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I have bought recently this tablet(waiting for arriving), and this is my question:
Will be any cooker rom for this super-tablet, I hope so...Thank you...

Mine left China a week ago hoping to get it soon.
I think there is a good chanch of Custom Roms as FreeScale has souce code for A dev board avail.
I can post link or I have files I can u/l somewhere.

Hello, can you send me this files please. I have this tablet, and something is wrong, because, this tablet does not booting... Only "A N D R O I D _" is write on the display, and tablet is freeze...
Or can you send me link please... to my mail: [email protected] , many thanks.

mogrith said:
Mine left China a week ago hoping to get it soon.
I think there is a good chanch of Custom Roms as FreeScale has souce code for A dev board avail.
I can post link or I have files I can u/l somewhere.
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Can you please send me link to rom files at [email protected]

killerko said:
Hello, can you send me this files please. I have this tablet, and something is wrong, because, this tablet does not booting... Only "A N D R O I D _" is write on the display, and tablet is freeze...
Or can you send me link please... to my mail: [email protected] , many thanks.
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Switch on it with pressing the menu button and the home button until displaying the penguin.
So, the screen will be in maintenance menu.

You can try to download from slatedroid forum the image for the tablet. But you need to open the tablet, as its "flash" is a microSD card and you need to flash using a card reader.
Sent from my HTC HD2/Android using XDA App

I purchased one of these a few days ago. Pretty solid performance, though there are some quirks (mostly due to premature software). Likewise, really hoping there is some takeup and development on these units.
I'm a new poster, so I can't post links, but I have written up a review (with Quadrant benchmarks) and also had a look inside the unit (with pics) in my teardown, which should be the latest articles on my site in my signature.

tibcsi said:
You can try to download from slatedroid forum the image for the tablet. But you need to open the tablet, as its "flash" is a microSD card and you need to flash using a card reader.
Sent from my HTC HD2/Android using XDA App
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Speed is good, as Apad Andriod 2.2 8' (nice big), 512mb RAM, 800 MHZ CPU. play games are good.
But a lot of apps not able to install on it, not sure why, Market apk(not installable), Facebook apk installed but crash during start up, XDA apk crash all the time, very limited /data/apps disk space, apps2SD do works, but does not help much of reducing disk space usage of /data volume.
I wish there are a scripts from old android 2.1 version of a2sd, relink /data/apps -> SD card.
My old Huawei U8220 2.1 + custom ROM apps2sd link works better than this 2.2, although slow.

Do not try to sell firmware on XDA. Read the forum rules please

To androidtouchpc,
I paid twice to download touch8 firmware, however the file was ~640MB size, it was not easy to download over internet.
Both download was failure, and you download session has expired me, I end up paid you twice via paypal, but do not get my product deliever.
To all users in XDA user, be careful with this androidtouchpc.com. I send many email to them, but never get responsed back.
I loss twice payment with no purchased.
James

HI there I got one of this Android 2.2 " Tablet,arrived yesterday from China,been playing with it,but soon ran into a problem,need some help and advice:
Launched Repligo (prepinstalled but Chinese version) and click OPEN hoping to go to my
MicoSD Card folder already in slot,but all I got was a series of folders but none showing
my SD Card,I just CANNOT BROWSE TO MY SD CARD FOLDER)the folders shown are:
android-secure..Aldiko..Android..data..DCIM.DOCUMENTS..LOST-DIR
WHERE DO I GO FROM THERE??
SD Card are loaded with e-books files and Photo

HI there may I know if it is possible to connect the Tablet to desk-top PC (Window XP)

Thread closed for selling on XDA.

