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KatKiss ROM - Asus TF101
JellyBean 4.3.1MultiWindow
This rom is an aosp based rom with my own additions on top.
The main motto of the rom being Kiss. Even though the Meerkat could give you a kiss, it stands for Keeps it Sweet and Simple too
Which means that just like the other K.A.T stuff, the rom's main goal is efficiency, speed/responsiveness,
while not adding bloated features that will slow things down
DOWNLOADS:
Latest Dev Version: KatKiss-4.3.1_029.zip | md5sum | Other Versions | Mirror by Yebyen
Latest Stable Version: KatKiss-4.3.1_029.zip | md5sum | Other Versions | Mirror by Yebyen
TF101G AddOn Kernel: KatKiss-4.3_AddOn_TF101G_Kernel_01.zip The default included KatKernel is for the TF101 model and might generate reboots for the TF101G. If that is the case flash this zip after the rom.
Latest Gapps Package: gapps-KatKiss-4.3_20130914.zip
Older Gapps Package: 4.2.2 Gapps for TF101
FSYNC: fsync_on.zip (fsync is off by default in the rom, if you want it on just flash this after the rom)
fsync off will make i/o run faster, but in case your tablet reboots or shutdown unexpectedly you might lose data more often than with fsync on.
So if your tablet tends to be unstable /reboots, if you overclock too much or that you tend to let it run out of battery, you might be better to turn fsync back on
Please note that this version is made and tested on the TF101 model.
ChangeLog: http://public.timduru.org/Android/tf101/KatKiss/4.3.1/ChangeLog.html
Source: https://github.com/timduru (branch katkiss-4.3)
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Main Features:
Rooted
Multiwindow support (see post #2)
High speed and responsive oriented (in its current state it's already faster than 4.2.2)
High performance and overclockable KatKernel included see dedicated KatKernel thread for more info
Compiled with the Linaro Toolchain
Full Dock keyboard Support with special keys with additional CTRL + Menu shortcut for recents apps
Global Shortcuts / KeyOverride Macro association (See post #2 for more info)
Battery Level Indicator & Dock Battery support + Mods (icon/Text/%)
HDMI out options: center, crop, scale
CIFS, ext4, NTFS & Exfat support
Native 4.3 FSTRIM + Manual scripts for Database optimization and fstrim (see post #2)
Media Scanner Filters
Advanced per application permission management (AppOps)
Default Android 4.3 Launcher + Trebuchet
Advanced power menu with reboot options.
Expanded Desktop with the option to hide only the NavBar
Choice between TabletUI and PhabletUI with left or middle aligned nav buttons, and multiple NavBar height.
Wifi channels regulatory domains
Integrated cpu & io performance settings panel
Custom Navbars buttons long press actions
Ethernet support with settings panel
Support for authenticated http download with default Browser
Custom Quick Settings tiles
Installation Notes:
These builds are designed to be installed from your favorite recovery. MAKE SURE TO INSTALL THE LATEST COMPATIBLE ANDROID 4.2/4.3 RECOVERY!
TWRP >= 2.3.2.3 is recommended, new TWRP available here
Backup everything !
Go to recovery
[*]Make a full wipe / factory reset (you can skip this step if you're already on KatKiss-4.3, if ever you encounter a problem do the full wipe and try again before reporting )
[*]Format /system
Flash the rom
Flash optional kernel
Flash gapps
Wipe cache/dalvik
Reboot
Credits:
Thanks to the original TeamEos & Cyanogenmod for the work on their roms, Dreamcwli for the base gapps and Guillaume Lesniak for the multiwindow WiP base
Original banner concept by i9apps, Bootanimation by mgeniusm, original drawing by BBF
WebPage
Tips
How to report
What to include in the report
Disclaimer: The usual
Use at your own risk, I won't be responsible for any damages caused to your Transformer or to yourself.
In most cases if something breaks, flashing a rom on top should fix it.
Additional info & links
Global Key Override/Shorcut Mecanism
Available in Settings => Language & Input => Add Key Override Actions
or in Dock Settings
This will allow you not only to redefine function keys assignment, and other special keys actions,
but you'll also be able to assign global macro actions / app launch to any key + Meta key combination (shift Left or Right , ctrl..)
You can also add multiple actions to one key combination, simply click again on the "+" button for the same key combination.
It might not make much sense for the moment, but once I'll add more actions it could be practical.
For example if you want to assign to one key combination a list of action to run before going to bed for example, like: turn wifi off, bluetooth off, mute sound, and turn screen off. You'll be able to do that in the future
Note that starting multiple applications with one key is kinda a miss and hit for the moment due to some mecanism in android that seems to prevent applications to start too close to each others.
Wifi channels:
Choose which channels are available based on your country in Settings => Wifi => Advanced => Change wifi regulatory domain
Google search:
If the version you're using is crashing when you open Google Now,
go to Settings => Language & Input => Voice Search
then uncheck Hotword Detection.
CIFS & 3rd party Mount Apps:
The Rom/Kernel have native support for them as long as you mount it outside or /storage/ and /mnt/shell/emulated/
GPS:
if it is taking a long time to get a lock or no lock, follow this:
Install the latest K.A.T app
Then follow precisely this procedure:
1) Location Settings
- Go to Settings => Location => turn OFF Access to my location
- Turn Access to my location back ON
- Make sure you agree to let google access the location.
Now you should have :
- GPS satellites: checked
- Wifi & mobile networks location: checked
2) Launch the new K.A.T app
- make sure you grant it root access
- make sure you have internet access
- go to the install menu, Check the "Install GPS quicker fix + Assistance
- Click the Install button
- Make sure it says "Install Finished"
3) Reboot
4) Wait that it has finished booting and launching all the stuff you have starting at boot
5) Start your GPS app outside with a clear sky line, to speed things up stay in range of the wifi / internet connection.
Do not let the gps app loose focus when it is trying to get a fix.
Do not let your tablet sleep / turn off the screen either.
Doing that here, the first time and with a cold gps start, and even staying in my house,
I get a 6 sat fix within 30 seconds and 11 sat fix in 1min 15seconds.
From there subsequent fixes takes about 3 seconds to grab 7 sats and about 10 seconds to reach the 10-11 sat fix
(you still want to let it sit outside for a bit after the 1st fix, so that the ephemeris data gets consolidated and updated to help faster fix later on)
Hardware keyboard layouts
More languages have been added in the default asusec keyboard
Set the keyboard layout through Settings => Language & Input => asusec => setup keyboard layouts
These also allow live switching without reboot with ctrl + space
Storage (fstrim) and Database optimization:
Fstrim is native in 4.3 and will happen in the background if your tablet is idle / sleeping and that your battery is > 70%
There is also a script to run it manually in the rom: /etc/kat/optimizestorage
To optimize the Database: /etc/kat/optimizedb
To run both, open a terminal and run:
su
/etc/kat/optimize
Be warned that the optimize storage can take from a few minutes to hours.
