[HOWTO][ROOT][MULTIOS] Howto root your VIZIO vTab1008 the easy way and more.

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Important Update on Dec 2, 2011: Please do not update to Vizio Update 1.5. This will remove the root as well as disable this hack. According to user felixand in this Post (confirmed by me). 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.

Hi, i had a hard time to root my vizio vTab because i was not able to get adb access. Since there are other threads in here that have howtos but none worked for me, i thought I'd give a full and easy to follow guide to do it.

This thread is intended to reflect rooting methods for multiple os versions, but at the moment only contains instructions for win7 64bit, as i had no dice to get adb tuning on my vista 32bit system. If anyone has rooted this tablet using a different os, please write up a howto as an answer in this thread and i will link to your post in this linklist:

Rooting under this Operating Systems:

• Windows 7 64bit
• Windows 7 32bit (above tutorial is working)
• Windows Vista 64bit (please write a guide)
• Windows Vista 32bit (please write a guide)
• Windows XP 64bit (please write a guide)
• Windows XP 32bit (please write a guide)
• Linux (please write a guide)
• Mac OSX (guide by rprr)

Finally i want to add a chapter for after root goodies, please give suggestions on what you did and think others could need this.

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Windows 7 64bit

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Prerequisites:

HARDWARE:

• Windows7 64bit PC
• USB cable

SOFTWARE:

• PdaNet installer from here thanx to auburnham for the tip
• modified DooMLoRD v3 root (appended to this post) original Thread i just changed the adb.exe from Android SDK

Steps to take:

• Enable USB debugging under Settings -> Applications -> Development
• 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

Most thanx for this go to rprr for the actual rooting method
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What to do after Root

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here a collection of things what you can do with root access, this list will be extended with your suggestions when they come in

• Titanium Backup
  a tool to backup all your apps and system data for easy restoring
• Auto Memory Manager
  adjust your autokiller values, my recommended settings are somewhere bitween mild and agressive:
  FA: 6MB
  VA: 12MB
  SS: 16MB
  HA: 31MB
  CP: 48MB
  EA: 63MB
• set vm heap size
  Use RootExplorer or similar to edit /system/build.prop, there add the line
  dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m
  This will also give a little speedboost to the system
• enable ADB in Recovery
  original Post by dyllanparrish / method by rprr
• Backup/Restore /system Partition
  Howto by rprr
• Enable Ad Hoc networks for teether
  howto by Auburnham
• Install Clockworkmod Recovery CWM thread by rprr
• install bravia engine tutorial by rockingdo (androidtablets.net)
• install xLoud mod by rockingdo

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Also reserved for later

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And one more

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Good stuff! Added thread to my vtab bookmarks http://tangnt.com/sigel/vtab1008/

Thank you so much. I had similar issues with W7 64 and this made it ridiculously easy.

Originally Posted by FadeFx

[*]Auto Memory Manager
adjust your autokiller values, my recommended settings are somewhere bitween mild and agressive:
FA: 6MB
VA: 12MB
SS: 16MB
HA: 31MB
CP: 48MB
EA: 63MB

Many thanks. I just installed this. I will see how the performance is after a couple of days. I have just set it to Mild.

I am not sure, but mild could still be too low, as vm.heap_size is set to 64mb, which i guessis the ammount of ram the system allocates before an app starts for its vm.

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Do not perform the V.I.A. 1.5 update...it destroys Root.