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I haven't flashed to any Tom's yet, but this seems to be the most popular. Why is that? I looked at the change log and I don't understand what I would be gaining I guess.
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same too me, I tried it over 3.1, what I experienced:
- browser little bit slower
- more SOD
- nothing real extra feature
I have to use a custom rom for a couple of reasons:
1) My stock rom is the Chinese verison, which means no google apps or google sync. Without google, it's just not android.
2) I need the Chinese input methods. I would normally switch to the USA stock rom, but it doesn't have Chinese input. Prime does/did, Chinese handwriting input is MIA, but I'll sure it will be taken care of.
I choose to use a custom rom for these reasons:
3) I don't like excess crap on my computer. I can modify a custom rom before I install it, mostly just removing apps that I will never use.
4) Root! I love freedom on my computer. Root lets me do things. All kinds of neat things: block ads, increase speed on sd card, delete/modify system apps and directories, and lots more. Look into it, it is fun.
5) Overclock. Prime doesn't have it, but you can add a kernal that does. I currently don't overclock, but as the Tegra 2 ages, i will overclock it. I'm specifically waiting for a rom with a high GPU overclock. There is one out there that currently does have a minor GPU overclock.
6) Clockwork Recovery. Backup, restore, switch roms, clear cache and more.
Why I choose Prime:
7) Dock battery meter in the taskbar.
8) Reboot/recovery options for power button.
After looking through the current selection of roms available, I choose Prime. But I keep my eye on revolver and Clemsyn.
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I haven't flashed to any Tom's yet, but this seems to be the most popular. Why is that? I looked at the change log and I don't understand what I would be gaining I guess.
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How do you not? OP clearly states that there are optimizations made to increase load times etc etc.
No, op states "better user experience" which is very vague. Also I'm not having any slow load times, everything is pretty zippy.
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I haven't flashed to any Tom's yet, but this seems to be the most popular. Why is that? I looked at the change log and I don't understand what I would be gaining I guess.
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Last time I flashed a Tom he punched me in the face...
One reason I haven't seen mentioned would also be themes, but it is still early in the game, there are few options. Custom Roms are generally just optimized better, though the Transformer doesn't have nearly the bloat some Android devices have making them almost essential...
Honestly once you learn, it is such an easy process that flashing different roms/kernels and trying them is the only real way to know what is best for you and your usage.
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No, op states "better user experience" which is very vague. Also I'm not having any slow load times, everything is pretty zippy.
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Then why are you worrying about ROMs? It's obvious you want some of that Baconcomb so just get it already.
Honestly, I don't know why people ever need to "beg" you to try something. If you're happy with what you got already, then be happy.
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it"
If you're curious, then just do it... because all in honesty. One person's opinion is only a opinion. The only way you're going to know if it's worth it is from YOUR personal experience. I can personally say that, PRIME 1.6 and root is good and its worth it.
If you don't want to take my word for it, then don't. I'm not going to beg you to do it.
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Then why are you worrying about ROMs? It's obvious you want some of that Baconcomb so just get it already.
Honestly, I don't know why people ever need to "beg" you to try something. If you're happy with what you got already, then be happy.
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it"
If you're curious, then just do it... because all in honesty. One person's opinion is only a opinion. The only way you're going to know if it's worth it is from YOUR personal experience. I can personally say that, PRIME 1.6 and root is good and its worth it.
If you don't want to take my word for it, then don't. I'm not going to beg you to do it.
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The reason im asking is so i dont miss out on anything and obviously im looking for empiracle data to help me understand any performance benefits.
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Then why are you worrying about ROMs? It's obvious you want some of that Baconcomb so just get it already.
Honestly, I don't know why people ever need to "beg" you to try something. If you're happy with what you got already, then be happy.
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it"
If you're curious, then just do it... because all in honesty. One person's opinion is only a opinion. The only way you're going to know if it's worth it is from YOUR personal experience. I can personally say that, PRIME 1.6 and root is good and its worth it.
If you don't want to take my word for it, then don't. I'm not going to beg you to do it.
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Wow...
He asked what was the difference between stock and Prime, and you went off in another direction. He wasn't asking to be "begged" into using Prime nor asking for others to convince him into using Prime at all.
Anyways, I know Prime has a few optimizations, but I don't know if it brings any substantial changes. There's a link to download the power/recovery mod, so I suppose it could be applied to any ROM including rooted stock.
One reason I would like to root my tf101 is to be able to use a USB dongle. But I am waiting for 3.2 to come out before since I just got my tf101.