But the speed / lag will be greatly improved afterward
Slow downs & Battery drain after a full wipe ? :
Things to keep in mind after flashing with a full wipe:
- Media scanner will need to scan everything again, it can take from a few minutes to hours or days if you have a lot of medias or medias that it doesn't like.
During that process it'll use a lot of cpu and disk, and so can make things lag a bit and drain the battery until it's done.
You can use the Media Scanner filters to speed things up and make it scan only parts that are really containing your medias
- After a wipe, it wipes your battery stats, if you don't flash while you are with a 100% full battery, the battery stats will be inaccurate for a while until it learns again your battery capacity.
The battery can appear to drain faster because it doesn't know where your 100% is.
(see here for tips on how to speed up the learning process)
- Check that you don't have a rogue process eating cpu in the background. (run the top command)
- Check that you don't have a process keeping your tablet awake
MultiWindow
NavBar:
- To switch between full screen and split View you can use the
NavBar Button
(It will lay apps alternatively in one SplitView spot then the other.)
- To change focus simply Tap on the app or use the
NavBar Button
Recents:
- Clicking on the app Thumbnail works as before and displays the app fullscreen
- Clicking on the app icon or the
icon will switch the app to splitview and lay it in "automode"
(If you use automode when an application was set in a SplitView slot it'll be recalled to that previous spot.)
- Clicking on the other icons will force the app to the 1st or 2nd SplitView slot.
Actions
Actions to switch the app between fullscreen / splitview, switch between the 2 most recent apps and to force the splitview slot have been added
so you can bind them to a key / key combination with the Global KeyOverride or long press action too.
Note: Most apps works ok in splitview mode, but some of them might not refresh correctly sometime.
Same when rotating the screen while in splitview mode.
To force a refresh simply tap the app or if you have 2 apps in split, just click twice on the switch to last app button:
Other Tips
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Banners
Storage tweak, inversion with microSD / speed boost
Disabling ext4 journaling : :
This procedure will increase speed and responsiveness of the internal memory by disabling journaling
Disabling journaling will give a big speed/responsiveness increase especially on /data where writing occurs
but the risk of corruption in case of crashes, reboots, running of battery... is also higher.
Make sure you have a backup handy !
If you prefer to play it safe you can use the 2nd disabling zip, which will only disable on /system and /cache which don't contain user data
Corruption is unlikely to occur on /system as it's read only, and /cache is just volatile non user data, so you can simply just format it from recovery if ever something wrong happens.
To disable journaling on /system /cache /data download: dis_journaling.zip
To disable journaling only on /system and /cache : dis_journaling_system_cache_only.zip
To enable journaling back download: ena_journaling.zip
0) Put the zip on your microsd card
1) Boot into recovery
2) unmount everything but the microsd card (that means /system, /cache /data ... )
(the script will also try to unmount these, but better be safe in case the script doesn't succeeds)
3) flash zip
4) reboot
Note: Disabling journaling should only take a few seconds unless your filesystem is already dirty (fsck will take place before and after the journaling change)
Enabling journaling can take longer, especially on /data (mmcblk0p7)
Just be patient.
To disable journaling you will need to reflash the zip after you format /cache /data or /system (that means after installing the rom or after wiping cache if you do that after installing the rom)
Storage inversion(inverts microSD and internal storage) : :
This procedure will allow you to use your MicroSD as the internal /data partition (which means /data, /sdcard, /data/media ...)
So you can now have whatever extra space for "Android internal storage" you like (ie what your physical microSD size is)
And your old internal storage will be used as /storage/sdcard1/
I might see later on to remap things a bit more logically, but for the moment it's kinda less risky and easier to remember to just swap everything.
Not that I care much about the extra space myself,
but the good thing is that if you use a good MicroSD, things will also be much faster,
and for example it doesn't lag anymore when installing apps and such.
Make sure you understand what it means and what you are doing.
And backup everything first of course !
As reference:
Physical Internal partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
Physical MicroSD partition is /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
These won't change, only the mount points are changing.
The commands can be typed directly from twrp command line thingie, or you can run them through adb
(just add adb shell in front of the command in that case)
One thing to note is that the recoveries don't know at all that your mount points are swapped, so it will still show them to you the "old non swapped way"
It won't know how to make a factory reset while retaining your data for example.
1) Boot into TWRP (I use v2.3.2.3, it might differ if using another version)
2) WIPE MicroSD content (that means it will be empty afterwards)
unmount your microsd
Code:
/sbin/make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
If you still need to transfer your data from the internal storage you can go to step 4) then come back later to do step 3) only
3) If you have transferred your data from your internal storage, you can format it too:
unmount /data and /sdcard
Code:
/sbin/make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
remount /data
then
4)
Code:
/sbin/chmod -R 777 /data
5) Flash the KatKernel version marked with _invertstorage
6) Reboot.
Unless you transferred your old /data into your physical new microsd partition, it'll be like if you did a factory reset,
so you will just need to go through the setup again.
And of course, From now on NEVER remove your microsd card if the system is running.
Enjoy the extra space & speed
woot!
Nice job Tim, time to play with 4.3 ! Cheers
WOW! great job Tim...making a nand backup and going to try it out
Is there a fix for the notifications top bar disappearing ?
Normally I would just choose the Tablet UI
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Don't think it caused any issues other than the error but I got: Process android.process.acore stopped working when it initially booted to the homescreens
Couldn't capture screenshot, Storage may be in use
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Seems very quick indeed, nice and smooth, great job!
*Detection* said:
Is there a fix for the notifications top bar disappearing ?
Normally I would just choose the Tablet UI
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You mean switching back to TabletUI, yep TabletUI is not here yet.
cf #1st post.
Don't think it caused any issues other than the error but I got: Process android.process.acore stopped working when it initially booted to the homescreens
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Hmmm, I don't get that error coming from a clean install.
Did you properly full wipe + format /system before installing ?
Which gapps & launcher are you using ?
Seems very quick indeed, nice and smooth, great job!
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Yep still some work left to fix stuff and add a few features,
but I've been using it quite a bit yesterday and today
and it's definitely very fast and responsive without lag so far.
timduru said:
You mean switching back to TabletUI, yep TabletUI is not here yet.
cf #1st post.
Hmmm, I don't get that error coming from a clean install.
Did you properly full wipe + format /system before installing ?
Which gapps are you using too ?
Yep still some work left to fix stuff and add a few features,
but I've been using it quite a bit yesterday and today
and it's definitely very fast and responsive without lag so far.
