yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] d1gw33d:
Installing now after a cache+dalvik wipe. Interesting thing... when hooking up the tablet w/alpha3 to my PC to transfer the zip a number of files and folders were missing from view in the window. Looking at the files on the tablet and they were all there. Strange.

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Another oddity... with Alpha4 the wifi icon stays gray even with confirmed working connection - data works.

The other thing I just came across again is a browser issue. After browsing a few websites the browser becomes unresponsive and refuses to load anymore more websites. The browser functions (doesn't freeze up) but the little blue loading bar stays around 5% and it will not load any website. Rebooting resolves the issue. This happened last night on alpha3 and just now 5 minutes into alpha4.

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One more thing :) Regarding auto brightness. It seems partially functional.

Holding it up to the window made it go brighter (though slow to do so) I was unable to get it to go darker when I covered the sensor.

I will do a full wipe & reinstall and report back if any of my above issues are resolved.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] poisike:
Gray WIFI or 3G icon means sync is disabled (or experiencing problems). Enable sync and it will turn to blue.

I have seen this browser issue a few times, but only after using flash player. You don't need to restart the tablet to make it work. Just Force stop the browser.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] bdfull3r:
Wifi is still slow but it is a little better (placebo affect?)

Is there anyway we could include a file manager like in CyanogenMod, i have a lot of APK's to sideload, like the Amazon App Store.

i should have a bug list up eventually,
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
Wi-Fi issues

Wi-Fi hates me in Alpha#4. It connected fine in the first boot. After 20 mins, I rebooted and...bam. It no longer connects to my WPA2 router. It says "Not In Range". I'll keep testing. So far it's a big jump from the Alpha#2 I tested weeks ago.

Edit: Re-entered WPA2 key. Tested speeds for a while, rebooted and now it's...connecting as normal. I wonder what the heck happened back there. Still testing Wi-Fi speeds over time.

Edit 2: Ok after 1hr 35mins of continuous usage, Wi-Fi speeds were always normal BUT I did experience the browser bug. The bug where the browser no longer wants to load anything and the progress meter stops at about 5% as previously mentioned. I also found when this happens, Flash is also affected in other browsers such as Opera. It no longer loads videos, although you can browse the Internet as long as you're using a browser other than the stock one. After a long while (like 25-30 mins) the browser and Flash works normally. Weird.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jenne1980:
I tested this rom (alpha 4) and I have mixed feelings about it.

positive:

- Almost everything works besides 3G and camera

- Gallery working without crashes

- Smooth launcher

- Didn't make long time test but it seems that I don't have the battery consumption problem anymore

negative:

- The launcher is smoother than in Honeycomb with Touchwiz, no doubt. But it is still far away from 100% smootheness like on Apple iOS. Still a bit laggy sometimes (even when overclocking to 1,4 GHz). I expected more from ICS to be honest. But let's see what the official roms bring.

- Also the usability of this ICS rom is a bit disapointing. Example: After you drag&drop an app from the app drawer to the homescreen, the app drawer closes. If you want to put another app to the homescreen, you have to go back to the app drawer. I don't think that this is standard in ICS. Another example: If you hold your finger on the homescreen, you can only select a background but can't add an app.

- With these negative points I don't see a real advantage of this ICS rom compared to Honeycomb. I went back to the stock 3.2 rom and in my opinion the usability is better.

Ok, I know it's still an alpha version, maybe further releases will make more use of the potential that ICS has. I will wait for the official ICS release.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
I expected LESS for an alpha to be honest and fair. I do know several alphas that were horrible (in other devices, not this one) and soft-bricked the heck out of devices. The official ROMs? They'll bring...wait for it...TouchWiz with it once more (source too, which is needed for camera and whatnot)! Your second and third point are solved by an alternate launcher. This one is barebones, heck it is pure Android without bells and whistles other launchers have and that's why some prefer CyanogenMod. You might want to check the CyanogenMod9 thread. You might like that because of more customizing options (I haven't tested that one).
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] reycingef9:
I 2nd this. Loving this update so far!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
Almost satisfied

So far this ROM is almost ready. Some known kinks here and there, but for an alpha, you guys went far and have lots of talent. I am sure this and the CM9-derived will become the norms around here in the coming months once source drops. Thumbs up! :D
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] varpness:
I miss the camera but I'm loving everything else so I'll stick it out.

Thank guys!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ste_vlad:
I initially installed this only to get a look at ICS but now I consider using it full time.

I'm amazed how fast and slick the interface is, even without OC, I stuck with the default launcher and it seems ok, I miss the ADW feature of seeing all screens by tapping home on the center screen and other few minor things.

My main complaint is the lack of picasa albums synchronization in the Gallery, my wife especially misses that since it was almost her only use of the tab :)

Also missing are the battery stats, but that's more an inconvenience than a deal breaker

Other than that GREAT JOB! If this is alpha I wonder how final will look like!

