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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Flashing blobs does NOT always work.:mad: No idea why yet. Directly dd'ing the boot.img to the right place works BETTER than flashing a blob in some cases...:mad::mad::mad:

Asus really screwed up with this Unlocker thing....:mad:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
No problem. I'm surprised it didn't work for you after you made changes.

Flashing them to staging seems to work perfectly for me. That's how I made my insecure boot.blob and flashed it. It doesn't matter whether you're on unofficial CWM or Official since if you start your updater-script with unmounting staging, it doesn't hurt anything if staging wasn't mounted. Then you can either dd the blob to mmcblk0p4 or you can directly flash it via:

package_extract_file("boot.blob", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p4");

I have not found an occasion where this didn't work. You need to make sure that you don't add any --cmdline parameters when you mkbootimg or you will get a bootloop. Staging is definitely the safest way to flash to any partitions on the Prime.

The kernel versions seem to be the same with the latest .15 build as the previous one. I wonder if they just recompiled the same source and that's why the host name changed to Mercury.

EDIT: I'm going to pack this kernel into a flashable blob and attach it here.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
Hmm.. not sure whats going on but I did use this command

mkbootimg --kernel boot.img-kernel.gz --ramdisk newramdisk.cpio.gz -o newboot.img

To recompile the boot.img then used the new blobtoolsv2 to repack the blob

blobpack -s kernelblob blob.LNX newboot.img

I know staging is unmounted because I'm using your updater-script ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dexter_nlb:
if you copy the blob, while p4 is mounted to staging in cwm, you will have a problem when you reboot, as the filesystem umount, and that cause a small change to the mounted filesystem, to indicate it is umounted normally. and the p4 partition becomes invalid.

so it can easily become a problem if p4 is mounted.

at least thats how i experienced the problem when seen initially.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
That's why I said to always add an unmount("/staging"); to the top of your script. The attached flashable zip works perfectly on the official CWM; staging is not mounted by default, but I told the script to unmount it anyway in case someone with the unofficial CWM tries to flash it. If it's already unmounted, the script just continues.

Anyone may use this as a template for consistently flashing a kernel to staging.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Hmm... That all looks good. What happens after you attempt to flash this and what changes did you make to the ramdisk?

EDIT: Hey, I just re-read your PM. It sounds like you're editing the wrong file in the ramdisk. To make an insecure boot image, you should be editing init.rc, NOT init.cardhu.rc.

Here's a great guide to follow. It's the same procedure for the Prime as the original Transformer:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1193737
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
Okay that makes sense. One f my changes was to default.prop for insecure boot.img

ro.secure=0

This did not show after I flashed. But I will try again in a couple hour's once my workload calms down... SysAdmin life is not easy...lol:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
LOL! I meant to say default.prop and not init.rc. I totally understand. I used to be a SysSdmin too. Now I moved more towards the networking side of things. Much more calm. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
Would love to be on that side of the tracks. I'm banging my head against the wall right now trying to figure out how to implement Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 and on top of that one of our Citrix Broker boxes went down last night... Not a funny day at all. But I'll keep this thread about Android;)...for now....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
No, unfortunately flashing a blob does not always do the same as dd'ing boot.img directly. We recently had a case were someone lost root access. the only way to recover was to directly dd a boot.img.

Flashing the SAME boot.img via blob did not work (nor did any other blob we tested)

So blob flashing obviously has some quirks.... :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
I just haven't see that issue flashing any of my blobs and CM9 is using the same method and it's working. Who knows.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
We only had it one time too, but one time is enough to scare me further :D

This whole blob stuff just is crap :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mammon88:
I agree with you Diamondback, even the blob process for samsung has issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
How are you packaging the blobs? For me, blob tools for linux,( id say windows as well, since i also compiled with cmake) seems to have an issue with the blob signature. Idid read about new version, so ill check git and recompile.

If you beat me to it ill update op with yours andi do appreciate that. Thanks

If not ill update op when i test the new blob after i get it packaged up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
I already packaged it and posted it for you here. To fix the signature issue, download and build the source from the attachment in this post.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
Well its working now. I made some changes to default.prop and they applied.