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Yea I read that Tablet UI is not here yet, I was wondering if there was a fix to prevent the phablet ui bar from disappearing, the top notifications bar works while in settings, but soon as I return to the homescreen, only the bottom nav bar is visible, the top bar disappears
Same problem with KK ROM too though so not specific to 4.3
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I did wipe and format /SYSTEM yep, and both caches between and after each flash
Im using gapps_4.2.2_TF101_20130617b-signed gapps
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And yea, I never though I would see a ROM faster than KK 4.2.2 but somehow you've managed, and I don't even have my 1.4GHz OC running, its faster @ 1GHz than 4.2.2 was @ 1.4GHz
Everything seems to load and open faster and smoother, RAM usage is really good too 375MB free idle
It's just the notifications I need back now and I think I could use this as a daily driver
*Detection* said:
the top notifications bar works while in settings, but soon as I return to the homescreen, only the bottom nav bar is visible, the top bar disappears
Same problem with KK ROM too though so not specific to 4.3
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Hmm, first time I hear about that... I don't have that problem at all here.
Must be related to something you use, or maybe the gapps or launcher you use.
Maybe try with the gapps from the 1st post. and see if it does that after a full wipe and without restoring anything.
And yea, I never though I would see a ROM faster than KK 4.2.2 but somehow you've managed, everything seems to load and open faster and smoother, RAM usage is really good too 375MB free idle
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Hehe yeah, and I've not added back all the optimizations yet
timduru said:
Hmm, first time I hear about that... I don't have that problem at all here.
Must be related to something you use, or maybe the gapps or launcher you use.
Maybe try with the gapps from the 1st post. and see if it does that after a full wipe and without restoring anything.
Hehe yeah, and I've not added back all the optimizations yet
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You know what, I bet it is from the Control Centre setting for hiding status bar, maybe the setting hasn't cleared or something after I've been playing around with it, it was working on #224, then I flashed #225 and played with the settings, and thinking about it, it was around then that it stopped working properly (Using Trebuchet)
I`ll try clearing everything and going for just the ROM install
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Looks like this is going to be a killer ROM once you've sorted it, considering this is the first release with nothing added yet and it's already kick-ass
Seems really good so far, aside from the already mentioned and known issues. I just flashed this and the recommended gapps atop 226 and it fired right up with Apex Launcher installed and is really smooth and quick. Also, GPS worked really fast and got a fix quick and I haven't even reapplied the KAT app fix yet. Great job, looking forward to what you do with it.
Tim FTW !!!
I'm happy that you managed to put to us the FIRST 4.3 ROM.
You're the guy
Balls, I forgot to Nandroid backup before flashing 4.3, now stuck in a bootloop after flashing back to 4.2.2, adb logcat is showing permission errors on everything in /data/app
I've tried fixing permissions in TWRP but it doesn't seem to work, just instantly says completed and stops
Live and learn lol
*Detection* said:
Balls, I forgot to Nandroid backup before flashing 4.3, now stuck in a bootloop after flashing back to 4.2.2, adb logcat is showing permission errors on everything in /data/app
I've tried fixing permissions in TWRP but it doesn't seem to work, just instantly says completed and stops
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That's why it says to full wipe (that includes /data ) when switching from one major Android version to another
timduru said:
That's why it says to full wipe (that includes /data ) when switching from one major Android version to another
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lol, you know I did have a full Nandroid from a couple days back, and clever me decided to delete it and make a new one before flashing 4.3, but memory of a goldfish in the time it took to boot into recovery I had already forgotten and just wiped system and flashed 4.3
Never mind, it was time to clean up /data anyway, hundreds of apps that I never used, there's always a silver lining with Android lol
clean flash with recommended gapps, nice!
first request is to get back left nav please. only left hand works here
nice job tim. Downloading now.
Looks good so far.
Thanks, Tim...
Sent from my Transformer TF101
Hey Tim have you managed to bypass the root issue of Android 4.3 ?
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Related
Firstly I'd like to thank PSYCHO13OI on the #cyanogenmod IRC channel for spending quite a bit of his time helping me out. I thought I might just throw my problem out there.
I received my new HTC Magic a few days ago, but spent quite a few days prior researching different ROMs.
I've got a 32A that came from 3 Australia.
Firstly, a summary of what I originally did.
After receiving my phone and playing around with the original ROM;
1) I fastbooted into: recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img.
2) I wiped data, and wiped a non-existant ext partition.
3) I partitioned the SD card using 32MB swap-size and a 256MB ext partition. Further I used ext2 -> ext3.
4) Loaded and flashed the following in order:
- DRC83_base_defanged
- update-cm-4.2.11.1-signed
5) Rebooted.
After 30 minutes of the original boot splash screen, I took the battery out (I couldn't, and still can't, figure out how to hard power off) and re-fastbooted into the recovery image.
6) I reperformed steps 1-4, this time actually flashing the kernel port: bc-4.2.11.1-ebi1-signed. I also repartitioned the SD card using a swap size of 256MB and ext partition of 1024MB and went from ext2 -> ext3 -> ext4.
7) Rebooted again.
8) When I get to the "Touch the android to begin." screen, I got this error message:
Sorry!
The process com.android.
phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
My only option is to force close which still allows me to touch the android and proceed as normal. Otherwise, everything seemed fine and dandy.
A few days later I decided to try using the Camera and Camcorder apps. This caused a reboot. This did not happen on the original ROM.
After the reboot I noticed that the home screen hung after trying to swipe my home screen. This eventually lead to the error message (after 10 seconds or so):
Sorry!
Activity Home(in process
android.process.acore) is not
responding.
I was prompted with the option to either force close or wait. Choosing either will restore complete functionality in 20-30 seconds.
Now this happens after every reboot (and I'm uncertain whether or not it is related to the Camera issue).
Trying to fix both issues, I repeated the flashing process, this time wiping the dalvik-cache as well.
Still no go. I've made the logcats of the first boot after reflashing CM 4.2.11.1 as well as a reboot. I have also linked my last_kmsg after rebooting due to the Camera app crash.
1st Boot: http://pastebin.com/m356cf97e
Reboot: http://pastebin.com/m69a15127
last_kmsg: http://pastebin.com/m76c42ee6
This camera issue is touched on here: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=792
As for the Camera issue, similar to the OP in the above thread, I only have issues when on battery power. However, I do not have any issues in other apps that utilize the camera such as barcode readers.
Things I have not tried:
- Another CM version.
- Wiping battery information or anything else other than data/ext partition/dalvik-cache.
- Reflashing an original ROM (which I did not backup - my friend's Magic is coming in the next week or so, so I'll grab his image).
