copy the entire recovery folder with the edited "command" file from step 4 and the "update.zip" from step 5 to the root of your MicroSD card. It's important that the contents on the root of your MicroSD ends up with:
/update.zip
/recover/command
7. Put the MicroSD in your gTablet.
8. Power on while holding the Volume Up button until you see a message regarding recovery.
9. You should see a graphic showing package box with a progress bar after a short time.
10. Wait until it completes and the unit will restart.
11. If all goes well, you should be back to stock TnT with the last OTA update.
If you are wondering why I just didn't use the gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1, it's because it didn't help me. I initially used the same general method above with the gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1, but my gTablet still continued to boot loop. After a fair amount of panicking and looking over all of the threads here, I found that gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip added ClockWork Recovery so I was able to use this to copy over the update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip to my internal SD, install it, and get my gTablet working again. When the problem happened the second time, I used the method above and it worked for me.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Dude thank you so much for your effort in this !!!!! gonna try this as soon as i put my baby to sleep.... will let you know if this worked for me
dcom222 said:
I had a similar problem twice today (installed TnT Lite 2.02 and ran into boot loops). Here's how I recovered. Results may vary, so use at your own risk:
1. Download the vanilla restore from http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16 (this is just to get the recover\console file unless you want to manually create it).
2. Download the updated stock TnT from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9362168&postcount=35
3. Extract the "recovery" folder from gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1.
4. In the recovery folder there is a file called "command" with no extension. Open this file with a text editor (eg. notepad) and edit the line so "SDCARD" says "SDCARD2" instead. Save it and ensure you do not add any extension. It should look like this:
--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip
5. Rename the "update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip" from step 2 to "update.zip".
6. Copy the entire recovery folder with the edited "command" file from step 4 and the "update.zip" from step 5 to the root of your MicroSD card. It's important that the contents on the root of your MicroSD ends up with:
/update.zip
/recover/command
7. Put the MicroSD in your gTablet.
8. Power on while holding the Volume Up button until you see a message regarding recovery.
9. You should see a graphic showing package box with a progress bar after a short time.
10. Wait until it completes and the unit will restart.
11. If all goes well, you should be back to stock TnT with the last OTA update.
If you are wondering why I just didn't use the gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1, it's because it didn't help me. I initially used the same general method above with the gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip downloaded in step 1, but my gTablet still continued to boot loop. After a fair amount of panicking and looking over all of the threads here, I found that gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip added ClockWork Recovery so I was able to use this to copy over the update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip to my internal SD, install it, and get my gTablet working again. When the problem happened the second time, I used the method above and it worked for me.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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You mind if I steal these directions? It's more detailed than the one I wrote up on my TnT Lite post. I'd like to post it there (specifically the command file, as some people have issues understanding the "SDCARD2" change).
And thanks for posting your experiences to help the other users here!
roebeet said:
You mind if I steal these directions? It's more detailed than the one I wrote up on my TnT Lite post. I'd like to post it there (specifically the command file, as some people have issues understanding the "SDCARD2" change).
And thanks for posting your experiences to help the other users here!
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Please do if they look to be correct. Hopefully we'll see confirmation that these instructions work.
I appreciate all your work on the gTablet!
dcom222 said:
Please do if they look to be correct. Hopefully we'll see confirmation that these instructions work.
I appreciate all your work on the gTablet!
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Same here Roebeet thanks for your work...dcomm222 thanks again... So I tried to only install the TnTlite 2.0 from the microsd card, it read it, looked to have loaded it, and it went right into the bootloop again.... I really want TnT lite ......
so now i am going to try your method... fingers crossed
RyuFDAC01 said:
Same here Roebeet thanks for your work...dcomm222 thanks again... So I tried to only install the TnTlite 2.0 from the microsd card, it read it, looked to have loaded it, and it went right into the bootloop again.... I really want TnT lite ......
so now i am going to try your method... fingers crossed
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I had no luck trying to re-flash to 2.0X once I got in the boot loop - I couldn't get past it no matter what until I went back to stock. Once I was back at stock I could re-flash to 2.0X from the internal SD. I'm still trying to figure out what's getting me in the boot loop - everything seems to work great for a while.
Good luck!
dcom222 said:
I had no luck trying to re-flash to 2.0X once I got in the boot loop - I couldn't get past it no matter what until I went back to stock. Once I was back at stock I could re-flash to 2.0X from the internal SD. I'm still trying to figure out what's getting me in the boot loop - everything seems to work great for a while.