[Q] Viewsonic G Tab Memory issue

I have a Viewsonic G Tab that I flashed to Cyanogen 7. Now when I plug the device into my computer, it only reads the SD card I inserted (not the phone's internal memory). Plus, I can't use any file explorer programs to copy and paste from the SD card to the phone's memory. This is making things like flashing a different rom or adding the marketplace pretty much impossible. Any help? I'm new to rooting tabs, but I've hacked quite a few phones.
If there's a dev out there that has an answer that gets me up and running, I'd be more than happy to donate.

jskrenes said:
I have a Viewsonic G Tab that I flashed to Cyanogen 7. Now when I plug the device into my computer, it only reads the SD card I inserted (not the phone's internal memory). Plus, I can't use any file explorer programs to copy and paste from the SD card to the phone's memory. This is making things like flashing a different rom or adding the marketplace pretty much impossible. Any help? I'm new to rooting tabs, but I've hacked quite a few phones.
If there's a dev out there that has an answer that gets me up and running, I'd be more than happy to donate.
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I have read other reports of this, though i don't have a solution for this problem, you could try something else.
When you are connected over usb, use adb from the android sdk and try "adb push file_on_computer file_on_device" to get some files on there.

Crap, I am not a programmer, and haven't gotten into using adb. I don't expect a full explanation of what adb is and how to get it and other android sdk stuff on my computer, as I know there are tons of posts and resources on this and other forums that will get me there.

jskrenes said:
Crap, I am not a programmer, and haven't gotten into using adb. I don't expect a full explanation of what adb is and how to get it and other android sdk stuff on my computer, as I know there are tons of posts and resources on this and other forums that will get me there.
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Searching is always better , but i will give you some hints:
Download the SDK here
Install it.
Open the windows command prompt. (press windows button + R, type "cmd" , press enter)
If you installed it to "C:\android" go to "C:\android\platform-tools" inside the command prompt.
Type adb -h to see all available commands.
If you have further questions, google them, if you still have questions, come here and ask .

Cool, thanks. I bought this to try and save a few (hundred) bucks over the Xoom, and got the added bonus of getting to tweak it, which I kind of enjoy, I was just hoping to not have to learn this much stuff.
On a related note, if I get the device back to factory stock, do you know if I can download an app to my Android phone's SD card, drop the card into my Viewsonic, and load the apk from there? Loading the Android market on this thing sounds complicated (though it'll be child's play if I can bring it back to life).

jskrenes said:
Cool, thanks. I bought this to try and save a few (hundred) bucks over the Xoom, and got the added bonus of getting to tweak it, which I kind of enjoy, I was just hoping to not have to learn this much stuff.
On a related note, if I get the device back to factory stock, do you know if I can download an app to my Android phone's SD card, drop the card into my Viewsonic, and load the apk from there? Loading the Android market on this thing sounds complicated (though it'll be child's play if I can bring it back to life).
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Well if you want tweaking you will have to learn a bit .
Depends on the app. If it is copyprotected or is using the licensing service i don't think you can copy it over.

Cyanogen came with a copy of ROM manager pre-installed on boot. A lot of features were limited to the full version, but I managed to do some reformatting and stuff (I wish I knew exactly what I did) and managed to get a different ROM installed and all seems to be working well.
I don't mind learning, but I either have to do it while I'm at work, which takes me off the sales floor, or at home, and I have a new kid to take care of, so the less learning I *have* to do, the better. But the nice thing about Android is that it is for the most part fairly resilient, and I've yet to encounter a software problem I couldn't fix.

User feedback on custom rom

Hello everyone,
I just recently bought a new G tablet and first thing im going to do is install clockworkmod. Then going to load a custom rom on it. Based on what i have read they two custom roms people mostly use. Vegan and Tnt Lite. Im trying to get feedback from people who have used both roms to get an idea which one is better with this tablet. Im looking for something that is fast and can play most games that are made for the tegra 2 processor. Flash has to work, Market has to work and something to edit word and excel document. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Also i know this device has a build in 16gb memory. When you flash a rom on it will it erase all your saved files like pics and documents? When i flash my driod 1 everything is on my external sd card but this is build in so not sure if you flash will it erase everything on the 16 gb internal memory? Let me know thx.

