ViewSonic G-Tablet – Flash Your G-Tablet

ViewSonic G-Tablet – Backup Any Application/Game & Transfer G-Tablet

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

ViewSonic G-Tablet NetFlix Working on Any ROM!

NetFlix finally received an update allowing most tablets to be able to stream NetFlix videos! I’ve tested this throughout all of the TNTLite Builds, VeganTab, CyanogenMod builds and everything seems to be functioning correctly. The quality is great, no video lag full tablet 10.1″ support. If you have any problems installing leave a comment or e-mail me at justin@droidpirate.com

Installation:
Step 1. Download NetFlix 1.3 by clicking here
Step 2. Place the “com.netflix.mediaclient.1.3.apk” onto your devices SD-Card
Step 3. Load up any file manager on your device such as ES File Manager, Astro, Dual File Manager, etc. Find the netflix apk you placed on the SD-Card.
Step 4. Install the apk to the device.
Step 5. Enjoy NetFlix!

Download Links:
Download via DroidPirate.com

ViewSonic G-Tablet – Return to Stock Tap ‘N Tap

I’ve been getting a few requests to place a flashable version of the Stock UI (user interface) of the stock Tap ‘N Tap ROM that comes preloaded on the ViewSonic G-Tablet. This is for users who are selling their GTab or returning their G-Tab and want it completely clean/wiped with the stock user interface installed.

When I first purchased my G-Tablet it was a very crappy looking interface and you couldn’t do much you had 5 screens that showed your “Weather, News, Stocks, Email, etc”. When I saw the updates that Tap ‘N Tap actually released for their GTab I was sort of impressed a little laggy but does the job you can actually get to the Android market place and all of the features that a tablet should have not sure why they didn’t release this at the launch. Anyways for everyone requesting this here you go; it’s a very simple and straight forward install.

Installing via APX/NVFlash:
Step 1. Download the file below
Step 2. Unzip the contents of the .zip file (make sure everything stays in the same directory)
Step 3. Connect your Gtablet via USB to your computer
Step 4. Completely power off your device, once turned off press and hold (volume – *minus*) and hold the power, you should see your screen flicker and you should your computer recognize a USB device.
Step 5. Run the .BAT file that you extracted earlier
Step 6. Sit back let the batch file complete, once rebooted you should now be running the stock UI of Tap ‘n’ Tap.

Installing via update.zip (ClockWorkRecovery):
Step 1. Place the tapntap update.zip file on the root of the SD card.
Step 2. Boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery.
Step 3. Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the side volume buttons to move around, and either the power button or the trackball to select.
Step 4. Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
Step 5. Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
Step 6. Select Install zip from sdcard.
Step 7. Select Choose zip from sdcard.
Step 8. Select the tapntap update.zip.

ViewSonic G-Tablet – TNT Lite v4.4.0 w/ DroidPirate Mods

Since this is the most stable version of TNTLite v4.4.0 – already installed no seperate flashing required. TNT has been one of my most favorite ROMs for the G-Tablet; I always expierment with other ROMs but some how I keep ending up back to TNT Lite.. Definitely one of the best in my opinon, i’ve been running the v4.2.1 of TNTLite and decided it was in need of change. I’ve noticed ton of users flashing the TNTLite v5.0.0 version and having a ton of problems I’ve also noticed the 5.0.0 version has been pulled over at XDA. So 4.4.0 is currently the most stable release of TnTLite.

Installation for Standard Recovery
Step 1. Extract the contents of the ZIP file to your computer
Step 2. Copy both the (update.zip and the recovery folder) to the root of your SDCard
Step 3. Power off the device competely
Step 4. Press and hold the power switch and the volume up (+) until you see a recovery screen. After the update is complete your G-Tablet will reboot. Usually when I reflash to a different ROM alot of the permissions get messed up; so you may need to preform a data wipe. Settings -> Security -> Factory Data Reset

Installation for ClockWorkRecovery
Step 1. Extract the ZIP file to your computer
Step 2. Copy only the (update.zip) file to your SD-Card of your g-tablet make sure you are using SDCARD(1) – “Internal”
Step 3. Reboot your device into ClockWorkRecovery
Step 4. Choose Install ROM from SDCard
Step 5. Navigate to the (update.zip) file you copied to your SD-Card earlier
Step 6. Choose “YES” I wish to install
Step 7. Reboot

ChangeLog since v4.2.1 (Whats installed)
- (4.4.0) Added clemsyn’s v7 kernel, to fix the sleep issue. Also “unfixed” the Camera to correct the mirroring issue.
- (4.3.2) Fixed issue with Flash 10.1 reversion by adding the 10.2 apk into the installation script.
- (4.3.1) Fixed the home and search buttons breaking after wiping the user data
- (4.3.0) Based off 3991 system.img (legacy kernel and bootloader, however), camera fixed, new Market, recovery command line toggle added, 3588 bootloader added
- (4.2.5) New Market (stars?), new Gmail. Also patched for this vulnerability — http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977154
- (4.2.4) build.prop changes to fix recent Market issues (this came from several posts in XDA)
- (4.2.3) Driver update that improves Nenamark scores (40 fps or higher)
- (4.2.2) Added Google Maps 5.1 and the Maps flip fix (thanks jwischka, atakapa and Butch1326!)
- (4.2.1) Add Adam keyboard, Sniffer app (thanks gojimi!). Adds updated Nvidia drivers that correct tearing in the Settings app (thanks proengin!)
- (4.4.0) Droidpirate MODs -> All NotionINK applications optional (install), re-modified all framework files (theme related).

ViewSonic G-Tablet – Official Honeycomb Boot Animation

Installation:
1.) Download the file of your choice you would like to use. (Updated 4/8/2011)
*DO NOT add .zip after bootanimation as it is already in a zip format.
2.) Mount your SD Card to your computer and copy/paste the selected bootanimation to any folder or root directory on your SD Card as long as you know where it is located.
3.) Unmount your SD Card and go back to your phone.
4.) Open your file manager. I use Root Explorer.
5.) The default boot animation directory is “data/local”. DELETE your old bootanimation.zip if there is one. If not make sure that if you are using a ROM find out from the developer what directory their bootanimation is in so it does not interfere with your new one. And delete it.
6.) Go back to the directory you saved the boot animation in.
7.) Copy the bootanimation.zip
8.) Navigate to “data/local” and “paste” the new boot animation.
9.) Restart phone and enjoy
Click here for more information on installing custom boot animations