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[General Questions and Answers] Stenlius:
Anyone had strange power off's while the tablet is sleeping? It sleeps for a random time and shuts down without any reason. Did factory reset, the battery holds a charge normal, only does it when it is detached from the base. I bought this slatebook with the latest update installed, so no way to root and diagnose it a little deeper. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] smidra:
I have the same issue. No solution though. Seems to go away when I turn off wifi. I am also experiencing random battery drains when the wifi is on and the tablet is sleeping.
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
personnaly, i always turn wifi off when the tab is sleeping, otherwise battery is drained
[General Questions and Answers] Stenlius:
My WIFI is set to be always on only when the tablet is charging, so it turns off after a few minutes of inactivity and doesn't drain the battery at all - 1% overnight if the tablet works and it's not powered off by itself.

I believe that it's a firmware issue - when the tablet arrived it asked me to do an "EC firmware upgrade" when i plugged the charger for the first time, maybe this has something to do with all the problems, it was ver. 19.10, the upgrade was to ver. 19.11, or it's more general in the android 4.3 image.

I returned the tablet today for warranty service and asked if they can downgrade to a clean 4.2 system image, will post the results when I get it back, hopefully it will be alright.
[General Questions and Answers] Scratz:
My Slatebook X2 automatically turns on randomly. I fully turn it off and I find it on later sometimes. I've not any alarm...

It has the latest OTA rooted.

Anyone else with this problem?
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Yep... this has been reported many times. Beside HP must have screwed up Android at all. Tegra 4 device with 28k points on antutu seems ridiculous.
[General Questions and Answers] GrievousMcG:
It appears that the Slatebook 14 has been updated to KitKat 4.4.2, so I was wondering if anyone has heard anything for our Slatebook x2? Or dare I say, Lollipop?
[General Questions and Answers] ianzappaian:
wish on---hp are crap at updating devices---wont buy another hp product
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
Same here. The X2 is full of problems.
[General Questions and Answers] jjta:
Sad but true

Slatebook is a good machine and really does challenge the transformer series. However the lack of support from HP has killed this hybrid system. Can't even track down a reliable seller for the over priced USB cable. I think I;m gonna throw in the towel an get a t701.
[General Questions and Answers] smidra:
I just bought a third Slatebook X2 (first one cracked the screen), this one is for my gf. And I have to say it is very sad, but though the absolute lack of support, idiotic spare parts pricing and no SW updates it is still the best tablet with keyboard dock out there. I hate to say that, because it could have been so much better. I really wanted to buy something else. I really did. But there is no alternative for me.

There is nothing out there with full HD, FRONT facing TWO speakers and a decent CPU that has a keyboard dock with a free positioning joint. Please let me know if there is.

So even though I hate HP for killing a device with such potential, I simply see no other choice. Thanks to all the devs that it can at least be rooted!
[General Questions and Answers] ianzappaian:
Rom building

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2073370
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
Downgrade my slate 10 x2

Hello everybody !

I stupidly update my statebook to the new OTA and immediately loose my root... The last OTA is towelroot proof and I can't root it anymore.

That's why I wish to downgrade it to previous version (4.2 or previous 4.3).

- I first try to perform a Factory Reset but the system still the new 4.3 after the reset...

- HP provides file for the previous version of the slatebook OS (sp63672 (version 4.2) and sp64892 (version 4.3)).

I follow the instructions but my device give me this error with the 2 files :

-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: !less_than_int(1340712590, getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.﻿

- I also try to root with thes links :

- http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/root-ics-jb-universal-root-rom-flashing-t2358996

- http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/orig-development/04-12-2012-universal-rooting-phones-rom-t1746794

But have no success. I have a signature error with any file I found here...

What can I do (beside crying...) ?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
buy the cable :)
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
Crapitty crap !
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
Unfortunately there is nothing you could do. You may only acquire root again with the overpriced proprietary cable of HP.
[General Questions and Answers] gamer35:
could someone provide us with the usb cable photos ( hp slatebook x2 plug side) and the exact possible pinout and if the cable is usb 2.0 or 3.0 and thanks
[General Questions and Answers] bunstuffer:
confused

first, thanks to all contributing to the rooting of the x2. I'm a bit confused tho as I am trying to follow the different threads and just not sure about the order of things. I am on the first 4.3 with towel root installed. I have installed adb and the other recommended software to my win8 box but my .android file does not have an usb.ini file in it. I have the infamous cable and it does show up as hp slate x2 in explorer when I connect via usb, I can work with the different storage on it but when I do a adb devices nothing shows.

I have usb debugging on, installed fastboot etc nothing changed.

I'm also confused as to do I need both the Maya image or is the 2014 TWRP recovery enough?

