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[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Yes, you are correct and I agree with you. All processes that are running are active and using RAM.. :) If the system writes data on the data partition on the background is an active process and it uses RAM. Let assume that our TF700 uses all 1G of RAM with two processes are active both foreground and background. Now the kernel is in the panic mode because it needs to free up some RAM so it can finish all the tasks. What process is more likely that the kernel is going to freeze or put it aside. Does a user data or a system data is going to put aside? I think that it is more likely the kernel will put the user data aside even though it is on the foreground... :) The kernel is not smart enough to tell the differences that the kernel is trying to write the user data on the background from the app store also..
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
When the kernel is out of memory it starts killing processes. Android has a quite sophisticated system here, the "low memory killer". But RAM usage has nothing to do with I/O.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
5.2.4 mirrors added

Additional mirrors added - thanks [MENTION=3971563]workdowg[/MENTION]
[Asus Transformer TF700] pumpump:
Yes I used GPARTED to create the partitions as EXT4. Can mount them using Linux after they are created.

I just tried again with 5.2.4 and got the same result. Attached are the log files. Thanks for helping.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Well in those logs there is no evidence that you have selected the ROM2SD option on the kernel screen in the installer.....THat is what the log looks like for a normal install.

Are you sure you chose option 3 at the bottom?
[Asus Transformer TF700] pumpump:
Sorry you are right. I installed it again with the rom2sd option now. Attached the correct logs. Still not installed to sd card.

Anyway, will rom2sd installation speed up the system compared to data2sd? If not significant I think I will just try data2sd.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes that is installing the ROM2SD option so it is on your card. There are no errors there so it is installing fine. So when you boot with the card in how do you know it is using the internal setup and not the sd card one? Do you see the 4 penguins? What does it say underneath?

DATA2SD works the same way - so if you can't get ROM2SD working it would be interesting to see if DATA2SD works....
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ferator:
Kit Kat release

Hi Sdbag,

I might have a stupid question...

I just noticed that cyanogen has released a kitkat rom for the TF700.

I understand you will no longer update the current rom because asus is not going to release any further update.

Why are you not using the cyanogen release to customize it? Just wondering...
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Because working from cyanogen sources is a whole different ball game. I might look into it as I'm just about to get CM11 working as a ROM2SD solution for cromi-x.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ferator:
oki and cool your answer is giving us hope ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Well I got CM11 working fine as ROM2SD using that's scripts so feel free to try it out and see what you think. I'm back on Cromi-x as my daily driver.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Kernel Installer updated to version 5.2

Kernel & Tweaks Installer

Kernel & Tweaks Installer v5.2 - Updated Jan 06, 2014

For those who want to switch Kernels quickly, enable data2sd, rom2sd, cache2sd, change DPI, change res, disable / enable fsync and other tweaks

Changelog

See post 2 for downloads

Enjoy! :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] pumpump:
I saw the 4 penguins. Then it says

starting /system/boot/preinit

Execute /system/boot/preinit failed:rc=1 errno=13, resuming default boot.

I know it is using internal rom because mount says /system is under mmcblk0p1.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
How did you install the preinit script? Looks like it's missing exec permission.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
This might sound strange after all the input from thosethat know but what type of micro SD did you buy?
[Asus Transformer TF700] pumpump:
The new card I bought is a Transcend Class 10 64GB. The old one I have is Sandisk Class 10 32GB.

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Ok I changed the /system/boot/preinit permission to 744. I saw a different error now.

/system/bootpreinit: mmcblk1p3 detected, setting up for ROM2SD.

applet: chdir(proc/sys): No such file or directory

I did not do anything in particular to install the preinit script. I just followed the instructions in the post 1 of this thread to install the ROM. Do I need to do something for preinit specifically? Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
Only mention because the Sandisk Extreme MicroSD card had compatability issues. I was having all kinds of issues similar to yourself, went to a Sony and problem resolved. Cheers
[Asus Transformer TF700] Olatho:
Just wanted to say I installed rom2sd on a brand new Samsung 64G class 10 card yesterday, and it seems to work great. Not really done a lot of testing yet, but it's my first rom2sd (been running CromiX for some months though), and the installation was smooth with no issues.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
A wild guess:

Did you create the partitions on the card in Gparted in the correct order?

