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Advent Vega Tablet help please
i love sky
03-03-2011
I would like some help with the Advent Vega Tablet please as i have been looking for Market place on it and can not find it anywhere.

Does anyone know where i can find it please.
tim1964
03-03-2011
Have a look here

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/27/a...modaco-custom/
i love sky
03-03-2011
Originally Posted by tim1964:
“Have a look here

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/27/a...modaco-custom/”

Many thanks for that but i have no idea on how to download it.

it looks hard.
dadioflex
04-03-2011
It IS hard. Took me a day and a half to sort it out.

What operating system does your PC use?

If it's XP 32bit then it's a lot less hard, just follow the instructions here:

http://android.modaco.com/content/ad...nline-kitchen/

ie download the "prebaked" software, extract it to a folder somewhere, then navigate down to find the USB drivers and extract them. Go into your settings (settings >> applications >> development >> tick USB debugging) on the Vega and make sure debugging mode is turned on when connected via USB, connect it to your PC. When asked about the driver, select the option to pick the location and point at the extracted USB drivers from the package. If that works you'll have the Vega recognised as device "ADB".

Then it's just a matter of launching the batch file at the top of the directory structure you just extracted.

Yup, clear as mud.

If you're running Windows 7 64 bit, like I was, it is a bit more complicated. You need to install the android USB driver by a circuitous route, described here:

http://www.laslow.net/2010/05/17/and...windows-7-x64/

After you have the Java 32bit and 64bit SDKs installed, you install the Android SDK and can then connect your Vega to your PC and proceed with the instructions as described in the first thread above.

It's well worth it. Turns the Vega from a mildly interesting internet browser into a incredibly fun and useful device.
rosetech
04-03-2011
Originally Posted by dadioflex:
“It IS hard. Took me a day and a half to sort it out.

What operating system does your PC use?

If it's XP 32bit then it's a lot less hard, just follow the instructions here:

http://android.modaco.com/content/ad...nline-kitchen/

ie download the "prebaked" software, extract it to a folder somewhere, then navigate down to find the USB drivers and extract them. Go into your settings (settings >> applications >> development >> tick USB debugging) on the Vega and make sure debugging mode is turned on when connected via USB, connect it to your PC. When asked about the driver, select the option to pick the location and point at the extracted USB drivers from the package. If that works you'll have the Vega recognised as device "ADB".

Then it's just a matter of launching the batch file at the top of the directory structure you just extracted.

Yup, clear as mud.

If you're running Windows 7 64 bit, like I was, it is a bit more complicated. You need to install the android USB driver by a circuitous route, described here:

http://www.laslow.net/2010/05/17/and...windows-7-x64/

After you have the Java 32bit and 64bit SDKs installed, you install the Android SDK and can then connect your Vega to your PC and proceed with the instructions as described in the first thread above.

It's well worth it. Turns the Vega from a mildly interesting internet browser into a incredibly fun and useful device.”

Or just use a live CD or VM image and load it on your Vega.
i love sky
05-03-2011
I think i will wait till they send the update as i fear i will mess it up.
SkipTracer
07-03-2011
Originally Posted by i love sky:
“I think i will wait till they send the update as i fear i will mess it up.”

I would not worry to much about messing up your Vega.

It is often stated that the Vega is more or less impossible to brick.

Having done 2 or 3 flashes of my Vega I do agree with this statement.
i love sky
07-03-2011
Originally Posted by SkipTracer:
“I would not worry to much about messing up your Vega.

It is often stated that the Vega is more or less impossible to brick.

Having done 2 or 3 flashes of my Vega I do agree with this statement.”

I am taking my Vega into a pc shop tomorrow who said they will do(well he said he would have a go) and let them do it.

I know i will have to pay but i so want market on mine that feel a lot better them doing it.

When they do it apart from Market what esle will come with it?
SkipTracer
07-03-2011
Originally Posted by i love sky:
“I am taking my Vega into a pc shop tomorrow who said they will do(well he said he would have a go) and let them do it.

I know i will have to pay but i so want market on mine that feel a lot better them doing it.

When they do it apart from Market what esle will come with it?”

Generally apart from having Market you will find all the other Google stuff will work with the likes of Google Earth, maps and Email.

What comes with it does not really matter as you will have the Market and will be able to download games and apps (many free) to make it the way you want it. Have a look on the andriod-modaco site and you will see games listed that run on the Vega using the full screen.

Plus it will run more smoother, that said I found the stock rom 1.06 to be fine on my Vega but many said theirs wasnt.

The thing that made me upgrade to modaco r8 was the fact I could not get Skype to work until I upgraded.
toffeepennys
09-03-2011
Amico ?

Can anyone tell me what's the difference between the vega & amico apart from size & price,

I bought my dad the amico as I thought he might like it when travelling only now I'm worried i should have just got the vega,

Day to day he spends hours online surfing but goes away each summer for 2 months on holidays, so he wouldn't be using it for any work stuff

I picked it up instore and to say the staff wernt interested would have been an understatement, I spoke to three staff and all gave me yes/no answers regarding covers & cases etc

Thanks
alanwarwic
09-03-2011
From the spec the Amico now sounds like something DSG bought a batch of for £30.
A 300 Mhz ARM 9 sounds like it will struggle even with youtube.
If you get Opera Mini onto it the web might just work at an acceptable pace.
Whereas the Vega is an Ipad 2 generation product the Amico is like something from Noah's Ark.

For light travel the ultralight Archos 101 or any Cortex A8 7" tablet would be acceptable though all tablets will feel pale compared to almost any decent sub-notebook netbook.
i love sky
09-03-2011
Well i took it to a pc shop in the end who have sorted it all out for me so now have market place on there and a smaller toolbar which is a lot better.

So a long more happy with the Vega now.
dadioflex
10-03-2011
The Amico also has a resistive screen, which isn't a deal-breaker but definitely not as nice to use. I'd be curious what the battery life is like because that's what has killed cheap Android tablets for me previously.

The Vega is good, but it's still nowhere near as good as the iPad, but you pays your money...

Having said that I take the Vega with me almost everywhere - I'm just less worried about losing it. Hmm, sort of a back-handed compliment that.
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