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[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] ti-pich:
Linaro is an optimized compiler. We need to have the source to use linaro as we compile the rom. I don't know if krook1 is compiling the rom or porting it, but if he is compiling it this could be done. Has lenovo released the ICS/JB source for the K1 ?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Yes, Lenovo did release the ICS source code (available here), but I don't actually understand enough of the build/port process to say whether I believe krook is doing any recompiles or not (perhaps he will comment). As you point out, Linaro is mostly about optimized compilation, especially the stuff in the underlying Linux and Libraries components that support the Runtime/App environment.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Mordred69:
I believe that the reason why Kanning and subsequently, Krook1 are porting CM10 is because of inherent issues with the original Lenovo upgrades for our tablets. As far as I know, One of these issues with tablets was connecting to the market and app compatibility... Please correct me if I am mistaken.

On one of those builds, a fix had to be implemented that reported our K1 as a Motorola Xoom. While for some people that's nothing, to me, well, I would rather have a K1 reported as a K1... but I digress.

The issue is that, if this could be implemented, our ROMS will be more responsive, and we can use that specially with the JB builds.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] dc52317:
THIS DOWNLOAD STILL EXIST StarterV2

I am looking for the starte v2 package but none of the downloads work. Is this still around, can someone provide a working download link
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Knosos:
I had a copy still. This is on my dropbox, and I will take it down in a few days.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/76qgqvplfaxsu1d/K1_CM10_JB_Starter_v2.zip
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] fanaras:
Another issue. Wifi driver.

Wifi cannot connect to a hidden network. I add it manually, but it appears out of range. If i unhide the network, connnect and hide it again, tablet disconnects. Every other device i have has no issues. So i assume it's the k1's wifi driver.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] gm2racer:
Sometimes I need to "Scan" for networks for my device to pick up hidden networks. Go to the WiFI settings, hit the menu icon on the upper right of the screen and select Scan.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] fung2002:
Need to reboot all the time when wireless went down
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] :
Hey has anyone tried overclocking to 1.4 Ghz? stability issues? thanks.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
I've bumped it up to 1.4Ghz several times, but generally don't leave it there. Although I've never had any glitches (that I know of) while running at that speed, I'm a little afraid to leave it there -- mainly because I've looked at the pictures of the interior construction of the K1, and I can see that the processor chip is sandwiched in between the display and the motherboard, so you probably can't easily tell if it's getting warm (or too hot). Although the speed (and therefore, temperature) ratchets down automatically when there's no work to do, it's the time when you really "need" the extra speed that it's going to be running full bore. And in general, I don't think I notice that much of a difference when just doing normal, everyday stuff, so I'd rather preserve the battery life.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] bswogger:
camera dark

qqqaa, did you get the dark camera images fixed? I loaded v6.1 on to my K1 straight from GB 3.2. I've tried gapps +picasa, gallery4.2.1, etc, etc.

Can you tell me if you had a fix for the dark screen? I'm wondering if I need a different library that came on a previous version of this ROM, or something else.

Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Just curious - how did you go to v6.1 "straight from GB 3.2"? Since v6.1 is only available as a CWM update, most people have to do an nvflash install of CM10 v2 first (since it's available as an nvflash install), and then apply v6.1 using CWM. That's basically how I got here (with a brief stop on ICS AOSP on the way).

By the way, my camera images seem fine. As in, they can take a decent indoors picture during the day, without any artificial lighting or flash, just ambient light through windows. Or, as decent as you might expect for such a small camera. Stated another way, I see no difference between the images it captures now, and when I was running stock GB.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] bswogger:
K1Andy, I stand corrected. I did not go from 3.2 to v6.1, I just meant I did not go through all versions of this ROM. I went from stock to K1_CWM_Rooted_nvflash, then to the NVflash starter v2 (K1_CM10_JB_Starter_v2) and from there right to v6.1. So I guess I basically went to v2 to v6.1. I was wondering if maybe I needed to have a ROM somewhere inbetween there to get the camera to work properly? My indoor images are very dark. I can not see faces unless the light is very bright.

If I were to go through the rom progressions again, to fix my camera, does anyone have any suggestions? K1Andy, can you tell me exactly the roms you flashed? You mentioned a brief stop at ICS. Thanks.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
OK, that makes more sense. The reason I asked for clarification is that doing the nvflash of v2 basically wipes everything (except the external SD card), so it wouldn't matter what other ROMs you had installed before that. But as I think about it, I did actually go from an nvflash of v2 to a CWM update to v5, then v6, then v6.1. I guess the v5->v6->v6.1 updates were so "painless", I didn't think much about the interim steps. Only krook1 would know this for sure, but I seriously doubt that there was anything in v5/v6 (like a camera driver) that wasn't also included/updated in the v6.1 update. The Camera app I have installed is from the 20121011 gapps package (the newer gapps packages are supposedly not compatible with Android 4.1.2), but I see no difference in taking pictures with it, versus a couple other downloaded camera apps.

