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[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
- I did not use goo to install the twrp, so I don't know how it works... :(

- I believe that you use goo to find the latest twrp and install it yourself using goo. There must be a menu or button that you can use to install twrp or other custom recovery.

- You can not use NVFlash to backup your blob if your tab has a rom version later than ICS .26.

- Yes, you can nandroid backup from TWRP when you have it installed.

- I use both of them to test out the theory of performance. I don't know if one is better than the other. However, I have noticed that Sbdags has more tweaks in the build.prop of Odex version comparing with Deodex. Only Sbdags can answer that question for. You could try both and test them yourself. Hope that I answer all yourquestions.. ;)

- Yes, you can restore your backup from TWRP.

The post above me has a good question for you. Goo needs root permission to install any custom recovery. You can use motochopper to get root if you have not had it. Good luck.
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
To install twrp recovery using Goo you must be rooted first tha'ts why I asked have you used motochopper to root.

Here is a link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2252563&highlight=motochopper
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Yes my tab is rooted with motochooper since a long time (mainly to use TitaniumBackup and do some tweaks).

Thanks for all these answers. As you don't use goo, you could not give right answer to all my questions but still you tried :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
To install twrp using Goo is easy, open Goo, look in the top right hand corner for the three dot click on it then click on install open recovery.

Wait for twrp to download and your tablet should boot into update mode and you should see a blue bar build from the left when it's finished it should reboot ans you should then have twrp installed.

You can download quick boot from the play store and when you open it you will see an option to enter recovery, the easy way,
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I did install open recovery script from goo top right menu and i had a reboot.

Is there a way to verify that twrp is well installed ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Yes reread my last post I have just edited it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I installed quick boot i'll use the recovery option in few minutes
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
TWRP was installed, i'm inside it now. I have done the backup of the defauls 3 selected partitions (system, data, boot).

In a few minutes, I will launch the install of cromi-x zip file.
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Make sure you all the instructions for installing Cromi by the op at least 3 times.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
You don't imagine how many times I've read the CROMI-X instruction (link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2223492) in order to be sure not to brick my tab !

I don't see any missing task or any wrong thing that i've done. But this is the first time I ever install an alternate rom on an android device and even if i'm working in computing, this is quite new for me and I might be wrong. So if you have a few minutes to check my resume below, I would be very grateful to have your remarks or questions :)

My current configuration

:

- stock rom 4.2.1

- bootloader 10.6.1.14.8

- root (via motochooper)

What I have done

:

- download "CROMi-Xenogenesis 4.7.0 DEODEX" from CROMI-X thread link

and copy the zip file (CROMi-Xenogenesis DEODEX 4.7.0_Signed.zip) to the internal SD card

- backup all my apps and data (with Titanium Backup) and copy it on my computer

- unlocked the tab (via asus unlock tool) : at bootup it displays "the device is unlocked"

- twrp installed (via goo manager / install OpenRecoveryScript)

- quick boot installed (as i was not sure of how to use twrp)

- boot on recovery (via quick boot) : i'm now in TWRP v2.6.0.0

- done backup of 3 partitions (system, data, boot)

If I read the CROMI-X thread, it says that now I have to

:

- Navigate back up to install (inside TWRP)

- Choose the CROMi-Xenogensis zip file and follow the instructions

- Enjoy
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Yes what you have done sounds right, one thing I normally do is back up all the partitions, and I copy the back up to the micro sdcard that I have mounted in the tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I don't have any micro-sdcard and my largest sdcard (to connect to the dock) is not large enough (1 Gb). So i've quit TWRP and connect the tab to my PC to copy the TWRP/Backup folder to my computer.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
The copy from my tab to my PC is not working for the large files (i don't know why).

I'm doing again the backup : this time i do backup of all partitions (not only the 3 selected by default).

As i don't do factory reset, I should not loose this backup, should I ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Thats fine, sounds like you are ready to install Cromi.X
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Thanks maxal for all your advices :)

I've launched the installation of the rom ...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Installation is finished and all is fine :)

I'll give some time to the system to create its cache and become fast but my first feelings :

- CROMI-X setup : it's GUI is impressive, I'd like to see that quality in many other android tools (I'm in software engineering)

- I did no wipe of the previous setup (my apps) so now I have a mix of my previous apps + the new apps from CROMI-X installation. Maybe if I feel that it's not as fast as it should, then later I'll do a new setup with a first wipe of my current config.

