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[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
Yes! It's a very essential and great habit to learn. Do a backup prior to ANY new modification or change on your device. It's an insurance policy that only costs you a few minutes of your time for the assurance of being able to keep everything you have on your device should you run into any problems. The Dev that created this ROM also made a tool (link in the OP) called the jdromflasher. It sets you up for success when flashing any new ROM on your device. It helps to prevent any issues that might arise due to remnants of previous ROM installs that may have been left behind. I use the tool and have been able to avoid many potential headaches and frustrations. It DOES DOES DOES completely wipe your device, so backup anything you want to keep to your computer. It might sound like a lot of work, but it's really not and the benefits are SOOOOOO worth the small time investment. I hope this helps you out. If you have any further questions, I should be online for a while, so feel free and hit me up. This is a great ROM by the way, (one of...if not THE best for the N7) so enjoy it!!

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Android Development] G3Sidhu:
Not being a **** or something, but we can't just wipe data after every rom update. And i don't think there will be any problem with updating the rom without wiping data if the person formats cache and dalvik.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] myeweb:
thanks for the help and thorough response..although i've never been a fan of jromflasher. running a batch backup of apps now, then on to flashing...here's hoping!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] NicoGa:
Your are the kind of guy to go out with your umbrella on sunny days just in case of ;)

Not but you are right and we are all lazy ass ...

Anyway, except for the theme selector that I don't use and the line below the status bar that sometimes appears, SmoothROM s all nice after a dirty flash (I just wiped cache and dalvik). 5.2 is smoother.

Thanks Jamesst! and happy holidays ?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] irishobo:
After a fresh install and all my apps downloaded I am running smooth. Thanks James!

Edit: BTW I was getting the theme fc on a dirty flash but after factory reset, cache, and dalvick wipe I'm good.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] myeweb:
So I did a TiBu Backup and copied the files onto my computer. However, after the flash, when trying to copy them back to do the restore, I am getting wierd "Cannot copy the files, The device has either stopped responding, or has been disconnected." errors in Win 8 Pro. I did a little research and some ppl who had the same problem with other devices had to format the drive. kinda dont wanna do that. any suggestions?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
LOL yeah....maybe because I'm getting older or maybe because I like my device(s) to run smooth......or maybe I've just had some life experiences that I've learned too many lessons the hard way, I dunno. I just don't know how risking my device running like ass or other more subtle issues is worth not taking the time to do it right. I'm just not in that big of a hurry anymore. But you know what they say, to each his own.

Did you try the fix that [MENTION=4469201]jamesst20[/MENTION] posted for the line issue??

Cheers

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do you use G+? It might be easier to msg back & fourth on that. I dunno why you would be having connectivity issues.........your computer doesn't recognize your device at all now??
[Nexus 7 Android Development] AndroidKills:
Decided to make the switch from PA ( since it was just insanely laggy and buggy ) and so far this is legit smooth and all.

Though the only problem i have is when messing with Franco's app to change certain voltages/governors. It tends to freeze my whole tablet when trying to access certain options. Its no big deal.

Thank you for this awesome rom!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] NicoGa:
Which fix ?, I did not see/find any fix posted by Jamesst20 ?! Do you speak of unsetting/setting Dark AOKP ? If so I can tells you that it is not working.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] :
I recieved an update for smoothrom yesterday. Flashed it with twrp after cleaning the cache. As soon as I pull down the notifications bar and swipe it up again there's a white line on the top of my app.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
post #4941
[Nexus 7 Android Development] NicoGa:
(Go into ROM Control --> General UI --> Transparency and click the button Save)

No this does not work, and it seems that the UI need to be restart to remove the line.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
short answer: sure

long answer: You're welcome to do whatever you like......I just know what works and what is recommended in the OP. All I know is I've been using this rom since 5.0 and been following this thread since......and see people having issues and for the life of them cannot figure it out. After a dozen posts and several people trying to help, low and behold they did a dirty flash. I don't use the jdromflasher tool for every rom but I do use it & it is great, especially for those that don't know the proper way to wipe your N7. Is it mandatory, of course not. If you know what you are doing, then go for it....but a bunch of people don't! So that's why jamesst20 made a tool to help with that exact thing.The proper way is to wipe System, Cache and Dalvik Cache, and the most important : Factory Reset. You will not lose the content of /sdcard and you should be just fine. I also know that reformatting your cache is a more thourough process than just wiping. It's all about what you want out of your device versus the time you are willing to put into it.

