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Hi ladies and gentlemen
Most importantly, does anyone have new ROM to recommend? cooked or stock, whatever as long as stable, i.e. it could pick-up incoming call without HANGING.
BTW, is this P552w codename "Galaxy Mini2". Found allot of 'thai / india" site talking about it but don't understand.
currently using ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509548
Was OK to begin with then same problems appear later on, i.e. can't pick-up incoming call. The stupid ASUS P552w HANGS.
stock V5.4's radio is sucking power, hence life short, then Asus release V5.12 with upgraded radio firmware/protocol and solve the battery short life-span problem, but daily usage stability is extremely bad. Nearly everyday have to soft-reset.
backlight flicker and is unstable. Checked 4 other units from the shop, all same problems.
HK Asus Service Centre changed the screen for me in 24hours, was fine then problems occurs but not as much anymore. Found a permanent BLUE dot but dissapppeared just before I took it in for repair - dam !!!
Mapking's GPS to identify current position takes 3 mins to lock-on is it Mapking of this phone?
HTC Home version 2.1.1.005.772 for today installed OK, but does not work - any good advice??
SCLPC++ 3D version 0-051 Cube 4-sides installed OK, but does not work - any good advice ??
FTouchFLO 1.4.1 installed OK, but screen calibration does not start at all, then force RUN - HANGS - any good advice??
FTouchFLOR configurator installed OK, operates well, but no effect, cube does not pop up.
Overclocking does not work from XPUScaler, HomeScreen, 9000 Turbo, freeclock10d, speed v11, tornado power control. Any good advice???
Thanks to all in advance.
Update ROM again from http://all-cooked.blogspot.com/
Yesterday used the 21502 version - it does not have Asus Today and no Asus GLIDE. Even faster response due to less items. Tested allot of 3rd party software on it, many wrong settings done, hence
This morning update to 21231_WM7_titanium, matching with HomeScreen ++ UI Clock as today and clone HTC cube by SCLPC++ , launching via left soft key. Haven't found application to allow sweep up to trigger the cube to start. Also does not have Asus Today and Asus GLIDE.
FTouchFlo seems not compatible.
Anyway have overclocking software to recommend?
Anyone how to enable HTC Home version 2 on this P552w ????
Anyone have clone HTC Home to recommend?
Thanks in advance.
Asus GLIDE soul dead, vampired by HTC ~~~~~~
feel like an idiot now, but what the heck, report for sharing
original HTC Home version 2 working from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322439
well well well .....
original HTC Cube working partially from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336482
problem now is touch_screen too sensitive, can't scroll, due to FTouchFlo. Haven't found a suitable / matching setting yet.
original CUBE is able to appear via flick up, but very difficult due to wrong screen sensitivity. CUBE also closed down, but does not flip left and right, probably due to sensitivity issue I guess.....
both not full-proof yet, some missing links / bug where icon taps not dissappearing or whatever.
most probably not the software, but me
installed and uninstalled countless stuffs and times, many simpler buttons and link not working already, hence probably registry screwed up badly by me.
Plan to revert to ROM of 21502 version - it does not have Asus Today and no Asus GLIDE. And no msg appear after every reboot saying read the mort something. No many other background themes wasting space and file search time.
htchome-iiiox.cab work immediately on Asus P552w
update
htchome-iiiox.cab works immediately on Asus P552w
tap changing all ok
from dioxda2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=380614
next target CUBE
have been using my asus p552w using stock rom for 5 months now. everything works well for me. installed a lot of apps. haven't experienced any hangups. the battery problem is the only one that really bothered me. however i was able to resolve this with minor software tweaks. now everything just works fine.
ROM date : 2008/09/24
ROM version : V5.4.0S.WWE00
Boot version : M4.5.1.P5_20081023
Battery version : 1.4
Extended ROM version : V2.5.0P7 SGP00
you are one lucky man
bRaKKuS said:
have been using my asus p552w using stock rom for 5 months now. everything works well for me. installed a lot of apps. haven't experienced any hangups. the battery problem is the only one that really bothered me. however i was able to resolve this with minor software tweaks. now everything just works fine.