Good luck!
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GOT IT BACK!!!! geez man I was full on panic mode
have you flashed back to TnT lite back yet and how long does it last? Damn i am so tempted to go back im thinking it has something to do with what we attempted to load on the tablet ... i dont know just looking for a reason to Flash ....can this constant recovery flash do any damage to the tablet? I would like to try other Roms but dont want to mess my tablet up..
BTW i got this EUL when it rebooted especially sections 4.1 and 4.2 wtf!!! sorry about that but that is how i felt
Thanks again guys!!!!
RyuFDAC01 said:
GOT IT BACK!!!! geez man I was full on panic mode
have you flashed back to TnT lite back yet and how long does it last? Damn i am so tempted to go back im thinking it has something to do with what we attempted to load on the tablet ... i dont know just looking for a reason to Flash ....can this constant recovery flash do any damage to the tablet? I would like to try other Roms but dont want to mess my tablet up..
BTW i got this EUL when it rebooted especially sections 4.1 and 4.2 wtf!!! sorry about that but that is how i felt
Thanks again guys!!!!
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If I remember correctly, the stock firmware with the OTA update will prompt you to accept a license and prompt to set the time, etc....
I just flashed the TnT 2.02 again. So far it seems OK, however it did the first 2 times I did it as well. I followed all of the instructions at "forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=442691#post442691" except I substituted using roeboot's TnT. Once I did it I had everything working (flash, market, etc...). Both times the boot loop happened when I tried to install or uninstall something, and both times were after a few hours of use. I tried a third time and almost instantly got into a boot loop, but I think I got ahead of myself in that try and did some things out of order. The good thing is that I was able to recover each time.
Out of curiosity, did your tablet come with a gray or green cloth to clean the screen? The reason I ask is that I thought I had seen somewhere that this might be an indication of a difference in gTablets.
The EULA shows up with a new stock firmware - and yeah 4.1 / 4.2 kinda bugged me too. I never selected "I Agree" - fark that.
As for the boot loops, it seems that we still can't pin it down - maybe it's just random, I don't know.
Hi,
I was stuck after bootlooping using Cyanmod, then flashing NVflash still didnt fix the issue, this fix did it for me. Thanks for getting me back up & running. I will give another shot at using cyanmod now that I have all the files needed to get me back.
BTW< I have a green cloth. What does that mean?
Thanks,
Rich
dcom222 said:
If I remember correctly, the stock firmware with the OTA update will prompt you to accept a license and prompt to set the time, etc....
Out of curiosity, did your tablet come with a gray or green cloth to clean the screen? The reason I ask is that I thought I had seen somewhere that this might be an indication of a difference in gTablets.
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My tab came with a grey cloth... funny thing though I got mine on the second wave of shipments to sears... I NEVER had any issues with the time i just set it and it kept the time... I remembered that when these first came out that was a problem... i thought mine was diff because i never had any issues with time reseting itself... anyway Thanks again dude for your help hope i could play this forward to someone more noobier than me
Roebeet looking forward to your TnT lites...
dcom222 said:
After a fair amount of panicking and looking over all of the threads here, I found that gtab_full_vanilla_system_2010_11_09.zip added ClockWork Recovery so I was able to use this to copy over the update-smb_a1002-2967-user.zip to my internal SD, install it, and get my gTablet working again. When the problem happened the second time, I used the method above and it worked for me.
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I now have clockwork recovery installed... How do i copy the update.zip from external microsd to internal microsd... mounting sd-ext gives an error..
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(No such file or directory)
Error mounting SDEXT:!
Frustration levels are high with this device!!
Thanks!
a "me too" reboot problem
I was able to install TNT Lite 2.0, then 2.11. I got Clockwork Recovery installed as well.
The market would start, but if I did a search for obvious things like "Kindle", the market would give an error that it didn't exist in the market. Thinking it was the error situation described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845175
I applied those instructions, and rebooted.
Upon reboot, it ended up in a continual reboot loop.
Trying to do the start with volume+power, it brings up Clockwork Recovery, and when told to wipe data/factory reset, it stays in the reboot loop. When told to apply sdcard's update.zip, it looks only at the one on the internal sdcard, which is for CWR, and goes back into the loop.
At that point I setup a microSD with the information from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9439414&postcount=7
including changing the line from sdcard to sdcard2. Again it doesn't recognize that the internal sdcard2 is plugged in, and attempts to mount it with CWR (mount /sd-ext) yields the error:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(No such file or directory)
Error mounting SDEXT:!