You weren't "being a **** or something" and I'm not either. I'm only sharing my own personal experience in an attempt to spare other users from potential, unnecessary & avoidable problems.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
Then why do you think everyone is complaining about Theme Chooser to force close? There is no such issue but because they think that way they hit weird issue. In fact it doesn't really matter if their devices works bad since mine is alright, what botter me is that they spam my thread and when new people check all the comments, they see bugs (non existant of course) all over the place.

Plus, it is not like if I was releasing updates everyday and also, if you don't wish to wipe, just stay on the older version, that way it keeps the topic clean :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] coubi64:
Is it possible (and how if yes) to remove Dolphin Beta that was installed with v5.1.

I checked Dolphin in this update and now I have "Dolphin Beta" and "Dolphin" int the app list.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] STXInnovation:
Hi,

I am also getting a thin white line below the status bar. I already tried adjusting the transparency settings.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
Can't u just use Tiranium Backup?;)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] NicoGa:
I was wondering what you was recommanding .. now it is clear !

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Lowery91:
I entered the menu you told me to under transparency but don't know what to do from there!?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Grizzly6117:
I know disabling Dark AOKP worked for me, I know someone else said earlier they tried it but it didn't work, but I'm on clean install so any bugs I get are not because of a dirty flash. Basically I think the white line goes away when the Nav and status bar get refreshed maybe, turned dark AOKP on after turning it off and white line didn't reappear so all good I guess, correct me if I'm wrong if your on a clean install

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Also James(OP) this is the best and smoothest ROM I've used in ages thank you, I guess sometimes you have to sift through bad and slow ROMs to get to the good ones, some may have more features but their performance is not up to my standard, especially for a quad core processor anyhow, even if it is an outdated Tegra 3
[Nexus 7 Android Development] qwerty123321:
Is there a reason why LeanKernel is the recommended kernel?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Grizzly6117:
Kernels are normally self opinionated. There isn't any kernel better than another in my opinion. But lean kernel and Franco have always been well balanced where as some may be more battery saving or performance. I can't recommend a kernel. But way i will say is to test each of them individually to see which one you like
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Nbsss:
Hi, i'm back again to say thank you! Loving 5.2 :)

For those who think its a hassle to full wipe:

1) connect tablet via adb

2) type "adb pull /data/app C:\backup" (change 'C:\backup' to a directory you want to save your apps to) - this command will save a copy of the apks to your pc

3) Do a Titanium Backup of your user apps

4) Delete everything except /sdcard from recovery

5) Flash 5.2

6) Connect tablet via adb

7) type "adb push C:\backup /data/app"

8) reboot

9) Use titanium backup to restore app data only

10) setup google account, and that's it, not so hard yeah? took me about 20min...
[Nexus 7 Android Development] reycharlesconrad:
Hi. What is the difference here if the app and its data is restored directly both from Titanium?

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Nbsss:
In my experience, that sometimes causes some apps to have errors.

Moreover, it takes ages to restore apks from titanium as the files are all compressed.

Using adb to pull and push the apks is MUCH faster
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sportsinger75:
So for some reason after updating to the newest build, I get this annoying white line at the top of many of my apps... Anyone have this same experience and know how to get rid of it?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Aria807:
For me, the white line bug appears because of custom dpi settings. It appears SmoothROM v5.2 has a setting to Enable Persistence, Persist Density, etc... in the AOKP settings > Installer. It's something new and I think that's what's bugging that white line after a wipe because it is keeping dpi settings from prior.

