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[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] cpadrr:
Is there a way to make USB work or do I have to go back to Alpha build?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ranzassel:
Sorry, currently know only those two games. Maybe somebody else can help out? Problem feels like one touch is disabeling the other. For example GTA: you keep pressing the accelerate button on the right side to drive. Releasing it stops acceleration. So this is fine, but if you are using steering buttons at the left side the car stops accelerating. In this case you have to release and press button on the right again.

Similar in shadowgun. Left touchpad is for moving, right for aiming/adjusting view. When you are walking and use right touchpad to change direction you stop walking.

Touch itselfs is working well (tested with development settings from ICS settings). But in those games you cannot use two controls at the same time. The last touch always takes over control and disables others.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jenne1980:
Maybe this freeware multitouch tester also shows the problem? https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5iYXR0ZXJ5cG93ZXJlZGdhbWVzLm10dmlzdGVzdCJd
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] txspaderz:
Has anyone gotten H/W decoding for mkvs working? I've tried multiple players w/o any luck
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
USB works, are you talking about flash drives, mice, something else? For flash drives you no longer need to use a third party app, they just auto-mount and you can navigate to /sdcard/usbdrive. Just tested and my mini mouse also works with the 30 pin usb adapter.

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Try BSPlayer, it works for the 1080 trailers that I test with to make sure hw decoding is working (they also work in the stock player though). Give that a try and let us know if it works for your rips.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jai134:
A question from me. Isn't this playback problem with mkvdecoded movies a problem that has to do with the lack of support for anything higher than baseline quality in the tegra 2 platform? Will hardware play higher profiles with new software?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Yes, I believe this to be true...we are still limited by the hardware. Higher profiles aren't likely to work unless the tegra ventana libs we are based upon are performing some new magic. I don't have any high quality rips to test with, I might have to search the net to find some...if anyone has links for vid testing, please share :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
my adapter is very choosy at what usb drive he accepts.

does ntfs work because so far i only got fat32 drives running...

also is there a way to unmount the media before removing it? i always get an error if i just pull the drive out...

tried with mx player (aren't the players all basically the same?) and a 720p mkv worked perfectly fine (playing of external usb drive)

will try 1080p later.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ranzassel:
Yes.... Thanks. This shows a strange behaviour that is not happening with the testing option from ICS developer settings.

Just place your right thumb on the screen without moving. You get a static dot, indicating the touch is correctly noticed. Now take aonther finger and move it across the screen. Especially when moving close to the border the dot under your thumb is starting flickering (differs from very slow to really fast).

Things are getting wild when you keep your thumb on the display and moving around 3 or more fingers. The dots are flickering again and also appear in places you did not touch the display.

There is also some delay with multiple fingers (at least with one thumb permanently on the display). Move them around and after a short time it is getting laggy. The dots are not following correctly and the animation still runs for a few seconds after you removed all fingers from the display.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
i'm not having this issue. the finger that is static is displayed correctly even with 1 or more fingers moving about on the rest of the screen. seems like something is wrong with either your device or your rom :S maybe try wiping clean and reflashing
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ranzassel:
Maybe its my device, but did not have this on stock? Also did full wipe (cache, dalvic, factory reset) before flashing.

Just tested some more:

Put one finger on the display and keep it there without moving. Dot is correctly there. Now shortly tap with

second finger. While tapping I see two dots. But after releasing the second finger, the dot under the first finger also disappears. While keeping the first finger down, the dot only appears when tapping with second finger. It is not happening every time but very often.

Ccan you reproduce this? Or someone who is also having issues with games?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
yes this happens for me aswell, but only if i keep the first finger completely still.

if i move it only a milimeter it reappears. so:

hold one finger - tap second - both dissapear - tap second both reappear then dissapear - move first finger a milimeter and it reappears and works as expected.

this might explain why some games cause problems. lets say the right side stears, the left aims. if you would be constantly stearing forwards at the same point, then aim and then let go on the left side the right would also not be registered anymore thus stopping acceleration or stop walking or whatever.

for everyday use this isn't a problem but i can see how this would suck if you are gaming...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ranzassel:
Puh... so its not my device. Its completely like you say. Thanks :)

Something thats also strange:

Put one finger down and keep it. The dot is there. Now put second finger and keep it. Two dots appear. Now remove first finger while keeping second where it is (without moving). The two dots stay until you move the remaining finger (or lift it).

So yes, this is not an everyday issue. Just found it during weekend-gaming. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] taiger78:
Here is something to test on with various codecs . :)

http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] txspaderz:
BS Player is unable to play the mkv below, streaming from my media-server. I'm manually loading a vid onto the tablet now and I'll report back.