The stock version is pretty good actually. No major complaints so far.
I hav ebeen using Prime for a while but ASUS stock version is definitely quite good. Even more so for lack of garbageware that so plagues the mobile phones...
Yea I guess I'm in the same camp. I haven't seen a compelling reason to move to a different ROM versus rooted stock. There are too many posts that seem to lead users to believe that a different ROM is the same as root. Remember you can root the stock ROM. The OP is asking what user experience enhancements make Prime (or any other ROM) compelling.
If you read changelog second post it will tell you exactly what's new in the ROM. Many changes are only useful for experienced linux users, but many others are useful for everyone. The nice thing about roms is that most of the things and tweaks are already done for you. If you don't need/care about those changes then there is no point for you to reflash.
Which BXX mod did you get ?
I'm curious because I'm thinking of picking up one of these today ( the guy at Orifice Depot tried to get me to buy an Iconia, but that thing doesn't have anywhere near the support the TF is getting...)....?
Manufacturer's (ASUS included) have to be very careful about their ROM releases so they are thoroughly tested and ready to release to the general public. Consequently they are slower to release updates (i.e. NVidia updates, etc.). Custom ROMs generally consolidate the best and latest releases from various manufacturer's into the most cuttest edge versions you can possibly be running. As you'll notice this can also mean more lock-ups and weird issues since you are getting just-available changes. So if you prefer max stability, stick with the manufacturer's updates. For many of us part of the fun of owning an Android tablet is the rapid pace that custom ROMs are put out and the interesting/quirky things they bring us.
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I'm curious because I'm thinking of picking up one of these today ( the guy at Orifice Depot tried to get me to buy an Iconia, but that thing doesn't have anywhere near the support the TF is getting...)....?
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I got a B60 TF and a B60 dock from my local OD this past weekend (Denver, CO).
Prime Vs Stock
Reason why I flashed the Prime Rom. With Prime and a netflix patch I'm able to stream netflix movie. Also now Adhoc connections work. I can Wifi tehther my TF101 with my Driod using the adhoc connection. I can now easily reboot into recovery prior to this going into recovery was a bit tricky. This was not possible even with HC 3.2. Also I don't have to worry about losing root becuase of an OTA update.
I am actually a flashaholic when it comes to flashing roms on my phone. But so far, I haven't come across any compelling reasons to flash custom roms on my transformer. The need to flash roms on phones offer benefits that are non existant on a tablet. For instance, one major reason to flash custom roms on phones is to enable free wifi tethering, which obviously does not apply here. Another reason, as stated above is to remove bloatware. The transformer doesn't really have that. And yet another reason is to be able to update to the latest Android version before the official release. Correct me if i'm wrong but when I looked, the 3.2 update came out officially before any transformer custom roms had it. There are a couple more minor customizations options that I'm not seeing yet being offered by the transformer roms. I am fully aware of the speed enhancements and optimizations that custom roms offer, but considering the custom roms for the transformer are still relatively new (no disrespect or discredit to the devs for their hard work), and considering that even still now, the rooting and flashing methods keep getting outdated and changed, it's too early in this ballgame for me to flash.
I've been lurking the forums here now for a month and finally pulled the trigger, my TF get's here monday.
I have yet to see any reason to flash a custom rom or even root at this point. I'll be rooting it just to say it's rooted and just for a couple of root only programs I have. The custom roms don't really bring anything to the table that this tablet doesn't have. it has the newest version of android with all the bells and whistles. I'm not going to be overclocking. I understand netflix is big for some people, but, from what I have read flashing the fix breaks some video playback. I'm ok to wait for the official netflix patch. A 32gb MicroSD and the 16gb on board space is plenty to store movies on for travel etc. I also have a server I run at home that will stream my entire movie,. TV, and music collections directly to me.
Having the best of the best and the most up to date version of android does have it's perks
Hey. I'm pretty new here, but I've been lurking for some time now. I picked up a Transformer at BB a week ago as a replacement to my iPad 2, and I'm very impressed. I have seen many ROMs available for this device, especially Revolver. I was wondering if it is worth rooting my TF and installing Revolver. Is it really that much of a difference? The only lag I experience is when I head to the stock browser, but on Dolphin for Pad I'm fine. I know there are probably hundreds of topics like this, but I haven't found any. I just wondered whether the advantages of Revolver are worth the root. Thanks!
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Congrats i just baught one for myself late july as a B-Day present im loving it as well.
in regards to your question, it just depends. Keep in mind that Google has yet to relase the source code for Honeycomb so most roms are based on Gingerbread. Not that its a bad thing, but if your like me, i really do like the stock honeycomb interface.