My solution to get rid of it is to use the XPOSED framework with the Per App DPI Settings module (if you guys already used it in a prior ROM, which likely causes the bug). Basically alter the SYSTEM UI dpi with the Per App DPI Settings. Change DPI to 220 and leave everything else as is. Save changes and restart the System UI. The best way to restart the System UI is by using a mod like switching on/off Dark AOKP or anything that causes the UI to redraw/reload. Afterwards, your Notification bar with your battery/wifi will redraw itself and you'll notice the size may change a bit. You can start up Play Store or whatever app you notice the "White Line Bug" to test and you won't see that white line anymore.

Hope this helps :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] InfamousBlade:
Probably going to try this ROM out tomorrow when I have time to mess with flashing ROMs; tired of the constant lag I've been seeing. Can I assume from the ROM zip size that gapps are included? I don't want to flash then have to wipe again because I missed them somehow.:laugh:
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
I heard restarting System UI fix the issue. Try the following :

1. Reboot the device

If it doesn't fix

1. Go in ROM Control --> General UI --> UI Mode and select the one you want. You can take the one you already have if you wish

No wipe no help :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
They are a selectable option in the installer :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] ace-user:
did a fresh install and no more theme chooser force close..
[Nexus 7 Android Development] St1ck33:
Updated just now. Cleared cache and davlik cache, installed new rom.

Thanks!

Love this ROM, so fast!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
Where is the 'Cleared data' ? :o
[Nexus 7 Android Development] ace-user:
clearing data made a huge difference for me..it was smooth when i dirty flash but when i made a clean install, the whole system seems much faster, and it smoothen a few bugs that were present during dirty flash too..i suggest everyone to do a clean flash for this update, it won't take that much time;)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Azure Dragon:
So you mean I'll have to get rid of all my apps? :(

Can I back it up first and restore later once I clean flashed?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] ace-user:
yup..use titanium backup to backup ur apps and restore them after u finish setting up ur new rom..
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rlarson)mn:
Completed the update to 5.2 this morning with no issues to report during that process. At this point my Nexus 7 does seem smoother during its processes as well as higher speed number using Quadrant Standard as well as AnTuTu. Will know more after a weeks working with the ROM but at this point a much deserved thank you from me to the OP.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] gsw5700:
Sorry for stupid question, how do I get text below icons on pull down bar? Thx dudes
[Nexus 7 Android Development] SquireSCA:
Clean install works fine. Usually you can dirty flash the ROM, but not this time. Clean install works perfectly.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] hbkmog:
I have been checking for a while but it seems this rom doesn't have pie control?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] NV30:
Voted for CM... My mistake. :( AOSP ftw! Waiting for 4.1.2 based Rom. :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] notko:
Tablet UI is not working for me in 3.1

I installed this ROM with bricked kernel and successfully booted my tablet. But...i am not in full tablet UI. What's the problem? Must i anything change or what?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Bilge656:
In aroma installer, did you select tablet UI?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] SquireSCA:
Will 3.2 be based off of the just-released Android 4.1.2 OTA? :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
It is out :D ? It will for this week hopefully :D i might release an update in the mean time for some bug fixes such as wake issue :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
Sadly it is a Nova Launcher bug :( it happens when you enable drawer transparency in Tablet Mode :( I reported the bug to them last week and they told me they would look at it
[Nexus 7 Android Development] lhayati:
Yeah and apparently it improves the stock launcher. :D
[Nexus 7 Android Development] kendallc123:
Did you enable it in Aroma settings when you flashed the ROM?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Iconic24:
Reverted back to 3.0 since Songpop didn't work on 3.1, I can finally play my favorite game again!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
Works on my side in 3.1 lol :P