ROM date : 2008/09/24
ROM version : V5.4.0S.WWE00
Boot version : M4.5.1.P5_20081023
Battery version : 1.4
Extended ROM version : V2.5.0P7 SGP00
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ROM 21502 has a bug, outlook email and sms does not work
reverted to 21501 since 11th July.
But ROM 21501 has another bug, Alarm not showing saturday - hahahahahaha
anyway, all in good fun I suppose.
Still can't get HTC Cube to work properly. Entire touch screen becomes too sensitive and every single apps open with the slightest of slide up.
Cube is extremely difficult to launch, 1 in every 50 of so
Saturday not showing in alarm is not ROM bug, is SPB mobile shell bug. Happens on ELF Onyx 5 beta 44 as well.
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524607
There are separate ROM's for P552 and P552W!
Any comments are wellcome!
ABM30
cx5 said:
ROM 21502 has a bug, outlook email and sms does not work
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This cab fixes the problem.
Second file is a registry key which fixes right soft key on today screen (it's not connected to CommMgr)
Hi ABN30, wonderful, thanks in advance, downloading and will report back later. And future replies of your rom will be made to your original rom release posts.
ABM30 said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524607
There are separate ROM's for P552 and P552W!
Any comments are wellcome!
ABM30
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Hi Seleron
Thanks for the SMS fix cab.... also the CommMgr registry 2nd time now cheers.
Seleron said:
This cab fixes the problem.
Second file is a registry key which fixes right soft key on today screen (it's not connected to CommMgr)
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Started using ABM30's 1st August release of 23016 for P552w. Nice Win7 spalsh start up, no more mortscript click OK every turn-on, everything else seems fine.
I still have unstable issue, I start to suspect it's the hardware. I used to keep "turbo" for CPU, now reverted back to "automatic" and seems to have more stability.
update more later.
Conclude ABM30 28011 MegaNIGHT ROM perfectly stable
Hi guys,
Just for sharing, incase someone wants to know if there was ever a conclusion to this topic's title. Yes, finally a perfect no bug stable rom found for incoming calls and others..... at least for me anyway.
Thanks to ABM30's release of CE5.2.28011 MegaNIGHT with Manila2D. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524607
Hi all,
I bought a Point of View (POV) Mobii7 Gen2 some days ago and it appears to work really well, especially for its price (129 euros). Everything works quite smooth and games run quite well. However, there is no update to Android 2.2/2.3 and the credential storage appears to be unavailable (no such menu item?!), which means I can not connect to the WiFi of my university network. Does anybody know:
(a) if there is a similar device so I can use the firmware of that one?
(b) how I can enable or install the credential storage in Android so I can connect to PEAP networks? Think this is a major flaw in the firmware!
Thanks!!
Hi,
Did you found a solution, i have the same question and i am looking for a custom rom for this device.
Regards Rees1267
Nope, not yet...
Ok, maybe later ....?
By the way, i'm using a alternative market, called Applanet and this market wil download very wel and the apps installed fine...
Google it and install it from youre sd card...
When you know a custom rom for this device, please tell me.
Rees
I have the same tablet as you guys i think, i was wondering, is there a way to get the Android Market on these tablets?
I did struggle quite a lot to install the market, but so far no luck. I actually DO have the market installed, but all downloads fail due to missing components. The trick is to install the vending.apk (i'm at work atm so can't post it), but it will not download, I think it is caused by the Google Framework which is missing. What DOES work is the Applanet market. Also copying APK's from a rooted phone does work if you need a certain app which isn't on the AndroidPIT and Applanet market.
One other thing: next week new firmware will be released for this device improving performance and fixing bugs. I hope this firmware does include the google framework, enabling market installation.