Gemni69,
I don't know anything thing about you or your skills, but I have been telling a lot of
new G-Tablet owners to slow down and learn before getting too far into modding.
The G-Tablet with the stock software that is available now (3588) is not bad. And with apps it can be fairly good.
But the mods all come with risks, tradeoffs and sometimes even catastrophes. You need to read this site on the things you are interested in untils you thoroughly understand what you are doing.
Too many people are jumping in and trying to do too much too fast and are winding
up in trouble. As you read further, you'll see.
Stock will go a long was for you with apps you like added -- until you are ready to
make some advanced decisions.
Good luck and enjoy.
Rev

Gemni69 said:
Hello everyone,
I just recently bought a new G tablet and first thing im going to do is install clockworkmod. Then going to load a custom rom on it. Based on what i have read they two custom roms people mostly use. Vegan and Tnt Lite. Im trying to get feedback from people who have used both roms to get an idea which one is better with this tablet. Im looking for something that is fast and can play most games that are made for the tegra 2 processor. Flash has to work, Market has to work and something to edit word and excel document. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Also i know this device has a build in 16gb memory. When you flash a rom on it will it erase all your saved files like pics and documents? When i flash my driod 1 everything is on my external sd card but this is build in so not sure if you flash will it erase everything on the 16 gb internal memory? Let me know thx.
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Flashing a ROM generally will not harm what is stored on the internal sdcard. However, since you can use a microsd or usb drive to backup the information that would be safest.
As for which ROM is best for your needs... read, read, read. Then try them out. I prefer the TnT path for it's stability and friendliness to media consumption. I've got friends who swear that gaming is best on VEGAn. There are caveats on both. I'm not sure that either comes with anything for editing Office docs but I think the GAdam ROM includes QuickOffice but it's been a while since I looked at it.

Thank for the feedback guys. I will keep that in mind.
I was wondering what kinda battery does this device have. Do i have to fully charge it and then drain it 2 or 3 times for it to fully understand the batteries limits or it doesnt matter?
Also when i was reading the step to flash a rom it states this
Step 7.
Navigate down to “mounts and storage” using the volume buttons. When that is highlighted press the home button to select it.
Step 8.
We want to mount “/system” and “/data”, so if it says “mount /system” that means system is not mounted yet.
Highlight “mount /system” and press the home button. The line should change to read “unmount /system”
Next, highlight “mount /data” and press the home button. The line should change to “unmount /data”
After the first line reads “unmount /system” and the second line reads “unmount /data” you’re done with this step, press the back button to go back to the main menu.
I have a driod 1 and i flash custom roms on it all the time. I have never had to do this step on my driod. Is this step necessary for the tablet? Do i have to do this step every time i load a rom? Usually i just clear the data and cache and the just load the rom zip file. Is this not the case with the tablet?
Just want to be on the safe side and do everything right.
Thanks in advance for the feedback.
K J Rad said:
Flashing a ROM generally will not harm what is stored on the internal sdcard. However, since you can use a microsd or usb drive to backup the information that would be safest.
As for which ROM is best for your needs... read, read, read. Then try them out. I prefer the TnT path for it's stability and friendliness to media consumption. I've got friends who swear that gaming is best on VEGAn. There are caveats on both. I'm not sure that either comes with anything for editing Office docs but I think the GAdam ROM includes QuickOffice but it's been a while since I looked at it.
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Not sure where you read that... I've never had to do it. The process you're familiar with sounds fine. Make sure to read the specific threads for the ROMs for any special procedures and prerequisites.

I got those steps from the linky below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Also what is the battery life like on the tablet?
Any special procedures i have to do to get the most out of the battery life?
K J Rad said:
Not sure where you read that... I've never had to do it. The process you're familiar with sounds fine. Make sure to read the specific threads for the ROMs for any special procedures and prerequisites.
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Gemni69 said:
Also what is the battery life like on the tablet?
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12 hours yesterday (about 6 hours of use) with 30% last week. This is running the custom rom Vegan 5.

stock
I'm still running stock + enhancement. I haven't had any problems, though I don't do any document work on my tab. I use my tab for tinkering and surfing, and of course watching movies.
Have fun with your new toy!

Gemni69 said:
I got those steps from the linky below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Also what is the battery life like on the tablet?
Any special procedures i have to do to get the most out of the battery life?
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Ahh... well I started modding from stock so I downloaded and setup everything to nvflash a factory load. Didn't see a need to backup something I never intended to install again but YMMV. The mounting system and data never seemed necessary either since the update scripts in the .zip usually take care of it.
Battery life has been great and I haven't had to do anything special. There are lots of folks that recommend things like bump charging to maximize your charge but for my uses that hasn't been necessary. I do run it down to about empty every few weeks but that's normally because I forget to charge it...