Not sure what did it but I re-did my Linux environment (using Linux Mint). Then added the blobtools and boottools to my $PATH. Used your kernel template. And it worked... Now I can go have fun... Thanks to all for your help.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Awesome. You're welcome!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MasterZen88:
I'm not sure but to me I dont think init.rc is the right place.... Take a look at how its mounting within the init.rc:

on fs
# mount mtd partitions
# Mount /system rw first to give the filesystem a chance to save a checkpoint
mount yaffs2 mtd@system /system
mount yaffs2 mtd@system /system ro remount
mount yaffs2 mtd@userdata /data nosuid nodev
mount yaffs2 mtd@cache /cache nosuid nodev

I don't see anywhere within the init.rc that talks about ext4. This is why I made changes to init.cardhu.rc. But please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. That's the only way anyone will learn.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Ahh nice thanks man, perfect.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Youll see he made another reply saying he meant to say default.prop(correct), not init.rc for an unsecure boot.img. init.cardhu would be where to edit the mount points.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Anytime Bud! :)

It worked great for me but please confirm that it works for you as well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
you going to cook in the ability to grab the battery usage data and corrects Asus's bug of only reporting system resources in Settings / Battery
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PapaSmurf6768:
Flashed this kernel, but had 2 concerns:

1. Right after boot I had a android.process.acore force close, not sure what causes that

2. This kernel seems to be based on an earlier kernel, not the current 003 kernel in the 15 update

Any comments on that?

Sent from my ROOTED Transformer Prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
1- im guessing you didn't wipe, which is fine, but these are file system tweaks so a fresh start would be better. If it only happened once, and is not happening over and over you're probably fine. If you don't fully wipe /data, it wouldn't hurt to at least wipe cache and dalvik-cache .

You won't lose anything by wiping those but the first reboot will take a long time while dalvik-cache rebuilds.

2- there is no source for newest kernel, the kernel image I will be releasing soon will be this version, so it makes sense to make sure everything works with what I will be releasing.

I don't think much changed in the newer kernel version(nothing significant ) if anything

Also, this is NOT compatible with cm9, I will update op for new users who may not realize that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PapaSmurf6768:
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification. I wiped cache and dalvik like I always do before I flash a kernel but I guess that wasn't enough. Thanks for your work!

Sent from my ROOTED Transformer Prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tassadar898:
anyway we can get a beefier OC then 1.6ghz and maybe some UV? :P
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Definitely some UV action! Pretty please? =)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
UV is most of the times placebo, unless you UV by big values, that are most if the time not supported by CPU.

It's generally a source if instability rather than longevity. Some of our kernel devs made extensive tests and with secure UV there wasn't any difference in battery life (I speak of my phone if course but it's the same thing).

Calculate in % what does represent 25, 50 75mV less compared to CPU voltage....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Maybe its different for phones but on desktop lower voltage means lower temps and power. Lower temps means lower amp draw which means lower power usage. Voltage usually means exponentially higher power draw. Although with these chips being produced as low voltage devices to begin with, there may be significantly less wiggle room.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Hopefully have the optimised kernel out soon, hopefully tomorrow depending how late I stay up tonight.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
Well then be ready to see many reports about bootloops, BSOD..

To limit that, please choose standard voltage table, and do not undervolt by default

Tablets are more phones than desktops despite their abilities, and CPU design is not the same.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Well, I seriously doubt any under volt will be in the first few versions unless I get lucky. One of the source files where I believe I may be able to get a simple over clock is well over 4000 lines of code. If it doesn't work as planned, who knows when . This isn't even accounting for any voltages, just clock speed. Tegra 3 is DEFINITELY a complex beast.

Hopefully someone like bumblebee has already been looking into it and has a better grasp than me.(edit just looked at his git, nothing for tf-201. I'm sure there's more people than me looking into it)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Agreed. In phone testing dozens of kernels in high medium & low voltage across several phones there were never more problems - consistent, repeatable - than with low voltage kernels. As a rule I steer clear despite the obvious "supposed" benefits.... they just never really panned out reliably.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Agreed 100%.

My team has quite some experience over a wide range of different devices and UV never really showed any improvement over stock voltage tables.

It's not the CPU that drains the major power, it's the display and the radio.

Try putting you phone to airplane mode and just let it rest on table until it's dead. Then do the same test with wifi and data enabled.

You will be schocked :P

I for one won't use any UV'ed kernels at all for my ROMs, they only induce major stability problems to a device that has these problems already without UV ;)

Undervolting kernels is a huge myth, someone from google (Dianne?!) should really clear this up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
please don't mention the name Dianne before you know who comes in quoting everything she said since birth..lol there has other Google engineers who know just as much or more..lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Hm? Dianne Hackborn did a great job so far on de-mythtifying a lot of things custom ROM developers used to do, including the wipe battery stats thing.

Not sure what your point is here...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
it was an inside joke. you didn't get it..lol. someone in general is always quoting her left n right. you are correct though...Dianne Hackborn did do a great job and is very knowledgeable on these things.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Aww makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up for me diamond.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Undervolting a little across the board will probably do next to nothing, but undervolting at low clock speeds where the device is sleeping will without a doubt increase battery in standby mode. With on-demand governor, the CPU is usually only at a few clock speeds, so undervolting at those specific clock speeds will make some difference, depending on the under volt.

