ainol novo novo 7 Aurora - General Questions and Answers

Hi ppl!
I just received my 16gb aurora tablet and rooted it already :thumbup: OK so what do you think its gonna be a thread for this device? Some CWMRecovery, custom kernels or even roms?
HOPE YES!
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saruba said:
Hi ppl!
I just received my 16gb aurora tablet and rooted it already :thumbup: OK so what do you think its gonna be a thread for this device? Some CWMRecovery, custom kernels or even roms?
HOPE YES!
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YES! , it have CWMRecovery, but not many .zip rom for now
lets see :
http://www.slatedroid.com/forum/280-ainol-novo-7-aurora/

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/29280-rom-novo-7-essential-clean-rom-v05-for-aurora/
I received my Aurora 16GB on Friday
I use a custom ROM which is stable, with a full access to the market (V0.4) see above
Happy until now

About ainol novo 7 aurora
I also buy it. As it is a Made in China product. Roms from China will be much more stable.
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Here are 2 roms for you.
http://bbs.imp3.net/forum.php?mod=v...ra=page=1&filter=typeid&typeid=507&typeid=507
http://bbs.imp3.net/forum.php?mod=v...ra=page=1&filter=typeid&typeid=507&typeid=507
They are all stable and fast. I have tried them =]

I had posted this attached to a thread in the main Q&A but was suggested I post here. Rather then start a new thread thought I'd piggy back here. Thanks for any thoughts you have.
I will probably order the Ainol NOVO Aurora today or tomorrow and have spent a bunch of time finding customer experiences with the half dozen or more vendors and haven't found a consensus.
I wish there was a U.S. vendor that shipped from the U.S. I'd be willing to pay a small premium, but alas, it doesn't look like I have that option.
I've narrowed down the vendors to either Merimobiles or UPlayTablet. Before I flip the coin, I'll post here, a place where I've become very pleased with the quality posts and knowledge of the people posting.
Any final words of wisdom before I take the plunge?

It's okay.
Hope you didn't take the plunge just yet.
I received my Aurora 2 days ago and I have rooted it and put a custom rom on it.
rooting process and all was was fairly easy once I found the right stuff.
There's also a community out there that's of fair size, but it's not that amazing even for the price, the screen is okay and it feels pretty good to hold. But over all it's just too laggy in day to day things, typing for instance
With the nexus 7 coming out in the next little while you'd be much better off waiting for that.
Videos do play very well though, including 1080p mkv's, which makes me a little surprised at laggy everywhere else.
Also touch screen is a little unsensitive.
Just my thoughts.

alpward said:
Hope you didn't take the plunge just yet.
I received my Aurora 2 days ago and I have rooted it and put a custom rom on it.
rooting process and all was was fairly easy once I found the right stuff.
There's also a community out there that's of fair size, but it's not that amazing even for the price, the screen is okay and it feels pretty good to hold. But over all it's just too laggy in day to day things, typing for instance
With the nexus 7 coming out in the next little while you'd be much better off waiting for that.
Videos do play very well though, including 1080p mkv's, which makes me a little surprised at laggy everywhere else.
Also touch screen is a little unsensitive.
Just my thoughts.
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Thanks but I already took the plunge. Hopefully it will arrive next week. I've spent the time since I ordered reviewing the slatedroid forum. I don't have any confidence yet to install a different rom. I developed that confidence on my KF from reading this forum in about a day.
For now I'll be sticking with the stock rom.
Where did you get yours?

I've had one for about a week (v3, lg screen). For the price it is very good value for money, but definitely not perfect. It does lag, terribly when using the keyboard. I bought it for watching video, internet browsing, reading ebooks and fire occasional gaming. Despite the lag issues it's a great tablet.
Edit:
I've now overclocked mine using setcpu. My settings are stable at 1152 max, 600 min, performance governor. It has made a huge difference to the lag and I highly recommend this. I've also used titanium backup to freeze some of the bloatware. As I do not use this with a 3g dongle I will shortly remove the phone apk's (Phone, TelephonyProvider and Wappushmanager) to remove the mobile standby wakelocks as mentioned in post 109 here.
Lee
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Ive had mine for 2 weeks, and having owned 6 tablets so far, everything from the Augen7 to the Nook Color (3 of those in the house now)
Until I got this the NC was the tablet I always recomended in the under $200 category.
Well having used it daily for 2 weeks and not updated anything (yet) this is now my #1 recommendation.
As for 'local' retailers, if you dont mind the "premium" MP4Nation is delivered through Amazon. For me that gave me a good sense of security since as a prime member I was able to have it ovenighted to me for $5
Im color blind but can see a difference in the screen. everyone at work who ses it starts telling ME I must have droppped IPAD $ on it.
I work in IT so most tabs are IPADS, at the moment. Ive had 3 folks order these since.
Ill slide over to slate and see whats up with new roms, but honestly stock really works well, for my needss anyway

Ad Hoc Wifi Support
hi guyz, I need help, i have wifi but its ad hoc connection, android doesn't support ad hoc, so i hope u guyz can help me. i saw enable ad hoc at galaxy tab, so i think this tab also will support ad hoc.
so guys plz tell me how to enable ad hoc wifi support on this tab? whats the process?..
& one another thing, how to root this device?
plz reply..

