anyone know if this can be done? I haven't experimented with syncing my phone to ubuntu since I couldn't find my usb cable will be trying it tonight though. I thought id read people had issues doing it with vista so I was wondering if its possible with ubuntu.
I would like to know how to do this to because I use Macbooks and duel boot OS X and Ubuntu. Or if anybody knows how to flash from OS X that would be awsome to.
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anyone know if this can be done? I haven't experimented with syncing my phone to ubuntu since I couldn't find my usb cable will be trying it tonight though. I thought id read people had issues doing it with vista so I was wondering if its possible with ubuntu.
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Never had an issue whatsoever with Vista. To be honest with you use the SD card method. Sooo much faster. As far as working in Ubuntu I would doubt it without some sort of Windows emulation.
virtual software // whine ...
you can probably use a virtual software to emulate windows XP and then do whatever you want to do to ur phone
here http://code.google.com/p/htc-flasher/
the sd card method won't work right for me since I don't have a card reader.
Use the SD card method. NueSPL will allow you to reflash the boot loader from the SD and it's very easy to reflash the ROMs after that. There's a couple of ways to get the files onto the SD card without a card reader, the most obvious is to download them using the 6800 itself, saving them to the card. Or you can use the Sync connection to copy the files. Or install WMStorage and have the computer treat the 6800 as a card reader. Or set up your email on the 6800 and email the rom files to yourself as attachments.
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$10.... well worth it.... 2gb with usb reader
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I run a wireless network at home. My computers and my titan can all communicate via the wireless network. A couple of my computers run webservers.
When I want to transfer something from a linux box to the phone without using the card reader, I just copy the file/program/whatever to the appropriate folder on a computer so that it's accessible via http. Then I turn on the wifi on my phone, connect with Pocket Internet Explorer to the IP address of the computer running a webserver, and download the file to the memory card.
Alternatively, I've seen ftp server programs for Windows Mobile. You could install one of those then ftp over wireless from computer to your phone.
Or, lets assume you don't even have a wireless network. You obviously have at least a wired internet connection, since you're posting something here. You could still install a webserver/ftp server on a machine, forward ports to it from the router (NAT), find out your public IP address, and then connect to your internal webserver from your phone using the public IP address on the forwarded port (I'm doing this with Finchsync so I can re-sync my calendars away from home).
Part of being a linux user means figuring out alternate ways of accomplishing tasks, as I'm sure you've already noticed. There's usually an answer out there, if you can step back and think about it. Sometimes it's elegant; often it's quick & dirty.
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For the record, I've never had any luck trying to flash my phone from a Windows VM inside of linux. ActiveSync could never recognize the phone right. I was using 64-bit VirtualBox, but you might have better luck with VMWare or 32-bit VirtualBox if you decide to go the VM route.
active sync is not compatable with wine. i never tried virtual box or vmware under linux. dcds kitchen wont work under wine because you cant run bat file. but the best bet is the sd card or sharing a folder on your box ( if u have wifi ) and useing an app on your phone that allows network browsing like resco. like mentioned above.
I tried just downloading the roms with the phone onto an sd card. but when I flashed the radio the phone wouldn't boot past the splash screen. how else would I get back to file explorer? after I flashed the radio wouldn't I need to rename the os rom to titanimg or whatever it is? then flash again? or is just one flash. that's the part I can't seem to understand in any guide I've found.
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I downloaded the only official update from the HTC america website and when I try and run the update, I lose my active sync connection. It stays connected until I try to run the software. Also, it works fine when transferring anything else like music, pics, or vids or whatever. I can usually figure stuff out, but since I just got this thing and Im no computer programmer I was hoping one of you genius computer guys could help me out.