By the way has anyone looked at the ipad usb recharge plug? I've seen them everywhere and the ends look the same as the x2 cable although the wiring may be different. These are so cheap to buy and test if anyone is electronically inclined and the connections fit. I'll have to pick one up at the dollar store and check if the plug is the same without actually connecting the usb end to anything. I understand with different wiring it could do damages.

Thanks,
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
I can't define the correct position of a needed change right in the two threads about the x2 but you will have to do changes to the inf driver files on your computer or use an Unix os in order to get the x2 running adb. Just do a quick review of these two threads and you will find it. However i thought the iPad connections are much smaller than the x2's.
[General Questions and Answers] bunstuffer:
still confused

thanks. I am rooted with towel root v1 but it seems to drop it as every time I use titanium backup it says I need root privileges so I have to re-install towel root. I would like permanent root and have my personal apps running off a dedicated sd card rather then internal storage. I'm not sure of the actual connector name but used ipad since it is i something but it does look similar. I think it maybe closer to iphone. i will take my keyboard or usb plug with me and try it for size next time I venture into a store.

I seem to have the same problem with linux as I've installed sdk on my netrunner box and my .andriod file does not have a inf file in it. I will keep at it but in the meantime if I connect in linux as a camera I can still access all my files so all is not lost.
[General Questions and Answers] blender3d:
It's been a while since i installed the SDK on a Linux machine. If i remember right you must acquire the USB vendor id and add it to the udev policy configuration. Check the Android developer portal for more information.

If you successfully rooted with towel root and your apps can't get root access, you may have to install superSU. Did you install a root manager like superSU or superuser already?
[General Questions and Answers] bunstuffer:
re:

yes I had installed superuser prior and after installing towel root. I could uninstall and re-install to see if it makes a difference. Since I have a separate folder of all my apks i installed they can be removed or re-installed anytime. I will read up a bit more on sdk on linux and see if I can come up with anything new. I've been using linux for about 10 years but still consider my self a newbee. I only keep winblows as a os for certain programs.

I also have an hp mini 110 which is the same size as the slate x2 that has win 7 & netrunner so maybe I'll work with it since I detest win 8.

Not sure if it's cool to list a site here but I get all my apps from one website, save them and don't deal with google store at all unless absolutely necessary.

I may start from scratch since i have no files on the slate and just start with towel root and su.
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
HDMI output resolution

Hi everyone !

I got the cable and I have root access but I still can't do what I want...

Here's my problem : I want to connect my slatebook on a non-HD/non HDMI screen.

I have the HDMI->DVI cable and everything works fluently but the resolution of my screen is 1680x1050px and the HDMI output send a 1920x1080 video flux.

So, My screen crop the picture and texts are so blocky I can't even read them...

I though that with root acces, I will change the resolution (Done) and the HDMI will output the same resolution than my slatebook but I was wrong ! Even with a 1680x1050px resolution, the HDMI output still in 1080.

I install ubuntu for android but as it use the android core of the slatebook to acceed the hardware, the HDMI output still at the wrong resolution.

Has anyone an idea about how to control the output format of the HDMI plug ?
[General Questions and Answers] ianzappaian:
install second screen apk you can change the res it works great on my old sony tv
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
sorry ianzappaian, I already tried this option...

farmerbb, who developed second screen explain in this post (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53812284&postcount=49) that

It drive me a little crazy...

Funny (or not...) fact : the expensive cable don't charge the tablet while it's connected...
[General Questions and Answers] Jorge_O:
groumfi

My educated guess is that the circuit that charges the tablet battery from the base battery never sleeps and keeps on draining power as long as tablet and base are docked
[General Questions and Answers] groumfi:
Yes, that would be my understanding too.

But, I don't understand the auto shutdown when the tablet is un-docked
[General Questions and Answers] kykjones:
Hi Martin

I'm suffereing exactly what you've described in #2. Ive taken the unit to support 4 times but after some hous... the same. how is yours?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
both #1 and #2 are not seen (yet) on mine..
[General Questions and Answers] Timsalabim2:
Ubuntu ROM ?

Hi, I also have the cable and rooted, but have not tested the HDMI plug yet... So no answer to your question but I do have an question on your post...

Can you paste a link for the Ubunto rom you are using on the SlateBook x2 ? I find it very interseting to install that ROM on my slatebook x2.

I konw Ubuntu is working on making ROMS for android hardware, but didn't know one of them works for the slatebook x2

Thanks,

Tim
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
Hello Timsalabim.

I don't have installed a custom rom on my slatebook yet. I just use the linuxonandroid app to install "Ubuntu for android 13.10" but it's not a rom that replace the default rom of the slatebook. It's an Ubuntu that you can drive from android through a remote system... Not very satisfying in fact.

But since I saw that I can flash CWM, I will soon try different custom rom...

My problem still unresolved but I got a clue. With second screen installed, when I plug HDMI cable, my screen is not recognise and second screen suggest a 640x480 resolution. I think it's because of the DVI-HDMI convertion cable that broke the monitor recognition.

