Step 7: Setting up the Android Market
If you loaded a custom ROM (and if you haven't then get to doing that NOW) then you can likely skip this step since the ROM maker probably fixed this. Of course, I did it anyway, and it didn't cause any harm.
1. Turn on your gTab.
2. Log in/set up your Google Account before trying the market fix (steps vary on the ROM you are using…in most cases you can access the web accounts by opening the Contacts app, pressing the menu button (the one above the back button), and selecting accounts).
3. Go into market.
4. Go out of market back to home screen.
5. Go into Settings.
6. Go into Applications.
7. Select Manage Aplications (all).
8. Select Market.
9. Select Clear Cache.
10. Select Force Stop.
11. Hit back button once.
12. Select Google Services Framework.
13. Select Clear Data.
14. Select Force Stop.
15. Go back to your home screen and open up the market. You should get an error. If not, redo steps 5 through 14 until you do.
16. Reboot your gTab and give it a minute or two to finish loading processes.
17. Go into Market. Let it sort things out on its own.
18. Once done, reboot again.
19. Enjoy Market.
Access to Full Market
All custom ROMs have a pretty full market access. If you have market access but cannot find some apps, here is what you need to do. You need to use these tools responsibly. If you play around irresponsibly, you may end up screwing up your gTab. You've been warned!
1. Download
root explorer (preferably directly on your gTab, but you can also download it to your computer and copy it over)
2. Go into Settings
3. Choose Applications
4. Make sure the box for Unknown Sources is checked
5. Open your device's File Explorer
6. Navigate to the root explorer apk and select it to begin installation
7. Go into root explorer
8. Select the "system" folder
9. Click the top button called "Mount R/W". It should change to "Mount R/O".
10. Press and hold file "build.prop".
11. Open in text editor or edit.
12. Where it says "ro.product.device=________" edit it to say "ro.product.model=HTC Vision"
and modify "ro.product.manufacturer=________" to say "ro.product.manufacturer=HTC"(There are lots of different device names you can put in here, but these two seem to be good)
13. Press menu button and select save and exit.
14. Reboot device.
15. You should now see more apps available in market.