LE: I was about to say HW Decoding not working but apparently it was a player issue, didn't work with Mobo or MX but works wonderfully with BSPlayer (which btw I just found out has the ability to stream over LAN)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
alpha 5 coming in a little bit, screenshot fixed, history menu fixed..

just have some real work for my real job first :-)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Thanks for the feedback.

- Power off charging turns the TAB on but no touchscreen. Should unplug and long press the power button to reboot then I got the touchscreen working normal.

Should be fixed in alpha 4 and 5

- Last Open Item Preview is rotated 90 degrees clockwise

Alpha 5 that I released to the team last night will fix this and screenshot.

- eBook fails

This is a gapps issue. Not sure what is up with that since I have just been working on the android and kernel builds. Maybe one of the other guys has a solution.

-Polaris Office fails

I have Polaris Office working and was viewing PDF and Word docs last night. Beyond installing or side-loading the APK, you need to place the two polaris office libs from HC 3.2 into /system/lib as they are provided by the vendor, not the OS.

- gTalk cannot establish video call (must be camera problem).

No working cams yet...so yeah :(
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
Alpha 5 posted! see op

also please start using our google project page for all future bugs (this can include current hold over).

You can post them here, but they will have more visibility there!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Yes, I agree and want to rectify this as well. I was also thinking about providing an empty apps folder so you can put whatever you want in it and have it be installed when you flash the zip. I did this before on my Iconia tab.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
liking the idea!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
also we should look at including the free titanium backup, every time I wipe/reflash a new build its 30 minutes of getting myself back to a "user tab" hehe
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ste_vlad:
picasa web albums in gallery fix

Apparently I found a solution for the missing Picasa albums in gallery, installed GalleryGoogle.apk from GalaxianSoupGappsV2.zip (copied using root explorer to /system/app)and now I can see the missing albums.

This apk missing from GalaxianSoupGappsV3.zip, it was by chance I decided to check
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] chienline:
Wow.. :eek: what a work. Alpha 3, 4 and 5 comes out very fast :D

Will give it a try tomorrow. Downloaded alpha 4 but haven't test yet. So now I'm downloading alpha 5.

Thanks before to _motley, I'll try moving Polaris' libs ;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] alwayslearning:
I also have three exchange accounts on initial set up all three work just fine, in fact the calendar always works, but what happens about 3 to 4 days later sometimes less the e-mail accounts will stop syncing not all three of them sometimes just one sometimes all three, I have to delete the accounts set them back up and it works fine for a couple more days then they stop syncing, I can always e-mail from my tab but when I compare it to my phone I see that I am missing e-mails.

Anyone else:confused:
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] tri0xinn:
cool.. I was just using alpha 3 last night thinking what were the odds I would just happen to get the tablet that is running the cleanest version of ICS so far.. or close. Seems like usually I'm always looking from the other side of the window.. browsing other forums wishing I was flashing their way cool roms..

Thanks guys! I'll be flashing 5 tonight
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
May I use this quote in future releases? :-)

You are welcome and thank you for the praise.. I couldn't agree with you more on this, motley and my team have done a pretty darn good job if you ask me :-)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
Thanks if you have a moment can you log a bug on our google code page? that way it won't get lost, we'll include it in the next apps release (soon).
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] cpadrr:
Thanks for the great work and updates. Can't wait till the camera is working!!!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] folkland:
I have the exact same issue in alpha 4 [edit: and alpha 5]. Its a very sporadic wi-fi / browser bug.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jhwbg:
Same here, however I am now on cm9 version and problem is gone in this version.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] RedMist:
does anyone know if the HDMI adapter works?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] Loccy:
I'm seeing this too but think it's Flash related.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] folkland:
Darn you lol

I was about to go to bed and then I checked the thread one more time and you had to upload the BETA!

Time to flash!!!!!!

Edit - where is the zip? the link in the post is to a page that doesn't exist. And no new files in project downloads. :-(

Oh well I'll dream about it tonight and have a gift tomorrow. Thanks for all your hard work guys!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] F41nt:
What about rotation black screen? I'll install this ROM after deleting this issue...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nootherusername:
I want it... in 3G :D Hopes 3G arrives.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] Loccy:
I had literally just flashed the CM9 ROM because the browser bug was becoming a show stopper for me. Gaaaaaaah! :-)

Well, I might as well stick with CM9 for a little while and see how I go for a bit... but I'm sure I'll be back!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jenne1980:
There's an error in the link from the opening post. You see that when klicking the link and watching the URL bar in the browser. Extract the correct link "http:// ...." and you can download the file.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/9pm28khe28e5iuo/galaxian.soup.gt7310-beta1.zip
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ranzassel:
How is multitouch on this ROM? I am currently at CM9 which works rock solid. But having issues with multitouch (Shadowgun is unplayable, GTA cars stop accelerating when steering....). Don't want to switch ROMs not knowing if my major issue is solved on this. For daily use CM9 is quite reliable...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] dhanjel:
Anyone else with problems opening the market in beta1? Upgraded from Alpha 5 (no wipe)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jhwbg:
Market is fine here, did full wipe and installed gapps version 3.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] chienline:
Well I'm moving to 7300 thread :D

Just find out that it had started 2 weeks ago :eek:

But before that I want to report my last testing with 7310 Alpha versions.

