Which is the best custom-ROM for the gTablet? I just bought mine and it is on its way. However, everybody keeps talking about how crappy the original OS is. So, there are apparently some custom-made ROMS which are very good. But which one is the best? Apparently, the main 2 are VEGAn and TnT. There is also the Android 3.0 one....How would you guys compare them? Pros and cons of each one as of now? Also, what things (functionalities) are "lost" (if any) from the original viewsonic os? How is the battery life with those custom-Roms?Thank you all for your help! Which is the best custom-ROM for the gTablet? I just bought mine and it is on its way. However, everybody keeps talking about how crappy the original OS is. So, there are apparently some... » Read More Which is the best custom-ROM for the gTablet? I just bought mine and it is on its way. However, everybody keeps talking about how crappy the original OS is. So, there are apparently some custom-made ROMS which are very good. But which one is the best? Apparently, the main 2 are VEGAn and TnT. There is also the Android 3.0 one....How would you guys compare them? Pros and cons of each one as of now? Also, what things (functionalities) are "lost" (if any) from the original viewsonic os? How is the battery life with those custom-Roms?Thank you all for your help! « Show Less
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wow guys thank you very much for the info!So, apparently Vagan 7 is the best custom rom. Is there any drawback compared to the official rom the tablet ships with?Thanx!
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Go to Viewsonic Gtablet for Dummies...easy to understand and unleashes the tablet.I started with Brilliant Corners by Roebeet and am now on the Gingerbread Collection by Zyhong. Notion Ink(Adam Tablet) just release the code for their product so a Honeycomb stable release should be in the making.
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They just came out with HC Alpha 7.1 with a lot of fixes..I have the 6.0 running and love it. Market is opened up and this version of HC is overclockable to 1.4 Ghz. Will be going to 7.1 soon. Flashback is the way to go on the Gtab if you want Honeycomb. I am also using cpu tuner to overclock it to 1.4Ghz (Performance setting) and it outperforms the Moto Xoom in benchmarks at 1.4 and using only 512 MB of memory vs the Xoom's 1G! This is GREAT!!!
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I run vegan on mine! I love it! At first all I heard was how crappy it was but I love it was unstable once just had to install a stable ROM. Only thing I didn't like about OS was the market sucked. Waiting to be able to upgrade to honey comb to see what its like. So far my only complaint is that some apps are still small in a little square because there made for a phone but other than that I am enjoying getting to know my tablet!
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Dear Tech GeeksI am not that geeky but got a good panache for learning. Can you guide me to a website where I can find the software and the instructions to flash my viewsonic tab? I am a young faculty member using it for my teaching, and so I can work with tweaking it a bit!!
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Well, I don't know if it's the best because I haven't used any others but I've been running Cyanogen Mod 7.1 and it's been pretty stable for me so far. Granted, I've only had my tablet for a few days so take this with a grain of salt.
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When you connect, Viewsonic may want to download an upgrade. Before you do check which version is on the tab.1.1 can be flashed to Vegan 7, tnt seems to be an older product.1.2 can be flashed with the honeycomb ROMs, Corners and Smoke in a Bottle seem to be the best developed so far. (But, no "stable" release yet.)Check the websites for the latest info, this post is only as current as today's date.Battery life seems to be good regerdless of software.Just be carefull to folllow instructions.My tab is rooted with Vegan 7 and everything works well.Since you can allways change what you have, don't sweat your first decision. When you connect, Viewsonic may want to download an upgrade. Before you do check which version is on the tab.1.1 can be flashed to Vegan 7, tnt seems to be an older product.1.2 can be flashed with the honeycomb ROMs, Corners and Smoke in a Bottle seem to be the best developed so far. (But, no "stable" release yet.)Check the websites for the latest info, this post is only as current as today's date.Battery life seems to be good regerdless of software.Just be carefull to folllow instructions.My tab is rooted with Vegan 7 and everything works... » Read More When you connect, Viewsonic may want to download an upgrade. Before you do check which version is on the tab.1.1 can be flashed to Vegan 7, tnt seems to be an older product.1.2 can be flashed with the honeycomb ROMs, Corners and Smoke in a Bottle seem to be the best developed so far. (But, no "stable" release yet.)Check the websites for the latest info, this post is only as current as today's date.Battery life seems to be good regerdless of software.Just be carefull to folllow instructions.My tab is rooted with Vegan 7 and everything works well.Since you can allways change what you have, don't sweat your first decision. « Show Less