Alright ! AOSP 4.1.2_r1 downloaded :D Let's apply SmoothROM Patches :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] AFAinHD:
That. Was the most beautiful ROM installations I have ever done. I am amazed. Really. I am. I still remember when I had my old Huawei Ascend, and recovery looked terrible, but that was normal, now we have touch-screen set-ups? I never thought we would make it this far. You sir, have my thanks.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Iconic24:
I guess I have really bad luck. I flashed 3.1 twice and songpop didn't work either time. It's alright though, 3.0 is running great for me. I'll stick with it until theres a 4.1.2 smooth rom :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] BigFuzzyArchon:
I'm still running 2.2. Can't wait for AOSP 4.1.2 version of this rom. I will wipe and update it when its released! Thanks
[Nexus 7 Android Development] r_tait:
Yup can't wait for the latest .. great work.. I love this ROM it has been incredibly stable and I have modified it to be voice capable and have no issues with bluetooth... best ROM out there... will donate soon!!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] kokotron:
I am also very eager to get a 4.1.2 rom in my jands :) In the future version of SmoothRom I hope we are also given the choice to install the stock launcher instead of Nova, because of the updates it has recieved :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jelli:
Can't wait for the update, is there a plan to include a fix for the Amazon Kindle FC bug?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] asian81:
Xs 10

Love this
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jcollier:
Agree with jelli on both points.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] SquireSCA:
Will be interested to see what we can do with SmoothROM on the new release.

To be honest, with landscape mode built in now, the stock ROM is pretty slick. Very smooth and responsive, and the landscape mode seems to work better than the last version of Nova... With Nova, it doesn't rescale properly, so some of the widgets overlap with the search bar and stuff unless you make them smaller in portrait mode.

With the new stock UI, it doesn't do that, it resizes things properly when going into landscape.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] panther926:
LOVE this rom! Works really well. Any way I can edit my lock screen slider shortcuts? Am kind of missing that having moved from Glazed. But not a huge deal really. Maybe something that could be added later?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] pyroguysf:
LMT Launcher- better IMO anyway.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
You can download it from play store for any ROM by that exact name.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jamesst20:
Yep otherwise you will get tons of bugs if you don't wipe :/ and if you do a backup, make sure you only backup your specific apps since you would be restoring the junks too ;)

ROM Control --> General UI --> UI Mode --> Tablet UI
[Nexus 7 Android Development] devilshunter:
Using the Phone UI Mode, the navigation icons get stuck on the top corner during landscape. Instead of going vertically, the icons get all get cluttered horizontally

I cleared data, cache and dalvik cache for this install.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] player911:
Whats all this talk about data wipes? I dirty flashed over 5.1 through Goo.Im and seems to be the same. Using LeanKernel like before. No real issues.

Anyone know what's new or buggy?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] neworgoo:
Case in point, you just voided your support in this thread;

and further, for this ROM.

° o. • –_-from my Nexus Galaxy
[Nexus 7 Android Development] vietkao:
I seem to have a problem with the theme chooser. When i try to access that, it says "theme chooser has stopped working".

I don't know what caused that. Im running franco kernel r64.

other than that, still smooth.:good:
[Nexus 7 Android Development] durangatang:
Wipe data of theme chooser and theme provider, reboot, reapply theme, reboot again. This solved the issue for me. Running Franco r64 as well.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] myeweb:
got it done, just had to create a new folder on Internal Storage to copy backup to. For some reason it wouldn't let me rename the folder to "TitaniumBackup". So its still New Folder but it works after redirecting TiBu where to look for backups. Thanks for the help anyways! Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] coubi64:
Full wipe done. Everything works fine. Thank's a lot for this very stable and smooth update.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] silverwater25:
System UI disappearing?

Hey guys, having some trouble with this ROM. Everything goes fine for a few minutes, then the system UI vanishes and refuses to come back.

Clean install, M-Kernel. Backed up with Titanium backup (via usb otg). Nova Launcher (which still works fine btw)

This is the third time ive flashed this ROM (I'm persistent if anything) Any help would be appreciated.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] NicoGa:
Same here, no more little glitches (just the write line at the top).

Hell it is smooth, thanks!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] St1ck33:
I like it dirty.