First the fat32 partiton, then the larger ext4 partition (which is going to be /data), then the smaller ext4 partiton (which is going to be /system)?
[Asus Transformer TF700] pumpump:
Yes I did. Thanks for the help.
[Asus Transformer TF700] 550driver:
I have it unlocked, TWRP in working, I put Cromi-x on the sd card and it appeared to load.

Then when I tap finish and reboot I get an ASUS splash screen then another ASUS screen with "In search of incredible" under ASUS and a revolving circle, nothing else happens, I left it going all night and its still the revolving circle.

I've tried both ODEX and DEODEX versions with the same result.

Any ideas?
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Assuming this is a fresh install... after unlock, you need to install the correct bootloader, reboot, then flash Chromi-x. Are you sure you did that?
[Asus Transformer TF700] 550driver:
No at this point I'm confused, I followed scenario 1, Twrp loads and it appears to flash cromi-x, it says successful, finish and reboot. That's when I get boot screen with the revolving circle.

I did the Scott's TF700T Recovery Install Tool.

Right now I can't get the computer to recognize the tablet.

Can you help me with the bootloader problem? I'm an older person and not really computer savvy
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Can you download (from the original post in this thread) to your computer and place the bootloader file and latest cromi-x on a micro-sd card? If so, booting to recovery will allow you to flash the bootloader in twrp from the SDcard. then I suggest a factory reset (also in twrp > wipe) then reboot back to recovery, and finally flash chromi-x.

That's what I would do -- someone else may chime in here with something different/easier...
[Asus Transformer TF700] 550driver:
I did what you suggested and finally got it to boot

Still have a problem

No network connection although wifi is enabled and connected.

I'm connected to our home network but the tablet can't connect to the internet.

"Authentication via the proxy server was unsuccessful"

I can't find any proxy settings
[Asus Transformer TF700] NeoCream:
Guys, I would like to have ROM2SD (or at least CACHE2SD) working on my tablet but I have no access to a PC to partition my SD-Card. Is there still a possibility to do it with a android app or via recovery?
[Asus Transformer TF700] BxMxK:
Something flaky going on here too. Did a clean install with rom2sd then got the never ending spinning ring after first reboot to activate xposed framework and every subsequent reboot. Never could get rom2sd to work again no matter how many times I tried wiping, flashing, deleting and recreating partitions, any most every conceiveable combination thereof. It would always hang after the initial optimizing of apps with the spinning ring onscreen. I'm using the same 64gb SanDisk I've had for over a year and never had issues with. Finally had to settle for just data2sd and cache2sd.
[Asus Transformer TF700] 550driver:
I finally solved my issue by re-flashing the bootloader. Every time I had tried it it failed, finally it succeeded and the tablet booted.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Not sure why you can't get it to work but if you are bootlooping please try to provide a logcat over adb from your pc that way it will easier to try and diagnose the issue. I can't do that with just a bootloop report.

Also you should not run data2sd and cache2sd at the same time as they both use the sd card so there is no point. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Good news! And welcome aboard ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] 550driver:
Hi sbdags,

Question, is there any way to remove the grey Google search bar?

Otherwise so far I'm a happy camper.

Thanks,

Dave
[Asus Transformer TF700] BxMxK:
I actually tried that too. Verified the md5 for the bootloader zip I had used to install it, copied it to the sdcard again, and re-verified the hash then re-flashed the bootloader. Still got the same results. Not really sure what was going on because it flashed and booted fine the very first time then worked fine until the reboot to activate the xposed stuff. Not overly concerned because I don't really flash new stuff on the tablet as often as my phones because I use the tablet a lot for work. Still curious what was causing it though :p
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Logcat please and we might be able to tell you. :)

Once the device is plugged in to computer, power on device and wait for it to start looping at the splash screen image.