If undervolting made no difference, oems would always run the CPU at the highest clock speed, like the second gen snapdragon.

A 1.5 ghz CPU that when released on the g2 ran at 800mhz.(lower voltage than 1ghz) Most of the rest released at 1ghz(less voltage than 1.5 ghz)

Same with the dual core version. Less voltage always = less heat, more battery. How much depends, could be next to nothing, at some clock speeds on some CPU's it could be significant.

Not to mention you can get to a higher clock speed with about the same amount of heat.

Instability depends on the device and specific CPU, two devices with the same cpus could have two very different voltage requirements, so by default the OEM has make the voltage high enough for EVERY device, when a lot of them could get by with a lot less, some will require the full voltage.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
The cores towards the center of the wafer usually tend to clock the best.

Edit: unless there are donut shaped variations lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
is this wafer you speak of edible?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
No myself and a bunch of guys on a PC forum used to pick cpus based on their serial because that tells you when it was made and what part of the wafer it comes from. Its been a few years but I think the closer to 001 in a given batch had the best potential. That was in my sub zero cooling days lol.

Edit: took a single core opteron 64 from 1.8 to 3.4ghz. Locked multi =) fun stuff. That chip would do 2850mhz stock voltage.

Talk about running out of spec, its internal clock was running almost double.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Some cpu's love overclocking, i had an inspire kernel(inspire was 1ghz) that could hit 2.0ghz.

And loks like a small overclock may be fairly easy, theres already code in the kernel for 1.7ghz, just a matter of making it an available userspace overclock like we are now. Ots just a matter of making it available in the kernel so we can use it. Might not make v1, but hopefully soon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
I guess you need to edit those cpu modes too? If this is the case i'd say you make the 1.5ghz mode to max out at 1.6 ghz and make the 1.6gz mode max out at whatever max frequency you set.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Ya I still gotta look into it more, but that's a possibility. I have to first enable the 1.7 ghz mode in the kernel, then user space. If that don't work, I may be able to turn the 1.6 ghz mode into 1.7. Gonna look into it tonight a little
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UPEngineer:
Have you been able to compile a kernel from source yet? I am still having errors.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Yes, I haven't pushed the fixed Asus source to my github, but check AndroitRoot's github and you'll see tf201 source. Those guys fixed the compile errors and I got it to compile last night.

Clone theirs and you should be good, one of my last few posts in another thread I uploaded the stock .config I pulled from device. If you need it search my last few posts.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Flashed perfectly. I actually flashed through terminal emulator and it worked great!

Getting 13 mbs write and 29 read. Not sure if those are supposed to change.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
Oh boy, to make a backup you need to have recovery, which means unlocked boot loader. But what's done is done, and since your boot loader isn't unlocked rma may be your only option, but I can't tell you what to do. I know it sucks man considering your 15 and all, but bricks can and DO happen there is a risk no matter how small.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ThunderRootedDragon:
Ahhhhaha...clearly the first dozen or so posts is chatter btw the pros -- interesting, but honestly can't fully follow.

Coming from motley and I'd like to flash this -- anybody else care to comment on how its going for them? Batt life is decent on motley but it spikes up to 1.8 for everything (I knew it was stuck at 1.8, but thought it would scale a little bit) and I think batt life is suffering more than it should for whatever benefit I get from a faster cpu.

Any thing I should know about concerning the tweaks before I flash?

Thanks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ThunderRootedDragon:
Installed per OP instructions w/wipe of cache and dav...broke my wifi...smooth otherwise. Thanks
[Member-Found Deals] tigerfire25:
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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iPervOnU:
ok so, i flashed the Blazer rom, and when i try to send a picture in a text message, i keep getting a unable to attach/ file not supported error, does anyone happen to know what is causing this error? any help is appreciated, thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asbjörn:
Hmm...try clearing the data for sms in the manage applications menu under settings. If that doesn't work, try booting into recovery and run fix permissions.

Mi nuh tek intimidation...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rbtrucking:
This has happened to me before when flashing new roms too. If what was said above doesnt fix it go into settings, about phone, system updates and update profile and prl then reboot the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] platypuss94:
title says it all. i want the stock ics keyboard with swype overlay. thanks for any help in advance =)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] IDisposable:
Just got my HTC Flyer from buy.com. I've installed everything I want, pretty much perfect. I went through two cycles of OTA upgrades and now ONLY want to get Root so I can run Titatnium Backup (for now).