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Hi K. Ness, I just bought the S10 3t 2 days ago in Seattle Fry's for $499. Since then I upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium (a must if you want to truly enjoy the multi-touch features) and now looking to upgrade to 2G RAM (less of a must as the netbook is performing really well already but I'm used to laptops and using MS Office so I want the extra speed). Regarding the GPS and WiMax that's the bit I'm struggling with at the moment. I keep reading various take on wether it is included or not. Same with Bluetooth. None seems to be working for me despite finding all the drivers on the web (drivers which are meant to be for the S10-3T which is the unit I have in my hands - btw typing this reply with it at the moment). There's also a slot for a 3G Sim Card which I have inserted but no luck there either. Probably because this is such a new product there's still no support page on Lenovo support website. So to summarise this is a great netbook/tablet PC (nice capacitive touch screen, large keyboard, decent performance) but I would have liked to see more out of the box support and documentation. Does it have GPS, WiMax, Bluetooth, 3G support ? I'm frustrated to say "I don't know" despite having the device in my own hands. So Lenovo I suggest you formally and clearly document what's in and what's not. One last thing the speakers are pretty poor compare to the iPhone's which has less physical space. But overall still a great piece of technology for the price as you get the best of both world (a netbook and a slate) and I highly recommend it.
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Personally, I don't use Tap N Tap's main screen, I use the base Android widget grid, and the current release works fine. A 3rd party ROM might be faster, but I don't have any complaints about speed at this point.I loaded up Amazon Appstore instead of a hacked Google Market, and have been able to find apps there very successfully, though the selection isn't as broad as Google's yet.
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I liked my evo design but now obsolete. for the money get the HTC One St. I just bought a Motorola Moto G, early release. It is suppose to be available on Boost 1/14/14. Best phone for under $200
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Oh... meant to mention that this card stays totally stable with vfat or ext4 format. You need a shell script and root with init.d support to run the script for ext4 but it's totally faster and more reliable. Be sure to format thru CWM or TWRP for both. Don't use exfat! It's a cheap format and corrupts easily. Vfat will load with native usually... it's kinda fat32... A script can do it if kitkat gives issues.
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Tap n' Tap has usability issues, although there is a rumor that Viewsonic is pushing out another update currently. You will not get access to the actual Android market without flashing a different ROM (basically, a layer on top of Android much the way Tap n' Tap is).
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What I want to know is, after reading these reviews both good and bad, I am wavering about whether I should keep my Striiv. How is the company going to support me if and when the devices freezes, stops working altogether etc. I am a citizen on a fixed income and really bought this device at great sacrifice to myself. I would appreciate an answer ASAp
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My version does not, it has options for English, Deutsche, Spanish, French, Italian, and Korean. Maybe if you where to root it, and install a custom ROM on it then you might get that option, but as of current the Android community has not gotten a ROM that works proper that I know of anyways, and beside the ROM on this is pure CRAP!! it's buggy, the time does not always sync right, apps crash, SD card issues, and just generally not a good Phone because of it's ROM, build wise though it's a solid phone for the price, but overall best too stay away from this one, and go with something like one of the Huawei models which seem to have a more stable ROM from all I have read, I've not been able to try out one of the Huawei phones yet, but plane to do so later this year when I get the extra cash. Good Luck on finding a phone.
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Google is your friend dat sir, XDA developers has many Roms for your outdated transformer, just search the forums and find the tablet. Running KitKat on mine about to get lollipop soon.
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hey boss hows it goin? I have only used it on android but im pretty sure it will work on those os. when u try to use it u need a software called serial magic that doesnt come included with the purchase. The version you need is serial magic professional. Get that and u'll be good to go. I know android is 50 but unsure of the windows version. Cheers
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The battery lifeis about average. Keep in mind that this is a high performance phone. With a custom ROM and kernel you can improve battery life a bit. They can also be customized to enable the LTE radio for TMobile users. Excellent phone, excellent value, excellent development community at xda-forums due to it being such a popular device.