So, unfortunately I'm at an impasse, like the previous poster. I just bought the tablet a couple of days ago, so I'm far from expert at tweaking it into working.
Any suggestions on what to do, are greatly appreciated.
PS - Bought the gtablet from Office Depot, and received a green cloth.
Boot into clockwork recovery and go to advanced and format SD, use the 2gb and 512mb I believe, then flash TNT or another rom. That fixed my boot loop.
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So got my g tablet for christmas and as you have known i've been following this forum for a few weeks getting myself ready for this tablet it updated to the newest UI and now i cant seem to get clockwork installed on it, I tried even rooting it first with the z4root and still having issues with loading clockwork on it, i downloaded version that was recommended in the forum 8 and than extracted the files to the root of the sd card and now when i power it down and back up and press the power and the volume up button it goes to the typical box with the arrow in it coming out and than just boots up never loads up clockwork on the device.
the other issue im having is getting the market going the market fix is supposed to be to stop the market from running and the google services but when i go to settings and applications theres no manage application section in the new update to 3889 or whatever the version is, right now im running launcher pro so i got the vanilla android look just need the market working and to get the tnt lite or the vegan installed on it and obviously cant without clockwork, i've tried searching today and remember all the threads i've read before and for some reason i still cant seem to figure out what the issue is. i thought it would be as easy as rooting my droid but i guess i was wrong.
thanks for any advice you can offer up, other than not getting what i want to load on it so far its pretty damn good other than missing the market other than this gmarket that comes with it and not having a custom rom running yet.
Choice 1
Unzip cmod_v08.zip which can be found here (with instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
place unzipped files on root of sdcard2
should look like this
/sdcard2/update.zip
/sdcard2/recovery/command
Reboot GTab and press Power/Vol +
Choice 2
Place update.zip and recovery folder on root of internal sdcard
/sdcard/update.zip
/sdcard/recovery/command
open "command" file with any text editor and change "SDCARD2" TO "SDCARD"
Reboot Gtab pressing Power / Vol+
To add gapps (Market,gmail etc)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885940
thebadfrog said:
Choice 1
Unzip cmod_v08.zip which can be found here (with instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
place unzipped files on root of sdcard2
should look like this
/sdcard2/update.zip
/sdcard2/recovery/command
Reboot GTab and press Power/Vol +
Choice 2
Place update.zip and recovery folder on root of internal sdcard
/sdcard/update.zip
/sdcard/recovery/command
open "command" file with any text editor and change "SDCARD2" TO "SDCARD"
Reboot Gtab pressing Power / Vol+
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Thanks ill give that a try now, appreciate the help, once i have the clockwork mod installed and load up a rom than would i be able to see and do the market fix?
Check this link for adding to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885940
or juct check the Vegan thread or tnt lite thread
To get clockwork working I put it my micro SD card. There's a thread in the dev section for installing clockwork, and an old version of tnt lite. I followed those and they worked perfectly.
If you are still having problems getting CWM to install, in your menu, security, do a factory reset then try reinstalling CWM. I have had to do this when I can't get it to install, then for some reason it installs like it should.
Thanks guys for all your help i did finally get it loaded late xmas night very happy using the vegan rom. will give tnt lite a shot maybe in a few weeks. but so far loving my tablet def appreciate all the work you guys have put into these roms to make our tablet the best it can be
Hi,
I got a GTablet for Christmas today and I seem to have had some bad luck with it...
When I first got the tablet, it wouldn't keep any of my settings (not the wifi connection, not the development settings, nothing).
I thought I could get around this by flashing a different image (I am a novice user, though I do have a very modded N1 -- except it's still stock, sort of).
So... I did not have a MicroSD card at all (it's Christmas, all the places are closed until Monday, and I did not anticipate any problems). Still, I was able to flash the image of TNT Lite...Sort of. I had no problems upon booting, with the familiar N1 X boot animation.
I could add things to the stock Android launcher included with TNT Lite, but not remove them (as soon as I sled the icon I wanted to remove over to the 'trashcan', it force-closed the launcher, but my icon was removed nonetheless).
I did have a slightly working Market (I had the half-star issue). I did not have Titanium Backup installed, so I attempted to restore a working Market by force-closing and clearing the data of the 'Google Services Framework' and 'Market' services... Didn't work, like I thought, so I then tried to sideload Titanium Backup.