Please also post your experience and achievements on installing the market and other improvements/interesting things. Starting to like the device though: watching videos, playing MP3s and e-reading works well. Replacement of the launcher is recommended, I prefer Launcher Pro
mobii gen2 and youtube
I get it before few days, i still not able to have youtube on.
Did someone have made it? And if is from what market is dowloadable?
Thanks
You can install the Youtube app, its working on mine Mobii V2....
I heard from pov, they have a release update this week!!!
Rees
Youtube works great on the Mobii 7
New firmware is out
http://downloads.pointofview-online.com/Drivers/7 inch Gen II Tablet PC Firmware V1.3.10 upgrade/
making custom ROM for (other) RK2818 tablet is started:
http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php?board=163.0
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=45520
you can make custom ROM for your tablet yourself too.
new update
I tried new official upgrade last night and all is running fine, i think litlebit faster. And now its inside new android market. I was hoping that will be a new version of android 2.2 but its still 2.1.
Is the Market the official Google Market?
Is the trackball still working? Someone in Holland reported that the trackball didn't work after the firmware upgrade.
Pov just posted a new link for trackball users!
I did the trackball version upgrade. You must download also the other file. The trackball zip doesn't include the upgradetool! There are no extra apps nor Google
The market is still androidpit
I am disapointed with new update. My mobii have not trackball, inside is home, option And back button. after upgrade now they always on with green led in suspend mode. Batery fast running out. Sometimes its not possible to switch on And only reset help. I search way to make downgrade.
gogs1976 said:
I am disapointed with new update. My mobii have not trackball, inside is home, option And back button. after upgrade now they always on with green led in suspend mode. Batery fast running out. Sometimes its not possible to switch on And only reset help. I search way to make downgrade.
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same here, exept vor battery life. listening to web radio, surfing and a little e-book reading gives me at least 5h... haven#t drained it to limit though.
how long does the battery last on your mobii?
btw: i have the nontrackball tab
Guys, I'm happy today!! I managed to get the Android Market working on the Mobii 7. Here is what I did:
- Download the image file from http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php?topic=14498.0
- Update your Mobii 7 Gen2 with this image, choose NOT to update the boot image.
- Start the Market, enter your settings.
- Do a test download (even if it fails).
- Follow these instructions: http://www.technipages.com/android-market-download-unsuccessful-error-fix.html
- Install the new market APK from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TON34WSX
- Do not be tempted to test the Market now;
- Reboot your device
- Market is working!
muke65 said:
same here, exept vor battery life. listening to web radio, surfing and a little e-book reading gives me at least 5h... haven#t drained it to limit though.
how long does the battery last on your mobii?
btw: i have the nontrackball tab
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i let it on stand by an battery goes out for 5-6h.
bazz0847 said:
Guys, I'm happy today!! I managed to get the Android Market working on the Mobii 7. Here is what I did:
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- Market is working!
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didn't work here :-(
market works but can't download and the browser force closes...
Wait! Now it works..... after the 4th time I've booted the pad. What ever.....
HAPPY NOW!
While update 3053 (December 10) gave me a tremendous improvement in speed and stability, I noticed that after update 3389 (December 23) my tablet appears to be affected with some sort of speed degradation when it comes out of an extended sleep period. Short sleep periods do not appear so far to affect it.
I already had this happen twice out of two tries. The best place for me to see this is when I attempt to use gestures in Dolphin Browser HD v4.2. The browser does not follow my finger as I draw the gesture. Instead of the gesture I draw on the screen I just get random lines.
I can also see a difference in how the TnT app drawer opens and how my screen taps are detected in general or how a website scrolls on the screen.
A power OFF power ON fixes this until the next extended sleep period. In my case the extended sleep period was a couple of hours.
Fuzzy John said:
While update 3053 (December 10) gave me a tremendous improvement in speed and stability, I noticed that after update 3389 (December 23) my tablet appears to be affected with some sort of speed degradation when it comes out of an extended sleep period. Short sleep periods do not appear so far to affect it.