Format : Matroska
File size : 1.89 GiB
Duration : 57mn 10s
Overall bit rate : 4 722 Kbps
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 9 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 57mn 10s
Bit rate : 4 244 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.192
Stream size : 1.70 GiB (90%)
Writing library : x264 core 107 r1745 4785e8
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] txspaderz:
After loading a the same mkv onto the tablet its better, but still choppy.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Thanks, good site for testing. Had to go down to 720 to not see any stuttering using BSPlayer.

Yeah, it's the high profile that gets you on tegra 2...hw decoding can't seem to keep up. If you convert to base profile, it would work better. I could likely OC the GPU, but it doesn't seem to have been that successful on other tegra 2 devices. I know the xoom and iconia guys were trying it 6 months ago, but I don't recall it being a grand success.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] sorrowrain:
p7300 alpha 2 working like charm .

very smooth and fast .

and by fast i mean really fast that i have no lag.

thanks for the alpha rom.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] cpadrr:
Can't USB stick to work. I don't have a /sdcard/usbdrive folder and I am not using any third party apps. It worked fine in Alpha3 and stopped working in Alpha5 and in this beta.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Check /mnt/usbdrive after plugging it in and giving it a sec. Do you see the partition mounted there?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] cpadrr:
Well I tried in RootExplorer and it works fine, but I get IO error trying to use it in Astro File Manager. Not sure why, but I guess I will stick with RootExplorer.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jessevl:
High profile 720p mkv works pretty well in Mx player on software decoding when overclocked... battery life is horrible that way though so not suited for daily use but it at least shows us the CPU is not the bottleneck, the hardware codecs are
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
Still no mobile Hotspot on 7300 ...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] fishton:
Shut up ! You're getting really boring ! Can't you just be happy for one sec and say thanks for their free work ?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
No :-) If they are doing volunteer work it's their problem.

Did i mention, mobile hotspot still not working. Maybe in the next 100 releases it's fixed :-) We will see.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] fishton:
Honestly, everywhere I see your name, there is a complain with it.

If it's not fast enough for you, just do it by yourself and wait for Samsung to release an official ROM. In the meantime, if you could be at least a bit happy with what you have, starting your post by even a small thanks, I believe everybody will appreciate it coming form a moron like you
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jessevl:
Actually, high profile 720p MKVs work well in Dice Player WITH HW acceleration as well... I'd say its smooth 90% off the time, just not with things like water etc. It works far better than it did on HC
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
Why should i be happy with creepy software? Don't know. I already thanked the team for their work. This doesn't change the fact that there's still no mobile hotspot.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] fishton:
Just buy an Iphone and stop complaining about Android everywhere you can
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] laser21:
when connected through HDMI the output is 90degrees rotatet clockwise. Its the same with overcomes 2.2.0 ROM.

Any ideas on that?Did anyone else test this?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
this is a known bug. it has to do with samsung having rotated the screen they put in our device.

the devs are working on it but from what they posted it seems quite hard to get this to work properly :S
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
I've rewritten melfas_ts to use slots. Seems to fix the touchscreen problems.

Apply this patch: https://github.com/kalltkaffe/galaxy-2636/commit/b5bd2c594dedbbb351d33e4d937f749c7885aec5

(I also sent you a PM)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
I already have an iPhone and it such a great piece of technology and usability. So thanks for suggesting. As long nobody will buy my tablet and no iPad3 is released i'm forced to use such roms. Never thought that stock rom would be so creepy though it is.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] chienline:
Thanks Bro. How come I didn't notice that screenshot menu :p

Everyday I use theairplane mode, power off and reboot but don't see the screenshot ups... :D

Glad to have P7300 and P7310 united again :) so we can follow the progress in single thread :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jenne1980:
Ehm, this is NOT an officially released software! This is custom software in beta status and you are wondering/ complaining that something doesn't work??

Nobody forces you to use custom beta software on your tablet! If you don't like the stock Honeycomb software, just wait for official ICS roms. Complaining about a beta custom rom is just stupid, sorry.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
guys just leave xpla alone!

don't feed the troll ;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] Loccy:
Is there any way someone could tweak the touchscreen sensitivity so that we stand a chance of being able to use a stylus to produce recognisable handwriting? Something akin to what Touchscreen Tune in the market does for the 10.1? According the the dev of that app he cannot use the same techniques on the 8.9 because the kernel doesn't expose various parameters his app hacks (or something like that).
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] chienline:
That day I use only File Manager HD from Rhythm Software. I love the GUI and usb works well in alpha 3. In alpha 4 and 5 it shows /mnt/usb on bottom right corner but cannot find my files on any folder. Now I try root browser from Root Toolbox and everything goes well. And go back to File Manager HD wuzz... it shows up. No idea what happens :rolleyes:

I need spreadsheet mostly, not only viewer but the editor. Viewing with file explorer no problem but I need to edit my files, that troublesome :D

But I can try 3rd party apps so no worry about that and keep your top priority works ;)

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jhwbg:
Really great work, now I can use xtralogics rdp application.