Give it another say 2 minutes minimum for ADB to kick in (it takes some time on the device when a boot loop occurs for logcat to start logging)

After about two minutes,

type adb devices

to ensure the device is listed.

Then type

adb logcat -v time > Bootloop.txt

wait about a good 3 - 5 minutes to allow EVERYTHING to be logged,

then press CTRL+C on the keyboard to stop the capturing process. then post the Bootloop.txt (it is in the directory where you launched the terminal window)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes use Nova Launcher or Apex Launcher and you can configure the UI yourself ;) The stock launchers have zero config options - you get what google/asus give you and have to live with it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thibor69:
Quick help needed with 1 step in ROM2SD

Never had much problems at all with CROMI and ROM2SD, but today I did a clean install. Full wipe of everything. THis is what I did after the wipe.

1. Install 5.2.4 with option 1 (Normal) to internal

2. Reboot to the OS setup screen. Did minimul setup (rutine stuff).

3. Boot back to TWRP

4. Nandroid Backup to external SD

5. Flash ROM2SD1 to "re-orient" TWRP to the external Partitions

At this point I get the SCREEN you seen bellow.

*IF* it worked I would do one last step.

6. Nandroid Restore

I would then be able to reboot to ROM2SD or Internal as now both the same.

It should copy my internal setup to external so I don't have to reset anything up.

BUT...... I am getting this after Option 5.

Thanks for any info !!

####################################

UPDATE: Never Mind. I am a bit slow .... duh. I haven't restored the nandroid

so of course I will get that error. LOL

NM
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thibor69:
Idiot just passing through .... :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thibor69:
I like the sound of this .... but acording to the OP, it says that anyone running ROM2SD needs to read this bit ....

Kernel & Tweaks Installer v5.2 - Updated Jan 06, 2014

Note for Data2SD and Rom2SD you must have the correct ext partitions on your external sd card. See instructions here

I go to that page ( which is over 1 year old but it does seem relevant ) but it is a LONG post and am totally lost on what I am

expected to do to my external card for this new Kernel/Tweeks to work correctly.

Help ?? :silly:

THanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] BxMxK:
Yes. Yes. I know... tha lawgcatz noz hiddun ansirs... I likely would have never bothered mentioning it if not for 550driver having a hang in the exact same spot. Would have logcats if I'd had ADB and the usb drivers installed on my desktop. Nonetheless, it's nagging me in the back of my mind now as to why it acted so strangely... or I'm just hoping for a hardware failure so I have an excuse to dissect this thing. Regardless, I will set everything up on my pc this weekend when I have plenty of time and reflash it with rom2sd so we can see what's going on.

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware. - Ken Olsen
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Ignore them they are old and out of date. :o Use the normal instructions from post 1.
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
Well, just some feedback ... one thing I've noticed over the last 2 - maybe 3 - versions is that my dock battery drains to empty with light use (and to 5% today with no use at all). I'm using the less tweaked Hunds kernels. Before this started, my dock's battery lasted at least 3 days with light use.

Is this the drain that others have been talking about?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Gefjon:
I have also experienced more battery drain from my unit even without the dock attached. I have updated with each new ROM update - and like your experience, I noticed increased battery drain from about 2-3 versions ago.

I am not using ROM2SD, and I am on the Kernel that comes up as default during the installation. I Wipe Cache and Dalvik every install. Have gone back to a nandroid backup I made a time back, and the drain was gone. After upgrading to later versions again, the drain seems to be back. I am currently trying to figure out what the problem is.