There is where my big, big problem came up. As soon as I tried to load TB onto my GTablet, I had tons of Force-Closes (and the tablet sort-of half rebooted). So, I got them to go away and tried again. Same thing.
So, I gave up and vowed to try again tomorrow. Except, I might not be able to tomorrow... As soon as I turned the tablet off, all was A-Okay for the most part... Later, I thought I'd try a little earlier than tomorrow, so when I turned it on.... I didn't get any farther than the GTablet logo before I realized I was in an infinite boot loop.
Now, I'm stuck with a boot-looping GTablet and a not working Christmas present! Help, please.
EDIT @ 3:44AM (Dec 29, 2010)- [FIXED]
FIXED!
When you get an sdcard you can do a fresh install from the external sdcard.
Yeah, I know that.
I don't know if I'll be able to rescue it or not (like I said, I'm new to this, and I was under the impression that [Power]+[Volume-UP] meant 'load recovery mode' which would look like the one I use on my Nexus One).
Do you think I should try (if I can get out of the infini-boot) flashing to TNT Lite (the latest, I think 3.1.0.1 or something similar)?
I'm wary of flashing to that one again, since it seems to have some serious problems with my particular tablet (I searched and there were no similar problems to mine that I could find).
I don't know if I'll be able to sideload Titanium Backup, are there any alternatives to that in getting a working Market (I tried anything else I could think of, but nothing was ever able to sideload onto my Tablet, ever)?
Have you installed Clockworkmod recovery?
Read the main threads (tnt lite, vegan, installing gapps) and I believe you will find someone has had the same problems you have
Hi there! I got the MicroSD card today.
So, I was looking through the guide I had previously used (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842004) and now I'm going to try to install ClockWork Mod recovery .8 (the one they said works best here).
I will update this (or maybe make a new message if you don't mind, if I can't edit my posts) if I can successfully get it working.
EDIT @ 12:47AM (Dec 29, 2010)- [Downloading the recovery mod file]
I downloaded the 'gtab-cwm-v08.zip' file to my MicroSD card, and extracted the 'update.zip' and 'recovery' folders inside (I imagine that is correct).
Then, took it out of the computer and loaded it onto my GTablet. I turned it on and did the recovery combination with [Power]/[Volume-UP].
It gave the screen that said it was loading the image and then another screen (black with 'ANDROID' and some other text on the screen).
For just a second, an error-type screen flashed on the screen (big warning icon, not sure how to describe it, but there was no text nor a loading bar).
Then, it rebooted (and then again and again, so it's not fixed yet).
Not sure what I did wrong... <
EDIT @ 1:43AM (Same Day)- [Installing recovery/Fixing boot loop]
Successfully installed Clockwork Mod Recovery .8 after downloading a 'command' file from my ROM's .rar (I modified the file so that it'll say <load-info>sdcard2<load-info> instead of <load-info>sdcard<load-info>).
Repartitioned to 2048 and 0 for the memory settings.
EDIT @ 1:55AM (Same Day) [Boot loop fixed, now just trying to figure out what to do next]
Repartitioning to 2048 and 0 in the memory fixed the boot loop. Yes!
Now, I don't know exactly what to do next... This one is still in progress right now.
Sounds like you did it right. Where you got the Clockwork file may make a difference though. There are 2 of them out there. One is from a thread that has it setup to load from an external sdcard. The other from the internal. Quick way to see what you have is to open the command file inside the recovery folder and see if it says sdcard, or sdcard2. You want it to point at whatever method you are using to load it. Sdcard for internal, sdcard2 for an external card.
If you haven't tried it already, look at this.
After that just load the rom you want.
Beware though, you may have a strange model that won't work with that, some have been floating around..... Read the full thread too
This may also be useful to you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000
Now, I see why it did not work... Mine had no 'command' file AT ALL (in the 'recovery' folder)!
So, how can I make one?
By the way... To address your initial issue of being in a boot loop. Get clockwork installed. Once installed go to advanced, partition sdcard. Use 2048, and 0 for the swap. That will get rid of the boot loop.
XANAVirus said:
Now, I see why it did not work... Mine had no 'command' file AT ALL (in the 'recovery' folder)!
So, how can I make one?
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You can find one in most any of the roms. The earlier TnT roms had them, others too...
They are all the same except for the sdcard, or sdcard2 thing I talked about so don't worry about finding a specific one.
So, when I install Clockwork, do I need to leave that MicroSD in there to run it everytime (not sure where it puts the files/etc)?
