Category Archives: Android

Dell Venue – Recovery Mode

Posted on January 2, 2012 by dale

How to put the Venue in recovery mode and how to use a custom recovery are covered. (still a work in progress) Continue reading →

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Dell Venue – Fastboot Mode

Posted on January 2, 2012 by dale

How to enter fastboot mode on the Dell Venue. Used to flash files to the phone. Continue reading →

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Dell Streak Inner SD Card Image

Posted on December 6, 2011 by dale

Table of contents Notes Access to Inner SD Card Update – Jabuary 12, 2012 Related Links I have seen a number of requests for this, so I have created images of my inner SD Card right after a factory reset. … Continue reading →

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Vizio Vtab Rooted

Posted on November 16, 2011 by dale

The Vizio VTAB 1008 has been successfully rooted and a working mod to mount the external SD Card at /sdcard has been found. Read the full article for links. Continue reading →

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Vizio Vtab 1008 and the external SD Card

Posted on November 10, 2011 by dale

This is an overview of how the user installed Sd Card and the internal user memory are used on the VTAB 1008. Continue reading →

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New to Android? Read this!

Posted on September 18, 2011 by dale

So you bought an Android phone, went to the Android Market and installed every app that sounded interesting. You are syncing every account you have on the ‘net at five seconds intervals. Now your new superphone is running slow, acting like it’s allergic to your touch, and eating the battery like one of those guys at a hot dog eating contest. Continue reading →

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Vizio Tablet – subsystem has not been initialized error

Posted on September 13, 2011 by dale

9/14/11 – a restart of your VTAB may be all you need to resolve this error even with an alternate launcher. If you run an alternate launcher and try to check for updates you may get the “subsystem has not … Continue reading →

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Vizio Tablet Multitouch

Posted on September 11, 2011 by dale

The screen on the VTAB1008 is limited to two points of touch. You can check this yourself with one of the multi-touch test apps from the market. I tried MultiTouch Tester, MultiTouch Visualizer 2, and Multitouch Visible Test with the … Continue reading →

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Facebook 1.6.4

Posted on September 10, 2011 by dale

September 14, 2011 – The Facebook app now shows up in the Android market for the VTAB Facebook does not show up in the Android Market for the VTAB so I have pulled it from my phone (Dell Streak) and … Continue reading →

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Vizio VTAB1008 – Benchmarks and System Info

Posted on September 5, 2011 by dale

I have added a gallery of screenshots of benchmark and system info apps. Continue reading →

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