Vegacomb on refurb, first time installer help

[Guest tim_n]

Hi - I've just ordered a vega for the very reasonable price of £130 from ebay to try and upgrade to 3.2 honeycomb. It's in the post.

My main machine is a mac, and previous flashing for motherboards etc I've only ever attempted on windows machines. My wife has a windows 7 laptop which I hope'll be suitable.

Is there any clean cut instructions for installs onto virgin machines? I've seen plenty of advice about upgrading from previous releases of the project and I've read a beginners guide which warns at the top that it's probably out of date.

Whilst I've a degree in computing, I'm a bit rusty having left the industry about 6-7 years ago.

The guide I read was: http://android.modaco.com/topic/340184-beginnersnon-techie-guide-to-installing-vegacomb/

Are these still the best tools or is there anything on the guide I should be aware of - I don't particularly want my vegacomb experience to involve a bricking on the first attempt.

Cheers in advance - having watched the videos on the 3.2 release I'm in awe in how much dedicated work has gone into this project.

Edited November 1, 2011 by tim_n

[Guest tim_n]

Hi - I've just ordered a vega for the very reasonable price of £130 from ebay to try and upgrade to 3.2 honeycomb. It's in the post.

My main machine is a mac, and previous flashing for motherboards etc I've only ever attempted on windows machines. My wife has a windows 7 laptop which I hope'll be suitable.

Is there any clean cut instructions for installs onto virgin machines? I've seen plenty of advice about upgrading from previous releases of the project and I've read a beginners guide which warns at the top that it's probably out of date.

Whilst I've a degree in computing, I'm a bit rusty having left the industry about 6-7 years ago.

The guide I read was: http://android.modac...lling-vegacomb/

Are these still the best tools or is there anything on the guide I should be aware of - I don't particularly want my vegacomb experience to involve a bricking on the first attempt.

Cheers in advance - having watched the videos on the 3.2 release I'm in awe in how much dedicated work has gone into this project.

Answering my own question, head over to http://tabletroms.com/forums/vega-rom-development/1734-vegacomb-moddedstock-installation-guide.html

[Guest Anth79]

Hey Tim_n,

You must of registered to a few android sites like me lol.

Im Avd from slatedroid and also on tabletroms as Anth, i should really stick to the same username lol.

[Guest Istu]

Answering my own question, head over to http://tabletroms.com/forums/vega-rom-development/1734-vegacomb-moddedstock-installation-guide.html

Hey Tim_n,

I used that very same guide to do EXACTLY what you want to do (on a friends newly purchased £129 refurb Vega) on Sunday just gone.

My advice would be...

* print out the instructions

* read the whole thing carefully first

* use modded stock version 2

* tick/cross out each section as you complete them

* be patient on the flashing / rebooting, it seems like its taking ages and its easy to start worrying!

* have the micro SD card pre-loaded with the Vegacomb 9n and update3n .zip's before you start

At the end of the instructions where you have just used CWM to flash the Vegacomb ROM, it tells you to use CWM to reboot.

Don't. Use the same button presses to install the update3n.zip from SD card first.

Once that's complete - THEN use CWM to reboot.

We had no problems, but we really took our time and did things slowly and very carefully B)

[Guest tim_n]

Hey Tim_n,

You must of registered to a few android sites like me lol.

Im Avd from slatedroid and also on tabletroms as Anth, i should really stick to the same username lol.

Yep! Looking forward to getting mine hopefully in post today. Assuming security don't take a likening to it.

Hey Tim_n,

I used that very same guide to do EXACTLY what you want to do (on a friends newly purchased £129 refurb Vega) on Sunday just gone.

My advice would be...

* print out the instructions

* read the whole thing carefully first

* use modded stock version 2

* tick/cross out each section as you complete them

* be patient on the flashing / rebooting, it seems like its taking ages and its easy to start worrying!

* have the micro SD card pre-loaded with the Vegacomb 9n and update3n .zip's before you start

At the end of the instructions where you have just used CWM to flash the Vegacomb ROM, it tells you to use CWM to reboot.

Don't. Use the same button presses to install the update3n.zip from SD card first.

Once that's complete - THEN use CWM to reboot.

We had no problems, but we really took our time and did things slowly and very carefully B)

I should have probably tried to pick it up instore! but I wasn't going to be able to touch it until this weekend anyway. I'm supposed to be doing some woodwork to encase some 1,000ltr water containers so they don't get all algaefied... if the Vega arrives today/tomorrow, that may not happen :)

Thanks for the extended info - I'm hoping it still comes with the 4GB microSD card!