[Q] Enable USB Debugging

Presenting Problem: Tablet is stuck rebooting itself once it gets to the booting screen animation, USB Debugging was not turned on on the tablet when it was working properly last time, and I need to turn USB Debugging on to fix my tablet. How do I do this?
Disclaimer: Yes, you'll think there are a million other threads about enabling USB debugging and whatnot, but this is totally different!
The Story: My device is a Grid10 tablet. It runs its custom OS built on Android Kernel (Gingerbread). Everything about it is android, except it's not android (and it's not a custom launcher or a skin).
... anyway
The Grid10: Almost nobody here own a Grid10 (I assume), so here's the thing... the Grid has only ONE button. The power button. No volume buttons, no home or back or menu buttons or anything... all those commands are gestures on the Grid (... if it started properly)
The Problem and its Cause: Now, It's stuck continuously rebooting itself once it gets to the the booting animation screen because I mistakenly deleted a file from system/app called SettingsProvider.apk
The Solution: I have the missing file on my laptop, and I need to put it back on the tablet. When I plug in its USB cable, I don't get a drive in My Computer. Obviously, it won't get into storage mode without being told to do so from the settings list (which I have no access to... because it's stuck rebooting itself at the booting animation screen... yes, I'm repeating myself so no one will tell me to "enable USB debugging" when I say that...)
So aparently, to get the file on my Grid, I need to use adb.
And since I didn't have USB Debugging enabled when the Grid was last operating properly, the adb can't see my tablet! (as shown by a 'adb devices' command).
The Sucky Recovery Menu: There is no fastboot on this thing (not that it would help with anything), but there is a recovery menu i can access (by holding down the power button while the tablet is booting), but it's no use. It looks like some kinda' custom recovery menu called "PBJ40 Recovery Utility". It has 4 commands:
reboot system now
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply sdcard: update.zip
I've tried all of these commands (selecting is done by pressing the power button, and when un-pressed for a few seconds, whatever command is highlighted gets executed).
My best bet would have been the update.zip as I created a signed update.zip with the missing file in it so it can put it back in its rightful place... but sd card in question appears to be the built-in sd card, and not the external (removable) sd card... the recovery tool doesn't even look in the external sd card for the update.zip
In Short: To get the file on the tablet, for now, the only way I can see how, is through adb, and seen as how USB Debugging was not enabled when the Grid was operational last time, I come here, to the XDA Forums, asking for advice.
The Question(s):
A) How do I turn on USB Debugging on the tablet so i can use adb and fix it?
or
B) Is there some alternative way for me to get the missing apk in system/app folder that does not require USB debugging?
Got you scratching your brain? Been trying to solve this for so long, I finished scratching mine, and started hitting it against the wall now!

I hate to tell you this man, but I am pretty sure that you messed up your tablet/bricked it.

Problem solved.
Not the USB Debugging thing, but I ended up fixing the tablet.
Can't disclose how I did it though... privacy issues.
So the system is fixed and the GirdOS is running perfectly on the Grid10, but I still can't use the tablet anyway, because of some kinda' server-side failure, because I need to register myself on the server before I gain access to any of the tablet's functions, while the server isn't responding to register my credentials... so yea... the tablet works, but it's still useless to me.
There's not much if any hope that the server will be fixed or get running anytime soon, because from the rumors/reports, FusionGarage (the producer of said tablet) has disappeared off the grid. Ironic, isn't it?
Maybe some day somebody will be able get ICS or Honeycomb running on the Grid10, and will share the knowledge-how with everybody.

I got one of those PBJ40 tablets too with 1366x768 , but no real android (just 2.1) on it.. do you mind sharing the one you got?
maybe you even have the Kernel source for this? could be nice having too

Dexter_nlb said:
I got one of those PBJ40 tablets too with 1366x768 , but no real android (just 2.1) on it.. do you mind sharing the one you got?
maybe you even have the Kernel source for this? could be nice having too
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Explain yourself please.
What is this android 2.1 you speak of? The Grid10 (aka PBJ40) comes with its custom OS called GridOS that's based on Android.
So what's the 2.1 android you have? Is it pre-upgrade GridOS or what? After the upgrade, GridOS's kernel was made into Gingerbread.