Need HELP!
dekylee said:
I also buy it. As it is a Made in China product. Roms from China will be much more stable.
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Here are 2 roms for you.
They are all stable and fast. I have tried them =]
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Hey... I haven't installed any ROM on my Aurora yet. And I'm a beginner at this stuff.
My tab details are:
Android version - 4.0.3
Baseband version - 0.9
Kernel version - 3.0.8
Build number - 20120228.142352
Can you please tell me which of one these two chinese ROMs (mentioned above) will work great for me?

Try the CM10 for allwinner A10 devices. It's jelly bean and works great for me. much faster and smoother than ice cream sandwich

philippu1988 said:
Try the CM10 for allwinner A10 devices. It's jelly bean and works great for me. much faster and smoother than ice cream sandwich
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Would this work on the A2? I'm currently running DS24
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Related

Sub $100 tablets?

Hi everyone. I have a 4 year old who keeps taking my phone and my kids (his older brother and sister) ipod touches. He uses them to play games and go on youtube. I've been looking online for a cheap tablet for him to have and on craigslist there are a few for sale in my area for anywhere from $75-$100. I want to know if anyone has any experience with these cheaper android tabs. There's one by Sylvania and some others that just say ePad.
Does anyone have any experience with these and if so, do you think it will be ok for a 4 year old? Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be anything special. Just something that can play youtube and games like angry birds.
Any information is appreciated.
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Well you'd probably be best googling the models and seeing if they are real. I had a friend who got a fake off ebay. They work alright. Not great for myself. But if they are a proper tablet I don't see you having any problem as long as its not a scam haha
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Hmm just had a quick Google of the sylviana branded tablet you mentioned and from what I read it seems to function alright. Some are having problems but seems to be functional haha. Sorry if its what you already know
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A scam on craigslist? Never.
Being serious though, I did do some searching on google and with the information I got it figured it would be better to come ask the experts. I really dont care about the software that's installed on these tabs as long as they can be rooted and/or have access to the android market. Its just more important to me that they run decently. They are not very expensive but it's still money and I would like to know what I'm getting into.
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Hey,
I was recently setting up a home network for a co-worker and she "paid" me by giving me a White 7" Pandigital Novel "eReader". Its android based and from what I can tell it can be rooted and used as a low cost alternative to an Android tablet. They sell for as low as $100. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with my own since I just got a HTC Inspire 4G...
Guess I can try and hack it. I can let you know how well it takes being rooted.
Please do let me know. I would really appreciate it.
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Hey,
Sorry for the delay but I got a little busy with school. I was able to sit down for a bit with the White Pan digital Novel and I must say I was impressed. Due to the extremely low cost and decent spec of this machine it has gotten a lot of love from developers. Its extremely easy to flash ROM's for root access (just place .ZIP on SDCARD, remove internal SD, boot to recovery, and flash it). The guys over at Slatedroid even put Cyanogenmod 6.x on it.
I tested a number of ROM's but most had weird issues. The Slatedriod Cyanogenmod 6.x ROM actually only ran crisp (for now) in landscape mode. Its a bit too weak to play games from Android Market and that's assuming the the ROM you choose has a working Market (most don't by default). They used a mod called the non-ugly hack to fix this I think. Another issue with a lot of these ROM's involved the wifi going into a infinite loop, repeatedly turning itself on and off. Despite the fact that I love Cyanogenmon on my Optimus V, I had to find another full time ROM.
That's when I stumbled across an Eclair-based ROM ported from teh popular Cruz Reader. It was awesome. Smooth in all view modes and even video ran great on the thing. I haven't attempted to OC the device yet, but I would assume it would only make it better. This ROM is rooted of course, and had a working Android Market (and Cruz Market) installed from the start. With this ROM the device becomes a comparable tablet, far exceeding the value placed on its tag. Just use regular apps to manage the power usage and overclock it with Set CPU or something and you'll have quite a machine for $50 something .
A big downside is that for an "eReader" the battery life was horrid, a little better than an android phone (and that's even with the stock ROM). You are going to have to hack this thing to get any decent performance out of it as the stock ROM is laggy. The rooting worked for fixing a lot of these issues.
Em still a bit unfamiliar with the rules on posting links to other forums here, so I wont. Let me know if you have any questions on need the links and we'll set up some sort of arrangement.
Thanks for that info. Gives me a lot to consider. I may end up getting one of those units.
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Makes me want to check one out too
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[Q] Debating Xoom...