XANAVirus said:
So, when I install Clockwork, do I need to leave that MicroSD in there to run it everytime (not sure where it puts the files/etc)?
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Nope. Once it is installed you don't need the sdcard anymore. Be sure to read my post a couple above this about fixing your boot loop.
Okay, as you wrote in the first page to reformat to 2048 and 0 (in that order), I just did that (as wrote in my edit )
What should I do next?
XANAVirus said:
Okay, as you wrote in the first page to reformat to 2048 and 0 (in that order), I just did that (as wrote in my edit )
What should I do next?
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Reboot and see where you are... It should go back to where you were before you got the boot loop. The stuff on your internal sdcard will be gone though. So I hope there wasn't anything important there.
BTW, you can hit the back button on the side of your screen to go backwards in the clockwork menus.
Nothing important. I haven't even installed anything new or changed any new settings on my current ROM (that TNT-Lite).
I'm rebooting it right now as I type this.
EDIT @ 1:58AM (Same Day)-
Your steps fixed my boot looping problem. Thanks!
Now, I don't know what next to do. I don't have Titanium Backup installed (couldn't sideload it, I kept having problems).
I don't know if the Market is fixed yet.
Did it boot?
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Yes, thanks!
Awesome! Now I would boot back into clockwork and make a backup. You can rename them from a file manager too so they make sense..
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I don't ever use titanium to do the market fix. I just use it to backup apps.
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Okay, I made the backup like you asked. So, now should I try to fix the Market?
Is there anything else that needs tweaking?
Sorry if this has been asked before. But is possible to load just the Android Market onto a Gtab without installing a custom rom like TNT Lite? I need the gmail app and would like the real market. I don’t mind the stock classic home page and not sure I want to try a new rom just yet.
Update:
I think I found what I was looking for here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858136&highlight=root+google+market
The TNT enhancement pack does exactly that.
Can you install the TNT enhancement pack without running the TNT rom? and if you can install it without the TNT rom what way would you suggest?
jmurphy04 said:
Can you install the TNT enhancement pack without running the TNT rom? and if you can install it without the TNT rom what way would you suggest?
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TNT is the Touch-N-Tap UI that the stock unit uses. You judt install ther TNT enhancement pack to the stock interface.
Sorry I am total new at Android. But what is the easiest way to install TNT enhancement pack?
TNT Enhancement Pack
The instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885940
Thanks for all your help! I now have the Market and Gapps.
Dont get it
enhancement pack installed (I guess, it did it's thing) but I don't see any GoogleApps.
Tried the clockwork installed, but it just keeps installing every single time by pressing the power and volume + after powerup so I don't get that one. I tried removing the zip file for updates but it's still doing it.
I don't see how it would not keep trying to install vs. boot? There must be another step that is not identical to install or it would keep installing?
never boots into clockwork.
I did update the unit when I bought it with the new image update. Maybe that changes something that makes all these instructions?
Puzzled, a nob, sort of, but not really
Love the G-Tablet even if I don't seem to be able to make any of the changes listed in the forum.
intech said:
enhancement pack installed (I guess, it did it's thing) but I don't see any GoogleApps.
Tried the clockwork installed, but it just keeps installing every single time by pressing the power and volume + after powerup so I don't get that one. I tried removing the zip file for updates but it's still doing it.
I don't see how it would not keep trying to install vs. boot? There must be another step that is not identical to install or it would keep installing?
never boots into clockwork.
I did update the unit when I bought it with the new image update. Maybe that changes something that makes all these instructions?
Puzzled, a nob, sort of, but not really
Love the G-Tablet even if I don't seem to be able to make any of the changes listed in the forum.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
Read the first post carefully. If you can't boot into clockwork using power/vol+ then clockwork is not installed. If you don't have the market then you didn't install the enhancement pack.
I did, I got the cardboard box and loading. It just does not do anything. When I reboot and hold down the + and power (after powering down) it goes back to the cardboard box. I get the right responses as stated in the post, it just keeps going back to installing again following the instructions to boot.
Instructions are slightly different in this post on reboot, hold the + volume first (everywhere else says both at the same time).
Used USB, downloaded files into PC, unzipped and placed files exactly as specified in the flash card. Very straightforward.
Using the internal version as I read some had problems with the external one. Maybe I have to put the internal one somewhere else then the root of the flash card?
I know it did not install correctly. Odd as everything else I have installed outside of this works great (well TouchDown Beta does not work ether)
That is the issue.