I already had this happen twice out of two tries. The best place for me to see this is when I attempt to use gestures in Dolphin Browser HD v4.2. The browser does not follow my finger as I draw the gesture. Instead of the gesture I draw on the screen I just get random lines.
I can also see a difference in how the TnT app drawer opens and how my screen taps are detected in general or how a website scrolls on the screen.
A power OFF power ON fixes this until the next extended sleep period. In my case the extended sleep period was a couple of hours.
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I saw a post last conjecturing that there's a governor, so I did some Googling and found:
http://tegradeveloper.nvidia.com/tegra/forum/cpufreq-tegrastats
I checked on my Gtab, still on older stock TNT, and min freq was 216000 vs. Max 1000000. Maybe if min freq was set to 1000000, you wouldn't see the slowdown?
Jim
Download an app called advanced task killer. Kill all the apps that randomly pop on to phone home... Speed restored for me at least...
One of the devs recommended using Autostarts to kill all instances of Calendar. Seems to have done the trick for me.
-=Sent from my VS GTablet (VEGAn b4) using Tapatalk=-
This issue has affected ZPad and now Vegan ROM too for some time, so it's not just in the new 3389 update. However, it happened only infrequently in Vegan beta3 and happens all the time in Vegan beta4, and according to the TNT Lite thread, it is happening more with TNT Lite 3.1.0 to many people too.
And apparently it's affecting the new 3389 update more too, based on this thread.
In Vegan beta4, blocking the Calendar process with Autostarts doesn't change the issue at all for me, though Rothnic and others said that fixed the issue in Vegan beta3.
Vegan beta4 and the 3389 update and TNT Lite 3.1.0 all share the same new kernel I believe. I suspect that some change in the new kernel compile by Tap N Tap has made the problem worse. Just a guess though.
rcgabriel said:
This issue has affected ZPad and now Vegan ROM too for some time, so it's not just in the new 3389 update. However, it happened only infrequently in Vegan beta3 and happens all the time in Vegan beta4, and according to the TNT Lite thread, it is happening more with TNT Lite 3.1.0 to many people too.
And apparently it's affecting the new 3389 update more too, based on this thread.
In Vegan beta4, blocking the Calendar process with Autostarts doesn't change the issue at all for me, though Rothnic and others said that fixed the issue in Vegan beta3.
Vegan beta4 and the 3389 update and TNT Lite 3.1.0 all share the same new kernel I believe. I suspect that some change in the new kernel compile by Tap N Tap has made the problem worse. Just a guess though.
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Kernel is the same, that's correct. It's probably a good place to start and I suspect even stock is affected. One step forward, two steps back?
I use a Startup Manager, as well. Lots of the gapps like to start up in memory, on boot. On my old Pandigital build, I would actually delete any apks that I didn't use.
Maybe someone who has 3389 can try setting those min freq values mentioned in #2?
It's pretty easy using su/term.
Jim
jimcpl said:
Maybe someone who has 3389 can try setting those min freq values mentioned in #2?
It's pretty easy using su/term.
Jim
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There's an Overclock tool i the Market that should also work (the name escapes me, at the moment - testing 3.1.1 right now).
jimcpl said:
Maybe someone who has 3389 can try setting those min freq values mentioned in #2?
It's pretty easy using su/term.
Jim
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Jim, I have been using Overclock Widget to set min 512000/max 1000000 for some time now. The short answer is that it doesn't make a bit of difference to the lag-on-wake problem. I haven't tried 1000000/1000000 for any extended period of time because I suspect it will drain battery pretty fast.
Just some observations and suggestions...
I've been reading posts all morning about 3389 speed degregation and other issues. For me, I installed TnT Lite 3.1 cleanly last night, and I haven't seen any of the issues being reported. My camera works fine. My gtab comes out of sleep and connects to wifi ready for use. Although, I don't use live wallpaper, but Roebeet already said he will address this issue. The only reported issue I see is the Market stars being cut off, which is a known issue with the Tnt Framework. To my pleasure, everything else for me is working just fine.
