In reference to my previously-purchased Viewsonic G Tablet from Woot, I now want to share the how-to’s of “rooting” my tablet. It took a bit of doing, but not because it’s hard to root. What took a bit of doing was getting it to be the way I wanted. Yeah there were a few technical issues, but nothing to be scared of necessarily. It’s true rooting is not for the casual user or the faint of heart. But having rooted my unit I can say that it was worth every minute it took to get it as cool as I have pimped it out now! \ud83d\ude09 DISCLAIMER: YOU WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY IF YOU ROOT YOUR UNIT AND INSTALL CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY. \u00a0And like other sites also state, YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. \u00a0NOT ALL UNITS BEHAVE THE SAME WAY AND YOU MAY NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME RESULTS AS MY ROOTING EXPERIENCE. \u00a0IF THIS HAPPENS PLEASE GO ONLINE TO ANY OF THE GREAT RESOURCE OPTIONS OUT THERE (CyanogenMod or XDA forums) FOR ASSISTANCE!<\/p>\n
To root your G Tablet you will need to have a couple of files on hand. \u00a0I will walk you through the method that I think is best and most straight-forward. \u00a0Realize though that everyone who has rooted or flashed multipe ROM’s on their tablet might have a slightly different \u00a0method. \u00a0That’s ok. \u00a0There is no one right way to do this, and everyone’s tablet may not behave the same way at each step in the process. \u00a0It’s all a bit of trial and error, mostly trial and sometimes a good deal of error. \u00a0But the one thing I have read is VERY true: \u00a0it’s almost impossible to brick your G Tablet. \u00a0The root may not take and you may get error messages and all sorts of stuff up the yin yang. \u00a0But you can still get back to its’ original state with almost no effort. \u00a0So with that let’s proceed.<\/p>\n
To establish ROOT on the unit I used Z4Root. \u00a0You can easily find the apk for the app online. \u00a0Install it as you would any app on your un-rooted tablet by either downloading it via the browser, connecting your tablet to the computer, or via a USB flash drive. \u00a0Follow the directions for permant root and you are good to go.<\/p>\n
The next step is to install ClockworkMod Recovery 8. \u00a0Look for this zip online:\u00a0ClockworkMod_Gtab_v08.zip. \u00a0I might post it to my website at some point but for now you can find it via google search easily. \u00a0Download and unzip the update.zip and recovery folder to a location on your computer. \u00a0Then copy them to a microsd card for use on the tablet. \u00a0 Put the microsd into the tablet and power on the unit. \u00a0Just for redundancy sake and to make sure the install happens the first time, copy the update.zip and recovery folder to the root of the internal memory. \u00a0Power down the unit. \u00a0Then to initiate root access, press the Volume + and Power buttons together. \u00a0You will see a message along the lines of Recovery Key Detected. \u00a0That is a good sign. \u00a0You can let go of the buttons at that time. \u00a0Eventually you will get a menu option of 4 items (I have been in and out of root so many times with recoveries, forgive me if I get the wording or number of options incorrect). \u00a0Use the top Volume button to go through the menu selections. \u00a0Select Install update.zip. \u00a0To select that option press the Home icon on the tablet’s right side. \u00a0You will then see the unit go through an install process with a box and an animated arrow. \u00a0After that is done, you should have an option for rebooting the unit. \u00a0Go ahead and reboot.<\/p>\n
Note: \u00a0Sometimes in my first rooting I didn’t get that option and the unit would just hang. \u00a0To do a force reboot press the power button and hold it down until you see the unit reboot. \u00a0It should power up normally with the Viewsonic birds and the G Tablet logo.
\nSo far so good. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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