Hopefully I've documented everything important (and perhaps trivial). I'm open to any suggestions.
EDIT: Some things I forgot to mention.
- 8GB Class 4 SD card
- Added details to my original post about partition sizes/types.
It seems I was wrong about rebooting only in the default Camera and Camcorder apps as I just recently experienced a reboot on the Barcode Scanner app.
Perhaps try an older version of cm. I had more stability on some of the older releases
What would be one of the more stable versions?
i always find CM has better themes and mods "BUT" the rom is laggy. in fact, amon's rom is fast and clean but not much of any theming. wasted.
scyzerd said:
What would be one of the more stable versions?
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i'm back to 4.2.9.1 atm because it's a little less buggy. something like that or 4.2.8.1 or 7.1 maybe? go for the .1 versions because they will contain bug fixes for any known issues in the first release at that number...
I have that problem too... but I don't get it as often now. maybe once in a blue moon.....
there is two things I notice that when the reboot happens in the camera mode.
1) there are too much tasks running (you can notice it because the phone runs a little laggy, or if you check Taskskiller and the memory running low)
2) the audible selection is turn on
so now I watch taskskiller before I used the camera and reboot deson't happen that often, specially with the audible selection turn off.
let me know if you guy discover some other fix....
I wonder why in the world did you make such a big swap partition, since you have a 32A model you don't need any swap to run the CM ROM. To be honest CM works flawlesly without the SWAP partition on my phone which is also 32A. I have no problems with the homescreen nor the camera. Please try to repartition the SD card so it doesn't use the SWAP partition, you can also ditch the ext partition as the 32A model has more than enough space for applications installation (about 295MB space). Wipe and reinstall from scratch. Enjoy a working CM 4.2.11.1 build, you can even try 4.2.12.2
EDIT: ehhh, and if you encounter an alarm clock bug where the screen doesn't turn on when the alarm goes off, replace the existing alarm application (AlarmClock.apk) with the one provided in release 4.2.9. You lose some functions in the alarm clock but it works
Same problem different ROM
I'm having the same problem on a Rogers Magic 32A using AmonRa's Donut ROM.
The phone reboots after the 1st or 2nd restart of the camera. Plugged in to a charger, I can restart the camera at least 10 times. This isn't surprising since I did a wipe and reinstall the ROM and the problem still occurred with no other apps installed. Very strange.
I have the same problem...No not so much after I start using an other cam app, however the phone still reboots itself.
This is now considered a beta version of Ice Cream Sandwich for the HeroC. Please keep all comments/communication about this ROM in this thread, and keep the Development thread clean for people actively working on the ROM.
No guarantees that anything will work, or that your phone will not be turned into a brick or a toaster. Please backup if you value what is currently on your phone.
You can use this with or without gapps. If you load them both on the initial setup, be sure to select "Setup Wizard" when the system first comes up.
In its current state this ROM with GAPPS needs around 155M in /system. I am currently running firerats at 160/20 just to be safe for testing purposes. I would recommend at least 155 for system.
There are some obvious places where we can reduce the size, but that will come as we continue to refine and move forward. Performance in not great, but overall it is fairly functional. Gapps are just some a minimal version to get Market working.
THIS ROM TAKES A LONG TIME TO BOOT (ESPECIALLY FIRST BOOT).
Boot animation has been added in 26NOV version. Please be patient.
This is a work in progress and there remain many Opportunities for Improvement (the gentle euphemism for Defects).
Working (at least for me):
Touchscreen
Trackball
Phone
Data
WiFi
MMS
Audio
Bluetooth
SD Card
Market
GPS
Gallery
Boot Animation
LatinIME Keyboard
Prediction/Dictionary
Network Stats (Data Usage)
Headsets (Audio Jack & HTC 11 Pin)
Not Working:
Camera
Gallery2
Graphics Acceleration
TBD (Lots of other stuff)
25-NOV-2011 Initial Alpha release
TeamICS-4.0.1-25NOV-HeroC.zip
26-NOV-2011 Update with working GPS. Disabled broken qcom egl so that Google Maps works (slowly). FIXED LINK
TeamICS-4.0.1-26NOV-GPS-HeroC.zip
28-NOV-2011 Updated kernel for better alignment with ICS. Lots of additional updates. Updated to fix wifi issue (wlan.ko replacement)
TeamICS-4.0.1-28NOV-NEWKERN.zip
01-DEC-2011 Updated kernel to support network stats (Data usage). Modified LatinIME to show entire keyboard. Synced with CM/AOSP repos.
TeamICS-4.0.1-01DEC-HeroC.zip
06-DEC-2011 Updated with test fix for random app crashes (phone, exchange, popups, etc.)
TeamICS-4.0.1-01DEC-HeroC.zip
18-DEC-2011 Updated to latest AOSP/CM 4.0.3 source base. Fixed trackball. Replaced Gallery2 with older Gallery for the time being. This has major changes to the source base and limited testing, so backup is recommended.
TeamICS-4.0.3-18DEC-HeroC.zip - Currently offline while resolving some issues
18-DEC-2011 Updated to latest AOSP/CM 4.0.3 source base. Update from earlier post to add audio driver fixes, and su updates that restore Superuser functionality.
TeamICS-4.0.3-18DEC-HeroC-AUDIOFIX.zip - Currently offline while resolving some issues
20-DEC-2011 Back to 4.0.1 for the time being, until 4.0.3 issues can be resolved. This version has all of the standard fixes including radio/data, trackball, and audio. Also includes Gallery instead of Gallery2.
TeamICS-4.0.1-20DEC-HeroC.zip
22-DEC-2011 Minor update to include fixes for Headset (Audio Jack) and Dictionary/Prediction.
TeamICS-4.0.1-22DEC-HeroC.zip
25-DEC-2011 Add basic Bluetooth functionality. Additional testing in progress. Classification changed to Beta, as all major functionality is working except for Camera and Hardware Acceleration.
TeamICS-4.0.1-25DEC-HeroC.zip
01-MAR-2012 Integrating development with Evervolv team. Brings alignment with ICS 4.0.3 development.
Evervolv-ICS-2.1.0-01MAR-HeroC.zip
GAPPS
You can use the latest ICS Gapps from here. Or other Gapps of your choice.
FAQ / Fixes
DATA ISSUES
If you are having issues with Data try the following settings:
"Data enabled" checked
"Data roaming" unchecked
"System select" Home only
If you still have issues with data, please capture the output of "adb logcat -b radio" from boot to completely booted and post it to pastebin or equivalent.
KEYBOARD ISSUE
Attached below is a replacement keyboard that doesn't have the bottom row off-screen. This is just a quick hack to get a functional keyboard. After some clean up and testing, I will include it in the releases going forward. Just replace the existing /system/app/LatinIME.apk with this one for the time being.