Would you guys say it'd be wise getting a Xoom at this point? I love the connectivity and dont mind the weight. Its the screen im not sure about...u guys happy with it?
Now that its been around for a wile do you guys have any regrets or would you recommend it instead of other, more recent and lightweight tablets?
I'd appreciate your thoughts...
tivchev said:
Would you guys say it'd be wise getting a Xoom at this point? I love the connectivity and dont mind the weight. Its the screen im not sure about...u guys happy with it?
Now that its been around for a wile do you guys have any regrets or would you recommend it instead of other, more recent and lightweight tablets?
I'd appreciate your thoughts...
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I'll jump right in and say that I love mine. I've got a great screen, and there are some that seem a bit washed out, so you might want to look at the one you're getting just to make sure you like the colors and saturation is ok. Xoom has a more natural level of saturation than some of the other tabs that are going for drama. I think this is a great time to get a Xoom because Ice Cream Sandwich is coming and I think it will solve many of the issues people have been having with stock Honeycomb. Those of us who are rooted and use custom Roms/kernels already have a taste of ICS as the developers have tweaked and added lots of functionality to the basic Honeycomb OS, but with the ICS source code to be released, we'll have lots of great custom roms, because the xoom is a developer's tablet. This tab is only getting better. Still has great hardware specs, is tough, almost un-brickable and does just about all I could ask for. There is room for improvement though, especially on the software side, so it will be an exciting time.
If you can get a good deal on a new or gently used Xoom, I advise that you go for it.
Don't have a xoom wish i had wait a week later, i do enjoy my acer 500.
I just bought one from Ebay - UK one originally from John Lewis. It has 3g and Wifi - very excited and it only cost me £280.
I currently have a rooted, overclocked and tweaked HTC Desire HD and absolutely love it. I get 2 days battery life out of it, lots of great tweaks and am so glad that I had my iPhone stolen 8 months ago! I would have ignored Android if it weren't for those theives!
I am now looking forward to rooting and tinkering about with my Xoom once it arrives.... Monday hopefully!
Any recommendations root and rom wise for a complete and utter noob?
32G, right? I hope so!
Looks like you guys are getting the 3.2 update OTA for those that are not rooted. You could accept the update and then unlock, fastboot flash CWM recovery (I prefer the solarnz R4c v3.2.0.0, myself) and then root using solarnz' Universal Xoom Root zip and then flash Tiamat Moray Rom, etc...
here is a guide that can help...it's a lot to digest but it sounds like you have experience:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
Also, check out this thread for lots of great info, and app suggestions:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209341
Happy Xooming!

Still worth buying as a budget device?