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Thats funny, I knew someone one reply with that. I already have. I would try to upgrade using the sd card but the instructions are obviously for someone who know about the stuff. How about someone giving me some better instructions on how to use the sd card to upgrade. I dont get all the extract the .nbh file and do this that and the other. All I see on my pc is the program I downloaded. I click on it and it runs the program, I have no clue how to extract files by right clicking because there is no option when I right click to extract files.
one of you pc usb is rubbish i got a macbook running vista and one of my usb i cant use to flash roms or it will just die i think power isue just change usb port
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one of you pc usb is rubbish i got a macbook running vista and one of my usb i cant use to flash roms or it will just die i think power isue just change usb port
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If you have a computer with lots of stuff plugged in by USB, they are sharing the same 5V that is required by the Hermes.
IE - a computer with 6 port USB (3x2), each 2 USB are sharing 5V
plug 1 out and leave in hermes just for flashing period
so it get full 5v
Ok, I downloaded Winrar and tried to extract the .nbh file and that didnt work either. Instructions in wiki says put it in bootloader, but when I do, I get a screen with like four different colors...Not the one on the pic in the wiki. I only have two usb ports and this is from my laptop. I am only using one port when I try and I do have the power plugged in when I try. Its windows xp if it matters. Im at a loss. Does this mean I wont be able to upgrade my 8525 at all? Maybe someone can give some better instructions on going through the sd card and getting into the right bootloader mode?
Shane
anybody want to chime in and help me out here?
AS version is current?
have you tried out a different cable?
consider using a different pc/notebook.
first thing to do here is to troubleshoot connection with AS. once you fix that problem, you should have no problems upgrading..
also, make sure your device is not set on a power/battery saving scheme. make sure its set to be always on with external power.
It's normal that when you do the upgrade, your activesync it supposed to automatically disappear. I had the same issue and I downloaded the ATT official ROM from this site, using that to upgrade. It upgraded my firmware and WM6 also. After that, I use the unlock CID to unlock my phone and Ihave been able to do upgrade serveral WM6 after that ... Goodluck.
I presume you have HardSPL'd your phone?
I only now every flash from the MicroSD card, much safer than using USB as that can be very flakey depending on which machine your using it on.
gt2slo, you need to do a little more reading if you haven't already but flashing from the MicroSD is pretty straight forward. You have to open the ROM you are using with WinRAR and extract the .nbh file to anyway on your hard drive. It always works.
The screen you saw in the WIKI is the one that comes up after going into bootloader and the device sees a file called HERMIMG.nbh on the MicroSD card
Anyone know if it's possible to sincronize an HTC Touch Dual with Linux operating system?
I use Ubuntu 8.10 and I really would like to use it, just to transfer files from sd card to computer hard drive.
card export ii
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card export ii
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to use with usb syncro?
usb yeah. i dont think theres sync for wm yet on linux. (they're working on one though, forgot what its called).. but card export will let your sd card be detected as if it were a pen drive via usb. its the best thing ive used with linux thus far.
Tried with SynCE?
http://www.synce.org/moin/
I've been successfully syncing my HTC Touch Dual with Ubuntu Hardy for the past 6 months.
SynCE.org has appropriate instructions for setting up your system. You will most probably need to add the Opensync repos. You can then use Multisync0.90 to sync the HTC. Multisync is in the opensync repos. You must use 0.90, as the other versions of multisync don't really work.
If you need any help just let me know.
I think it's not possible yet to use SynCE with Ubuntu 8.10, but I'll give a try.
I been looking everywhere but can't find any info is its possible to flashing Mogul ROM using Ubuntu(Linux) operating system.I tried but it just don;t work, any advice aside from installing Windows?
Your search terms should be "sd card flashing"
Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378506&highlight=sd+card+flashing and the wiki
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Your search terms should be "sd card flashing"
Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378506&highlight=sd+card+flashing and the wiki
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thanks..........
anny suggestions on ROM's for a spritn to metro pcs mogul
i usually extract with WinRAR or otherwise place the TITAIMG files to a MicroSD card, then fire up the exe installer using Wine (my camera button is busted :/ ). that is enough to pop the phone into the boot-loader and it finds the image and installs, though the Wine-emulated exe installer will fail.
in Ubuntu, unless you make your own kernels, you may not have the appropriate drivers installed to detect the phone as a serial device. look into the Synce project (Google it) for the method to setup rndis drivers in Ubuntu and sync like ActiveSync
or use the free VMWare software and emulate Windows in your Ubuntu install
basically Linux has many, many ways to do it- but they aren't at all easy to configure! yay Linux!
your right but i'm trying the msd card option si far i ran nuespl now goin into unlocking i guess
Hellol everyone, i have read thru the forums and i still have not gotten the answer i was looking for. I am trying to download android sdk.