- I have now 200 DPI. At last !! Change DPI was my reason in 2012 to root my tab and it was lost with stock kernel upgrade. Now it's back :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Well done mate, for a clean install you need to enter recovery then go wipe and swipe factory reset, then enter advanced and select the top 4 boxes and swipe. Then then instal your new rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Yes but for that I will need a micro-sdcard to save my backup before the swipe factory reset.

Below are the result of my benchmarks with very big difference from one tool to the other. Anyway bench tools don't say everything, it does not test how i personnaly use the tab. And for the moment I have the feeling that it's faster, smoother. But I'll tell more after a few hours.

antutu11483=> 12863 +10,45 %
CF-Bench14200=>14198 =
Quadrant4027=> 5871 +45,8%
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Thank you Maxal for your help, now i feel confident to do it again :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Glad you got it working. Welcome aboard the CROMi-X train. :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Thanks man, as you say i'm on your train :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] jt1998:
so glad it worked for you. I enjoy my tablet so much more with CROMi-X
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
If you do a Factory Reset in TWRP it will wipe the data partition except for the data/media folder where your files and most likely your backups are located.

That said: It still is a VERY good idea to backup those files on your computer or a microSD before you wipe! Better safe than sorry :D

But don't be surprised if your personal data is still intact after a factory reset. Your apps will be gone though (except for those installed on the system partition).

Welcome aboard!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
In fact I don't know if I'm going to flash again the rom : right now it's working fine and I don't know if, after a factory reset, i will have better performance. After a factory reset I would have to build again from scratch all my personal configuration (launcher desktops, mail, ...) and it's a lot of work.

On other point, I have flashed the deodex rom, would it be better to flash the odex rom ?

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
After the dalvik-cache is built (at the first start after flashing), there is no performance difference between deodex and odex.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Thank you _that, I'll keep to deodex then :)

I've read again the features of CROMI-X rom and I finally decided to do a full wipe/factory reset and flash again the rom. That way I should have a cleaned installation of my tab without all my old apps and data. I'll do that tonight probably :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I've bougth a microSD card 32GB that i have formatted to NTFS, it mounts fine on my tab with android but with TWRP i cannot mount it. It's in the list of file systems but i cannot select the checkbox to mount it.

Moreover i wanted to copy my TWRP backup but it doesn't copy all files, only small files are copied. I had tbe same issue when copying to my pc via usb. Any idea ? The problem is that i want to do a clean install of cromi-x and so i want to wipe everything before installation.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
NTFS doesn't work in TWRP. You'll have to use Fat32
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Oh i should have thought about that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jt1998:
can't be formatted to NTFS for installation purposes with recovery like TWRP. Has to be FAT32 or exFAT. I've tried personally and learned the hard way. Just search in these forums - its been covered numerous times.

Hope that helps.

TOO SLOW I guess - just saw the above replies, lol
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
You were both rights : NTFS is not good for TWRP. I've formatted my microSD card to exFAT and it's working fine now in all my needs (PC/win7, tf700/android, tf700/TWRP).

My other issue (copy my TWRP backup) outside my internal SD card is also resolved : TWRP was able to copy it from my internal SD card to my microSD card while it did not work within my computer (via usb) or within android (even with a root file explorer).

So now I have :

- Internal SD card

- CROMI-X zip file containing the custom rom to install

- TWRP backup of my stock configuration

- Titanium backup of all user and system apps

- External microSD card

- CROMI-X zip file containing the custom rom to install

- TWRP backup of my stock configuration

- Titanium backup of all user and system apps

I believe I have secured everything before booting up to TWRP and do full wipe and then new clean installation of CROMI-X.
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Sounds good mate you are learning fast. When you feel more confident with flashing and wiping you may want to try formating data found in the wipe box, this will format your internal sd card for a totally clean install. You would then install a rom from your inserted/external micro sd card on a formatted internal sd card.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Thanks for the compliment (learning fast) :)

I've done factory reset and flash has started (from my external microSD card)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
The flash did no work : i check "verify the zip signature" but then it start the check and all went black after few minutes. I waited about 5 more minutes but nothing so i decided to force start the tablet and i was back on android with new parameters to put (factory reset).

I have gone back to TWRP and start again the install (without check the zip signature) and now i'm in aroma for installation :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
flash ok => new clean tab with cromi-x :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Last night, I did a factory reset and flashing of cromi-x and it works fine but I don't see much improvement with previous flashing (without factory reset).

With a complete format of my internal sd card and new flashing I will get a cleaner installation as there won't be old folders and files of former installation. But do you think that this cleaner installation will improve global performance ?