Ofcoarse you could always just change roms and see how you like it, i myself am just going to wait for ICS in december/early2012
I've bought my Transformer a few days ago, and the first thing I've done is to root and flash a ROM on it.
My personal preference was to flash the latest PRIME build (which is HC3.2, the same as Revolver), as it seems like the dev seems to keep it up-to-date (even daily updates sometimes), and replies to most (if not all) issues people have... He also seems to work very hard by himself to get everything working and happy for everyone. I also have it over-clocked to 1.5GHz, and I've seen nothing but faster speeds on my Transformer and haven't noticed a big drop in battery life (I still have my Transformeron, after 30 hours of use).
The only downside is that you won't be able to receive any OTAs (Over The Air) updates straight from ASUS, but for something like PRIME, we get updates almost straight away as well through the dev that's developing it.
Before you think of rooting/romming, I suggest having a look at where you put the charger in your Transformer. There should be a black sticker that has the serial number. If it starts with B60, you're good to go. If it's B70 or above, you might want to research a bit more before trying to flash/rom (as there were some problems with the newer batch of Transformers with flashing).
But like anything, you can always keep a Titanium Backup of your apps/data and try different ROMs. (I'm thinking of trying out Revolver in a few days).
If you don't like it, you can always go back to stock anyway. Nothing big. It took me 10 minutes to flash from stock with NVFlash, so it's not really a hard process either.
if you don't know whether you should root or not, then you don't really need to root. you don't buying a hammer, then go looking for things to hammer. same with rooting.
that being said, the most generic reasons to root is 1) so you can do system backups, 2) overclocking, 3) use it as a hammer.
there are many specific reasons to root, but just as i can't list all the purposes of a hammer, i can't list all the reasons you would want to root.
it's hammer time.
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if you don't know whether you should root or not, then you don't really need to root. you don't buying a hammer, then go looking for things to hammer. same with rooting.
that being said, the most generic reasons to root is 1) so you can do system backups, 2) overclocking, 3) use it as a hammer.
there are many specific reasons to root, but just as i can't list all the purposes of a hammer, i can't list all the reasons you would want to root.
it's hammer time.
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He/she was talking about romming, not rooting. But sure, same sort of thing applies. It's really individual preferences.
Really, if you're absolutely happy with STOCK, then I suggest leaving it like that. It's sort of how there's a stock model of a car, and a tuned/modified model of the same car. One will get you from A to B faster (and maybe in more style some may argue), but both will get you to your destination in the end.
Thanks. I am eligible for the root, but I think I'll stay stock because I am not presently having any problems. All I can say is I am loving my Transformer!
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I have been running PRIME2.11 pretty much since i rooted when razorclaw was released,i really really have liked it way beyond the stock rom and would really be fine with it, if i couldnt change it ever again Roach has done an outstanding job!
My first question is...Does anyone know if Prime is hardware rendered or not (i have searched including reading close to every post in the prime dev thread) I notice all the other ROMS i could find it mentioned in the rom description, and from my understanding stock HC uses software rendering which many say is the reason for the performance lag.
next question is does anyone think it helps from their experience.
Next ?, Roach is busy with bigger and better things i hear so i dnt htink hes going to update PRIME unless its imperative. The other ROMS have made the recent updates comforming to the recent asus update....As much as i love PRIME im wondering if i should check out REVOLVER or KRAKED is it worth risking a problem flashing my b80 with no nvflash to falll back on or wait for ICS.....(realistically id like to try em all and change all the time cuz i get bored easy im just worried that all it takes is one problem and i have a 500 dollar paperweight.
?....for those who have tried several of the roms whats your input on choice, if i were going to go to one rom from PRIME to wait for ics ,
And finally Provided i follow the proper steps flashing whatever, and i check hashes to verify downloads and im consistent and careful, is there anymore chances of a bricked device with b80 and beyond or is it just that if it does have problems theres no failsafe with NVFLASH. Is there any evidence to point that newer devices have had problems more frequently when flashing
thank s in advanced and i have exhaustively searched for information pertaining to these questions just wasnt satisfied with what i found
Can't help you with the rendering or multi ROM questions, but I can respond to if Prime 2.1.1 enhances my experience, and yes it does.
I spent a lot of time trying to solve my corporate VPN issue (IPSEC with group ID and password). Prime was the only ROM I could successfully utilize, with the VPNC widget.