I can install it and all, but once i click the SDK manager, a black cmd prompt pops up and then vanishes. Also i cant install a drive for my erissince everytime i try to locate the file (and i do), it says that it couldnt locate the folder.
I have read thru the website's guide and installed jdk. Im on a 32bit Vista. Droid eris phone.
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Hellol everyone, i have read thru the forums and i still have not gotten the answer i was looking for. I am trying to download android sdk.
I can install it and all, but once i click the SDK manager, a black cmd prompt pops up and then vanishes. Also i cant install a drive for my erissince everytime i try to locate the file (and i do), it says that it couldnt locate the folder.
I have read thru the website's guide and installed jdk. Im on a 32bit Vista. Droid eris phone.
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What do you mean, you can't install a drive? Do you mean you can't mount the SD card? Have you tried installing HTC Sync for the Eris from HTC's website? I know the SDK is supposed to have the drivers necessary, too, but just a thought.
After the Command Prompt vanishes, can you use the SDK Manager then? Have you selected any Available Packages to download and install from the SDK (if you need anything besides the tools).
Also, I see that they changed the organization of the SDK sub-folders as of v8. aapt.exe and adb.exe, and some other files are now in the platform-tools sub-folder now instead of the tools sub-folder.
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What do you mean, you can't install a drive? Do you mean you can't mount the SD card? Have you tried installing HTC Sync for the Eris from HTC's website? I know the SDK is supposed to have the drivers necessary, too, but just a thought.
After the Command Prompt vanishes, can you use the SDK Manager then? Have you selected any Available Packages to download and install from the SDK (if you need anything besides the tools).
Also, I see that they changed the organization of the SDK sub-folders as of v8. aapt.exe and adb.exe, and some other files are now in the platform-tools sub-folder now instead of the tools sub-folder.
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I can mount it, but every time i plug it in, it asks me to install a drive. I have tried to direct it to the sdk folder but it wont connect. I have also tried HTC sync and i cant get the drivers intalled either becuase it wont recognize my phone.
After the cmd promt vanishes nothgin happens; its like i didn't click it at all.
No, i have not installed any additional packages. By the way, i do not have a platform-tools folder, just add-ons, platforms, tools, sdk manager(which doesn't work), read me and uninstall.
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I can mount it, but every time i plug it in, it asks me to install a drive. I have tried to direct it to the sdk folder but it wont connect. I have also tried HTC sync and i cant get the drivers intalled either becuase it wont recognize my phone.
After the cmd promt vanishes nothgin happens; its like i didn't click it at all.
No, i have not installed any additional packages. By the way, i do not have a platform-tools folder, just add-ons, platforms, tools, sdk manager(which doesn't work), read me and uninstall.
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Well let's take one step at a time. I'm concerned that you say you can't get HTC Sync's drivers to install. Are you sure you've tried the right one (meant for the Eris)? It should be version 2.0.33 and apparently it's dated 4/23/2010. Download it again from the link on this page http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-eris-verizon/downloads/, unplug your phone, install HTC Sync completely, then plug your phone in. Wait for Windows to install all the drivers, it may take a few minutes to finish.
What method are you trying to use to mount your SD card to the computer? Meaning, are you using the official method from the phone to mount it from the notifications menu, for instance, and which dismounts the SD card from the phone as long as it's mounted to the computer?
Does everything else in Windows Vista work right? Are you able to plug USB flash drives and/or external hard drives in and have them work?
I forget the circumstances, but in the past (not right now), maybe when I'm not using my phone for tethering, Windows gave me a drive letter for my phone as long as it was plugged in, even when I didn't choose to mount the SD card. Trying to view the contents of the drive letter results in an error until you actually tell the phone to mount the SD card as USB storage.