At least there are no suggestions of soldering irons yet
Probably better I just stay away from these mods as it's a time black hole and don't seem very stable. Looking for productivity, not sinkholes
tried the external one with the same results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
'After a recovery is invoked, the process will have removed your command file (whether it was successful or not), and you will have to replace it when you are ready to flash again. A trick you might like is to copy the command file to command.bak, and each time you want to flash, just copy the bak file to command so you don't have to upload it each time. It is safest just to recopy the update.zip and command files back into their respective places each time you plan on reattempting recovery, just to make sure both files have the appropriate content.'
But it keeps going straight into installing a new image (or backup? what backup?)!!! pushing + or - does nothing at all
Maybe I don't understand what the tool is supposed to do. I thought it would boot into a application that allows for managing backups and ROMS (select things), CMOS type of thing
This is hardly rocket science
Must be the new build.
but this is,
NOTE 2: There are TWO dashes at the start of the command file contents, the image doesn't show it well (--update_package=SDCARD:/update.zip) or (--update_package=SDCARD2:/update.zip)
The clockwatch command line is incorrectly pointed at SDCARD2 in the zip file. It has to be changed to work 'out of the box'
There should be a note at the very least. or maybe fixed?
Missing step?
Hey guys. Since this is the place I found every ounce of help that I needed to effectively unbrick and install the best Android version I have seen to date, I thought I would share my results as well as pass forward the work I did to help save some other poor guy a little bit of time. What I have here is a .zip containing NVFlash with a modified batch script to flash ClockworkMod into the GTablet. You just need to install the correct drivers on your PC, and when you boot you tablet, hold down the - (minus) key along with the power button. Not the + (plus) key, but yes the minus key. This will put it into a seperate boot mode that you can then use to run the NVFlash.bat batch script. I have the script set to install "image9" which is actually CWM, just renamed per the script. This will install CWM into a currently bricked, frozen, melted or melting Gtab. Once you get to this point, you probably know how to boot into the CWM recovery kernel (Power and +). Next you will find the boot images for both VEGan Ginger and Gtab Honeycomb next to the NVFlash stuff. First install VEGan, then lather, rinse repeat with Honeycomb. Make sure you follow the other instructions found in this site for completing this process, just like I did. Even I had this process fail over and over again until it finally worked, so if you start boot looping just do it all again. it makes no sense, but it eventually works. Just keep repeating and looking over the other forums here and IT WILL WORK. The trick here is, just get CWM installed. Once you are there, you're golden. Make sure that you rename the .zip files containing the images and all that in them as update.zip before you move them to your tablet, and then remove the old one out before you stick the next one in. If anyone has any questions, just message me. I am happy to help
UPDATE: I wasn't able to upload the main zip file to this site, but probably because it's almost half a gig. So I sent it to MegaUpload, so you can pull it from there.
UPDATE UPDATE: Apparently since this is my first thread posting, I can't post outside links.. LOL. Ok, so I guess if you message me, I can send you the download link. Well hey, at least I tried. Thanks again to everyone that posted the information that I needed. Hopefully I can be of help to someone else.
I did attach the windows drivers that you will need however, so please feel free to grab those below.
jamtab said:
Hey guys. Since this is the place I found every ounce of help that I needed to effectively unbrick and install the best Android version I have seen to date, I thought I would share my results as well as pass forward the work I did to help save some other poor guy a little bit of time. What I have here is a .zip containing NVFlash with a modified batch script to flash ClockworkMod into the GTablet. You just need to install the correct drivers on your PC, and when you boot you tablet, hold down the - (minus) key along with the power button. Not the + (plus) key, but yes the minus key. This will put it into a seperate boot mode that you can then use to run the NVFlash.bat batch script. I have the script set to install "image9" which is actually CWM, just renamed per the script. This will install CWM into a currently bricked, frozen, melted or melting Gtab. Once you get to this point, you probably know how to boot into the CWM recovery kernel (Power and +). Next you will find the boot images for both VEGan Ginger and Gtab Honeycomb next to the NVFlash stuff. First install VEGan, then lather, rinse repeat with Honeycomb. Make sure you follow the other instructions found in this site for completing this process, just like I did. Even I had this process fail over and over again until it finally worked, so if you start boot looping just do it all again. it makes no sense, but it eventually works. Just keep repeating and looking over the other forums here and IT WILL WORK. The trick here is, just get CWM installed. Once you are there, you're golden. Make sure that you rename the .zip files containing the images and all that in them as update.zip before you move them to your tablet, and then remove the old one out before you stick the next one in. If anyone has any questions, just message me. I am happy to help
UPDATE: I wasn't able to upload the main zip file to this site, but probably because it's almost half a gig. So I sent it to MegaUpload, so you can pull it from there.