Now when I travel, I only carry my Transformer, and use VM through VPN to access my corporate desktop. Never need to worry about syncing or losing files.
I have an Acer A500 tablet rooted and running a custom ROM built by Civato. It's absolutely a thing of beauty. No lag. Ultra responsive. No bugs at all. Sadly my wife took the tablet and I didn't mind because it gave me a chance to get a quadcore tablet. I got the Asus TF300.
I am disappointed in this tablet. At times, I can tell that the quadcore is so much faster than the dual core A500. However, this thing is laggy and slow. Websites load slowly on this thing. I've used stock browser, Chrome and Firefox and they all load webpages much slower than my Galaxy Nexus phone and the A500. You basically can't even use this tablet anytime you dload anything, especially when dloading from the Play market.
I am thinking of returning the tablet but may keep it, unlock and root if the custom ROMs address the lagginess of the stock ROM. Do custom ROMs address the I/O issue? My A500 has no I/O issues whatsoever.
Also, I've rooted at least 10 different models of phones from HTC to Moto to Samsung, a Nook Color tablet, and the A500. I've never read so many post of people having major issues with rooting the TF300. To be honest, I'm no noob to rooting but I've been a lot hesitant to root this thing due to all the issues people are having.
With that said, can someone point me to a rooting guide to unlock and root that latest stock JB .13 OS? Maybe my apprehension is because there are so many different threads and I don't know which are successful for the new JB OS.
Thanks in advance.
Before you consider updating to JB read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894867 about NvFlash. If you are already JB then it is to late for that thread.
I have not noticed the problems you mention but have not had any of the other devices you mention, so I can't make the same judgements as you.
If you look carefully you will learn that a large majority of the problems stem from not thoroughly reading the OP or not following the directions accurately.
This is my second android, the other is a NookTablet. I've had this unit two weeks today. Day one within thirty minutes I was rooted. Day two unlocked and on JB-Hydro. I am pleased but would like NvFlash as a safety net but it was to late by the time it became available.
Choose two or three threads on rooting (read carefully, do you understand?, if yes read some of the posted problems and determine if this was a problem with the thread or a problem with understanding) you see we see things differently as we read.
If you still want someone to suggest something we will be happy to look through and make a personal choice.
Good Luck!:good:
You can root without unlocking! If you unlock you have given up your warranty. Rooting alone on this device does not provide as much as some others. Permissions regulated in the system still hinder when rooted. Unlocking provides ability to flash custom recoveries (twerp is the choice here, cwm appears to have some issues at this time). Custom recoveries let you backup stock and custom roms and switch between them if they use the same bootloader (ICS or JB). At this time once you JB you can't go back to ICS or so I keep reading!!!
I don't regret it
this is my first tablet, and I don't have any phones
but I agree with the prior response
if you read the relevant threads and follow instructions, no issues at all
I've had my tablet a couple of months and I'm on JB Hydro 4.1
it's like a completely different tablet
just some other thoughts, it seems a lot of the people having issues don't seem to understand what they are doing
if you've rooted and rom'ed that many phones I'd think you should have a leg up on understanding what's going on
Hi. I've been referring to xda for a couple years now, and only recently decided to become a member of the forum. You guys have helped me out a lot over the last few years, with my devices. And now I've got a tough question. I've been reading as many threads related to the Asus zenpad z580c as I could, having already done the root provided by madsquabbles. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/zenpad-s-root-achieved-t3160422)
And that worked beautifully. I've already removed or frozen as much of the blaotware as I possibly could, and changed to Apex launcher, but I want more customization. I was hoping someone got Cyanogenmod, or dare i ask, Windows working on a zenpad. (once a windows fanboy, always a windows fanboy?) I would be open to just about any custom ROM solution that will remove all the trash bloatware. This ZenUI thing really bugs me, having upgraded to the zenpad from a Asus Nexus 7 which had more or less NO bloatware. At least none that couldn't be removed. But my ZenPad has 2GB of ram, and even with "Don't Keep Activities" enabled, it almost always has over a GB used. I would love to unlock the full potential of this tablet, but the bloat from ASUS is muddling the experience. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. You can also reply assuming I have a moderate skillset when it comes to this sort of thing, having custom flashed my nexus 7 many times and already flashing root access to this one after only having it for a week. Thanks!
Nothing?
it's been about a week now. I guess no one has the zenpad. It's got good hardware for the price, so this suprises me. Oh well. If anyone does have a suggestion or a thread they want me to look at, send me an email at [email protected], or add me on skype: theimmortalryu. I would really like to be able to tap into the real power of this device...