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Well let's take one step at a time. I'm concerned that you say you can't get HTC Sync's drivers to install. Are you sure you've tried the right one (meant for the Eris)? It should be version 2.0.33 and apparently it's dated 4/23/2010. Download it again from the link on this page http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-eris-verizon/downloads/, unplug your phone, install HTC Sync completely, then plug your phone in. Wait for Windows to install all the drivers, it may take a few minutes to finish.
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Done, nothing much happened. when i open HTC sync it says disconnected and i cannot find my phone for phone monitor options, nor sync (it's plugged in).
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What method are you trying to use to mount your SD card to the computer? Meaning, are you using the official method from the phone to mount it from the notifications menu, for instance, and which dismounts the SD card from the phone as long as it's mounted to the computer?
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Yes the notification method. I use the same method to dismount it. I have KaosFroyo v38 ROM.
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Does everything else in Windows Vista work right? Are you able to plug USB flash drives and/or external hard drives in and have them work?
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Yes, everything works fine.
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I forget the circumstances, but in the past (not right now), maybe when I'm not using my phone for tethering, Windows gave me a drive letter for my phone as long as it was plugged in, even when I didn't choose to mount the SD card. Trying to view the contents of the drive letter results in an error until you actually tell the phone to mount the SD card as USB storage.
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wut?
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Done, nothing much happened. when i open HTC sync it says disconnected and i cannot find my phone for phone monitor options, nor sync (it's plugged in).
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If you're trying to actually use HTC Sync to sync (not just for the drivers), you have to be running a stock ROM like xtrSENSE, xtrROM or others. Or a Sense-based Froyo ROM, but those aren't really ready for day to day use yet.
Then when you plug your phone in you get three options instead of two:
1. Charge only
2. Mount USB
3. HTC Sync
And it has to be in HTC Sync mode for the HTC Sync program to see it.
Yes the notification method. I use the same method to dismount it. I have KaosFroyo v38 ROM.
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Have you tried rebooting both the phone and the computer (with the phone disconnected)? Only reconnect it after both are fully loaded.
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In other words, with some ROMs when I plug my phone into my USB cable on my computer, the computer immediately shows a drive letter for it. It won't be accessible, though, until I choose the mount USB option on the phone.
There are other alternatives for mounting the SD card through USB, maybe you should try them.
There's a widget on the market that isn't free called Dual Mount SD. Personally I use it, it allows mounting the SD card without dismounting it from the phone. Given the problems you're having, though, perhaps this wouldn't work for you either.
There's a free program called QtADB you can find a link to in a thread on here. Google for QtADB XDA and you'll find it, and it'll link to the website for the program. You can even set it up to do this wirelessly if you have a wireless network/router. When I had real internet (not tethering like now) I tried it and it worked great. It uses something free called Wireless ADB or something like that.
You can do many things with this program, and you have to have the Android SDK installed to use it, but you can see what's on the SD card and copy files to and from it with it.
The only other alternative would be to use a Micro SD card to USB adapter, but then you'd have to turn your phone off every time you want to access you SD card on your computer.
I use DropBox (free) to upload files from my computer and download them to my phone all the time.
So, last night i tried to flash GtabComb to my 1.1 Gtab. After 3 unsuccessful installs (which I now believe are attributed to the system partition size of only 200 rather than 250 [help here would also be apprciated]) i downloaded the latest Rom Manager and updated ClockWork Mod. After the initial scare that my SD card had been totally formatted, i found that for some reason, this new CWM likes to use the second SD card... You know, the one with no backups or anything saved to it. For now, I am running a random ROM (Vegan Gingerbread) until i find out how to switch the SD card read by CMW. So any help guys? It's probably something really simple I'm over looking.. Help is appreciated greatly. Thanks
Edit: On a side note, I finally got GtabComb to load on my tablet! Seems I only needed a little bit of patience...