Does anyone thinks there's a way to "teach" android witch screen I plug to it ? Some sort of screen driver for android... Or a way to set the default resolution to anything else than 640x480 ?
[General Questions and Answers] Burqaman:
Need some advices

Hi,

first of all sorry for bad english, not my language but since most french forums threads about this particular device are troll threads or just inactive, i'm gonna ask here (i have some noob questions to ask).

I've got no experience in Android and tablets in general and i need to know if it's easy to update Android version from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and if this update fix the yellowish tint problem. Also is there any way to fix the battery draining problem ?

I still didn't buy the HP x2, thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
Hello !

It's very easy to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3. But if you do so, you can't use Towelroot anymore and you'll need the 60€ cable to root your device.

The last update correct the yellowish tint problem and the sound problem that appear with the first 4.3 update.

My advise : do not upgrade if you want a rooted device. Then, you can update after flashing a good recover...
[General Questions and Answers] Burqaman:
Thanks for fast reply :)

Honestly, i didn't understood what you've said about "flashing a good recover"... As said before, i've never used a tablet before, the slatebook x2 will be my first purchase.
[General Questions and Answers] JoGoiA:
Answer in french by PM ^^.
[General Questions and Answers] Ruskislate:
#2 is happening to me but if you tilt the table a bit back or forth when docked, try touch and so on, it will eventually get fixed so I don't know its a hard or soft matter.

Happy 2015 to you all
[General Questions and Answers] Kanasuke:
Hi I have a brand new Slatebook X2 out of the box, it starts out at (4.3-17R20-03-23). I know not to update

I'm going to try towelroot v1 now to unlock bootloader and get TWRP 2.8 on it.

What I want to know is how do I use the "Prerooted latest OTA Rom : 4.3-17r20-05-24 STOCK ROOTED : Thanks juanig (mirror by mrzood)"? as posted in this thread?

Is this a shortcut way to get permanent root on the device with the latest 4.3 OTA? And then do I install MayaMod on top of it afterwards?
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
Install Towelroot and use it, install flashify or Rashr to flash TWRP and reboot into it and flash MayaMod.
[General Questions and Answers] cartmanotfat:
Last week, Office for tablets has been released. It needs Android 4,4... I don't care what versions I have, but for this app it would be cool to have kitkat. Slatebook 14 got it, a portage might be possible ? :angel:

Or a petition to HP for providing us this "little" update ?
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
I've tried to port kitkat from Slatebook 14 and the result was a fully bricked tablet (Hp had to replace the whole motherboard) so don't hope a port from me... ask [MENTION=3458721]BENETNATH[/MENTION] for a kitkat or lollipop build :p
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
he he Juanig.

indeed, i made a couple a try, and still no success.

It seems that tegra sources are not that good, and tf701t is one of the only to have a working CM.

i still don't get why it's not working, as i don't even get the boot logo, even when i use a minimal ramdisk and a basic kernel.

that's really not an easy task, and i would definitively at least a sparring partner or a guru to bring assistance in this task.

In an indeal world, i would succeed in bring a working CM, then we could share cables between members, by just paying the sending fees. Once everybody would be unlocked, we could have a real community around this great device, which is totally underpowered atm.
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
I know you've tried it and I thank you for it. Do you think AOSP sources would have the same outcome?
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
that's one of the possibilites i did not look at, mainly because AOSP is a real pain to compile on my VM. It takes litteraly dozens of hours to build..
[General Questions and Answers] Juanig:
If you want to use remotelly my linux machine (not big deal, 8gb RAM i3 3110M) and 50mbps connection just ask for it.
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
thanks,

i'd prefer to work on a dedicated one, or on mine at least ^^ easier and faster
[General Questions and Answers] ipguy:
Hi all

Just got one from ebay and was wondering if anyone has successfully managed to install xposed and multiwindow support ?

I really want to use this baby with multiwindow so apps don't take up the entire page on launch, like a normal latop
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
Hi,

is there anybody with a tab, a cable, some spare time and enough knowledge to make some test for custom roms ??

keep in mind : i can't promise you that your tab won't explode or die in a dramatic way :D

PM me :)
[General Questions and Answers] cartmanotfat:
Hi everybody, I don't know if you tried but I have installed a tempered glass on my slatebook. Now the screen is smooth and no more fingerprint.

I have only a little problem : it's really less sensitive... Do you know a way to increase (by software I mean) the touch sensivity? I had a touchpad and It was possible... :p
[General Questions and Answers] BENETNATH:
hi folks,

quick post to tell you that a new recovery is available in the dev thread.

Tha main news is that there is a MTP function, in the mount part. If you have the cable, that allows to have direct access to internal sdcard through windows explorer.