Last night, my gtab was slow for a while because of the SD scan (I do agree it does take a long time). This morning, I have been taking my gtab in and out of sleep with no issues or speed degregation to report.
I see folks constantly asking Roebeet if they need to do a data wipe to install the updated custom package. The rule of thumb should be yes. It doesn't take long to restore everything. The longest time is to restore the applications from Titanium Backup, and for me with close to 50 applications it only takes 15 minutes or so to complete. I always do a data wipe (factory reset), cache wipe, and dalvik clean, etc. before I install the custom update unless otherwise stated by Roebeet. My suggestion is if you haven't done so is to do a full clean install.
rcgabriel said:
Jim, I have been using Overclock Widget to set min 512000/max 1000000 for some time now. The short answer is that it doesn't make a bit of difference to the lag-on-wake problem. I haven't tried 1000000/1000000 for any extended period of time because I suspect it will drain battery pretty fast.
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Hi,
Thanks. I'm new to Android, but not to *nix, so was just curious. It may be that VS disabled or didn't include the governors in their kernel? I guess you/we won't know until they provide kernel source, and hopefully their build parameters...
Jim
Who here has the problem and does not have gapps installed?
I am running 3389 with the TnT enhancement pack and haven't had the issue yet.
rothnic said:
Who here has the problem and does not have gapps installed?
I am running 3389 with the TnT enhancement pack and haven't had the issue yet.
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I didn't seem to have the issue until I installed the gapps. How do I uninstall the gapps, can I just reapply the 3389 update zip?
Edit: I will admit that I didn't have 3389 on very long before adding the gapps but I am pretty sure I had at least one sleep cycle in there somewhere. I have never seen this lag before on prior VS updates though and it is pretty annoying.
Rothnic
I downloaded your enhancement pack and installed as you suggested. I lost:
ES file manager
android apps
viewsonic g market
Talk
PHotos
Angry Birds is present but I have lost all of my user data.
The speed seems to be a little faster than pure stock was but as I understand your post the enhancement pack was supposed to simiply add the speed features and the android market on top of the 3389 update. Any idea on how to correct this?
guitar geek said:
Rothnic
I downloaded your enhancement pack and installed as you suggested. I lost:
ES file manager
android apps
viewsonic g market
Talk
PHotos
Angry Birds is present but I have lost all of my user data.
The speed seems to be a little faster than pure stock was but as I understand your post the enhancement pack was supposed to simiply add the speed features and the android market on top of the 3389 update. Any idea on how to correct this?
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Right this does remove a few things that tnt lite removes. It also replaces some apps. Most of the apps you list you can download from the official Google market that it installs. It also installs galley 3d, which is a better photo app. The viewsonic market isn't needed when you have the Google one.
Also, it doesn't touch user data.
TeamSpeed said:
I didn't seem to have the issue until I installed the gapps. How do I uninstall the gapps, can I just reapply the 3389 update zip?
Edit: I will admit that I didn't have 3389 on very long before adding the gapps but I am pretty sure I had at least one sleep cycle in there somewhere. I have never seen this lag before on prior VS updates though and it is pretty annoying.
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I'm pretty sure that it is the calendar and maybe contacts sync from Google. I don't include those in the tnt enhancement pack, so I think it may be immune.
You could reinstall 3389, then install the enhancement pack.
purduecmpe said:
Download an app called advanced task killer. Kill all the apps that randomly pop on to phone home... Speed restored for me at least...
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Is this something a user has to do every time the performance degrades? I'd rather have Viewsonic fix it.
roebeet said:
Kernel is the same, that's correct. It's probably a good place to start and I suspect even stock is affected. One step forward, two steps back?
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I have a stock tablet, so your suspicion is good. Viewsonic needs to fix this promptly.
rothnic said:
Who here has the problem and does not have gapps installed?
I am running 3389 with the TnT enhancement pack and haven't had the issue yet.
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I do not have gapps installed. My tablet is stock 3389.
I have just done described in post #2 using the terminal and su. Fortunately path do match, so it was matter of typing it in.