Hi Blaze friends,
I'm looking for a budget device for some family members and am curious if the Blaze still fits the bill. I'll be able to buy them new at $130 off contract and am looking to upgrade from a Galaxy S 4g, mostly because they're having some hardware issues.
My goal is something less than $150 and I think this is the best Android option I'm able to find. I'm mostly considering this or a Lumia 521 (no need to warm me about WP8 ).
Also, if you guys still suggest buying a Blaze, could you also recommend a rock solid ROM (stock is a valid option if y'all say it's good) that won't require regular tech support?
Many thanks from a Nexus/AOKP guy!
-Jax
Jaxidian said:
Hi Blaze friends,
I'm looking for a budget device for some family members and am curious if the Blaze still fits the bill. I'll be able to buy them new at $130 off contract and am looking to upgrade from a Galaxy S 4g, mostly because they're having some hardware issues.
My goal is something less than $150 and I think this is the best Android option I'm able to find. I'm mostly considering this or a Lumia 521 (no need to warm me about WP8 ).
Also, if you guys still suggest buying a Blaze, could you also recommend a rock solid ROM (stock is a valid option if y'all say it's good) that won't require regular tech support?
Many thanks from a Nexus/AOKP guy!
-Jax
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I recommend getting this phone! It's amazing. Especially with all the new ROMs we are receiving from the amazing developers on here! A good solid ROM is Dirty Unicorns (my opinion) but it would vary among other users. Always read the bug list though. Its fairly stable now and I'm sure most of the bugs are squashed. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask this spectacular community!
xWolf13 said:
I recommend getting this phone! It's amazing. Especially with all the new ROMs we are receiving from the amazing developers on here! A good solid ROM is Dirty Unicorns (my opinion) but it would vary among other users. Always read the bug list though. Its fairly stable now and I'm sure most of the bugs are squashed. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask this spectacular community!
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Thank you. I really appreciate the feedback!
Jaxidian said:
Thank you. I really appreciate the feedback!
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this phone is good and bad.
figure out if you need the size. If you don't want to go larger, this is about the best phone you can find.
There are some restrictions though. This isn't one of the mainstream CyanogenMod phones so doesn't get updates as fast as some others, even older ones. Also since it's been orphaned by Samsung, we probably will have a kernel problem within the next few generations of OS.
Also. The tiny internal storage has been a problem. Mostly this means you have to use a SD card and then install a 3rd party Camera app to allow for storage to the SD card, which can't be done automatically. I'd suggest Snap Camera or Camera JB+ for this (both $).
I have one with a cracked screen that I'm selling for $50. It's on T-Mobile right now though.
I wouldn't pay $130 for it since they are going on Craigslist for about $90 in good or near new shape. But I'm okay buying and selling used and do it regularly so that's a factor.
Overall. I'd go with a SGS II instead of the Blaze if size and the small price difference isn't a big deal for you. The SGSII has similar specs and a larger screen but with better XDA support as well as a lot more people out there with them, so the community is a bit stronger.
Just my not so humble opinion.
Just bought this phone for $130 new from HSN for my mom (her very first smartphone). What's the latest official update for this phone, I know it at least has ICS correct? Is it still stuck on that or has it been officially updated to JB? Thanks guys!
mackster248 said:
Just bought this phone for $130 new from HSN for my mom (her very first smartphone). What's the latest official update for this phone, I know it at least has ICS correct? Is it still stuck on that or has it been officially updated to JB? Thanks guys!
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You're stuck on ICS unless you go aftermarket. They've stopped releasing updates for this phone. That said, ICS isn't too shabby.
Jaxidian said:
You're stuck on ICS unless you go aftermarket. They've stopped releasing updates for this phone. That said, ICS isn't too shabby.
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Thanks man! Tempted to root it... But I suppose ICS will suffice.
mackster248 said:
Thanks man! Tempted to root it... But I suppose ICS will suffice.
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If it were for me, I'd root it. If for somebody I don't want to provide tech support for, I'd leave it.
Jaxidian said:
If it were for me, I'd root it. If for somebody I don't want to provide tech support for, I'd leave it.
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Lol yeah my thoughts exactly. Does it require a micro SIM or regular one?
mackster248 said:
Lol yeah my thoughts exactly. Does it require a micro SIM or regular one?
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Regular
I'm in the same boat as mackster in that I bought it on HSN and am now waiting for the shipment... on the bright side it's not for my mom.
I'm not one to spend as mush as I might on a laptop for a phone so this will be a step up from my Exhibit II 4g from two years ago. Faster processor and larger screen... I'm happy with that for $129.00
I've rooted and tried various roms on my Exhibit so I'm scannig the roms availalbe here now. If anyone has already done the heavy lifting I'm open to suggestions for your opinions on the best rom. My needs in order of importance are:
1. STABILITY
2. Battery life
3. Photos (and ability to save to external DS)
4. Bloat removal (in rom if possible)
4. Wi-Fi calling still functioning
5. Root would be nice (i have many apks)
6. Mapping (aka driving directions) works
I see many roms listing problems with the compass and the camera. I guess I would like a newer version of droid but if ICS meets all of my above needs then I'd be perfectly happy with that too.
Anyone have suggestions?
I have a feeling that you should be looking at mature ICS ROMs. I don't have the phone so I can't say for sure, but that's my gut feeling based on your requirements.
If I remember right, you might want to stay on stock ics. Wifi calling is a no-go on jb. Not sure if it's up and running on jb 4.3, but know for sure it's not on 4.1.2.
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If I remember right, you might want to stay on stock ics. Wifi calling is a no-go on jb. Not sure if it's up and running on jb 4.3, but know for sure it's not on 4.1.2.
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I don't think WiFi Calling has been ported to any non-stock-based JB ROMs for any devices. Definitely not available for general use.
Thanks for the replies... I don't suppose there's a bloatfree stock ROM like I had found for my Exhibit? Otherwise I guess it's time to dust off Titanium and start freezing/uninstalling bloat
gmolds said:
Thanks for the replies... I don't suppose there's a bloatfree stock ROM like I had found for my Exhibit? Otherwise I guess it's time to dust off Titanium and start freezing/uninstalling bloat
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There are several AOSP-based options. I can't vouch for the quality of them so you'll have to play with them to find out. But I'd stick with what seems like mature ICS offerings though.
Where is this thank button... I don't seem to see it.
Found it

Anyone know if any custom rom's are coming?