Impressed with all the fixes you come up with. Keep up the good work.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
Just read what's in the forum. There is already a post where i was told that mobile hotspot was just forgotten to set by compiling. So now it's forgotten again.

Nobody complains, just mentioned that there's still no mobile hotspot in the still creepy Android and i don't give a damn if it's stock, custom, beta, alpha, omega, zeta whatever status. It's simply not there and need to be fixed.

If someone buys my tablet i'll leave the forum as i have no reason to waste time anymore.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] gingernator007:
Sell it on eBay then never post here again.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] wyatt23:
hello. this camera allows me to browse reddit and take pictures/videos of my cats simultaneously. what else would people use their tablet camera for.... oh god damnit.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
Sorry, i don't use Ebay :D Too much charges.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] agozie:
Did anybody force you to buy the tab in the first place? A little suggestion; if you can't find space in your house to dump the device, give it to charity and stop being rude here!!!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] xpla:
I only mentioned that mobile wifi hotspot still not working. I didn't say shut up. So don't shoot the messenger.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] Stennan:
And it has been noted, lets drop it for now, ok? You can point it out if it still isn't there in beta 2.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] loneBoat:
Bluetooth tethering not working in Alpha 5?

Just flashed Alpha 5 over the weekend. Everything works as described in this thread, except I can't get BT Tethering to work (i.e. accessing my phones internet connection via BT on my 8.9). It worked just fine in stock Samsung Honeycomb ROM.

Note that I can pair with and connect to the phone just fine. Just can't connect to the Internet after connecting to my phone.

Thanks for the awesome ROM!

EDIT: Did a full wipe/reset first before flashing.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
*sigh* Come on, people, let's get back to topic. This ain't helping the devs. It isn't feedback for the ROM. Let the guy sell his device in peace.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] weltwon:
Installed Beta 1 over Alpha 2

I simply wiped cache & davlik cache before installing Beta1 over Alpha2 on my GT-7310. I also installed the gapp3 zip before rebooting. Only new problem I've encountered is that Galley will not open/run from my desktop icon. Only runs/opens when I open the app drawer and click the Gallery icon. I have CPU master set at Scaling Interactive 216Mhz Min and 1400Mhz max.

Overall performance seems to be a bit faster and smoother than Alpha.

Thanks to the Galaxian Team for your continued fine and greatly appreciated work.

Glenn :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Thanks for the info/PM today. Got the fix applied and will be posting a patch here shortly.

Edit: I have attached the patches here for now since I am not sure when the OP will be able to be updated. Just flash the patch for your model

Melfas touchscreen driver fix that will help with gaming performance (thanks to kallt_kaffe!)

Minor kernel tweaks (see github for details)

Patch for 7310 WiFi: View attachment p5wifi_beta_1.2_patch.zip

Patch for 7300 3G: View attachment p5_3G_alpha_2.1_patch.zip
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jzuijlek:
Is this the same multitouch driver as the new CM9 build?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
yes! kallt_kaffe (who maintains cm9) wrote this new driver and the patch implements it in this soup build. will probably be included in the next release.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ceno808:
Torrents

Hej,

because many people have probs with 1 click histers I've created some torrents.

Maybe the devs and I will find a way to automate this :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jzuijlek:
Thanks, will try the patch tonight.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
Yes, it is the same one. I have made a couple edits to this driver since I got the source from Samsung (prevent firmware update/downgrade since they only provided old firmware, and then I added basic ICS support). Now kallt_kaffe has added on to this to provide us with the enhancements required for ICS advanced multi-touch operations.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] bdfull3r:
im not having problems with the one click sites right now, but if the trend of megaupload, filesonic, and others continues. i am more then happy to download and help seed it.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] weltwon:
Galaxy Tab GT-7310 compared to Transformer Prime TF201

Thanks to a friend, today I had the opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison of an Asus TF201 running ICS against my Tab 7310 running Galaxian ICS Beta 1.

Bottom Line: Overall responsiveness almost identical except when opening larger apps. However, the difference in image color and contrast between the 2 tablet screens was huge. Images on the Asus tablet appeared "washed out" and "lifeless" when compared to the sharper and brighter colors on the Samsung screen.