Ghoymakh said:
Explain yourself please.
What is this android 2.1 you speak of? The Grid10 (aka PBJ40) comes with its custom OS called GridOS that's based on Android.
So what's the 2.1 android you have? Is it pre-upgrade GridOS or what? After the upgrade, GridOS's kernel was made into Gingerbread.
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i guess hardware was tried sold to different parties, as mine is with Android 2.3 ( i made that ) but touchscreen is poor on this device, and Tegra2 got a tough time managing 1366x768 on it, compared to previous devices..
and lastly it was in development so drivers are not finished.
As your GridOS is 2.3 compatible it has a better kernel, and maybe a source for the kernel too, since i got no kernel source and no one that knows this hardware.
but maybe it'll show up with some totally different supplier, i seen talk on chinese forums where ppl compiles linux for it, so its still in the works.

Dexter_nlb said:
i guess hardware was tried sold to different parties, as mine is with Android 2.3 ( i made that ) but touchscreen is poor on this device, and Tegra2 got a tough time managing 1366x768 on it, compared to previous devices..
and lastly it was in development so drivers are not finished.
As your GridOS is 2.3 compatible it has a better kernel, and maybe a source for the kernel too, since i got no kernel source and no one that knows this hardware.
but maybe it'll show up with some totally different supplier, i seen talk on chinese forums where ppl compiles linux for it, so its still in the works.
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I see.
Looks like whoever made the PBJ40 (aka Grid10) also sold some of its stock to other companies, and since the 'other companies' don't have a dev. team to compensate for the lack of drivers for the Tegra2 (I heard they're going to release the drivers in some 2 months), they had to sell it with Android 2.1 (froyo) on it, with lots of problems like screen responsiveness, poor power management, and the like.
I'm also guessing that you do not have Market, Talk or GMail on your tablet... or at least, you didn't have it at first (doesn't take much skill to install them... the tablet comes rooted).
I'm also guessing you have a serious gestures issue, am I right?
Do you have the 40 pin USB cable? (or did yours come with a regular female USB port??)
... I might be of assistance, if you're able to make your dev skills work in your favor.
So help me help you...
The only way this will work, is if you're able to reverse engineer the GridOS to:
1) Extract the programming that's responsible for the gestures so we can install it on any other device (like your PBJ40, which doesn't have gesture support as advanced as the Grid10), to make the device easier to use.
2) Override the sign-up screen for the GridOS. In case you do not yet know, once you boot GridOS for the first time, you're taken to a setup page (much like the setup page of Windows) where you register yourself on the FusionGarage server (people who made the GridOS) to gain access to the tablet... for some time now, the FusionGarage server has been down, and since the company recently went under, there's no way the server will be fixed ever again, so even with linux kernel 2.3 (aka android gingerbread... without the market) you can't have any kind of access to the tablet, because you'd be unable to proceed form the sign-up page forward! So if you can find a way to over-ride the sign-up page or 'delete' it from the equation altogether, we both win!
So: I can provide you with GridOS kernel version 2.3 (not android... GridOS! It's basically the same, it just doesn't have the Market, and its UI is different... still very nice... I like it).
So... you can't install GridOS on your Froyo tablet (just yet), even if you had the 2.3 GridOS at your disposal, because you'd be stuck there.
So the question remains:
- Can you reverse engineer a linux OS that is android based (but not truly android) to extract from it the gestures program so you can make your PBJ40 more responsive?
- Can you somehow customize GridOS to delete the whole signup page issue?
Both of these things will help me a lot... but only the gestures-solution will be of help to you, unless you have the USB cable for the tablet.
If you PBJ40 is not a regular Grid10, I'd like to see it from all angles + a picture of its cables and chargers... if possible, please upload them to this thread.
For now, to make your life easier, install the program called zMooth from the Market. Its gesture responsiveness will be much better than the 2.1 Froyo version your tablet is now running.
"swipe left to go back, swipe right for menu, gesture a up-arrow(^) for home"
Look at the screenshots to better understand.
While setting up the program sensitivity level, keep in mind that the lower the level, the more sensitive (it's in fine print).
... let me know what you get!
PS: It might also be of help if you can somehow get the gesture program from ICS kernel and adopt it to PBJ40!