UPDATE UPDATE: Apparently since this is my first thread posting, I can't post outside links.. LOL. Ok, so I guess if you message me, I can send you the download link. Well hey, at least I tried. Thanks again to everyone that posted the information that I needed. Hopefully I can be of help to someone else.
I did attach the windows drivers that you will need however, so please feel free to grab those below.
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Jamtab,
I am in the same situation you described regarding your GTab! Could you email me a way to download the unbrick and update package? I have wrestled with this over the weekend and after trying 1000 different forum posts suggestions, your experience is identical to my problem and as such, your solution would most likely work for me...
Thanks, Mike
Dr. Michael L. McCrimmon
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Hi guys, this is the first post i upload and want to take the occasion to greet you all.
In these days i bought a Samsung Infuse 4G...i really like this phone but want to be able to use it with some special features such as connecting various USB devices to the phone and other juicy stuff.
I read that the builtin ROM is not capable of such this thing, and Ice Cream Sandwitch, witch should allow to do that, is not available for this smartphone model. At least not officially.
My choice fell upon CM7 LinuxBozo ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960 ).
I rooted my device. I'm sure of that because i am able to use the root explorer with root privileges and the root menu shows up among my applications.
I then followed the instructions here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881 ) in order to install the ClockWorkMod Flashing Menu but I am not sure whether anything went allright or not as, after trying both the methods shown on the guide, nothing happened (in the first case, the automatic install through ROM Manager seems to work, a message appears on the screen confirming anything went smooth but when i reboot i see the normal reboot menu, no advanced menu nor CWM menu; in the second case i tried to manually load the CWM menu by placing the update file in the SD and renaming it to update.zip, the update gets stuck somewhere saying something about a bad or wrong signature, tried it a few times and with different CWM update versions but nothing to do).
I then stumbled into a workaround to fix that issue by an even more manual procedure ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg&feature=related ) basically consisting in copying the "recovery" executable from the CWM update archive to the directory /system/bin and of course chmodding it to rwxr-xr-x and chowning it to the root.
Now the CWM screen appears but, as i attempt to flash the CM7 ROM, the flashing gets stuck at "Finding update package". I read here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821499 ) that it could happen sometimes and it's just a matter of trying and trying again... I tried at least ten times up to now but it keeps getting stuck...maybe it's not my case.
Hope someone will help me out...i really need that USB reading feature. Thank you.
baareem said:
Hi guys, this is the first post i upload and want to take the occasion to greet you all.
In these days i bought a Samsung Infuse 4G...i really like this phone but want to be able to use it with some special features such as connecting various USB devices to the phone and other juicy stuff.
I read that the builtin ROM is not capable of such this thing, and Ice Cream Sandwitch, witch should allow to do that, is not available for this smartphone model. At least not officially.
My choice fell upon CM7 LinuxBozo ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960 ).
I rooted my device. I'm sure of that because i am able to use the root explorer with root privileges and the root menu shows up among my applications.
I then followed the instructions here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881 ) in order to install the ClockWorkMod Flashing Menu but I am not sure whether anything went allright or not as, after trying both the methods shown on the guide, nothing happened (in the first case, the automatic install through ROM Manager seems to work, a message appears on the screen confirming anything went smooth but when i reboot i see the normal reboot menu, no advanced menu nor CWM menu; in the second case i tried to manually load the CWM menu by placing the update file in the SD and renaming it to update.zip, the update gets stuck somewhere saying something about a bad or wrong signature, tried it a few times and with different CWM update versions but nothing to do).
I then stumbled into a workaround to fix that issue by an even more manual procedure ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg&feature=related ) basically consisting in copying the "recovery" executable from the CWM update archive to the directory /system/bin and of course chmodding it to rwxr-xr-x and chowning it to the root.
Now the CWM screen appears but, as i attempt to flash the CM7 ROM, the flashing gets stuck at "Finding update package". I read here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821499 ) that it could happen sometimes and it's just a matter of trying and trying again... I tried at least ten times up to now but it keeps getting stuck...maybe it's not my case.
Hope someone will help me out...i really need that USB reading feature. Thank you.
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what color is your cwm screen?
this may be a simpler way of gettin cwm:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220090
specifically, the CWM instructions set.