In other words, given a choice today between carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 or Asus Transformer Prime, I'll take the GT-7310 and believe that most (if not all) who saw the 2 side-by-side as I did today, would choose the same.

In fairness, the Asus does have an SD card slot and better rear camera but THE SCREEN is what I stare at for hours daily so the Samsung strongly outweighs the Asus for my needs. Speaking of weight, Samsung also wins that battle.

Glenn :)

P.S. CPU Master on the Asus was set at Max 1600Mhz and Samsung at 1400Mhz.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] _motley:
LOL, nice weltwon. I like our little 8.9 too. It's probably good Best Buy doesn't have the TF201 in stock or I may have bought one by now. I've never seen one in person.

New build coming out here shortly, he should be posting in a bit unless something goes wrong. Fixed battery stats...I will upload changes to github tomorrow so others can see. Heading off to bed...good night!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
beta 1.3 posted

You heard it kids.. now go play!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] memtew:
Gmail.apk in last gapps v3 crashes every time when I update mail list. Gmail.apk from gapps v2 works fine.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] varsas:
I installed the alpha on my 7300 this morning and it's pretty slick but I do miss some of the additions in TouchWiz; simple usability changes like being able to switch on flight mode and Wi-Fi directly in the clock pop-up menu; flight mode requires an extra click and Wi-Fi requires going to the settings.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jzuijlek:
beta 1.2 works nicely with games.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] weltwon:
Upgrading from Beta 1.2 to 1.3

Easy peezie! All I did was wipe cache & davlik cache before installing Beta 1.3 zip. Rebooted and everything running smooth as silk.

Rotation seems smoother & faster.

Only bug I'm still encountering is that my Gallery desktop icon refused to launch the gallery app so I tried a simple experiment that solved the problem. Removed current Gallery desktop icon, went to apps and put new icon on desktop. Voila ... Gallery now opens perfectly!

Just more kudos to Galaxian Soup Team. I just updated my Tab 8.9 review on epinions.com to let the world know that as a result of your hard work, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is THE BEST tablet today running ICS.

Glenn :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
Possible heads-up!

The following happened twice (with beta 1) when ODIN'ing back. Somehow it corrupted the /data partition, not even letting me access the /sdcard from stock recovery, forcing me to do a complete wipe (which includes the SDcard contents as long as you do it in the Stock Recovery) and losing all my stuff (forgot to do a backup). After the wipe, the bootloops stopped happening and I could access the SDcard through the Stock Recovery.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ste_vlad:
I had a similar issue, when I initiated a full data wipe in clockwork recovery the tablet would reboot itself every time, also I tried a nandroid restore and failed Initially I thought the tablet was broken, eventually fixed it with ODIN - stock recovery and a stock rom. Wiped from the stock rom, reinstalled cwm and now I'm back running beta 1.3 :D. Quite a scare though...

OT: I think it's a great job you guys are doing, I use your build full time and so far it's great. The main reason I abandoned HC was occasional freeze of the tablet solvable only by forced restart, I suspect a memory issue. It's amazing that on HC I had constantly around 100 MB free RAM and on ICS I see regularly >300 MB :eek: !!! Makes me wonder if I get a correct reading .
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
You aren't dreaming, on the 5 *yes 5 devices I have ICS on, all of them show huge improvements in ram, and are smoother over all..
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
patches for 3g

Posted in the OP..

also cleaned up the links section to make it easier to read.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] sorrowrain:
op have roms links upside down.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nkrick:
HC was rushed to make it available for the Xoom only months after GB was released for phones. Due to the rush, there was no time to fully optimize it. HC was hastily written code to provide a better tablet interface on top of existing Android frameworks. ICS is a rewrite of the underlying code to optimize it and allow it to run well on tablets and phones.

Think of HC as the "Windows ME" of Android. It was thrown together quickly so they would have something to release against the iPad. No one expected the iPad to be quite the success that it has been. Google probably thought they had more time to release a polished tablet interface and then had to rush it at the end to get something to market. The Xoom was rushed as well, shipping without a working SD card slot or LTE radio. The SD card slot was fixed in a firmware update, but buyers had to ship their Xooms back to Verizon/Motorola to get the LTE radio installed last summer.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] F41nt:
What about p7300? Can i install beta 1.3?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] tommrazek01:
Weird. Works perfect for me. Try some "debug" stuff such as reflash or gapps reflash.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
You could but it would act wifi only and not have 3g..

We are working to sync the versions, this will happen next week most likely.

Thanks!