Can't believe there is nothing for this tablet. It's a freaking awesome tablet. Anyone hear anything?
Flukester69 said:
Can't believe there is nothing for this tablet. It's a freaking awesome tablet. Anyone hear anything?
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Well they are still working on getting a custom recovery to work properly (at least on the 7.0) so custom roms are a good ways away. I would not expect to see much in the way of custom roms for the 7.0 until around Christmas time.
Good [emoji106] But what about official Cyanogenmod support? They have also supported p4wifi [emoji50]
Joe4899 said:
Good [emoji106] But what about official Cyanogenmod support? They have also supported p4wifi [emoji50]
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That's what I was thinking, other similar devices have custom rom's. I don't mind the stock rom right now but having cyanogen or paranoid would be awesome.
Anyhow, hope to see news come December or in the new year.
Yeah, the tablet is very good, but I heard that because this tab 7.0 uses Marvell hardware, not Qualcomm like 8.0 and 10.1, building custom recoveries and ROMs is not an easy task to do. Even the root method (vRoot) is not 100% working, so I'm staying with stock, non rooted for now.
The same was with Tab 3 7.0 (also Marvell hardware, but older chip), but it eventualy got properly working recovery and CM11. But that happened half a year after it was released...
I'm looking forward to using this tab in the same way I use my S3 (Rooted OMNI with lots of customizations), but we have to be patient.
Not to hijack a thread but I'm assuming these devices have unlocked boot loaders. Why is injecting root into an Odin file a harder thing than it was on the tab 2?
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Not to hijack a thread but I'm assuming these devices have unlocked boot loaders. Why is injecting root into an Odin file a harder thing than it was on the tab 2?
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I believe its because Devs dont have enough source code for Marvell Hardware, I myself never heard Marvell till now.
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Chevan94 said:
Yeah, the tablet is very good, but I heard that because this tab 7.0 uses Marvell hardware, not Qualcomm like 8.0 and 10.1, building custom recoveries and ROMs is not an easy task to do. Even the root method (vRoot) is not 100% working, so I'm staying with stock, non rooted for now.
The same was with Tab 3 7.0 (also Marvell hardware, but older chip), but it eventualy got properly working recovery and CM11. But that happened half a year after it was released...
I'm looking forward to using this tab in the same way I use my S3 (Rooted OMNI with lots of customizations), but we have to be patient.
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vRoot worked 100% with me, I only want to get triangle away compatibility becuase it wont let me update via OTA
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I believe its because Devs dont have enough source code for Marvell Hardware, I myself never heard Marvell till now.
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vRoot worked 100% with me, I only want to get triangle away compatibility becuase it wont let me update via OTA
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That's one of the reasons why I didn't root yet - OTAs
There's an annoying bug with Wi-Fi that keeps losing connection. I'm hoping that it'll be fixed soon.
Chevan94 said:
That's one of the reasons why I didn't root yet - OTAs
There's an annoying bug with Wi-Fi that keeps losing connection. I'm hoping that it'll be fixed soon.
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WiFi bug not an issue for me
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Wifi also works fine for me (rooted)
My WIFI keeps losing connection too.
Just out of curiosity, I have one question that I have to ask. Why do you all want custom ROMs for this tablet? The stock rom on the Tab 4 8.0 model is very slick in my opinion. If the tablet is working fine for you, why mess it up with a custom ROM? I'm speaking from personal experience here. I upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" model this past Saturday (for my birthday) and I used to mess with the custom ROMs all of the time on the Tab 2 but here's what I found after trying them out for a little while. A lot of the custom ROMs did not meet my needs as well as the stock ROM did. I have royally messed up tablets doing this and had to do a factory reset to get the tablet out of its funk. The last time I flashed a ROM, one good thing did come out of it. I realized how nice KitKat was on the tablet and made me want to upgrade my tablet to one that already had that OS already installed on it.
That's just my two cents worth on this. Take it for what it's worth.
cindylike24 said:
Just out of curiosity, I have one question that I have to ask. Why do you all want custom ROMs for this tablet? The stock rom on the Tab 4 8.0 model is very slick in my opinion. If the tablet is working fine for you, why mess it up with a custom ROM? I'm speaking from personal experience here. I upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" model this past Saturday (for my birthday) and I used to mess with the custom ROMs all of the time on the Tab 2 but here's what I found after trying them out for a little while. A lot of the custom ROMs did not meet my needs as well as the stock ROM did. I have royally messed up tablets doing this and had to do a factory reset to get the tablet out of its funk. The last time I flashed a ROM, one good thing did come out of it. I realized how nice KitKat was on the tablet and made me want to upgrade my tablet to one that already had that OS already installed on it.