By the way, I assume the pictures are significantly darker than what you were getting on GB?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
Have you tried turning on the flash?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] bswogger:
Re:dark camera, to answer the last couple questions, I've used the flash, and that helps some, but comparing a dark room on my k1 camera vs my Samsung captivate running 4.1 there is no comparison. It almost seems like the k1 sensor is half activated. Even rooms with lights on at night appear dark. So yes, I've used a flash and yes darker compared to GB. Still looking for help. Was going to CWM v5, v6, then v6.1 to test, but links are no longer working. Thoughts?

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Something else I found with the dark camera & pictures. On my Samsung captivate the pictures have different camera settings, but on my k1 if I take a picture in the dark or directly at lights, if I look at the resulting picture, properties, details the exposure time is always 1/28 and the iso is always 100. On the Samsung they very from 1/8 to 1/32 and iso from 80 to 400 depending on light. So something is not adjusting. Can anyone else confirm their picture details? Thanks.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] :
Craps ...someone please help. past few weeks everything was working well and then past 3 days when I backup to sd card using titanium backup and /or transfering stuff from pc to tablet using usb cable ...the tablet becomes blacked out /inoperable and i have to hard reset it and then it comes back on. does anyone know what to do ...I didn't tinker with any settings just the usual updates for apps and the sd card works well in pc. I do not want to reset/reformat it and loose all data again. anyone know what could be the problem? I last night did the permissions again and still the issue persists.:(...thanks.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Just to confirm, are you saying that basically the tablet hangs any time you try to do a write to the external SD card (whether from apps like backup, or from the PC over USB cable)? The default behavior of Android is just to "hang" when it has a panic (although krook put in something to force a reboot on Sleep of Death, not sure if it only does that for that specific network issue?). So if you can confirm that it is only on writes to the external SD, then most likely the issue is there. Do you frequently take the card in and out? Based on posts I've read, I get the impression that the microSD socket is somewhat "fragile", and people have had problems with it becoming inoperable, or getting the card to seat properly. Also, I've seen cases where the external SD is having a problem, and even though the card works fine elsewhere (like on a PC), it just stops working in the tablet (most common error is on writes, by the way), and substituting a different card clears up the problem.

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That's interesting, I see about the same thing on the picture details - almost always an aperture of F2.8, exposure time of 1/28 (or sometimes 1/29?), and ISO 100. That's under very different lighting conditions, so I'm wondering if that is in fact the real exposure (it's not adjusting at all), or if the information in the photo is bogus? By the way, are you using the version of the camera app that supports Picasa integration, or the non-Picasa one? The non-Picasa one had some crash issues when changing certain settings, like the resolution, but it had a wider range of options. I'm using the Picasa-enabled one.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] bswogger:
I am currently using the gapps with picasa. I've tried multiple versions of gallery too, but they all took the dark pictures/look like the camera is not adjusting for lighting conditions. But I've only loaded the v2 then v6.1 rom. I wonder if I load v6 then v6.1 that might help, but now I can't download v5 or v6.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Mordred69:
Hi all.

I don't mean to push, but seeing that there has not been an update since November, Krook1, can we expect an update, or are you done with the ROM?

I'm just asking out of curiosity and not wanting to kick up dust or anything. I think this ROM is the best thing to happen to our tablets.

Kindest,

Mord.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
krook's last post on Jan. 9th (see here) indicated that he was working on a CM10.1 (Android 4.2) build, but was experiencing some severe "lagginess" problems. So I'm sort of curious, too, to know how it's going, or if he's had time to work on it. Or if there's anything we can do to help?

By the way, I've been meaning to ask - does anyone have the latest version of "Google Search/Google Now" working properly on this build? Every time I try to start it, the screen appears briefly, and then closes. I believe it has something to do with a compatibility issue with Tegra2 processors, so I don't know if there's a way to get it working or not. I've already tried all the obvious things of clearing app data/cache and even wiping the cache from recovery.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Mordred69:
I had read his last post... I believe I mentioned somewhere around that post about Linaro (sp?) process... I am as curious as you!