Reserved 2
This is also reserved for later use.
Nice.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
I've got work in an hour........ so here we go, I'll let you know what happens.
whoa man, already? YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!
p.s- happy thanksgiving btw!!
edit:btw downloading it right now,, going to give it a go
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hmmm after the HTC screen, i get a black screen showing nothing. Plugged the charger and shows charging light.. Still waiting for it, it's been like 3 minutes. im on 170 40 mtd settings. K nvm it setup just appeared. For those that are trying, wait for it.
EDIT: K been messing around with it (sorry for all these edit, just trying to prevent a lot of posts and I am awake this late so might as well show some heads up) but problems I found
1) Keyboard is half (missing space bar and the alt function)
2) Screen orientation is choppy
3) Im missing the actual market app, might be firerats issue
I found a pointless feature.. but using the trackball brings up a cursor lol didn't know it'd do that. Making it "click" u have to press the ball then scroll quickly rather than just keep clicking the ball.
Thank you ICS Team. Other than the items listed in the OP, I cannot get data to work. Phone is stuck on No Service and every few minutes will jump to roaming and then back to no service. If I try to call a number with the dial pad, the dial pad disappears after I press send, I assume this is because I have no cell signal. Could not test google apps due to no data. I was still able to play with the home screen, widgets, etc.
@ Majin101, my keyboad seems to be working ok, I do have the market app but haven't tried to use it yet. I am not using firerats mod. If anyone else tries to flash this, make sure you wait a few minutes for the rom to boot as mentioned in the above post. You will see a blank screen but it will eventually boot.
This is going to be a great rom. If you use a different keyboard you also get space and alt to show up.
Findings.
Okay, Seems nice. There is no bootscreen, so be patient, when setting up, choose "setup wizard"(this is kind of a no brainer, but you never know). Alright:
1. Data isn't working, I changed the roaming settings, but it didn't help.
2. As mentioned in an earlier post, the keyboard is missing some keys.
3. I do however have the market application. I used the gapps in the op and am using firerats 160 40
Really amazing work. The fact that this is even running on my hero amazes me. And they thought it would have trouble with eclair
Freeroot said:
Okay, Seems nice. There is no bootscreen, so be patient, when setting up, choose "setup wizard"(this is kind of a no brainer, but you never know). Alright:
1. Data isn't working, I changed the roaming settings, but it didn't help.
2. As mentioned in an earlier post, the keyboard is missing some keys.
3. I do however have the market application. I used the gapps in the op and am using firerats 160 40
Really amazing work. The fact that this is even running on my hero amazes me. And they thought it would have trouble with eclair
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Data is working well for me with the following settings:
"Data enabled" checked
"Data roaming" unchecked
"System select" Home only
Try that, and if you still have issues with data, please capture the output of "adb logcat -b radio" from boot to completely booted and post it to pastebin or equivalent.
As i was installing in cwm i got an error stating "random offset: 0 x 150" yet the rom still installed. Any ideas as to what this was/is?
jaybob413 said:
Data is working well for me with the following settings:
"Data enabled" checked
"Data roaming" unchecked
"System select" Home only
Try that, and if you still have issues with data, please capture the output of "adb logcat -b radio" from boot to completely booted and post it to pastebin or equivalent.
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Alright, that did the trick. Really nice work.
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rizdog23 said:
As i was installing in cwm i got an error stating "random offset: 0 x 150" yet the rom still installed. Any ideas as to what this was/is?
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I got the same error. It booted just fine and I thus ignored it. Would be nice to know though.
For those that want to fix the keyboard, just download ics keyboard from market. For those that cannot download from market, use root explorer to go into "cache" and create a folder named "downloads", for those that want to increase scrolling speed etc., flash the TweakZ.zip found in the android general forum here at XDA. I would also recommend setCPU.
I also got Random Offset 0x1ba. Once rebooted, HTC screen showed up then black screen. I waited 10 min but it looked frozen. So I pulled the battery. Then I accidentally formatted my SD card and the fun was over.
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk
The "random offset" comment has to do with the flashing of the kernel. I'm not entirely sure but I think it has to do with the way the boot.img is packed. Should be harmless though..
Good to see you'll got this thing running though.
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
Another feedback!
pros
1) Ive been texting sending and recieving just fine no problems (havent tried mms)
2) Made calls talked fine (although my face kept hitting the end button..)
3) Installed swype, texting is fine now and changed the dictionary too english to get rid of those red lines under the words
4) Also increased pointer speed to just use the trackball if needed
other bugs:
1) Noticed that some of my notification doesn't make a sound or plays
2) When I play music its coming through the ear piece speaker rather than the back speaker
3) google map fails to login
Darn looks like I have to go back to CM7.1. People try to call me but my won't won't tell me someone is calling and their isn't any sound either. Also the gallery app opens but doesn't show pictures and apps are missing from the market but thats probably a build.prop issue.
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Just flashed without mtd and it seems to be working better. I'm receiving calls and can hear my sound now.
Great job guys! Running for about an hour and besides the above mentioned bugs, I've noticed one more.
When I put the phone on the charger it becomes unresponsive and the screen goes dark. No way to wake the phone nor is the charging led on.
The only way I can charge the phone is to do a battery pull and boot the phone while on the charger.
mines charging and im still able to use it?
Very Impressive, to say the least!
*note for the development team - you are the F-ing man!!!!
[ROM] Alien ICS ★ Build #8 ★ The train won't stop going -- No way to slow down ★ 5/18
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Alien ICS provides a concocted stew of TouchWiz, and ICS for your Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Samsung's TouchWiz functionality stays intact, but Alien ICS brings a blast of speed to the experience. There are very few theme changes with this ROM.Official Beta Tester signature:
HTML:
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Code:
- Based on AT&T UCLE2 4.0.4
- Various memory and speed tweaks
- Zipaligned
- Deodexed
- Rooted
- Busybox installed
- 5 icon dock enabled (4 + the app menu)
- 5 column app drawer
- Scrolling wallpaper!
- CRT off animation
- No carrier label
- No address book sync
- Customizable 15 toggle quick panel added
- Build.prop optimizations for speed, power savings
- Init.d scripts for compatible kernels (loopy smoothness, memkiller, zipalign on boot)
- Stock-ish kernel with custom ramdisk (disables ro.secure)
- Boot animation support!
- Recovery, Download added to Power Options
- Tethering enabled / entitlement check gone
- SIP over WiFi and 3G
- Updated applications
- Some GApps moved to /data for more flexible management
- Latest Superuser application and binary
- Bloatware removed
- Removal of HSPA+ upload limits
- Additional Samsung applications made removable
- Mms.apk mods: increased MMS text threshold, increased recipient limit, increased size limit
- Email.apk/Exchange.apk mod: removed security policy restrictions
- Removed “full battery” notification, vibration, sound, and screen wake.