The Settings/About Phone

Tablet Identity says: HTC_Flyer_P512_NA

Software Information says:

Android version: 2.3.4

HTC Sense version: 1.0 for Tablet

Software number: 2.27.1540.32

Kernel version: 2.6.35.10-gfc84644 htc kernel@and18-2 #1 (Thu Jul 14 01:05:51 CST 2011)

Baseband version: 20.3504.30.089BU_3809.07.04.06_M

Build numer: 2.27.1540.32 CL109229 release-keys

Browser version: WebKit/533.1

So, anyone have the simplest steps for a Root and SU only? I don't want to mess with anything else during the (short) warranty time.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] IDisposable:
Also, should I get the 3.2 upgrade? Or should I hold off? What are the caveats? I'm mostly interested in GOOD GPS use.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jacobbones:
Im holding off on the honeycomb update because it takes away use of the bezel buttons (Home, back, settings) and puts them onto the screen.

Alot of people seem to not like it so Im staying with what came on it
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jaguaralani:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1194709
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] CCallahan:
Got mine from Buy.com as well and used this method to root. Worked without issue.

As for HC, I'm going to hold off considering GPS and other things have issues. Not sure I would be gaining anything at all from it. GB can be customized enough to look however you want it to.
[Xperia Play Android Development] thatsupnow:
Hey all I know this is pretty old and outdated but I got a bunch of PM's for this and I havent seen it anywhere in these forums so here it is. Everything works as it should. Have fun!:D

http://www.mediafire.com/?bx7500e085e7hob
[Motorola Droid RAZR] john85D:
I have a GSM Razr and for some reason whenever I open webpages that requires Flash player, it says that my device does not support flash player. Checked my settings and my plug-is are always enabled. I am running the most recent Adobe Flash Player 11. Any ideas??? Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sh4itan:
witch android are you running?

2.3.5 and 2.3.6 should provide flash, but ics alpha isn't able to show it (maybe only now)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] john85D:
I'm running 2.3.5 so it should be good. Any suggestions?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sh4itan:
yeah, this should normally work...

had you tried to de- and reinstall the flash player update? maybe this went wrong? did this happen already before updating to flash 11?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] john85D:
I did try to uninstall the flash player but I was only able to uninstall the update and not flash player itself. With the update uninstalled, videos still didn't play. My phone is only a few days old and received the update right away so I wasn't able to test it pre-update. Is there a way to uninstall flash player completely?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sh4itan:
yes, there is a way but only if you are willing to root your phone.

step by step:

root your razr with ZergRush

install Titanium Backup root

open Titanium Backup

switch to "backup / restore"

choose "Adobe Flash Player"

be SURE you made a backup of the app with Titanium

uninstall the app

install Flash Player from the market

try if it's working

if it's not working restore the backup using Titanium

disclaimer: i won't be responsible for any damge you do to your phone while doing this
[Motorola Droid RAZR] john85D:
Ack!! I was hoping i could avoid rooting my phone. Its weird that it doesn't work though, that alone should be resolved without having to resort to rooting. Other options?? :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sh4itan:
don't know exactly if there are other options, but the android installed on RAZR prevents you from uninstalling some 'important' apps... so there should be no other way to uninstall flash player, because rooting changes your permissons ;)

PS: other threads tells the same (made little research for you ;) ) ... seems you have to root your phone to remove stock flash player...

EDIT: you have to root for removing stock apps because it's sometimes a bit 'dangerous' ;) could happen you remove some very important **** ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onslaught86:
Have you tried using different browsers? I wouldn't leap straight to removing system apps without troubleshooting first.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] john85D:
Thanks to onslaught's suggestion, I got my flash to work with the Dolphin Browser HD.....for a week. Just yesterday, Dolphin updated and now its back to being unsupported again!! :mad:

What could it be? Real strange though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gary1973:
Have you tried factory reset.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pswin09:
Try to wipe cache and data in setting/application/manage app/system app/flash player there & wipe.Hope will solve the problem.;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] john85D:
I received a notification for an OS update to 2.3.6 and after the update, my flash was working again. Weird. Next time it stops working I'll try to wipe cache and data. Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Sofwhitewolf:
I was reading up on some of the posts about using the d3 camera as well as stock GB camera. But it seems most of those ended up not working as well as i dont remember any of them being done on the stock rom. I would just like to know if its possible to replace the stock camera app with a better one. I am currently Rooted and have cwm/bootstrap installed. Thanks in advance.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Walkamo:
I just picked up my prime yesterday (2nd one, 1st one stopped taking a charge), and today randomly the top 1/4 of the screen goes dead. It does not responds to any touch at all. I can wait a couple of minutes and sometimes it comes back, or if I reboot it works fine for awhile then it goes dead again..

I have factory reset the prime and it works fine for a few minutes and then it goes dead again...

Anyone else have the same problem?

Walkamo