I just saw this post. Yeah, I agree with you. There is a lot of quality behind the tablet, but some custom roms could fix problems with the stock rom that hasn't been fixed in quite a while. I am tempted to return the tablet because I can't seem to find any roms and there is no signs that these problems are going to be fixed in the future. I just don't want to drop 300 dollars on a tablet if there is no hope to have the device updated any time in the future. Anyways, I just wanted to know if you had any updates on this situation even though it is quite a while later.
I assume it won't be too hard to port CM for ASUS zenfone 2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/zen...-unofficial-cyanogenmod-12-1-nightly-t3164144) to ZenPad S 8 Z580CA (the 4GB version), as the two share the SOC and ram. And from there, the ZenPad S 8 Z580C (2GB version) should only need some small changes.
I own a zenfone 2 and am happy with CM 12.1. CM 13 is also available for it, but I think it will take a bit more time to be stable. The devs are very active so things look good. I don't own zenpad so I can't help on porting, but if anyone want to try, feel free to ask questions.
I want to give this a little bit of a bump.
This is the 2nd tablet I've ever owned, the first being a Nexus 7, and I'm definitely loving this thing. I don't like all the bloatware, but I don't mind the ZenUI so much. Just wish there was more themes, looks, and some more customization. I'm very satisfied with this, but would really like additional flexibility to it.
I really don't have the knowledge or skill to develop these sort of things, or I may try myself. On that note, much respect to the developers here who keep all of us updated on the devices we have that have so much support. My phone wouldn't be as awesome as it is now without all of you. Maybe I could learn...if I made the time to do so.
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I assume it won't be too hard to port CM for ASUS zenfone 2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/zen...-unofficial-cyanogenmod-12-1-nightly-t3164144) to ZenPad S 8 Z580CA (the 4GB version), as the two share the SOC and ram. And from there, the ZenPad S 8 Z580C (2GB version) should only need some small changes.
I own a zenfone 2 and am happy with CM 12.1. CM 13 is also available for it, but I think it will take a bit more time to be stable. The devs are very active so things look good. I don't own zenpad so I can't help on porting, but if anyone want to try, feel free to ask questions.
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You may be right sir, after doing some research, I've found out that the Zenpad S (2GB ram version) is nearly Identical to the Zenphone 2 (2GB ram version) with the only difference being the Tab has an Intel atom Z3530 CPU and the Phone has Intel atom Z3540 CPU, both CPUs are clocked at 1.8GHz and the same can be said with the 4GB versions of the Tab and Phone, CPU's being slightly faster on the 4GB ram versions but still following the whole scheme of the phone having the next model up processor than the tablet but both are still clocked the same. With all of this being said I feel like a port from the Zenphone 2's to the Zenpad S', would work phenomenally, I've built custom Cyanogen for a few phones before but never ported, I've been looking it up on CM's wiki but im at a loss(not enough coffee maybe? it is early in the morning). I own a Zenpad S 8.0 Z580C and would love to bring CyanogenMod to this device.
There is an experimental git repository by XDA developer thunderger: I cannot post URLs yet, just search for the device model name 'asus p01m'
Concerning the bootloader (which you can check from 'adb reboot fastboot', or rebooting while pressing power + vol up), Asus has provided an 'unlocker' utility for instance for the ZenPhone 2 ZE551ML, which seems to have basically the same SoC hardware: see i.e.:
For this tablet, the kernel source and some image versions seem available from the corresponding Asus HelpDesk page; but no unlocking utility yet.
Hope it helps! It would be great to debloat these nice tablets for good.
thanks for the info, imma get searching and see if i can find anything useful.
EDIT: I found thunderger's git hub repo but its for the p01ma and not the p01m but hopefully since they are so similar it wont take much effort to get it working.
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thanks for the info, imma get searching and see if i can find anything useful.
EDIT: I found thunderger's git hub repo but its for the p01ma and not the p01m but hopefully since they are so similar it wont take much effort to get it working.
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I've managed to prepare a debloated stock ROM from the original by Asus, and reflash it. A first step in the desirable direction!
How does one check non-destructively whether the stock bootloader is locked?
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I've managed to prepare a debloated stock ROM from the original by Asus, and reflash it. A first step in the desirable direction!
How does one check non-destructively whether the stock bootloader is locked?