- Enabled "Stay awake" option
- Added Internet call settings
- Transparent lock-screen default, changeable in Settings > Display > Lock screen wallpaper
- Additional Live Wallpapers
- Movie Editor
- sysro/sysrw added
- sqlite3 binary added
- bash and other miscellaneous binaries for the power user
- more coming soon!
Alien ICS #8 (full wipe - follow instructions below)
MD5 1930b67322b3849a1d46ca4d8ec69bd6
0) Take a Nandroid backup of your current ROM first!
0.5) If possible, use the OneClick at least once. Some things can't reliably be accomplished in an updater-script.
1) Flash my ICS radio if you haven't yet. Seriously, do it. (Use my CWM zip here)
2) Wipe data/factory reset
3) Wipe cache
4) Install from SD card
5) Format /cache from "mounts and storage"
6) Reboot. First boot will take a while, be patient (5+ minutes).
7) AT&T Ready2Go is busted this release.
Alien ICS #8.1 update (no wipe - flashable over any version of build #8)
No update available at this time.
MD5 N/A
0) Take a Nandroid backup of your current ROM first!
1) Apply update via CWM.
2) Reboot.
See the changelog in post #3 for important information.
DON'T KANG MY WORK! (yes, I'm looking at you).
kennethpenn
Original GB author - BriefMobile
DesignGears
Original ICS leak
legendk95
15 toggle mod
It's not working when I install! I'm receiving force closes, sitting at bootloops, etc.
Make sure you're installing the ROM correctly. Remember that kernels, MODs, radios, and carriers can mess with your phone's performance and workability.
I'm not on AT&T and this ROM is completely broken!
This ROM is not necessarily designed for international compatibility. Please wait for future updates or attempt an install with a proper international kernel. I hear it works fine on Rogers, but you'll need to add your APN. Google for directions on how to do that.
Why is my device running/booting slowly?
Your first boot will take an unimaginably long time. After that, your device will continue to run slowly until the application cache is built up. Don't worry, the speed will increase as you use the ROM!
Why is my battery life bad?
Your battery life is often killed when flashing ROMs in CWM. For the best battery life, you must drain your device’s battery until it turns off. Plug the device into the AC adapter and let it charge until the image says 100% charged. Then turn it on and use the volume buttons to boot into CWM. Click Wipe Battery Stats under the advanced menu. Then you should charge to 100% and install the ROM. Battery life should be comparable to (if not better than) every other ROM.
Where's my bloatware?
Alien ICS deletes unnecessary bloatware that can be replaced by better applications in the Android Market. If you'd like the bloatware back, you can download the CWM bloatware installer from here.
Why isn't there a battery mod?
You can cook your own battery mod using the UOT kitchen.
Coming soon (its TouchWiz, what do you expect?)
Changelog:
Alien ICS #8
Based on UCLE2.
CRT off works now (thanks Samsung).
Ready2Go moved to bloat - its broken this release anyway.
Probably other stuff I don't remember.
Alien ICS #7.4
Updated Google Maps (full release only).
Fixed home screen folder size when opened.
Fixed icon placement between home screens.
Alien ICS #7.3
Updated Google+ (full release only).
Removed AT&T Address Book Sync.
Removed broken Yellow Pages contact.
Alien ICS #7.2 re-release
AOSP lockscreen addon available.
Hide IME toggle in status bar.
build.prop tweaks.
Fix Media Hub.
Alien ICS #7.1
Adding scrolling wallpaper both to TW Launcher and third-party ones.
Fixed a small bug with enforcing copying libs (would only have affected AT&T's navigation).
Alien ICS #7
Initial Alien ICS release.
Known issues:
The home button has a slight delay. This is common in ICS (check SGS2 for example).
Turning off Wi-Fi tethering will cause the Settings app to be unresponsive for a minute or so. This appears to be an issue with the Tether provisioning and does not cause any actual problem. Seems fixed in UCLE2.
Changing the Wi-Fi sleep policy increases battery drain. This is common across many phones and ROMs.
The volume slider in Settings -> Sounds does not stick. Use the rocker instead. This is a ULCD2 issue. Seems fixed in UCLE2.
Data may be flaky for some. It works fine for me, but buyer beware. This appears to be a UCLD2 modem issue. Another modem may help. Use my modem and this won't be a problem.
Email syncing may be flaky. This is an Android 4.0.3 problem. Hopefully fixed since this is AOSP 4.0.4.
Anything else that has been common with ICS from Odin (I really haven't noticed hardly anything to be honest).
Some people have noticed weirdness when coming from GB related to the Home/Search keys. This appears to be related to updating from GB only (perhaps files on the SD card). Flashing the ROM a few times and booting into it between each flash seems to clear this up. Alternately, try backing up your internal SD card to your PC and then formatting it.
Miscellaneous:
If you want to enable "Preferred install location" in Settings -> Applications, run the following through an ADB shell and reboot:
Code:
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 'update system set value="1" where name="set_install_location";'
Thanks for this! I'm downloading now.
Love that subtitle! and your work!
OK, I installed this last night and all seemed good, except an issue with the stock browser (Google Mobile?) not saving my preferences. However, I got up this morning and noticed the stock Email program (not Gmail) wasn't deleting my messages. It wouldn't delete through checking the box and selecting delete and it wouldn't delete via "longpress". It also froze the phone (requiring me to press the power key 10 seconds for a re-start) and restarted the phone once on its own. All of this is coming with the vibes so I'm thinking it is from fc's. Maybe I have a bad flash or maybe its something I installed. I haven't installed much yet and everything I have installed now worked fine with the first leak Alien stock release that I have been running before this? I let the phone sit for about 5 minutes after the last restart and it all seems to be working fine again? Email deleting is working and no fc's? I'll test it more to see if it continues to happen or if it was just a "one-time" strange thing. Is anyone else having these issues? If the problem persists and no one else is having it, I will reflash later to see if it was a flashing issue. TIA
scott14719 said:
OK, I installed this last night and all seemed good, except an issue with the stock browser (Google Mobile?) not saving my preferences. However, I got up this morning and noticed the stock Email program (not Gmail) wasn't deleting my messages. It wouldn't delete through checking the box and selecting delete and it wouldn't delete via "longpress". It also froze the phone (requiring me to press the power key 10 seconds for a re-start) and restarted the phone once on its own. All of this is coming with the vibes so I'm thinking it is from fc's. Maybe I have a bad flash or maybe its something I installed. I haven't installed much yet and everything I have installed now worked fine with the first leak Alien stock release that I have been running before this? I let the phone sit for about 5 minutes after the last restart and it all seems to be working fine again? Email deleting is working and no fc's? I'll test it more to see if it continues to happen or if it was just a "one-time" strange thing. Is anyone else having these issues? If the problem persists and no one else is having it, I will reflash later to see if it was a flashing issue. TIA
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Sounds weird to me, I haven't noticed any of that. Perhaps a bad flash. Its always a good idea to let the phone sit about 10 minutes after the first boot to let any processes settle out. Maybe this could be related. I'd also make sure you're running the UCLD2 modem.