That's just my two cents worth on this. Take it for what it's worth.
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Because performance and TouchWiz, that's why.
I honestly have no idea why someone thought that it's a good idea to put a white backgroud to menus... MY EYES!!! :<
Perhaps here will be the beginning ...
NOOK will start to sell a new Android Bookreader on the base of Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.7. Nook devices wer normally rooted before they were sold on the street:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28872196
cindylike24 said:
Just out of curiosity, I have one question that I have to ask. Why do you all want custom ROMs for this tablet? The stock rom on the Tab 4 8.0 model is very slick in my opinion. If the tablet is working fine for you, why mess it up with a custom ROM? I'm speaking from personal experience here. I upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" model this past Saturday (for my birthday) and I used to mess with the custom ROMs all of the time on the Tab 2 but here's what I found after trying them out for a little while. A lot of the custom ROMs did not meet my needs as well as the stock ROM did. I have royally messed up tablets doing this and had to do a factory reset to get the tablet out of its funk. The last time I flashed a ROM, one good thing did come out of it. I realized how nice KitKat was on the tablet and made me want to upgrade my tablet to one that already had that OS already installed on it.
That's just my two cents worth on this. Take it for what it's worth.
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OC, USB Host, Performance, Bloatware removal.... etc. The list goes on and on
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I just asked because I think Samsung has done an excellent job with this tablet and can't see why a custom ROM would be necessary in my opinion..
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cindylike24 said:
I just asked because I think Samsung has done an excellent job with this tablet and can't see why a custom ROM would be necessary in my opinion..
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You must have missed this
404-Not Found said:
OC, USB Host, Performance, Bloatware removal.... etc. The list goes on and on
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Also just because you have the 8" version doesn't mean we all do. I would also love a custom rom.
Sorry I even asked! I just decided to ask and give my opinion which is based on my own personal experience. I didn't expect that it would ruffle some feathers. I had 7" tablets until just one week ago.. I've never had great luck with custom ROMs personally because I always felt that there was always something missing when I was using them. When I would flash the tablet back to stock, that feeling went away for me. Now that's just my personal experience. Please don't get all upset because I dared to express my opinion here. I thought that this may help someone who is on the fence about using custom ROMs on their tablet. These are just confessions from a former custom ROM flashaholic.
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cindylike24 said:
Sorry I even asked! I just decided to ask and give my opinion which is based on my own personal experience. I didn't expect that it would ruffle some feathers. I had 7" tablets until just one week ago.. I've never had great luck with custom ROMs personally because I always felt that there was always something missing when I was using them. When I would flash the tablet back to stock, that feeling went away for me. Now that's just my personal experience. Please don't get all upset because I dared to express my opinion here. I thought that this may help someone who is on the fence about using custom ROMs on their tablet. These are just confessions from a former custom ROM flashaholic.
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Don't worry bro, its just you're not the type of person who sees the potential of this tab. Regardless, you have the right to opinion, but not everyone has the to agree with your opinion. Its your choice, I am not telling you what to do, but that just my opinion.
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Don't worry bro, its just you're not the type of person who sees the potential of this tab. Regardless, you have the right to opinion, but not everyone has the to agree with your opinion. Its your choice, I am not telling you what to do, but that just my opinion.
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I'm a lady 404. I take offense that you say that I'm just not the type of person who sees the potential of this tab. I've just learned from personal experience to be make the best out of what I'm given. Multiple times of messing up my tablets and bringing them back to life have taught me that. Also, I'm one of those people who tries to take lemons and make lemonade. I'm not saying that everyone has to agree with my opinion but don't be mean about the reason why you disagree with me.