One week off then good news should appear !
[General Questions and Answers] naruto1890:
Hello , one can learn more about it?
[General Questions and Answers] ianzappaian:
I cant wait tell me more---ps the new recovery works great

I cant wait tell me more---ps the new recovery works great
[General Questions and Answers] pafje:
I've got this tablet a few days specifically for development (I'm developping an OpenGL app that really needs a keyboard to be usable, so the X2 was perfect for me, the tablet will never move from my desktop). So for development:

- No ADB connection, the USB port is in host mode and I've found no way to set it in "Guest" mode (if that's the appropriate term).

--> My solution so far:

1. Set up an Apache server to serve the bin directory on my local Wifi network and get my app to update itself on startup (download APK + VIEW intent on APK). Takes two click which is a little annoying but I'm old enough to remember the days when it took half a day to compile an application, so... You also have to launch a dummy emulator to get Eclipse to produce the APK...

2. Start a thread that pumps logcat and sends it via UDP broadcast, then display the log via netcat (nc -l -u <port>). This was not so easy to get right but now it works great and does not slow down the application... Actually it's much more efficient than ADB for this since you don't have all the TCP overhead, plus that horrible Eclipse client UI... And you can filter the logs via grep + regular expression... I might actually start to use this all the time...

3. If I *really* have to debug something via breakpoints, I can always use my Nexus 7 tablet...

Hope that helps...
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
Do you think you could use this method to get root?
[General Questions and Answers] conan1600:
I have a nexus 7 2013 and I don't notice any loss of screen quality at all. I may cobble together a debug cable tomorrow and see if it works. So far I haven't seen a bit of lag out of this machine and there is no excess heat problem. I do hate the squeaky hinge on the dock when in a quite room and touching the screen to browse. I do not use GPS on a tablet so don't miss it. For 200 bucks I sure don't miss it but I may buy an Asus as well since I'm a tech head lol. Great machine so far

Edit...unfortunately my cable will not recognize in fastboot or debugging or mtp. Sigh. It would take a driver from HP to setup the USB I think.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
My screen has some forward and back 'wobble', but it doesn't squeak. They could have done a better job here, but its not a huge impact. I still like mine after a week; there's a couple of minor things, but when I compare it to my old TF201 (bad GPS and WiFi, terrible lag, and the keys on the dock weren't great), I think this is a pretty good unit. The speed/responsiveness is fantastic, and the docks keys are excellent.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Mine squeaks and I think its coming from the center connector. I hope this wont become an issue later. I'm really enjoying this device.
[General Questions and Answers] jinnk:
battery drops 10%(tablet it self) after half hour online video ...which is just so bad compare to my ipad 2,4:(
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Just noticed movies I rented on google movies play in HD and can turn it off compared to my asus infinity that only plays in non HD and don't have an option to turn it off or on. Awesome :thumbup:

Also since the dock is heavier on the hp it doesn't topple over when it's on my bed if I have the screen tilted further back unlike the asus.
[General Questions and Answers] toanau:
how did u get those scores. i get around 7K for quadrant & 17K for for Antutu. i know i should be getting those type of scores with the integra 4 processor
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
I didn't do anything specific; just ran the tests. But try this; go into Settings -> Battery. You will find a check box, can't remember exactly what it is called, but effectively its a setting for efficiency. I think this is related to a kernel setting to limit clock speed. Make sure this is unchecked and run the tests again.

When this was checked, I was only getting about 16k on AnTuTu and about 6k on Quadrant, so this is consistent with your numbers. Hope this helps.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
Not sure why they added that balance feature. I assumed it would balance the battery drain between the tablet and dock. I did it a few days ago I had to factory reset since I didn't know what caused my tablet to run really slow. Everything was jumpy.
[General Questions and Answers] Rydo111:
I agree, it definitely feels 'weightier' than my TF201, but the dock CoG is much better for stability on a surface.

---------- Post added at 09:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 AM ----------

I think its reasonable, and quite common, to have a kernel setting that limits clock speed steps to preserve battery. I think you'll find that most simple operations, such as checking email, web browsing, and maybe even watching video, will not need max power. So spinning the CPU at top speed is not necessary to do the job, unless you have a power hungry operation going on. I'd expect battery life to be better on the Balanced setting.

If we could run a custom kernel, there are a bunch of cleverly optimised CPU settings out there (perseus, etc)...but this will require some dev work to get there.

Not good news about your factory reset and the jumpyness...hopefully this doesn't come back.
[General Questions and Answers] aznmode:
i didnt realize the samsung allcast dongle is miracast certified. As usualy though it isn't as smooth as direct hdmi.

Well this is interesting as well. I can output rented movies on Play Movies that I rented via the allshare cast dongle. This doesn't work via HDMI however.

Rydo111 sorry I meant to say the balance mode cause the jumpiness. So I doubt it would come back if I dont select it.