I have the same issue with Google Now. I tried reloading to no avail. Maybe newer GApps would do the trick?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
The current version that is in the Play store doesn't work. THere was a previous post on this earlier. I found an older version that has the same features but works.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] guimmer:
Can't wait for cm10.1

Has anyone else noticed bigblag whenever the k1 is downloading anything from the Web? When ever apps are updating or my news readers are cashing data the tablet becomes unusable. As soon as the download is done everything is back to its snappy self.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Sean09:
I too hope to hear more on 10.1. Any updates on the progress would be much appreciated!
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] da_reeseboy:
Re: google now - I had the same issue on my TPT and thru searches found a fix for me. In Settings -> Language & input -> Voice search disable "Block offensive words" and "Hotword detection"

Try it and see?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
Home button not working.

Is there a way to run the CWM recovery without a home button? Mine just went out. The only time I use it is when I am flashing ROM updates. I also have a version of a workable search apk. It is not a flash able zip. Just unzip it and load it in a file manager
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Holy *****, Batman! That did indeed work for me, too! It looks like it is specifically the "Hotword Detection" setting (I turned the other setting back on and it works fine). Apparently that starts something that runs in the background and continually monitors for you to say the word "Google", followed by search terms. So I definitely don't need that. Thanks a bunch, @da_reeseboy! :good:

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Unfortunately, I think the Home button is the only way to do a CWM menu SELECT. Any idea why it "went out"? I'm assuming it was working fine before, and that nothing else had changed recently, but it just stopped working? I know some people had problems with the Home button working at all, but had occasional success by holding down the Home button while powering on, until the boot logo and/or menus appeared.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
I am having a hard time with understanding this one. Yes the holding down the Home Button during boot does correct the problem until I go into Recovery. Then the Home does not work. I have to hold down the power button until the screen shuts down.

Next I held it down during boot and it worked. I then rebooted in Recovery but I held the Home Button down until the CWM screen came up. I was able to use the Home Button in the CWM mode. So while I was there I thought I would do a Nandorid restore to back before it was a problem. After the restore I ended up with the same non working Home Button.

At first I thought it was a mechanical issue, I have seen some threads on the TPT side talking of a failing home button. With evidence of it coming and going it seems to be a software issue.

I tried changing the the speech input parameters and my search still FC.

thanks Andy
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Yeah, it always seemed to me to be some kind of initialization problem, probably timing sensitive. I've been fortunate so far (knock on wood) that my Home button has always seemed to work fine.

Re: the speech input settings - darn! :( I was optimistic that we had narrowed down the issue and had a reliable workaround. After disabling the settings, you might want to try clearing the Google Search data/cache, and see if that helps.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
Well, it has to be a software issue becuase I can randomly get the Home Key to work in Recovery. If I hold it down during initial boot and then also hold it down as it boots into Recovery, It seems to work through the recovery process. I did a full wipe and re install of everything this morning. It doesn't work without performing all the shennangins. I am thinking if maybe I face a different direction and stand on one foot if that will help. It is suprising since I have gone into recovery dozens of times with out an issue. Just in case it is by chance a mechanical problem I will not use the button until Krook comes out with 10.1.

I really can't complain, I am thrilled with the tablet, with the current CM 10, My wife and daughter also have K1's and they love their tablets on JB, (of course they wouldn't know the diffrerence between JB and a door knob).

I was doing a lot of wipes and reinstlls trying to get different stuff to work, such as Gapps 4.2 and Inverted apps. I think I will convince myself that the tablet is fairly optimized and quit messing around with it for kicks.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
I know that our recovery is a ustom CWM for the K1. Des any one know if it is version 2.xx or 3.xx?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Isn't it version 6.0.1.1? At least, that's what it says.

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Do the gapps for 4.2 run OK on our ROM? Looking at the release notes on RootzWiki, it seemed to indicate that the newer gapps packages (after 20121011) were not compatible with 4.1.2, and also not compatible with non-NEON processors like the Tegra2. What version do you have running?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
They will run. I had the most luck with this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1966302 loaded

I have also used the Rootzwiki for 4.2 :

20121212

I think they are both about the same. I now only use the " 20121011 " for 4.1.2. THe reason being is that the JustanBean Invert will work best with that Gapps and our ROM.

The camera and keyboard do not cosistently work from the 4.2. I had Photosphere working once and I have never gotten it to work since.

The reason I am asking about which CWM we have is that the CWM from the APP store does all the backup and recovery operation from within android and I can do it without the Home button working. I remember several months ago that somenone tried using that APP and it bricked their K1. It does allow the use of a Custom Recovery, it gives the choice of 2.XXX or 3.XXX. It does not give the option to select a 6.0xxx.