The tablet has also become somewhat laggy.... for example when starting to scroll, it hangs a bit before the scroll starts. I'm not used to this, as it used to be really smooth. The battery drain is specially noticeable when the tablet is not in use, so I would expect that it is prevented from going into deep sleep.
[Asus Transformer TF700] pumpump:
An update on this - Finally got ROM2SD working. I am not sure what did the wonder though. Could be because of the higher version of GPARTED I used... Tried to use GPARTED Live USB (GPARTED 0.17) to do the partition now, last time using an older version 0.14 that comes with my SysRescueCD. Or it could be due to I flashed latest version of TWRP 2.6.3.2. Was using the 2.6.1.0 that comes with the bootloader image in post 1. Anyway, tried ROM2SD on both of my sd cards (32GB Class 10 Sandisk and 64GB Class 10 Transcend) and both worked. Thanks a lot for all of your help!!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
For the record, I've been consistently using the Hunds kernels because there is very little lag except when apps update.

I do a factory reset before each ROM update.

I wish I had an old Nandroid to try -- thank you for noting your experience there.
[Asus Transformer TF700] cdman1980:
Damn, I should have installed this ROM much earlier. Since I bought my tf700 I have been unhappy with his laggy speed, my son's tf300 was faster in performance as mine so I decided to install this ROM and if that wouldn't work I would sell my device. Now I'm glad I decided this cause gone is the lag, for the first time since purchase of my tf700 I can use my device directly after starting it where before I had to wait 1 - 2 minutes. Many thx for my "new" device OP
[Asus Transformer TF700] ppzoid:
Is anyone else having problems activating location access?

Edit: Nevermind. I just did a clean reinstall. Now everything works.
[Asus Transformer TF700] nephtys59:
Stuck on "Starting Apps"

Hi, I updated from CROMI-X 5.2.3 to 5.2.4 and decided to try _that v7 kernel instead of v4.

As I was not satisfied with the performance (worst than v4), after a couple of days I decided to try and change kernel using your kernels package.

Stuck on boot animation, no matter which kernel I chose (no D2SD or other, just kernel to internal memory).

Therefore I decided to reinstall CROMI-X 5.2.4 with _that v4 kernel and default selections, wiping cache and dalvik cache.

Now I'm stuck on "starting apps" since 20 minutes or more.

What should I do?

P.S.: Tried another reinstall but nothing ... I'm going to perform a factory reset, I think there's no other solution ... luckily I have backup ... just annoyed to have to reinstall all apps ...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mikerla:
Is there a possibility of saving the selections you make during a rom flash in the Aroma installer so that it can pull those up the next time you flash?
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
Are you saying that Asus finally got it right with the TF701? Asus learned from their mistakes?

Thank you.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ppzoid:
I had the same problem after trying to flash Cromi and Thats v7 over my obviously destroyed flash of the newest ET. Only after a factiry reset I was able to get beyond 'starting apps'.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
BTW for those of you wondering how fast the TF701T is I just released my first ROM for it ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sparksd:
That's pretty amazing - how has that translated into the user experience vis-à-vis a similarly configured TF700T?
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Wowza! I was just thinking my TF700 does all I need (with Chromi-x, of course). Maybe I should rethink my position :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF700] sparksd:
I was actually looking at it before I dealt with Asus support on my unlocking issues and eventually loaded CROMi-X. With the way my TF700T is running now I'd be hard pressed to justify a TF701 (not to mention the lingering feelings about Asus support).
[Asus Transformer TF700] nevertells2:
Should not be a need to reinstall all your apps. Do what you need to do to get your install working. If that is a factory reset or a clean install, do it. Once you have it working, advanced restore your data only and that should put you back to where you want to be.

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You say they weren't too helpful? What finally got you unlocked?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sparksd:
Here is what my experience looked like:

· I initially downloaded and installed the unlock tool. I tried dozens of times over the next few days, always running into failure. I tried resets and just about everything else, all to no avail.

· Wondering if my device wasn’t registered with Asus, I went to the Asus device tracker site and successfully registered it. However, the tracking map would never get beyond the “Loading” state, though no error was raised.

· I contacted Asus Support via email, noting the tracking problem.

· One day later, Asus replied back saying that it was because my device was unlocked. I verified by rebooting and looking for the device unlocked message that I was not unlocked – I passed that back to Asus.