I see that the instructions you suggested me would mean to start the process almost from scratch. I will do that as soon as i finish studying the nazis for my school report .
And maybe after getting the next answer from you
The boot screen is green text on black backgroud.
Holding audio and power buttons for 10 seconds doesn't prompt me to the red boot screen if it was what you meant and if I read the instructions provided well (witch i didn't as i have no time now)... don't get me wrong. Just trying to provide you as more information as possible.
baareem said:
I see that the instructions you suggested me would mean to start the process almost from scratch. I will do that as soon as i finish studying the nazis for my school report .
And maybe after getting the next answer from you
The boot screen is green text on black backgroud.
Holding audio and power buttons for 10 seconds doesn't prompt me to the red boot screen if it was what you meant and if I read the instructions provided well (witch i didn't as i have no time now)... don't get me wrong. Just trying to provide you as more information as possible.
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if you still have root, download from market
sgs kernel flasher and the flash the gingerbread kernel to give you RED recovery and flash the rom of your choice after a factory reset and usual wipes
Cool... i'm now running CM7 !
Here is what i missed for anyone who would have the same problem in the future (you can find the download links here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220090 ):
CWM Installation Instructions:
1) You must be rooted.
2) If you have a /Voodoo folder on your internal SD card, delete it and reboot.
3) If you're already running a custom ROM with Voodoo lagfix FULLY enabled, you can skip to step 7.
4) Download CWM-community-kernel-v8.zip if you're on Froyo or CWM-infused-v2.0.1-kernel.zip if you're on Gingerbread and place it on your internal SD card.
5) Install SGS Kernel Flasher from the Market.
6) Open SGS Kernel Flasher, select choose kernel, select the file you downloaded, and select flash kernel. Your phone will reboot and begin to enable Voodoo lagfix. Let it do that and boot all the way up. It will take a while (5-10 minutes) because it's converting all partitions to ext4.
7) Download update-infused-v2.X.X-full.zip and place it on your internal SD card.
8) Power off your phone.
9) With the phone powered off, hold both volume keys and the power button for about 10 seconds and then release. This should boot you into RED CWM.
10) Select "install zip from sdcard" and select update-infused-v2.X.X-full.zip.
11) Once that finishes, select "wipe data/factory reset".
12) Select "reboot system now".
13) Do NOT restore system data with Titanium Backup. Do NOT restore ALL apps with data. If you absolutely must restore something with Titanium Backup, only restore MISSING apps with data.
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Now just another question: i noticed different errors when running the market and other old built-in apps... I just need to reinstall gapps right?
yeah, that is why it's stickeyed.
you just had to read/search them.
market wise, there's a market fix
or you can also factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik in cwm
Thanks. You helped me solving this and now anything works fine. Have a good day.
Thread (NOT) SOLVED.
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(Edited after realizing gapps still don't show up as installation didn't really worked)
baareem said:
Thanks. You helped me solving this and now anything works fine. Have a good day.
Thread SOLVED.
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np. take it easy, bro.
I was too quick saying it worked.
The Infuse just booted up but nothing changed. I then tried to do the zip installing through rom manager again but invane.
When trying with the manual install it promts me with this error:
E: Can't open /emmc/gapps-gb-xxxxxxx-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
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I tried different versions of gapps including the one suggested in the CM wiki but with no luck. I guess the problem is somewhere else.
PS: now i see the blue on black bootscreen as in order to install gapps with rom manager i was asked to reinstall CWM trough it...
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I was too quick saying it worked.
The Infuse just booted up but nothing changed. I then tried to do the zip installing through rom manager again but invane.
When trying with the manual install it promts me with this error:
I tried different versions of gapps including the one suggested in the CM wiki but with no luck. I guess the problem is somewhere else.
PS: now i see the blue on black bootscreen as in order to install gapps with rom manager i was asked to reinstall CWM trough it...
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what version of ROM were you running when you tried this?
Stock FRoyo?
Cyanogenmod 7 ... exactly this version : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7 , android v 2.3.7.
The old, OOB version i had was froyo 2.2.6 if i well remember.
baareem said:
Cyanogenmod 7 ... exactly this version : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7 , android v 2.3.7.
The old, OOB version i had was froyo 2.2.6 if i well remember.
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I haven't played with CM7, it's not an infuse based rom.
I recall some installation issues with it.
I remember an unsuccess reboot intially and pull battery thing..not sure.
If you're looking to install another rom, odin back to stock and start over.
check out my sig line for some useful links