(Or I'm too lazy to make a backup/restore)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] SquireSCA:
Well, in this case it fixed the problem. Several people had FC's with theme chooser, and all of us had done a dirty flash. A clean install and it works great.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Warren_Orange:
Is the white line only a bug for dirty flashes?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Aria807:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42700721&postcount=4974
[Nexus 7 Android Development] veryjiggy:
Sorry, but how do you change dpi to 220? I used Rom toolbox and my entire display is effed up now. :( Don't even remember what the value was initially. Might have to install the ROM again. :(
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Aria807:
XPOSED FRAMEWORK + PER APP DPI SETTING THREAD http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2072081
[Nexus 7 Android Development] n0M3n:
Something really strange just happened with version 5.2.

The tablet was charging by its power adaptor, I disconnected the cable and it started toggling menu button and notify area multiple times really fast letting me do nothin! It stopped when I locked the screen and turned it back on.

WTF just happened? XD
[Nexus 7 Android Development] FizzleDiz:
When updates are over a month a part, and restoring backups and your personal UI setup takes around an hour to complete, it's completely worth it to fully wipe. There could be problems you're not even aware of. Things won't be as smooth, operation time is slower, and obviously some FC's. It's nice to have peace of mind that things are proper. Plus you'd then be able to bug-report to improve the next updates. Win

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] STXInnovation:
Hi,

I performed your suggestions and the white line goes away, but then reappears.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] G3Sidhu:
Best rom ever!

i dirty flashed, and all things are working great. hell i dont even got the white line bug. theme chooser force closed but after clearing its data it works great,

this rom is quite smooth, i have it installed for 20+ days now and its still working great. (PA started lagging after few days).

but i will like to report some bugs (i dirty flashed but these bugs are most likely faced by everyone, but you can ignore if you want :) )

1. tablet ui - in MX player nav bar is not hiding.

2. phablet ui - in MX player the player controls are below navbar.

3. tablet ui - if i change the 'combined width' the glow after pressing the nav bar button is weird.

4. chrome/dual pane - when dual pane is enabled the chrome settings are a bit laggy while navigating.

5. dual pane - in settings if you navigate till end and still swipe upwarsd there are some artifacts on the left pane (kinda hard to explain)

6. tab ui - in fullscreen apps and games the nav bar hides (i think it should not) and it just leaves blank black bar. and there are no white faded dots like phablet ui

7. navbar/phablet ui - you decreased the width between nav bar buttons which i like :) but in full screen apps when the nav buttons hide and there is faded dots in their place, the faded dots are in the place where the nav buttons were before this update.

8. tab ui - whenever i press the recent apps button the minimize animation is ridiculously fast and incorrect but maximising animation is correct.

some points are hard to explain :p but you get the idea.

thank you , have a good day :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] floxigen:
I need some help with the white line.help me to getting rid of it without installing another framework

Envoyé depuis mon Nexus 7 avec Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rtx101:
Go to Settings, turn on Dark AOKP, wait for nav bar and status bar to redraw, then turn Dark AOKP off. Tada! :laugh:
[Nexus 7 Android Development] coubi64:
It seems battery is a little bit less smoother than v5.1

I'd like to identify what causes that.

Is there a good app to detect what drains battery?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rydog66:
Better battery stats. They have a XDA thread to help you too.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Epsil:
Hi,

All my problems (dirty flash) have disappeared after clean install.

I recommended clean flash with backup user apps with titanium.

Smooth and no bugs :)

Great work James !
[Nexus 7 Android Development] cruzargel:
Dark AOKP is very sexy. Dirty flashed currently no problems except that my nav bar icons are cramped towards the middle. Before it goes all the way up to the right and left edges. (I have 5 icons in my navbar)

see comparison:
[Nexus 7 Android Development] browy:
I can confirm this. It happens even after a clean install with full wipe. Reading the last few pages, it seems like there are some issues with UI Mode and the Nav bar. Really hope it will be fixed in the next version.