Just installed and EVERYTHING is running great so far. Restored apps with Tibu. Installed SuperSU then fixed permissions with ROM Manager.
This is the first time I've ran an ICS ROM without any problems.
Thanks Romracer...you do great work!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
This is exactly what I was looking for. A tweaked stock samsung ics looking rom without all the unnecessary blue theming.
My auto brightness doesn't seem as responsive as it use to be. However, the rest of the rom is awesome.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
vic750 said:
My auto brightness doesn't seem as responsive as it use to be. However, the rest of the rom is awesome.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
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Didn't change anything related to that.
No scrolling wallpaper, even with quickpic
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Google Chrome is force closing after the update. Is anyone else getting this?
romracer said:
Didn't change anything related to that.
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That is strange then. However, like I said before this rom is awesome. No force closes, everything seems to work for me since I flashed this morning. I like how you didn't theme it. Thanks again
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
crispy1805 said:
Google Chrome is force closing after the update. Is anyone else getting this?
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Not here. Haven't had a single FC from anything yet and I use chrome a lot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Installed rom without a hitch! Runs fast and smooth! Very nice work!
Mine is continually force closing on launch. Tried uninstalling to no avail.
crispy1805 said:
Mine is continually force closing on launch. Tried uninstalling to no avail.
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Always could try the normal cache d.cache wipes, fix permissions.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
romracer said:
Sounds weird to me, I haven't noticed any of that. Perhaps a bad flash. Its always a good idea to let the phone sit about 10 minutes after the first boot to let any processes settle out. Maybe this could be related. I'd also make sure you're running the UCLD2 modem.
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I reflashed, and so far, everything seems to be working OK. Email seems to work OK and the mobile browser is keeping the preferrences this time. So I guess it was a bad flash. It could have been one other thing. I installed the modded HULU+ app the first time around and it seemed to work fine. Does anyone know if the regular Hulu+ app (un-modded from the market) will work on this ROM or do I need to keep using the modded app? I don't think the modded app would derp anything but its the only thing I can think of (besides just a bad flash).
This is an amazing ROM (as usual).
**Edit**
Definately something going on with the Stock Email app on my end. It worked fine for a while and then started not deleting Email like it should then it gave error messaged when clicking on individual Emails such as "message too long" and "connection error" and then a momentary freeze. Everything is set up correct (settings and servers) and "GMAIL" app works fine for Email. Its strange because I went into the Apps settings and forced it closed and then I stopped the services associated with it. When I clicked on the Email button again, it all started working fine again. Come to think of it, "Media Hub" was associated with it as well. I wonder if Media hub is messing it up? I'm pretty sure it is not anything wrong in this Alien ROM (everything else is working great), if anything, it might be an isolated ICS bug that only occurs in certain conditions or conflicting apps (like the media hub might be). I'll keep looking into it, but its not a big deal because the GMAIL app works fine (and so does the "stock Email" most of the time).
**Edit 2**
I derped my own golden rule....read read read...
per the "ICS bugs" thread...
11 - 04/09/2012: [CONFIRMED] There are known issues with stock email app. Syncing unread/read e-mails will not push back to exchange server email client. Also emails me not completely send and stays "stuck" in outgoing box.
FIX (Thanks dixit):
This google thread shows the official issue and show that it was fixed officially in 4.0.4.
https://code.google.com/p/android/is...etail?id=23534
If you scroll down to post 51 you will see there is a link where someone put the two 4.0.4 APKs from a Spring Nexus S 4G which fixes this issue as explained above. So just go to that link, download the two Email/Exchange APKs, put them in System/App, correct permissions, remove your two Samsung Native Email APKs, and that will fix the issue of emails being stuck in the outbox.
Here is the direct link to those two APKs off Post 51
http://files.devphone.org/404mail/
If it continues to be a problem I will try the "fix" and let everyone know if it works.
dakpluto said:
No scrolling wallpaper, even with quickpic
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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I don't think it was listed in the features... But its already on my radar. Making gallery let you pick a bigger wallpaper is easy (1 line). Making twlauncher use it is what I'm on now. Nova works with my modified gallery though.
Anyway, I'll have a small 7.1 update (no wipe) later today assuming I get time to figure it out.
Does anyone get this; open something with a long list (e.g. gallery), then scroll quickly by flicking the list up/down and do it so the list keeps scrolling. I get lag when doing this, and its not smooth (believe the effect i'm after is called "buttery..?"). What ends up happening for me is that the scroll stutters and it ends up opening a file in the list that i'm scrolling.
I get this with a fair few ROMs and have always lived with it until today when I decided enough is enough and I need to man up and ask for help, plus I really want to use the Viper S rom effectively as the comments about this ROM suggest that this should not be happening.
I've wiped (factory reset in recovery then wipe all excpet sd, then cleared cache and dalvic PLUS i also select the wipe function in the viper aroma before install) and installed the ROM 3 times. Strange thing is, i don't get the problem after the first few restarts (not FC but me restarting it) but then for no reason at all, this lag issue appears (i have yet to restore titaniaum apps/download any apps at this point).
Sometimes it happen.
If you can't live with it, you can try the following:
a. Change the governor. On demand or lag free will offer you better performance. (affecting negatively your battery life)
b. Overclock a bit.
c. Change your kernel. Sebastian's seems to be working nice.
d. Use system tuner to check the apps that auto start and use your resources.
I hope it helps.
Regards
Sent from my HTC Sensation
Hi there,
The S8+ (Exynos) was the smoothest phone I've ever had. It ran perfectly, with no lag/stutter whatsoever, it was butter smooth. That until the last update...(The May update with Bluetooth and SD card stability ; Android May security patch).
Now, the phone lags/stutters/drops frames in everything - it affects the UI animations, the scrolling in almost every app (even in settings), any game (even the least demanding game), browsing, the phone also has keyboard input lag. It also scores very low scores in benchmark apps (about half of what it should score). The phone also heats up for no reason, especially during charging (it was never heating up before the update).
What I've tried (with no effect):
- Disabling all features from Settings, down to the smallest details. Disabling all bloatware apps from settings (Samsung apps, Word, etc.).