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to check the bootloader lock status turn your device off, wait 5 seconds, press and hold pwr+vol up untill it brings you to fastboot, you'll see:
droidbootversion: a# (mine is 5)
buildnumber:devicescurrentupdatenumber
security:a# (mine is 1)
the "Security" parameter is what tells you your bootloader lock status.
if im not mistaken 1 is locked and 0 is unlocked.
Also, great job on the debloated ROM, but we need to be very careful which software we disable because I deleted Tru2Life and it started giving me HUGE graphical glitches such as Vsync got disabled, my lord was the screen tearing horrid, what appeared to be dead pixels started popping up everywhere, I thought i borked it but then installed the Tru2Life apk from the latest update and it was fixed, So im really starting to think the at least some of the GPU setting or drivers (modules? idk what ever the linux version of drivers are) are contained or hard coded into that app. Do you have Tru2Life on your debloated stock ROM? and does it show the same results? im just curious because if it was doing that on my tab but no one else' there is probably something wrong with my tab.
We also really need a working custom recovery that isnt a tethered recovery, then im sure a lot more devs would jump on board with this device.
Just reading through this thread and I love that anyone is giving this attention.
Any other luck porting over CM to the p01ma or the p01m? I would kill to get Marshmallow on this thing, and since the internals are so similar to the Zenfone 2 I'm still holding out hope for my p01ma.
Thanks in advance!
I am a bit dissapointed since none of the zenpad tablets have their own subforum, even when almost any other device in the world have one. Also, as of today, I read there is a CM13 nightly for Zenpad 8 (Z380KL), which is also said to be officially updated to marshmallow
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I am a bit dissapointed since none of the zenpad tablets have their own subforum, even when almost any other device in the world have one. Also, as of today, I read there is a CM13 nightly for Zenpad 8 (Z380KL), which is also said to be officially updated to marshmallow
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I'm disappointed as well - I have the Z580CA-C1-BK 8" 64 GB version and I love just about everything about it apart from the massive bloat it came with.
Looks like it will never get marshmallow either or even 5.1 lollipop for that matter...
For me it's more or less the same as for Ryuhouji. I got a lot of useful information out of the xda forums for a longer time for all the devices I had so far. When I gave up using my old Archos 80 G9 tablet as the hardware was no longer powerful enough and bought a Z850CA (model number P01MA) I was tempted by the quite powerful hardware and did not expect that Asus would not update the device to Marshmallow, so I am also disappointed, and even more as so far they is no custom ROM.
For the Archos tablet there were some custom ROMs, the latest even was a CM12.1 version, and a forum. I can't understand why for the Zenpad S 8.0 there is no forum.
I will wait a bit longer whether there is any hope for an unlocked bootloader, TWRP recovery and a custom ROM, otherwise the only thing I could do will be to root the device and get rid of some bloatware. However not getting security updates from Asus for this device is unbelievable.
CM (13?)
Hi!
I would really love to have a full-functional CyanogenMod for this tablet. And a section on XDA, too!
If my opinion matters, and if i can do something for someone, i'll be glad!
Meanwhile, here:
(www).unlock-bootloader.download/2016/08/asus-zenpad-s-8-0-z580c-7366.html
there is something else about unlocking the bootloader. Does it help anyone? Does it work? I cannot try.
Thanks for everything!
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hi folks,
I've recently found debloated rom here -(forum)xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-debloated-asus-zenpad-s-8-0-64gb-t3445651
Dechev86 said:
hi folks,
I've recently found debloated rom here -(forum)xda-developers.com/android/development/rom-debloated-asus-zenpad-s-8-0-64gb-t3445651
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Very well!! it's a very appreciated start!!
Have you tried it?
And, is it possible to go back? (just in the remote case asus decide to go to marshmallow, you know...)
Is anyone interested in this? Asus upgraded!
http://www.androidworld.it/2016/09/14/asus-zenpad-s-8-0-marshmallow-426062/
AndreaKPiermarteri said:
Is anyone interested in this? Asus upgraded!
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I installed this update to Marshmallow. It's like a whole new tablet, the main problem I was having of it over aggressively closing background apps is gone.
It won't be an OTA update, you need to download it from there and have the zip file on the root of your storage.
wats2u said:
I installed this update to Marshmallow. It's like a whole new tablet, the main problem I was having of it over aggressively closing background apps is gone.
It won't be an OTA update, you need to download it from there and have the zip file on the root of your storage.
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good! i am almost satisfied too with this update. Only on thing: do you (or anyone reading this) use Google Inbox? I experienced sudden shut down of the app while using, many times and constantly; google simply said "it's asus fault".
Anyone having any idea?