Great job!

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Great job! Do you know if there are any ROMs available for VTAB1008?

Originally Posted by midnjerry

Great job! Do you know if there are any ROMs available for VTAB1008?

Not yet, rprr is currently trying to get clockworkmod recovery to work, so we can use update.zip files. After that i am pretty sure the cooking will start. Without it we would be able to use adb to install roms, but clockwork mod is way easier.

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Btw, if any upcoming rom chef is interested in a method to use adb for rom installation he could check leastatious rom by the dark lestat this rom uses a bat script to customize and install, it is made for galaxy3, but the method would be working for us as well.

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I finally got my Vtab rooted...WOOT!
I wanted to get it done before that nasty update came and closed the exploit.

I have a Vista 64bit and your instructions, pda net drivers, modded doom file did the trick!
Thank you so very much for the tutorial!

I froze Vizio update with Titanium for now. Will that keep me safe from the nasty update?

Originally Posted by LadyAngler

I finally got my Vtab rooted...WOOT!
I wanted to get it done before that nasty update came and closed the exploit.

I have a Vista 64bit and your instructions, pda net drivers, modded doom file did the trick!
Thank you so very much for the tutorial!

I froze Vizio update with Titanium for now. Will that keep me safe from the nasty update?

Yes, but you wont get any updates to the system until you unfreeze it. Except if we get a custom rom.

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Well hopefully we get a rom someday LOL. Vizio just made it a little more unlikely in that regard... Hmpft!
I may un-freeze if we ever see ice cream.
Right now just pulling for rprr to get clockwork so I can theme my talk apk. LOL

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alright guys... noob here... just got my vtab about 2 weeks ago, my first android... give me some quick read about "why's" of rooting it.

Completely familiar with jailbreaking my iphone, Cydia is an awesome resource (as well as Installous)... is there such a similar community of developers for 'droids?

I'm still at 1.4, so as long as it doesn't automatically take 1.5 without asking, I'll deny any upgrades until I hear back...

thanks!

Originally Posted by ronbot

alright guys... noob here... just got my vtab about 2 weeks ago, my first android... give me some quick read about "why's" of rooting it.

Completely familiar with jailbreaking my iphone, Cydia is an awesome resource (as well as Installous)... is there such a similar community of developers for 'droids?

I'm still at 1.4, so as long as it doesn't automatically take 1.5 without asking, I'll deny any upgrades until I hear back...

thanks!

Firstly with root you can disable update service, which gets annoying after a while if you dont want to update to 1.5. Also you can run applications that require root to do certain tasks, like sync the system clock with a timeserver (clocksync from market) or change the mountpoints of your sdcard and even more.

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Originally Posted by FadeFx

. . . You can use Titanium Backup to freeze the Vizio Update Service until a new way arround this is found.
Do not use AnTek Taskmanager to freeze it, or you will be bricked.

I don't think it is certain that it is the app used to freeze the update service that causes the failure to restart. While it might be - we do not have enough info to be sure. Collecting info about this in this thread.

Noob here again...

Got prompt for 1.5 update, exited that prompt (Home/Exit key)

Followed directions below, stuck @ "wait for the vTab to reboot"
Loaded pdanet - OK
Ran doomlord easy rooting toolkit - stuck at :

--- STARTING ----
--- WAITING FOR DEVICE
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *


Followed these instructions:

Steps to take:

Install PdaNet for 64bit Windows, it will install the working ADB drivers for you, just follow its instructions
unpack my modified DooMLoRD zip and run runme.bat
wait for the vTab to reboot
enjoy root



Help?