- Cleaning Cache/RAM/Junk files with Device Maintenance, Clean Master and SD Maid (and uninstalling those apps afterwards)
- Manually cleaning cache from all apps (all 300+ of them, including system apps)
- Manually force stopping all apps (all 300+ of them)
- Uninstalling all User-installed apps
- Wipe Cache from Recovery Mode
- Manually stopping all running Services from Developer options
- Setting no backround services option in Developer options
- Disabling all safe-to-disable apps (including system ones) using BK disabler
- Several Restarts
- Complete factory reset (from Recovery Mode) and instaliing all apps from scratch. Then, doing all the things above.
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PS: Animations are not only lagging/stuttering, but they are also glitching in some way (hard to describe, but little artifacts appear when minimizing/maximizing apps).
The screen also developed slight burn in (visible on gray image) in the notification and navigation bar area, although I use it with less than 50% brightness and with AOD disabled
Nothing worked. The phone has very brief moments when the animation lag dissapears, but then it starts back. The phone is now working worse than it did with the Battery Saving Option activated before the update.
I am aware that probably most of you don't have this issue. If you know anything that could help, please tell me.
-Should I take it to warranty ? ( I'm afraid that they will open it up and it will loose its water resistance)
- Any way of rolling back the update?
Thanks.
DO you have root? Custom rom?
No, I don't have ROOT or Custom ROM. Just Stock.
Do you have any accessibility service enabled?
No, everything is disabled.
M. Tomescu said:
No, everything is disabled.
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There are certain ways to check your dropped frames. A quick Google gave me this: http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...evice-has-dropped-frame-issues-or-not_id70744
Go to www.sammobile.com or www.updato.com and download previous software and flash back to that. You can downgrade as long as the bootloader number is the same which it is. BL number is always 5th from the last number, its currently 1.
Quickvic30 said:
Go to www.sammobile.com or www.updato.com and download previous software and flash back to that. You can downgrade as long as the bootloader number is the same which it is. BL number is always 5th from the last number, its currently 1.
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or try reinstalling the latest from here once again! May have been a dodgy installation process.
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Will this void warranty or affect flash counter?
M. Tomescu said:
Hi there,
The S8+ (Exynos) was the smoothest phone I've ever had. It ran perfectly, with no lag/stutter whatsoever, it was butter smooth. That until the last update...(The May update with Bluetooth and SD card stability ; Android May security patch).
Now, the phone lags/stutters/drops frames in everything - it affects the UI animations, the scrolling in almost every app (even in settings), any game (even the least demanding game), browsing, the phone also has keyboard input lag. It also scores very low scores in benchmark apps (about half of what it should score). The phone also heats up for no reason, especially during charging (it was never heating up before the update).
What I've tried (with no effect):
- Disabling all features from Settings, down to the smallest details. Disabling all bloatware apps from settings (Samsung apps, Word, etc.).
- Cleaning Cache/RAM/Junk files with Device Maintenance, Clean Master and SD Maid (and uninstalling those apps afterwards)
- Manually cleaning cache from all apps (all 300+ of them, including system apps)
- Manually force stopping all apps (all 300+ of them)
- Uninstalling all User-installed apps
- Wipe Cache from Recovery Mode
- Manually stopping all running Services from Developer options
- Setting no backround services option in Developer options
- Disabling all safe-to-disable apps (including system ones) using BK disabler
- Several Restarts
- Complete factory reset (from Recovery Mode) and instaliing all apps from scratch. Then, doing all the things above.
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PS: Animations are not only lagging/stuttering, but they are also glitching in some way (hard to describe, but little artifacts appear when minimizing/maximizing apps).
The screen also developed slight burn in (visible on gray image) in the notification and navigation bar area, although I use it with less than 50% brightness and with AOD disabled
Nothing worked. The phone has very brief moments when the animation lag dissapears, but then it starts back. The phone is now working worse than it did with the Battery Saving Option activated before the update.
I am aware that probably most of you don't have this issue. If you know anything that could help, please tell me.
-Should I take it to warranty ? ( I'm afraid that they will open it up and it will loose its water resistance)
- Any way of rolling back the update?
Thanks.
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Seems like you need a factory reset.
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Update: After a second factory reset, I have disabled all the apps in the ,,Bloatware" Section of BK Disabler (50+ non-user-installed apps) and the animation glitches/artifacts + overheating dissapeared. The scroll lag also seems mostly gone. Basically the problems dissapeared completely (so happy).
I'm currently waiting to see if the situation remains the same. I believe that the problems were caused by some sort of interaction between one of the apps and the new security patch.
Advice: DON'T disable any System apps (from BK Disabler). I've noticed that even by disabling one(any) of them, the phone overheats and a lot of errors occur in the background (checked the system recovery logs), because a lot of apps rely on each other.
Good to know... keep us posted.
Lol samcex...you are a great reader )...he already tried this)) Anyway I can't confirm this(my animation are disabled from dev option), but.... a small feeling that the phone is a more laggy is on my mind too...Something has changed.
M. Tomescu said:
Update: After a second factory reset, I have disabled all the apps in the ,,Bloatware" Section of BK Disabler (50+ non-user-installed apps) and the animation glitches/artifacts + overheating dissapeared. The scroll lag also seems mostly gone. Basically the problems dissapeared completely (so happy).
I'm currently waiting to see if the situation remains the same. I believe that the problems were caused by some sort of interaction between one of the apps and the new security patch.
Advice: DON'T disable any System apps (from BK Disabler). I've noticed that even by disabling one(any) of them, the phone overheats and a lot of errors occur in the background (checked the system recovery logs), because a lot of apps rely on each other.
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Hey friend , do u have a list of apps that u disabled ? Im having this problem too its crazy i love this phone but lags when i press home buttoj from facebook to go to home page ? Have to wait 1.5 secs to go to settings , which in that case it should just go immediately in my opinion , i press the power button to wake up the screen and a big lag while the screen is oppening , idk i tried reset and everything nothing helps..maybe u can give me a list of apps i should disable please
pemell said:
Do you have any accessibility service enabled?
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Does enabling apps accessibility service slow the phone down?
so does anyone else experience this "press power button to unlock phone but only red light comes on for the iris scanner and screen remains black"? even after a few clicks until eventually screen goes on?(fingerprint doesn't even bring screen on)
magicoolje said:
Lol samcex...you are a great reader )...he already tried this)) Anyway I can't confirm this(my animation are disabled from dev option), but.... a small feeling that the phone is a more laggy is on my mind too...Something has changed.
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Haha it was a long post .
True
https://www.xda-developers.com/the-...r-community-radically-improved-my-experience/