[Q] Is this tablet worth purchasing?

I'm looking for a replacement for my daughters current tablet. She has a 2012 Nexus 7.
Would the TF300T still be a worthwhile upgrade? They're selling rather inexpensively for $100 refurbished.
I know cm has a 12.1 rom for it, how does the tablet run with Lollipop?
Thanks!
Don't. It has lollipop but the whole thing is very slow.
Chris
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Runs well on KatKiss Lollipop and Katsmallow, but don't know how it compares with Nexus 2012.
Read the comments in development section for ROMs
I have both the Nexus 7 (2012) and the TF300T. My Nexus 7 doesn't get used as much these days, since it has a lot of lag with lollipop on it. I did turn off a lot of sync options on it and that helped with some of the lag.
I mostly use my Transformer. With Katkiss lollipop on it, it is very responsive and works much better than the Nexus 7. I haven't tried katkiss marshmallow on it yet, but the fact that there is still development support going on in this forum, it has a good amount of life left to it. Katkiss seems to have better features than CM 12.1.
Thanks for the information guys. I appreciate it!
Works great w/ katkiss use it everyday. It has a tegra3 GPU and over clock's the 4-core CPU flawlessly (1.7 GHz?)
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cg.voabc said:
I'm looking for a replacement for my daughters current tablet. She has a 2012 Nexus 7.
Would the TF300T still be a worthwhile upgrade? They're selling rather inexpensively for $100 refurbished.
I know cm has a 12.1 rom for it, how does the tablet run with Lollipop?
Thanks!
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I have been using my TF300T for 3-1/2 years now. Every so often I get the bug to shop for a new tablet. After trying a few of the "Latest technology" I have concluded that there is nothing on the market that tops this tablet. I am currently running the latest Katshmallow OS (010). If I had a need for another one I would buy it without a second thought.
I am sure this will not always be the case, and I don't do any heavy gaming or video viewing so results may vary depending on how you use it. But for now and given the price I would say, "Go for it!"
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Don't. It has lollipop but the whole thing is very slow.
Chris
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Haven't found this to be the case at all. Do you even own this tablet? Just curious.
Yes, I own the tablet and I am the cyanogenmod device maintainer.
I think that this device is utter crap and there are gazillions of tablets which work much better than this one.
If keyboard is a must, then you have much less choices I agree.
This tablet (like the nexus 7 (old version), and other transformers) suffer from underperforming nand flash storage. Just try to Google it. My guess is that katkiss and other roms perform better than CM because they overclock and because they switch off the sync after writes, so the nand performance issues show a bit less frequently.
(No criticism: katkiss is very well maintained - he does a great job and its maybe the only way to keep the device usable).
Chris
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Yes, I own the tablet and I am the cyanogenmod device maintainer.
I think that this device is utter crap and there are gazillions of tablets which work much better than this one.
If keyboard is a must, then you have much less choices I agree.
This tablet (like the nexus 7 (old version), and other transformers) suffer from underperforming nand flash storage. Just try to Google it. My guess is that katkiss and other roms perform better than CM because they overclock and because they switch off the sync after writes, so the nand performance issues show a bit less frequently.
(No criticism: katkiss is very well maintained - he does a great job and its maybe the only way to keep the device usable).
Chris
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I can google any device on the market and find negative reviews about it. But, in 3 years of using this tablet, I have been very pleased with it, at least since I moved away from stock, (which I did within a month of purchasing it). And since Katshmallow came out I have been even more impressed with the performance of this "underperforming" device.
I am also aware of the common complaints against it. Whatever the reasons for my personal experience with it, I have no major complaints against it. It runs all of the apps I use quite well with no lag or crashes. I watch Netflix and Hulu videos on it without any stuttering or buffering. It syncs with my Bluetooth devices and the audio works well. I don't do any gaming with the exception of HayDay and Pyramid Solitaire, so possibly that makes a difference.
Maybe I got lucky and have an exception to the rule. I'm sure there are other newer tablets on the market that outperform it. But as it stands now, based on my personal experience, if this tablet dies today, I would do everything I could to find another of the same model.
On another note, I appreciate the development done with CyangenMod for all Android devices. Without that development, a lot of the other custom ROM's would not exist. Thank you for your contributions to that development.
All of that said, I guess we just have to agree to disagree about the TF300T.
Well I bit the bullet and purchased the Lenovo Tab2 A10-70F tablet for both kids. They won't get them until Christmas but I've been setting them up and upgraded them to Lollipop. My experience so far is that it's a nice tablet. I get the feeling this will be to the kids what the 2012 Nexus was to me when I first got it which was an amazing tablet!
Thanks for the input guys; I do appreciate it!
chrmhoffmann said:
Yes, I own the tablet and I am the cyanogenmod device maintainer.
I think that this device is utter crap and there are gazillions of tablets which work much better than this one.
If keyboard is a must, then you have much less choices I agree.
This tablet (like the nexus 7 (old version), and other transformers) suffer from underperforming nand flash storage. Just try to Google it. My guess is that katkiss and other roms perform better than CM because they overclock and because they switch off the sync after writes, so the nand performance issues show a bit less frequently.