Could be we should continue this OT, in a private PM and maybe exchange mails
I think i can do most of it, I even have Android3.0 running on it, but again kernel needed changing since touch driver is not supporting the way 3.0 works.
but it works even with highres..
I do not have 2.1 on it, i ported a CM7/2.3.6 to it, and it worked 95%, some issues with DSP manager and movie codecs, but i did not put my 100% in it, since i was doing it all for fun and my own interest, since i could not share with anyone anyways as no one had it. That was until i saw the design of Grid10, i knew it was 99% like mine.. Flash11.1 works great for movie playback here though..
I got the 4leds on it too and mine has USB HOST/device switching only by compal (writers of many tablets today), but i found the USBUTG tool to use with it, to make switching easier, than doing it in a shell.
anyways, lets maybe continue by PM.. and we can maybe exchange "partitions"

My vow of secrecy has been lifted!
To Flash your Grid10 (aka PBJ40), follow this tutorial I made:
http://www.thejoojooforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=49654
There's also more info on the general forum (and one or two other tutorials/suggestions I've made that could prove to be of benefit to anybody with a Grid10): http://www.thejoojooforum.com/viewforum.php?f=17

Ghoymakh said:
My vow of secrecy has been lifted!
To Flash your Grid10 (aka PBJ40), follow this tutorial I made:
http://www.thejoojooforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=49654
There's also more info on the general forum (and one or two other tutorials/suggestions I've made that could prove to be of benefit to anybody with a Grid10): http://www.thejoojooforum.com/viewforum.php?f=17
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if you know how to use APX mode on it (Reset button on right side(if looking at front). I got android 2.3.6 (CM7) running on it, i think only difference is that i got 4 hardware button (soft light buttons on right side of tablet)
let me know, and i can maybe upload the kernel + system to a site.

I dnt even know what APX is!
I'm new to the android dev. scene, so i dnt know much yet.
I don't have much use for a Gingerbread ROM that's not going to be filly compatible with the Grid10. We don't have ANY buttons on our tablets.
To compensate for that, you might want to include the program Zmooth in the list of apps that the flashing-process will auto-install, so whoever flashes the CyanogenMod won't be left stranded without any buttons to use on the Grid10.
As mentioned in the flashing tutorial, V. is recompiling the original GridOS to make it skip the registration page, and it's Gingerbread too, one that's completely compatible with the tablet's specs, including gestures. It will be the GridOS as (previously) advertised by FusionGarage, only this time, no registration page, which means we can flash it and actually use it (up till now, whoever re-flashed or did a factory reset couldn't use their tablet because the registration could not be completed since the FG servers were down).
Maybe that could prove to be useful to you... I'll upload the file to the Grid10 forum once it's finished.
(i wonder if there's a way to open a Grid10 section in the xda forums...)
But what you have could be useful to somebody else out there!
How about you upload your files in Dropbox, and create a new thread on the above-linked forum, and share your ROM so other people might benefit from it.
https://www.dropbox.com/
Make sure you write your tablet's full specs, including the information about your soft and hard buttons, as our tablets have NO soft-buttons, and only have 2 hardware buttons: a power button and a reset button.
Edit: as the Grid10 doesn't have volume buttons, i don't think it's even capable of entering APX mode. It does have a recovery mode... but the only options in there are to factory-reset, delete cache partition, and install update.zip.