Off to pick up few groceries, an will report if that worked. I wonder if we have to do this everytime when you reboot?
I have a Xoom MZ604 WiFi purchased in Canada. I have updated the OS to HC 3.2 US version. My rationale for this is that I will never be satisfied with the device remaining "Canadian" as any updates will always be delayed or, maybe, never will happen (ref. Motorola Dext/Cliq) for those of us outside of the US. I am not going to waste any more of my time with what might be a semi-orphaned Canadian version of the OS.
The upgrade to HC 3.2 appeared to go without a hitch. However, I have a few questions. If anyone can offer some answers, I would be most grateful.
1. I have found little difference in the stock browser performance when using HC 3.2 compared with HC 3.0.1. Many people seemed to have reported major improvements. I haven't seen these. I am wondering why. I was not really dissatisfied with the browser performance under 3.0.1, though occasionally there were pauses of a few seconds when pages were being loaded. Is my experience unusual?
2. In fact, I have found what seems to be a degradation of stock browser performance under HC 3.2 in two respects. First, I have noted that, when a page is reloaded, e.g. when scrolling, I often see blank rectangles of the screen (maybe 10%), which don't load immediately. There is a delay of a second or so before the page is completely written with these last few pieces of the screen. Second, there have been a few occasions when a browser page has disappeared without me doing anything, and the screen returns to the desktop. When this happens, there is no forced close indication, the web-page just disappears. I have found this to happen particularly on forum.xda-developers.com web-pages, though it may happen on others as well.
3. I noticed this morning that my personally installed apps had disappeared from the desktop. I was just left with the standard ones that come with a clean device. These apps were still in the My Apps list and I restored them by dragging them to the desktop. I am wondering if anyone else has seen this happening.
4. I want to be able to use micro-SDHC cards with full R/W capability and would also like to have a fully functional micro-USB capability (via an OTG cable, which I have), which can see flash-drives formatted with FAT32. For these functions to work, I understand that I will have to use the Tiamat kernel and be rooted. However, what is making me hesitate is that I have seen several notices relating to this, saying that the procedure should only be attempted with US WiFi Xooms. I am speculating that this may simply be because these procedures were tested on a US WiFi Xoom. Can somebody please confirm for me that it should be just as safe to update to rooted/Tiamat with a Canadian-purchased Xoom as it would be for a US one and that the instructions will be the same.
Thank you.
Gordon
Gordon1M said:
I have a Xoom MZ604 WiFi purchased in Canada. I have updated the OS to HC 3.2 US version. My rationale for this is that I will never be satisfied with the device remaining "Canadian" as any updates will always be delayed or, maybe, never will happen (ref. Motorola Dext/Cliq) for those of us outside of the US. I am not going to waste any more of my time with what might be a semi-orphaned Canadian version of the OS.
The upgrade to HC 3.2 appeared to go without a hitch. However, I have a few questions. If anyone can offer some answers, I would be most grateful.
1. I have found little difference in the stock browser performance when using HC 3.2 compared with HC 3.0.1. Many people seemed to have reported major improvements. I haven't seen these. I am wondering why. I was not really dissatisfied with the browser performance under 3.0.1, though occasionally there were pauses of a few seconds when pages were being loaded. Is my experience unusual?
2. In fact, I have found what seems to be a degradation of stock browser performance under HC 3.2 in two respects. First, I have noted that, when a page is reloaded, e.g. when scrolling, I often see blank rectangles of the screen (maybe 10%), which don't load immediately. There is a delay of a second or so before the page is completely written with these last few pieces of the screen. Second, there have been a few occasions when a browser page has disappeared without me doing anything, and the screen returns to the desktop. When this happens, there is no forced close indication, the web-page just disappears. I have found this to happen particularly on forum.xda-developers.com web-pages, though it may happen on others as well.
3. I noticed this morning that my personally installed apps had disappeared from the desktop. I was just left with the standard ones that come with a clean device. These apps were still in the My Apps list and I restored them by dragging them to the desktop. I am wondering if anyone else has seen this happening.