(No criticism: katkiss is very well maintained - he does a great job and its maybe the only way to keep the device usable).
Chris
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I was about to pull the trigger on one of these that includes the keyboard on Ebay for $100 until I read this. What tablet would you recommend that fits this criteria:
1. $150 or less
2. 9-10" screen
3. 16GB+ storage
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I was about to pull the trigger on one of these that includes the keyboard on Ebay for $100 until I read this. What tablet would you recommend that fits this criteria:
1. $150 or less
2. 9-10" screen
3. 16GB+ storage
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I stand by my previous posts and say that for $100.00 you can't go wrong with this tablet. And having the keyboard as well makes it an even better buy. I would pay twice that without hesitation. It will top anything new on the market at much higher prices. The caveat is you need to use a custom ROM to see the best performance. I highly recommend KatKiss 6.0 I have been using it for a couple of months now and have no regrets whatsoever. Prior to that I used KatKiss 5.1 and was quite pleased with it too.
The bottom line is unless somebody uses a tablet regularly there is no way they can give an accurate review on it. I've used this table for 2-1/2 years REGULARLY AND DAILY and other than the short time I was on stock I have never regretted buying it.
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I stand by my previous posts and say that for $100.00 you can't go wrong with this tablet. And having the keyboard as well makes it an even better buy. I would pay twice that without hesitation. It will top anything new on the market at much higher prices. The caveat is you need to use a custom ROM to see the best performance. I highly recommend KatKiss 6.0 I have been using it for a couple of months now and have no regrets whatsoever. Prior to that I used KatKiss 5.1 and was quite pleased with it too.
The bottom line is unless somebody uses a tablet regularly there is no way they can give an accurate review on it. I've used this table for 2-1/2 years REGULARLY AND DAILY and other than the short time I was on stock I have never regretted buying it.
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Good deal thanks. Do you think it's worth paying an extra $50 for the TF-700t?
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Good deal thanks. Do you think it's worth paying an extra $50 for the TF-700t?
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Absolutely not! I bought a TF700 for my wife about a year after buying the TF300T thinking I would be getting a faster and more capable tablet. After about a month of frustration she tossed it aside and went back to her Kindle Fire HD because it was a total piece of crap, crashing constantly and locking up at every turn. . I tried several different custom ROM's with no improvement. I finally tried KatKiss 5.1 v30 and it was usable but it sits on my nightstand gathering dust. I thought I may have gotten a lemon but after I read through pages of posts and it seemed to be issues that are very common on the TF700.
It's an amazing tablet, thanks a lot to Katkiss it is running as smooth as ever but personally I must say the tablet factor for me has worn out it's welcome it's great for consuming stuff but my next "tablet" is probably going to the SP 4 but not before MS has fixed their software bugs of course.
One thing that still stands out for me is the amazing batterly life and Asus is probably one of just a few companies having done the keyboard attachment thing right. I cringe everytime when I'm looking a t Google's pixel C attempt I mean wtf 3 "slides" to position this thing? lol and at that price I'd rather pay twice as much for me the SP 4.
The screen resolution is just decent but if you buy it make sure to root it, unlock the bootloader and install Katkiss it's the best available ROM (thanks so much) and set the cpu speed to around 1600, otherwise typing won't be a good experience. Oh and make sure to let it run out of battery after the first full charge.
yeah, asus has produced fairly good products overall in the past ~20 yrs. more often than not they do a good job at introducing proper 'consumer demo' additions to products that usually lead into the next gen. cycle, preferably.
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I can google any device on the market and find negative reviews about it. But, in 3 years of using this tablet, I have been very pleased with it, at least since I moved away from stock, (which I did within a month of purchasing it). And since Katshmallow came out I have been even more impressed with the performance of this "underperforming" device.
I am also aware of the common complaints against it. Whatever the reasons for my personal experience with it, I have no major complaints against it. It runs all of the apps I use quite well with no lag or crashes. I watch Netflix and Hulu videos on it without any stuttering or buffering. It syncs with my Bluetooth devices and the audio works well. I don't do any gaming with the exception of HayDay and Pyramid Solitaire, so possibly that makes a difference.
Maybe I got lucky and have an exception to the rule. I'm sure there are other newer tablets on the market that outperform it. But as it stands now, based on my personal experience, if this tablet dies today, I would do everything I could to find another of the same model.
On another note, I appreciate the development done with CyangenMod for all Android devices. Without that development, a lot of the other custom ROM's would not exist. Thank you for your contributions to that development.
All of that said, I guess we just have to agree to disagree about the TF300T.
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I tend to agree, but as you said, without the stock ROM. Before, with the stock OS it was almost unusable. Now with
KatKiss MM 6.0 I'm happy with the table. It isn't as snappy as my wifes new Galaxy Tab 10.1, but it is good enough
till I can replace it with a better model.

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