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So, last night i tried to flash GtabComb to my 1.1 Gtab. After 3 unsuccessful installs (which I now believe are attributed to the system partition size of only 200 rather than 250 [help here would also be apprciated]) i downloaded the latest Rom Manager and updated ClockWork Mod. After the initial scare that my SD card had been totally formatted, i found that for some reason, this new CWM likes to use the second SD card... You know, the one with no backups or anything saved to it. For now, I am running a random ROM (Vegan Gingerbread) until i find out how to switch the SD card read by CMW. So any help guys? It's probably something really simple I'm over looking.. Help is appreciated greatly. Thanks
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The best way to install CWM is through NVflash. Rom manager is really designed for phones not this tablet. NVflash is simple and easy to use as long as you have a desktop or laptop using either windows or Linux. Here is the link to guide you through those steps. Helped me out when I was in a jam.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies...om/nvflash.htm
Thanks for the advice! NVFlashing is a tad of a problem for me, however. I've actually commented on that particualr NVFlashing tutorial earlier today explaining how my computer won't recognize my tablet while it's in APX mode. I seem to have the worst luck with this kid of thing..
Would there another way to change which card is being read?
Do not use Rom Manager on the Gtablet it will mess things up. You can go to this link and download a .zip installable version of CWM for your bootloader. There are versions for installing from either the internal or external sdcard. If you are not installing from the external sdcard, it is best to remove it.
You could also check out this thread, and this one for more info.
It sure does mess things up! And that CWM.zip would be great had I not had another (worse) version already installed.. woe is me. I'll give those threads a read tomorrow and hope something turns up. Thanks for the links!
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Do not use Rom Manager on the Gtablet it will mess things up. You can go to this link and download a .zip installable version of CWM for your bootloader. There are versions for installing from either the internal or external sdcard. If you are not installing from the external sdcard, it is best to remove it.
You could also check out this thread, and this one for more info.
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That would be the way to go but if you can't access the current CWM you cannot get it to install anything. The only other alternative would be to figure out why the computer won't recognize the tablet in APX mode. What OS are you trying it with?
Try this:
Download this .zip file and extract it to your Gtablet's sdcard.
Using a root file manager (ES, Root Explorer, etc.) mount /system as read-write (rw) and move the downloaded files in each folder to their proper locations (copy the system/etc/recovery folder into /system/etc and the files in system/bin into /system/bin) and make sure all the permissions are correct. The recovery images should be -rw-r--r--, the scripts inside of /bin should be -rwxr-xr-x and flash_image should be -rw-r--r--.
Open a terminal emulator and type 'su' (without quotes) and allow SuperUser when it asks. Your shell prompt should go from a '$' to a '#'. Now type 'cwmrecovery.sh' (without quotes) and enter. That should install cwm-08 for you, just exit when it finishes and try to reboot into recovery. You can use the 'fixrecovery.sh' script to flash the stock 1.1 recovery if you ever need to.
See the last thread I linked to in my last post for more info on this. Good luck!
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Try this:
Download this .zip file and extract it to your Gtablet's sdcard.
See the last thread I linked to in my last post for more info on this. Good luck!
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Just extracted to the external SD that was being read from and updated from there with the new CWM and bam! .08 is on and working like a charm. Many thanks!
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Another alternative would be to figure out why the computer won't recognize the tablet in APX mode. What OS are you trying it with?
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I would love to know why it doesn't. I was previously using a froyo tap'n'tap, but now I am running 3.0.1. Would OS make a difference? I always assumed it was my tablet/PC's/luck
I would love to know why it doesn't. I was previously using a froyo tap'n'tap, but now I am running 3.0.1. Would OS make a difference? I always assumed it was my tablet/PC's/luck[/QUOTE]
The OS on the tablet doesn't matter since the APX mode is the tablets download mode. The OS on you computer is what might be the issue, or could even be just a bad USB port or even drivers being used. If the computer keeps promptings that software needs to be installed. Guied the it to install them from the extracted NVflash file and install the ones that are in the pack.