4. I want to be able to use micro-SDHC cards with full R/W capability and would also like to have a fully functional micro-USB capability (via an OTG cable, which I have), which can see flash-drives formatted with FAT32. For these functions to work, I understand that I will have to use the Tiamat kernel and be rooted. However, what is making me hesitate is that I have seen several notices relating to this, saying that the procedure should only be attempted with US WiFi Xooms. I am speculating that this may simply be because these procedures were tested on a US WiFi Xoom. Can somebody please confirm for me that it should be just as safe to update to rooted/Tiamat with a Canadian-purchased Xoom as it would be for a US one and that the instructions will be the same.
Thank you.
Gordon
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Hi, since you flashed the US WIFI image, I think it is now, for all intents and purposes, a US Xoom. Root to your heart's content. You will love the Manta Ray Rom, and I use Dolphin HD browser most of the time, and I also use ADW Ex as my launcher. Scrolling between pages (I have 6 of them) is super smooth and the launcher bar is customizable and really handy. There are many really nice themes, too.
Thanks for the reply okantomi. You've added to my confidence to proceed! I think that I have seen that I might have to go back to HC 3.1 before rooting and proceeding to Tiamat, but I am not sure. Still researching.
Thanks again.
Gordon
[Edit] Just noticed the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170774. I guess I can go straight from stock HC 3.2 to Tiamat.
Hello all,
I have installed lollipop when it came out, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it. Then I reinstalled a bunch of apps I use (games, apps, utilities) - all from scratch to make sure that old setting and such do not interfere.
All seems to be fine (smooth, fast) - only some apps do not seem to work - however, in some cases (when for example opening Chrome) I see huge slowdowns...
Anyone else experienced this? How do I find out what is causing it? How do I fix it?
Thank you for any suggestions
Un-install Facebook. I was about to revert to Kit Kat, but I figured I would wipe and re-install. I noticed slowdown when I installed Facebook, so I nuked it and my tablet is butter smooth now.
The Facebook app destroyed lollipop performance on my Nexus 7 too. This is not a Shield issue, it's a Facebook/lollipop issue.
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Wow. I had facebook installed but not even logged into, and i saw dramatic reduction in stutters and pauses when i uninstalled it.. how facebook, how?!
Thank you all. I do not use facebook. Any other possible reasons?
Applications I have installed are foldermount, adaway, titanium backup .... Could those cause this?
I also don't have Facebook installed and get some hang ups, especially when a system animation is about to occur (opening an app, going home, etc).
I'm rooted as well, with foldermount, adaway, ultimate backup (jrummys titanium), and a slew of other games and stuff. I didn't really think it would be an app issue. But maybe. I'll get rid of a few apps I have on my phone and see if I notice a difference.
Tip for optimizing Chrome
Follow the link and chrome problem will be solved i was amazed by the difference it made -link-http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-speed-up-chrome-on-android-with-this-handy-hack/
Sarge29490 said:
Follow the link and chrome problem will be solved i was amazed by the difference it made -link-http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-speed-up-chrome-on-android-with-this-handy-hack/
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Thank you. I tried that - and it makes no difference. And the problem is not just with Chrome, as I experience (more or less random) slowdowns elsewhere too. I am a bit disappointed with this whole new Lollipop experience. On one hand it is (much) smoother than Kitkat was, on the other hand I get slowdowns, incompatibilities etc. which I never experienced with Kitkat
Well I have LTE version, i am rooted with philz recovery locked bootloader and orginal kernel, i use Seeder (find it on playstore) and weekly clear cache and dalvic/art cache, have no lags and slowdowns on lollipop, if there are, they are so rare that i dont notice any more.
Did you factory rest after the update? Cause i read somewhere that already installed apps have issues with lollipop so fresh install is recommended, i also have no issues with facebook either...
And also did you try changing processor mode to max performance in Shield power control under battery menu from optimized.