Other point, after flashing cromi-x are there any further actions to be done to improve the tab (performance, lags, look&feel ...) ? I'm thinking about data2sd, themes, lagfix, ...)
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
When I did data format wipe I did notice an improvment in performance, ref data2sd and themes thats a personal thing you just have to try it for your self, but have fun be carefull and always read as much info about any changes or upgrades you do in the future.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
ok I will do a full wipe and new flash to have the cleanest installation possible. Thanks for all your advices :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
In TWRP the wipe options are :

- Data

- Cache

- Dalvik cache

- System

- Internal Storage

The factory reset is wiping : Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache

For a full clean wiping, I believe I have to wipe : Data, Cache, Dalvik cache, Internal storage

But what about System ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
System is formatted by the ROM installer - no need to do it manually.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Thanks that, now i have no more question, maybe it means that i begin to understand all of that ;^)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Full wipe done

New flash of cromi-x with _that's kernel finished

all is working fine and i see an enhancement of overall performance :

antutu

*******

stock rom 11483

factory reset + cromi-x 12835

full wipe + cromi-x 13002

CF-Bench

************

stock rom 14200

factory reset + cromi-x 14211

full wipe + cromi-x 14372

Quadrant

***********

stock rom 4027

factory reset + cromi-x 5792

full wipe + cromi-x 5935
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
If you disable fsync it will make it much quicker and eliminate some further io lag ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
fsync is disabled in my opinion. Well that's what I believe anyway as during the aroma process I was asked to accept the risk of fsync (and I accepted) and that during the installation I saw a line concerning fsync.

Is there a way to verify that ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Ah OK. With fsync off I expect to see 6000 on quadrant. I suppose you are nearly there.

To check fsync is disabled, go to /sys/devices/virtual/misc/fsynccontrol/fsync_enabled and check it contains a 0
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Now I have 5935 with quadrant, that's not far from 6000 and that's far better than with stock/"fsync enable" which gave 4027 with quadrant.

Anyway I've checked the file and it contains 0 ==> that's good :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Just a thought, you did do test in performance mode?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
No it was always done in balanced mode. When i'm back home tonight i will test in performance mode ("normal" mode in my french tab). Thanks for the suggestion
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
All test results shown on forums are all done in performance mode.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Facepalm! Lol. :D

Awaiting results of REAL tests ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
With performance mode my score is 6031
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Do it again I bet you can get it to 6200 ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I've done the test about 10 times and the best score was 6172. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
It is time for you to do more homework so you can pass the 7000 mark... ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I actually got 7000 points once with stock clocks, but I cheated a bit (Quadrant2RAM) :).
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Lol. Yes you can move anything to ram I suppose :) Nice cheat though ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Hehe, it is time to take my device to ER for some surgery to replace my storage with all ram. Oh oh, I forgot that I don't have enough money save up yet in my bank account.. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Where may i find this quadrant2ram apk ? I'd like to cheat once also :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
It's not an apk. Take the Browser2RAM script and extrapolate. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
My best quadrant score : 6233 :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] habafflof:
Hello, I'm new to Android development however I've always been involved in PC software/hardware development and know much more than an average user or maybe even a geek squad member... Anyway, I have an unknown device, or rather a PCB board with an IR receiver, a microprocessor and a screen. I have no idea what that device is and how to interface with it. All I know is that it accepts IR signals at 30 kHz. I also happened to own a Galaxy S4 which has an IR blaster. My question is: "Is it reasonable to develop a simple app that would loop through all the possible IR codes to see if there would be any response from the device? What is a possible combination of all IR codes? and can it be transmitted in a reasonable amount of time (1-2 hours max)?" If not, do you have any suggestions as to how I can try and interface with the unknown device without going though all the codes?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] sixftsix:
bump looking for answers to the same question.

I have an XBMC with a Rii Mini remote control that uses an IR USB receiver.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] palviar:
hi, can someone help me, i buy a I337 at&t and i unlocked it by service mode, im from colombia and my operator works on a 1900 band (OMV UFF MOVIL) virtual operator from TIGO, when I am in my neighborhood works perfect the h+ but when i go to another place like 20 blocks distance doesn work at all. its strange only works on my neighborhood, i try open the AWS bands and do it right with phoneutil and QPST but no luck but when i change the sim card from another carrier like movistar or claro who operates on 850 band works perfect all the time! i dont want to change my carrier or sell the s4 so please help.

its like my 1900 band its blocked when i leave mi neighborhood

and i have to change to EDGE with *#2263# and select only gsm to can chat but to browse on internet really sucks

I try a lot of methods, like flashing modems, selectinig the 1900 band on service mode and nothing work so if anyone can help me fix this i really aprecciate it thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] GiantBallSack:
Do you have an EFS backup?