· One day later, Asus replied back, asking for a screenshot showing my serial number and MAC address from the status window (even though I provided both in my first message and it still showed in the email trail). I got that to them. Asus Support said they would pass that on to another group.

· One day later, Asus replied back, providing a jpg of some log file saying that I had successfully unlocked a week earlier. Again, I verified by rebooting and looking for the device unlocked message that I was not unlocked – I again passed that back to Asus.

· At this point, I was about to give up but I decided to give it one more try – and voila! On that first try I successfully unlocked! I passed that back to Asus Support and their reply was “It seems that your tablet was unlocked successfully.”

Did Asus change something based on my emails (e.g., get the MAC address in their system – a known issue with them)? Was I finally just lucky? I don’t know. But all in all, it was an extremely frustrating experience and it took several days and literally dozens of attempts before unlocking worked for me. What really bothered me in it all was the impression from them that they never believed what I told them.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Because you need longer bars in an old benchmark? :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] nephtys59:
I preferred to make a clean install, reinstalling apps from google play.

Then I noticed I was on low battery, so I put the tablet in charge (it was locked on home screen).

Couple of hours later, I found it stuck on boot animation and tablet was almost hot, could not even restart in recovery mode.

I powered it off and waited for it to be cold.

Then I successfully accessed TWRP, cleaned cache and dalvik cache and it started fine again.

I uninstalled some apps, I noticed it was slow so I performed a lagfix trim.

Now it seems to be fine, but I'm worried this new 5.2.4 version might have some bugs.

The 5.2.3 was more stable and speedy. I might revert back to it, if some new issues occur.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Lol Rumbled! ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Yes. :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF700] flyhighx:
RE: Play Store Lag

I had a thought regarding the lag encounterd with the play store. When using a browser and clicking on a link to an app, the option comes up to open in Play Store or in the browser. If you choose to open in the Play store, the play store doesn't open as a seperate app but as part of the browser. If you check your open apps, there won't be the open browser AND the play store, it will just be listed as your browser but the play store will be the Play Store app.

It got me wondering if the Play Store itself is some kind of glorified browser and as such is suffering from the lag associated with running multiple browsers simultaniosly on our device, especially while running Browser2Ram. Any thoughts?
[Asus Transformer TF700] smalis:
sbdags, great job in getting Amazon Prime to work in the stock browser in 5.2.4! (Can't wait until I can screen cast with my rooted Chromecast!)

How are you finding the user experience with the TF701, including I/O performance?
[Asus Transformer TF700] contro19:
I'm on an older version of this ROM still 4.2.1 any reccomendations on how I should backup my device? I have Titanium.
[Asus Transformer TF700] MHotovec:
Titanium to back up your apps.

Make a nandroid backup if you want the ability to go back to this version in the event you don't like or have problems with the new version.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
It's a very good device, very quick and smooth out of the box. There are a few issues with the dock hinge that Asus should have sorted but haven't but that is the only fault I can find. Battery life is also much better than the TF700.

Which version of CROMi-X are you on? 4.2.1 is the JB version.
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnnytraveler:
2 thoughts:

1. What kind of score are you gonna get once you get rom2sd for the tf701?

2. Just when I decided not to get the tf701 (Waiting on the new Samsung 10" tablet) you tease me with that score. We donate beer money for the work you do for us. Asus should donate enough to buy a case for what you do for them!

Sent from my CromiX TF700T Tablet.

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sbdags, You had a zip to disable the touch Pad on the keyboard. I can't seem to find it. Hitting the key above the #3 button is not working for me. Can you point me to where I can download the zip? Thanks in advance.

Sent from my CromiX TF700T Tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] nevertells2:
It has been a known fact that since Asus provided the unlock tool, that they say you are on your own, they don't provide tech support for unlocking issues. I have read that making sure your tablet is registered for warranty and the device tracking tool seems to help. So you are lucky that you got any response from them at all. At least your are unlocked now. Happy flashing@! :D