I must also mention the battery times have improved alot compared to kitkat...
Sarge29490 said:
Well I have LTE version, i am rooted with philz recovery locked bootloader and orginal kernel, i use Seeder (find it on playstore) and weekly clear cache and dalvic/art cache, have no lags and slowdowns on lollipop, if there are, they are so rare that i dont notice any more.
Did you factory rest after the update? Cause i read somewhere that already installed apps have issues with lollipop so fresh install is recommended, i also have no issues with facebook either...
And also did you try changing processor mode to max performance in Shield power control under battery menu from optimized.
I must also mention the battery times have improved alot compared to kitkat...
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Thank you - I will try your suggestion (I did a factory reset).
For now I have another (larger) problem to solve - apps moved to the SD card disappear...
Gadgetguy2005 said:
Thank you - I will try your suggestion (I did a factory reset).
For now I have another (larger) problem to solve - apps moved to the SD card disappear...
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Try this thread:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/major-issue-apps-sd-card-dissappear-t2950126
edit: oh i see you already did...
Try going into Google play disable notification and select do not auto update apps
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
Sdcard can make your shield slow. My Samsung 64go uhs-1 makes my shield slow if inserted with exfat , but no problem with NTFS and a 64kb cluster size.
Judge584 said:
Sdcard can make your shield slow. My Samsung 64go uhs-1 makes my shield slow if inserted with exfat , but no problem with NTFS and a 64kb cluster size.
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Thanks, I'll have to try with a re-format.
Tablet is stock, not rooted and boorloader locked. I sideloaded the lollipop OTA on my LTE version and i experience the same issue.
It flies most of the time but sometime, especially when downloading or updating apps from Play store or opening random apps like Skype or even hangouts the tablet will come to a crawl.
I think this is a lollipop issue which nvidia need to address with an update.
I have to say on 4.x the tablet was unbearably slow at times and it didnt seem to be related to any specific app. After installing lollipop fresh and clean everything is really smooth, except Chrome. When i open Chrome and start navigating i see things slow down to being unresponsive for 30-60 seconds at a time and immediately working if i close Chrome. I also have a Nexus 5 with Lollipop and no such issues there. I did install facebook so ill try removing that. Ill give the optimization thread a peak too and see if that works.
Im impressed overall with the Shield tablet, but its a blemish that general web browsing is faster on CM11 on my Kindle Fire HD (original). Maybe Nvidia will come out with a fix, or someone here will pin point the exact cause.
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I have to say on 4.x the tablet was unbearably slow at times and it didnt seem to be related to any specific app. After installing lollipop fresh and clean everything is really smooth, except Chrome. When i open Chrome and start navigating i see things slow down to being unresponsive for 30-60 seconds at a time and immediately working if i close Chrome. I also have a Nexus 5 with Lollipop and no such issues there. I did install facebook so ill try removing that. Ill give the optimization thread a peak too and see if that works.
Im impressed overall with the Shield tablet, but its a blemish that general web browsing is faster on CM11 on my Kindle Fire HD (original). Maybe Nvidia will come out with a fix, or someone here will pin point the exact cause.
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For me, web browsing in general has been a pain, many browsers don't seem to work well on our hardware. They all feel somewhat sluggish. And flash has been very picky for me... I think it is finally dying, haha.
Get rid of Facebook if you have it and try this for chrome
http://www.omgchrome.com/improve-chrome-android-memory/
Lastpass?
Do you happen to use LastPass? I found that, upon a fresh install, everything worked great until I installed LastPass. The way that they set up autofill in lollipop seems to hang up the whole system. When I disabled "Enable fill service" in the settings, the tablet was blazing fast again.
After playing with it, I found that I still got decent performance while still being able to leverage the best part of the app by enabling the fill service and disabling the helper and scanning for password fields.
A little app called cache cleaner can do wonders? and a simple reboot also helps a lot.
Btw. im using Yandex Browser for now untill BoatHD gets the lollipop update and it works really well on the Shield with 5.0