Ghoymakh: YOU ARE THE CLOSEST THING TO.... THX
Ghoymakh said:
My vow of secrecy has been lifted!
To Flash your Grid10 (aka PBJ40), follow this tutorial I made:
There's also more info on the general forum (and one or two other tutorials/suggestions I've made that could prove to be of benefit to anybody with a Grid10):
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I'm one of the fortunate-unfortunates.
I previously reset my G10 and it has been useless ever since. I did however purchase the USB adapter with my device and I'm looking forward to making use of your extensive research and hard work.
Again, thanks and I'll let y'all know how it goes (within the next 7 days or so).
Praise and thanks to you and everyone else out here.
G

Ghoymakh said:
Edit: as the Grid10 doesn't have volume buttons, i don't think it's even capable of entering APX mode. It does have a recovery mode... but the only options in there are to factory-reset, delete cache partition, and install update.zip.
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can you check when you got the tablet in front of you facing up. that on your right side a little hole is found just about center, 5-6cm above simcard slot (at least on mine simcard is on the right side)
if you turn it off, holding in the tap inside the small hole (you can feel the click when its pushed), press power and it goes into APX mode. but you will need the bootloader.bin to get it in full apx mode and ready to accept commands.

A small step for man.... My Grid10 is more than just a brick
- Using Ghoymakh's instructions from JooJoo Forum, I successfully flashed my Grid10 yesterday.
-- The identified 'tar' command didn't work on the compressed file but the Archive Mounter within Back Track worked just fine.
- Now, as time permits, I'm going to move forward and attempt to incorporate the Xmooth and Market.
-- If only I could get my JooJoo Forum account activated....
Again, Props to Ghoymakh, V, and any/all other contributors.
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Suddenly lost SD access - S7

Literally two days ago I was playing tunes from my SD. Yesterday "access denied" - effectively the SD ceased to exist. In fact, the data is still there when looking through MTP and, of course, mounted on my Linux machine. Why did this fail overnight???
The one possible gotcha is this is an ex-rooted machine. It lost route when I made the mistake of letting SU update its binary. That was a month(?) ago and the phone's been 100% solid (root aside) until two days ago.
Obviously I now feel some pressure to re-root and obviously the SD will be at least feet away from the S7 while doing the go to stock to root process.
If there's a way to regain r/w access (while not rooted) in the meantime...?

I'd try backing up the MicroSD card to the PC, delete/recreate primary partition > formatting it and testing it back in the phone first, if it's working, copy your files back to it

I only wish. The data's there via MTP, so it's readable through that channel, and the SD's readable on my Linux machine.
The problem is why did read/write permission stop working, while MTP still accesses the data. PowerAmp, for example, can't find the SD and neither can Player Pro. I also tried to read the data with FX - access denied.
The only thing I can think of is either an app update or one installation (app to control a GoPro clone) did something ugly. But that seems, to me, to be "reaching for it".

Meh... the phone is beginning to show other bad habits. Rather than work around the problems, I re-flashed to stock firmware, and will go back to root from there.

RBEmerson said:
I only wish. The data's there via MTP, so it's readable through that channel, and the SD's readable on my Linux machine.
The problem is why did read/write permission stop working, while MTP still accesses the data. PowerAmp, for example, can't find the SD and neither can Player Pro. I also tried to read the data with FX - access denied.
The only thing I can think of is either an app update or one installation (app to control a GoPro clone) did something ugly. But that seems, to me, to be "reaching for it".
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It's only readable on your Linux machine, you can't copy from it?
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RBEmerson said:
Meh... the phone is beginning to show other bad habits. Rather than work around the problems, I re-flashed to stock firmware, and will go back to root from there.
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Keep us updated

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It's only readable on your Linux machine, you can't copy from it?
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Readable - just copied some music folders to my linux box. (now playing Trauma (remix by Workals) by N'to - electrominimal - now about four years old but still works - 3M+ views on YT)
Since the phone seemed to be generally less than 100% stable, I took it back to stock and will re-root it to Nougat.
My guess is something (an update?) flipped permissions.

I've moved to Nougat. When the phone is back to the way I want it, I'll try rooting. There's no explanation for what went sour, but it's moot now.
So long and thanks for the fish!

I rechecked the SD with H2TestW (v. cool SD tester for Windoze) and... flunk. I've captured the contents and they seem to be intact. But there's now no doubt the SD is toast. So this did begin with SD failure. The good news is I moved to rooted Nougat as a result. I can live with that.