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Chinaman, you are the man! You always have great comments and reviews and tips. I read them everywhere, but here you made me really happy, because I've been waiting for the 4G version for long time now. I so cannot wait to get my TouchPad. :-) Maybe it will come out just perfectly for my birthday on the 12th :-)
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Hi Pietro,After spending countless hours trying to get Skype to work on my gtablet I finally called Viewsonic support. They told me that the gtablet does not support Skype and they have no plans to support it in the near future.Sorry.Kelli
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O just saw the first post not all there. Heres the rest.. I am also looking forward to "PicUntu" which will allow a linux android dual boot. With "linux PicUntu" the issues with flash support and the websites like cbs,hulu recognizing the pc as android, and thereby blocking the device, should no longer be an issue simce i would see picuntu, a version of Ubuntu, instead. But there is no timetable as to when it will be ready for the average customer. Another poster mentioned slatedroid for articles referring to picuntu. So i continue to wait.
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Mary,The aspen A701 along with the newest of Azpen's 7-inch tablets (A727) pretty much has "developer options" hidden until you ..Settings--> scroll down to "about tablet" --> hit "about tablet" around 8 times then voila, developer options is displayedThis is typical of all Android tablets from this cheap tablet all the way up to the Google Nexus 10. Roget S posted the link how to root the device and it works flawlessly. BTW, all Azpen tablets are pretty much entry level devices however it's a good beginner tablet to hack...don't even try viewing Netflix or even attempt lengthy Youtube videos...ugh! Very limited onboard ram, very anemic dual core processor, and the gpu is hopeless rendering video Mary,The aspen A701 along with the newest of Azpen's 7-inch tablets (A727) pretty much has "developer options" hidden until you ..Settings--> scroll down to "about tablet" --> hit "about tablet" around 8 times then voila, developer options is displayedThis is typical of all Android tablets from this cheap tablet all the way up to the Google Nexus 10. Roget S posted the link how to root the device and it works flawlessly. BTW, all Azpen tablets are pretty much entry level devices however it's a good beginner tablet to hack...don't even... » Read More Mary,The aspen A701 along with the newest of Azpen's 7-inch tablets (A727) pretty much has "developer options" hidden until you ..Settings--> scroll down to "about tablet" --> hit "about tablet" around 8 times then voila, developer options is displayedThis is typical of all Android tablets from this cheap tablet all the way up to the Google Nexus 10. Roget S posted the link how to root the device and it works flawlessly. BTW, all Azpen tablets are pretty much entry level devices however it's a good beginner tablet to hack...don't even try viewing Netflix or even attempt lengthy Youtube videos...ugh! Very limited onboard ram, very anemic dual core processor, and the gpu is hopeless rendering video « Show Less
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I would check into the android app because BB is creating a way to use them, I'm too busy to check it out presently but I recall a news release indicating a way to use android, but maybe it's only for the system 10 phones??? I know my Playbook was just updated with a newer system and support is on going.
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well i am an android app developer and was present at google I/O this year(2011). I was in your position a few weeks ago and went with the xoom for a few reasons. here are the major ones: A. motorola promised to send out software updates up to 18 months after the products release (if the hardware supports it) to the latest software while toshiba hasn't. B. The micro SD card slot is now functioning on the latest Xoom update android 3.2 and with elago Mobile Nano II USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader (Black) on my keys it makes life a breeze C. as for the USB port you can just use that tiny adapter as its subhope this helps well i am an android app developer and was present at google I/O this year(2011). I was in your position a few weeks ago and went with the xoom for a few reasons. here are the major ones: A. motorola promised to send out software updates up to 18 months after the products release (if the hardware supports it) to the latest software while toshiba hasn't. B. The micro SD card slot is now functioning on the latest Xoom update android 3.2 and with elago Mobile Nano II USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader (Black) on my keys it makes... » Read More well i am an android app developer and was present at google I/O this year(2011). I was in your position a few weeks ago and went with the xoom for a few reasons. here are the major ones: A. motorola promised to send out software updates up to 18 months after the products release (if the hardware supports it) to the latest software while toshiba hasn't. B. The micro SD card slot is now functioning on the latest Xoom update android 3.2 and with elago Mobile Nano II USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader (Black) on my keys it makes life a breeze C. as for the USB port you can just use that tiny adapter as its subhope this helps « Show Less