I had fun trying all the Gapps packages, just trying to make them work, and they mostly do. But I really like the Inverted apps more than anything so that is where I am now.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
Inverted Gapps

Somescreenshots:
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] sphererer:
Thanks for the ROM, krook1 -- just flashed it onto my dad's K1 and though i cant be sure for now, performances seem to be a lot faster than the stock K1 rom.

Cheers for this!
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
This is definitely a great ROM for the K1, making it a much better product than what was initially released. The last we heard from krook1, he was attempting to get a 4.2/CM10.1 build working, but was running into some performance issues. Even if we never see another release, I am perfectly happy with what I've got, but I am still curious whether he is still working on it, or has given up. You out there, krook? ;)
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Mordred69:
I hope Krook shows up with that new update... I am wanting to see what else he can make our tablets do :)
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] gm2racer:
Does anybody know if any of the updates to Google Search other than the version included with gapps work with Krook's CM10 ROM? I know that the Dec and Feb updates do not work (Google Now crashes), but maybe I can at least update to something newer than the gapps version...

Also does anybody know why Search is broken?

Thanks!
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Yes, I'm running the latest version of Google Search and it's working fine on this ROM, but you have to go into Settings->Language & Input->Voice Search, and disable "Hotword Detection". At least, that's what worked for me, and the person who told me about it. Give it a try and see if that helps. This option, by the way, enables/disables the ability for you to just say "Google" followed by some search terms, and have the tablet automatically detect that and launch a Google search. Didn't even know I had that!
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] rurocking:
Hi There...

I just installed this ROM coming from [ROM][ICS][AOSP] Lenovo Ideapad K1 by khanning88. I also installed the gapps-jb-picasa-20121011-signed. The tablet seems to be working fine. WIFI is setup. The browser works great and the tablet appears smoother then the previous ROM. I am not able to download any apps from Google Play using the browser. It recognizes my login credentials and gives me a list of application installed on my devices. When I try to install an app from my library selection is displays that it's downloading but nothing happens. When did I forget to do?

Also, my Mac Mountain Lion won't recognize the tablet when connected to USB, so I have no way to copy files to the tablet.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] jerryatherton:
I have nevr heard or had the problem with the Play store issue. The Mac not seing the K1: go to SETTINGS>STORAGE, There are 3 dots in upper right corner of the tablet. Touch those and select USB computer connection, Select Media Device (MTP)

You will be able to see and use all the files.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
My Play Store is also working fine, but I know that when I upgraded, I ended up with a new (second) "Lenovo K1" device defined under my Google Play account when viewing the Play Store in a browser. So you might want to check to see whether you have more than one K1 defined in your list of devices, and that you're selecting the correct one (i.e., if you have two, and one of them isn't working, try to other) when installing apps.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] qhinton:
I am thinking about picking 1 of these up off of craigslist. Does the stylus work with apps from the play store
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
Stylus? The Lenovo Ideapad K1 does not come with a stylus, although the Lenovo Thinkpad models do. Of course, it will work with any aftermarket stylus that is compatible with capacitive touch screens.
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] Diaz1999:
STYLUS?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] rurocking:
As a test I decided to try to use the [ROM][JB][AOSP] Lenovo Ideapad K1from khanning88 and with that ROM everything is working as it should. The play store app was present and when using that or the browser I was able to download apps. I'm wondering if possibly something did not get cleaned up the first time.

What is the difference mainly with the two ROM I understand CM10 vs AOSP. What I mean is what are the actual benefit of either?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] K1Andy:
There aren't too many differences, although the CM10 build supposedly fixes a number of small annoyances that I believe are still present in the AOSP version -- for example, auto-rotation switch, auto brightness, the WiFi signal strength notification icon. Also, CM10 supports 3G for those (not in the U.S.) who have 3G models of the K1, and kernel overclocking if you want to try it. I can't remember if the AOSP build had the "Sleep of Death" problem (I think not?), but krook upgraded to some improved WiFi drivers on CM10 and that reduced/eliminated that problem.

I can assure you that the Play Store issues you are seeing are not inherent to the CM10 build; this is the first time I've heard of anyone having this problem.

What I don't know is whether we will see any future upgrades to either of these ROMs. :confused:
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] The_Law2:
Anyone have a link for latest NVFlash version?
[Thinkpad Tablet Android Development] rurocking:
So I gave it a try again and the same thing. The Google Play App was missing and using the Browser failed to download the selected app. Connecting to the Mac does not work. I switched back to khanning88 AOSP version and no problem. By the way I use the same gapps for both ROMs, so the Google Play App should be there. When I wipe the machine I wipe Data, Cache and in Advance I wipe Dalvik.