Specifically:

efs.img

m9kefs1.img

m9kefs2.img

m9kefs3.img
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] palviar:
no backup :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] palviar:
some help please!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] afpfelipe84:
Dear colleagues,

I have the same problem I also bought a i337 from AT&T USA and I'm trying to use 3G and 3.5G but is not possible my carrier is TIGO and use 1900Mhz band, i was wondering if I install a different ROM for example another carrier or any from factory settings (without carrier custom) could fix the problem, you experts what do you think??

any suggestion??

Grettings!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] palviar:
i flash 2 custom roms also flash 3 modems and nothing works so i decide to change my carrier the band 850 works perfect (movistar, claro..) so ..im not expert but hope can help you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] skyracer2006:
Change to Virgin, it use the Movistar Network, and work H+, and i believe that 4G will work on December on 1700.
[Xperia Arc General] Moses:
Just like to add that the easiest way to root your Arc S android 4.0.2.A.0.62 is to use Eroot v.1.3.4

I tried onelick and srsroot does not work!

Also you need to set admin access in order for eroot to work! I did not do this at first so did not work. But once I did and made sure I got a proper USb port working. It only took a few seconds and I got root access! SOmetimes the USB port plays up.

No flash nothing!!!!!!! Why wasn't this mention before?????????

Could someone put this up as a sticky so everyone can know? Thanks!

:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

Eroot - check and scan for viruses..

https://app.box.com/s/29v508c366gjdjgq75j5

Dr Ravi Zacharis
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
You say it is not posted here?

Please, search. Topic about Eroot is right here, in General section, even on the first page. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219711
[Xperia Arc General] Moses:
You say it is not posted here?

Please, search. Topic about Eroot is right here, in General section, even on the first page. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219711

I know that post thanks! but I think what wasn't mentioned is how to use eroot! Cause I did try and it did not work! But never knew you got to use admin rights to get it working properly! I also plugged it into a usb port and it did not detect it! So i thought it did not work and then plugged into another usb port and it worked!!! : )And so gave up on it and tried others and that did not work and then as said plugged it into another usb port and DONE it worked!!!! :) :) :)

So just sharing just in case anyone else has found this helpful!!! :)

So sorry for mishap on saying the software was not on this forum, I should have edited it and say that the link was not clear.....So sorry about that...

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Dr Ravi Zacharis - Philosopher and thinker....

Need God why?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] katnip:
Hi peeps

Just a quick wave hello.

I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery of my new XDA IIi and can't wait for it to arrive. I been reading some of the topics on this forum during my research into what pda/phone to get.

I did consider a smaller version and looked at the i-mate and the E-Tech M500 but wanted something with a bit more 'oomph' which the bigger models seemed to have more of. After a bit more research I've finally settled on the XDA IIi because I'm not bothered whether I have a kb or not and the IIi has more to offer me.

So just thought I would say hi.... so hi! :lol:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] vwgm2010:
Hi, I wanna to know how can I use floating touch with ui in gb without root? And if I cant qhats theapps that can I use floating touvh in gb without root too.

Thanks developers
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] abhinav.mhjn:
To use floating touch on ur entire UI, u have to update ur Xperia sola gb to ics. floating touch on whole UI donot works on GB
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
see this for full floating touch on GB,but must be rooted

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1867697

it works but need to be rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Cbtriplec:
When flashing between ROM's and restoring data i'm having trouble. I just wanted to know if the data from a previous ROM is compatible with the new ROM. I'm doing a full wipe ever time and using TWRP. I tried flashing from slimbean to PACMAN but I always get stuck on the boot in PACMAN when I try to restore data from slim.

Should i be doing a full wipe and restoring apps via Titanium instead?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smartguy044:
yea restore your apps with tb. from my understanding its never good to restore data
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Cbtriplec:
I've never had a problem restoring data when upgrading the ROM (ie slimbean from 7 to 7.5 most recently). I read somewhere that this was a common practice and have been doing it for a while now with no problems. My issue only surfaced when switching between ROMS.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smartguy044:
yea same rom is fine different roms is not
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
U cannot restore system data to different Roms, u can restore apps, apps only with no data, diff Roms have diff signatures, if u try to restore data from one to the other ur going to end up with a soft brick, updating a ROM and restoring is OK because it has the same base files, those same base files are not compatible with a diff ROM, now if its the same base rom like cm or PAC of something like that its doable, still not wise but doable, but seems like u made up t mind already so if anything happens u have been warned lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Cbtriplec:
Ahh... got it. Thanks for the explanation (and warning).