Edited November 3, 2011 by tim_n

[Guest Turvy]

Hi tim_n,

I have been trying to do that install for the last couple of days, with an Advent i swapped for a Laptop.. Unfortunately, I get stuck at "Installing Moddedstock:"

I get an Error saying "USB Device notFound press enter to continue"

Also, it Does Detect "Nvidia Boot device" When Booting into Recovery Mode, i.e. I don't get the "Device Driver Software was not successfully Installed" for the APX device.. As in this Picture

I haven't got a solution to this problem, but i have a feeling it may be to do with the USB cable, as i never received the original. I have since bought a new one, and i still get the same problem. :blink::(

Anyway, This is more of a "Heads Up", To let you know, If you don't have the original cables that came with it, you MIGHT not be able to Install it.

I can't seem to find a replacement original cable anywhere, and as i said, a purchased new one, doesn't work either (I have tried three altogether).

To say i'm disappointed is a massive understatement..

I hope you don't have these problems, but if you do, it may be the cable..

(This might save you some time and Heartache, trying to find a solution)

Edited November 3, 2011 by Turvy

[Guest tim_n]

Hi tim_n,

I have been trying to do that install for the last couple of days, with an Advent i swapped for a Laptop.. Unfortunately, I get stuck at "Installing Moddedstock:"

I get an Error saying "USB Device notFound press enter to continue"

Also, it Does Detect "Nvidia Boot device" When Booting into Recovery Mode, i.e. I don't get the "Device Driver Software was not successfully Installed" for the APX device.. As in this Picture

I haven't got a solution to this problem, but i have a feeling it may be to do with the USB cable, as i never received the original. I have since bought a new one, and i still get the same problem. :blink::(

Anyway, This is more of a "Heads Up", To let you know, If you don't have the original cables that came with it, you MIGHT not be able to Install it.

I can't seem to find a replacement original cable anywhere, and as i said, a purchased new one, doesn't work either (I have tried three altogether).

To say i'm disappointed is a massive understatement..

I hope you don't have these problems, but if you do, it may be the cable..

(This might save you some time and Heartache, trying to find a solution)

Did you read the install guide I linked to at the top? the APX driver warning is normal and part of the install. Did you switch on the debug mode on the USB?

Similarly putting it into the recovery mode (holding down the back button for 2secs, holding down the power and back for 2 secs and back for 2 secs) didn't make the device light up at all - as far as I could see you got the APX warning showing the device was successfully connected and that was it.

It may be worth starting from the top - I've just followed the steps from top to bottom with no probs at all except the first time I tried to install the whole thing crashed including the laptop whilst halfway through installing the moddedstock. I just started again and everything seemed to be sorted (including the Nvidia driver). So I just went straight for installing the modded stock again (make sure you run as admin)

[Guest Anth79]

Hey guys im having probs getting on the android forum, when i click on the android forum tab at the top it keeps taking me to android news.

I thought the forum might of been down but i got a email notification from this thread.

[Guest Turvy]

1 .Did you read the install guide I linked to at the top? the APX driver warning is normal and part of the install. Did you switch on the debug mode on the USB?

Yep, Unfortunately i NOT getting the APX driver warning, it does detect "Nvidia boot device", and i have Debug mode switched on.

Similarly putting it into the recovery mode (holding down the back button for 2secs, holding down the power and back for 2 secs and back for 2 secs) didn't make the device light up at all - as far as I could see you got the APX warning showing the device was successfully connected and that was it.

Yeah, i think i may be doing this part wrong, sometimes it doesn't do anything, and the computer detects it, sometimes the android logo appears, then dissapears..

It may be worth starting from the top - I've just followed the steps from top to bottom with no probs at all except the first time I tried to install the whole thing crashed including the laptop whilst halfway through installing the moddedstock. I just started again and everything seemed to be sorted (including the Nvidia driver). So I just went straight for installing the modded stock again (make sure you run as admin)

Ran as admin.. Tempted to give up, but i really don't want to, as this tablet is useless without a decent OS on it. It's just been sitting in a corner since the last time i tried to install honeycomb on it.

Glad to hear you got sorted anyway... :)

[Guest richardmlea]

I find my vega wont go into NVflash recovery mode when its plugged into the usb. If I try to get into recovery (back-power button thing) when its plugged into the usb, the PC ping's like its found a device(no warning dialog so no driver problem) but NVflash fails to detect the device(. For it to work the usb needs to be unplugged when I do the back-power button thing, I then plug in the usb and NVflash works.

Try it the way I do it.

Edited November 5, 2011 by richardmlea

[Guest Turvy]

Will try that and let you know how i get on. Thanks richardmlea.

Edited November 7, 2011 by Turvy