I would love to know why it doesn't. I was previously using a froyo tap'n'tap, but now I am running 3.0.1. Would OS make a difference? I always assumed it was my tablet/PC's/luck
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As the post above said, the OS on your PC is probably your problem. Which OS are you using? WinXP, Win7? I can't for the life of me get Windows7 to recognize my ICS Gtablet but o'well!
If you are comfortable with using or trying Linux, you could try installing Knoppix on a USB drive and run that. I think Knoppix has everything set up for MTP & ADB already and is 'live' so no real configuration is needed to get it running (except for your wifi of course). Just use the Linux version included in most NvFlash packages. If you have a fairly powerful computer, you could also try running Linux in a VM, but Knoppix doesn't run in a VM very well.
My favorite is Arch Linux (not in a VM). Although you have to build and configure the system yourself from the ground up. Since I started using Linux I have really enjoyed it. It is much faster than Windows, more secure and gives me less problems than the Win PCs I deal with. Check out this site if you are interested in Linux.
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As the post above said, the OS on your PC is probably your problem. Which OS are you using? WinXP, Win7? I can't for the life of me get Windows7 to recognize my ICS Gtablet but o'well!
If you are comfortable with using or trying Linux, you could try installing Knoppix on a USB drive and run that. I think Knoppix has everything set up for MTP & ADB already and is 'live' so no real configuration is needed to get it running (except for your wifi of course). Just use the Linux version included in most NvFlash packages. If you have a fairly powerful computer, you could also try running Linux in a VM, but Knoppix doesn't run in a VM very well.
My favorite is Arch Linux (not in a VM). Although you have to build and configure the system yourself from the ground up. Since I started using Linux I have really enjoyed it. It is much faster than Windows, more secure and gives me less problems than the Win PCs I deal with. Check out this site if you are interested in Linux.
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To top on this excellent information. If you decided to try a Linux disto I would recommend a version of Ubuntu, doesn't really matter which one they are all really user friendly and depending on you pc setup depends on which version of it you can use. I have 11.05 installed on a 2nd partition for doing my Droid stuff on a computer that is around 9 years old, runs smooth. Windows xp is the other alternative which I have used several times NVflashing stuff, but adb seems to run better through Linux in my opinion.
Ah, mind went blank there. Right now, all I have is a windows 7 laptop (my XP desktop and older Vista laptop are probably long gone) Ive attempted to flash before with the vista laptop to no avail. In both instances, I connect the tablet in APX and it was not even recognized as a connected device. I'm hesitant to run Linux, even from a flash drive. If I get the chance to soon, I may very well end up doing it, as it appears the ONLY option.. Thanks for your help guys. If you could think of anyway for Windows 7 to recognize my tablet, please let me know. You guys are a great help. Thanks again!
If you haven't already tried this maybe it will work for you.
- Put the tablet into APX mode, then plug in the USB. Windows7 will drag on then fail installing the drivers, as usual.
- Go to Control Panel->Hardware and Sound->Device Manager and find the '!' (unknown device)
- Right click and choose Properties, then Uninstall Driver (if it is an option)
- Next, click on Update Driver, then choose Browse My Computer ...
- Navigate to the NVFlash folder (the one you extracted from the nvflash .zip you downloaded)
- Open the folder inside called 'usbpcdriver' or similar, and select the .inf file (NvidiaUsb.inf) and choose to install it. Once it installs, it should recognize the tablet as a MTP device. If not turn off the tablet, unplug the USB, restart Windows and plug it back in when it is finished rebooting and start the tablet in APX mode again. If it still doesn't recognize it try the whole process over agian.
I can understand being hesitant toward running Linux but running from a flash drive or in a VM is pretty safe, as in if you mess up the OS you can always start over without damaging Windows. Done it many times! Try running Ubuntu in a virtual machine such as Virtual Box, it is almost as user friendly as windows and you can have the VM capture USB devices such as the Gtablet which Ubuntu should recognize. Probably won't run very fast on a laptop but if you have at least a dual core with 2 GB of ram it should be pretty smooth.
Not trying to push Linux on you or anything, just some suggestions. From what I hear most of the Gtab devs use Windows7 and it seems to work great for them!