- Usb (UFD) not working on alpha 4 and 5 but it works on alpha 3.

- Scrolling on Youtube home get flicker on the left side of screen. (But maybe I'm forgetting to set virtual governor at testing. Not sure.)

- Get some random auto-reboots while leaving my Tab for few minutes. Not on alpha 3, only on alpha 4 and 5.

- Could not find the button for native screencapture which is said available on alpha 4 and 5. (Or did you mention screenshot, then it would be my fault, sorry :D )

+ On alpha 4 and 5 charging while Tab off works like stock rom, not turning the Tab on as on alpha 3.

+ Screenshot preview show normal, no more rotated90 degrees clockwise :)

Hope this help. Not trying Beta version for I'm going to try 3g build :)

Oh, one more thing, do not success to make Polaris Office works. Even I've tried copy the libs file both before and after installing the polaris.apk :confused:

Get going. I'll take a peek here sometimes ;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] bwagner:
The HDMI adapter works on all the alpha builds, but i rotated 90 degrees.

I will flash the beta today and re-check.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
the screenshot can be found in the power menu. just give a long press on the power button and the option to take a screenshot sould be there.

or press power&vol- together and it takes one aswell.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] dhanjel:
Marked worked again after a reinstall of Gapps
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Next alpha for 3G will be posted soon...thanks for the testing and feedback.

-Usb (UFD) not working on alpha 4 and 5 but it works on alpha 3.

This works in the last couple versions without a 3rd party app. Plug in and navigate to /usbdrive or /mnt/usbdrive

- Get some random auto-reboots while leaving my Tab for few minutes. Not on alpha 3, only on alpha 4 and 5.

Not seeing this myself in alpha5 or beta1. If anyone is seeing this, please let us know.

-Oh, one more thing, do not success to make Polaris Office works. Even I've tried copy the libs file both before and after installing the polaris.apk :confused:

One thing to report here. I was testing by viewing files from the file explorer, viewing DOC and PDF etc. works. However going into the main interface doesn't work. If you just need a file viewing program for office docs, then it works great. I'll need to check on other missing libs to see if I can get it working fully.

Unfortunately it is still rotated. Our 90 degree orientation is really a pain when we are on the cutting edge!

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Hi, kallt_kaffe is using the same melfas touchscreen driver I modified for ICS, so I doubt there is a difference between ROMS. Is there a free version of one of these games so I can see what you mean? Please give some simple instructions as I am not a gamer...racing game would be best for me :) Maybe there is something missing in the kernel driver or Android build...not sure at this time.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] gingernator007:
Thanks for all your hard work on this rom, the multitouch issue is still the case with beta1 which makes most games unplayable...besides that...bravo!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] clickinfo:
can i use this rom with my GT-P7300 3G?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] deweylim:
I did it on mine but no 3G function.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] otaku888:
It may be that the fixes you wanted have not been made, but remember this is an alpha version of software that has been developed by hobbyists in their spare time. As such there are no deadlines or expectations of work to be done.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] Chrisalviedo:
This is amazing! I'm really enjoying it! Do you think we will ever get GSM voice calling enabled in this tablet. It seems like a perfect tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] RedMist:
Well worth the upgrade. No crashes at all so far. Great work!

Very close to a beta release!

Its a keeper.

Still issue with html5 emedded video. But flash seems ok.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] AshamanMokum:
Thanks for the great work,

Will give it a try when i'm back from holiday.

Only one question i'm curious about is, is ad hoc networks fixed in this version ?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] smoschi:
Wow, thank you dev's you are great! If you like a new cms homepage or a v-rootserver for your project give me a shout. I will sponsor your project!

Thx and i wish you a good night & with galaxySoup dreams :cool:
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] dhanjel:
Just installed it, and first off: Great work! Really impressive.

No problems yet.

A few comments though:

- Is it the phone market? It seems a little different from stock

- I actually miss the Samsung keyboard, is it possible to install?

- The software "hardware" keys looks better in stock rom (in my opinion), is this something that can be adjusted in the future or is this how it has to be in vanilla ics?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] RedMist:
actually I am seeing quite a number of website hanging..

Also nearly everything I type using the standard keyboard seems to be a word which isn't in the dictionary
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jhwbg:
I am sorry to say that this version has more problems with web browser. It is force closing alot especially on pages with flash content. This thing makes it a non daily driver for me.

