This tutorial will allow you to transfer any application from one of your devices to your ViewSonic G-Tablet. So basically if you have another Android Tablet/Phone you can backup your application and transfer it over to your Gtablet. Some applications will not work resulting in a force close error, other applications will not be the correct 10.1″ size because they were not created to support that resolution. However for the most part, most applications and games will work on the correct resolution. Please note that you will need root access on the device you are backing up the application from.
Your ViewSonic G-Tablet also needs to be ROOTed, and you will need a custom ROM installed on your device such as TNT Lite.
Step 1. On the device that has the current application that you would like to backup and transfer to your ViewSonic Gtab. Go to the Android Marketplace and download “App Backup Reinstall“.
Step 2. Open the App Backup Reinstall application and find the application you are looking to back up. In our example we are going to backup the application “AK Notepad“.
Step 3. Now simply press on the application that you are going to back up, you should noticed a check box near the application. If you are doing multiple applications to backup and transfer select some other apps. Press the Menu button on your device and Choose “Back up“. You should notice text in green that says “Back up” indicating that the application has been successfully backed up onto your devices SD-Card.
Step 4. Now connect the Android device to your computer via USB, not the g-tablet! But the device that you just backed up the application with. Locate your devices SD-card by viewing it in My Computer on your PC. Find the folder “AppBackup“. Copy all the file, or all of the files that you just backed up to a new folder on your computer.
Step 5. Now connect your ViewSonic G-Tablet to your computer via USB. Now enable mass storage, so you can transfer files to your G-tablets SD-Card. You can create a new folder on your g-tablets SD-Card or you can just copy them to the root directory just make sure you remember where you placed them.
Step 6. Open up ES File Manager on your g-tablet or another appropriate file manager application, find the apk/applications that you just transferred over and Viola! You should have now successfully installed a application onto your ViewSonic G-tablet. Now just hope for the best that the application will work in the 10.1″ resolution and you do not receive any force close errors.
If you have any questions or comments please leave a comment or e-mail me directly at justin@droidpirate.com
Enjoy