Orientation change bug remain.

You are all doing a great job, and I will wait patiently for next version.

Thank you
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
Remember this is pure Android, not the TouchWiz bloat that Samsung got their users used to for some years. Don't quote me, but for some Samsung things, part of their TouchWiz framework is needed and that's why some stock things just don't get ported (reminds me of users asking for TW stuff at Vibrant's CM7 thread and that's the given answer --- if I'm wrong, devs feel free to correct me). Maybe a TouchWiz-like theme can be built in the future, but so far there's only one themer in the forum. Welcome to vanilla ICS.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] termleech:
Can you pull a logcat of the browser crashing and paste in it please? It will help us narrow down the issues.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] termleech:
I believe the gapps is the one from the nexus so it may be the phone market. We will see about getting the tablet market in there.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] termleech:
Can you try turning off flash and see if the pages still crash? My guess is flash crashes due to the hw codecs not being there. Can you pastebin a logcat?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
So far, this is good progress. Yes, as mentioned the browser still has its share of issues, a tiny lag in the app drawer, and the screen orientation bug. It'll take time. For the good part, this build is indeed smoother than alpha1, so I think the base change was a good idea. The battery gets really cranky if you don't change the governor to Interactive, guys, and I suggest a reboot after changing governors to see the real effect. Right now I'm UVing a bit further than I did on Android 3.2 and it's holding better. What I love the most from ICS is the browser: smooooooother than any browser I've tested and faster than Opera Mobile.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] RedMist:
I think this is correct. Flash turned off makes the browser usable again.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] cy_happy:
I've tested it this afternoon and it's amazing!

really fast and smooooooth!

The browser freeze when turn the Flash on,but it doesn't bother me too much.

HW codec not working but can play HD videos using MX player with SW decode when OC to 1.4GHZ, but the battery drains fast playing videos this way......

Anyway, thanks guys for the amazing work, it's almost a daily ROM
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] tommrazek01:
Thanks. Bout the screen orientation, It is because Samsung have made a mistake building that tablet, so when they turned it on, the screen was the other way round. They fixed it just by rotating the whole system instead of the hardware. The problem is there is something else we do not know about that fixes the problem. We also had to turn the software "the other way round",and the bug is just the tab trying to rotate natively (the wrong way).
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
I will fix this in a few minutes, never occurred it would be a different market app, I thought the build.prop determined that.

I belive I tested adhoc (in the cab last night using my GT-I777 and hotspot)

To quote an earlier post I made and I may have to copywrite this.

"Don't wiz on my ICS" lol

As stated in the OP and previous thread. Most of the changes have occured in the re-basing to stock AOSP over CM9. This is resulted in a cleaner build, so the rom is more responsive, and more stable. We ahve fixed a few things like home screen auto orientaton, a better (still not perfect) gapps, etc.

Now that migration to AOSP is complete, (and with last nights 11hour developments) we should be able to proviede more frequent updates, and hope to get the major kinks out faster so that we can call this a true daily driver.

Yes, I will fix the OP, just not 3g (yet)

No, they are significantly different, sorry

Thank you for the offer I already have one in the works, drupal based, PM me with your experience, could probbly use some assistance (time is so hard to find these days lol)

Watch it, he's a close personal friend of mine, and the Logo is AMAZING! :-)

This is news to me, I've been testing various versions of this for a week and no FC's. Did you wipe/factory data reset? Do a logcat as well, but please try a wipe/reset first.

Thank you, I haven't even tested flash as I knew this wouldn't work right because of the HW Lib issue, this too will be fixed soon I hope, I will update the OP in a bit.

Yeah as you and I discussed this seems likely, so the bug may stay around until sammy gets off there butts with a wiz release... However because the UI is more responsive its less noticable, and it is definately on the list to be looked into further. As I stated most of the past 12 days was spent re-basing, and then testing to get back to what we had already. We beleive the rom is more stable and more responsive as a result.

Also I stated in the OP that HW Movie decode maybe coming soon, we had a last minute development last night before release that seemed very promising. We are making no promises!

To take a page from Montgomory Scott, Underpromise and Overdeliver!

Oh and before anyone complains about battery, I've gotten nearly 4 days with heavy use on this, I never saw this with my A500, or any other tab. It rocks!

Off to work, I will update the OP to reflect your feedback

Team Galaxian-Soup would like to thank you all for your patience, suppoprt, and most importantly kindness and praise!

-nycbjr-
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
I see. I really hope source comes soon enough. They are focusing first on the Galaxy S2 and the Note for Q1 this year. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long after that.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
OP updated, links fixed

Sorry about that, we forgot that the author or setcpu doesn't want his app included in roms, so we removed it, and added nofrills cpu.

Sorry!