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[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Something are not correct or wierd on your end. Your bench tests from quadrant and antutu are all over the place...:( They should not swing that much..

BTW, did you format your data partition with a fresh installation?

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I agreed with you on the NV_FPS but I am talking about NV_POWERMODE for the CPUx.sh....;) You may not read it correctly..:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] guliver365:
chromix 5.3 & 3.4.3 ET same as Mackis no internet should I use the wifi patch?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Does anyone using the ET notices the improvement on the battery life and the heat?.....:) How's bout the multitasking?
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
Question - If rom2sd doesn't use the internal SD at all, does that mean all data is also running from the external SD or is data running from the internal SD?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
ROM2SD treats the ext4 partition on your card as a "normal" installation would treat the internal data partition.

On ROM2SD internal data is "sdcardi" in your file explorer and you can use it for storage, but for the rom, /data is on your card.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Are you using WW build.prop too? I am downloading the 5.3 to look at the build.prop... I am trying to narrow down the issue..:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Will there be a CROMi-X Kit Kat? Asus has it out for the tf701t and I am sure the tree is different. Just wondering.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
There is no kitkat out for the TF701T unless I have missed something. Until Asus release 4.3 or 4.4 for a tegra3 device I can't port it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Ok, thanks for the information.
[Asus Transformer TF700] tiernan22:
I'm digging it. I'm at 2.5 hours of screen time and sitting at 60%. I'm getting very little heat and it's running so smooth. Play store lag has been greatly reduced as well. We're going to miss you around here...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Artimis:
Has anyone here used Crossbreeder with this ROM and what has your experience been?

I'm still running CROMI-x 5.0.1 and just installed Crossbreeder for the performance gain but on the fence as to whether it is helping or not. I think it may be draining my battery quicker as well. Curious as to what other people have found with it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Thanks for the feedback for the last time...:) I am just curious how the users experiences and hope that it helps the tf700 users..;) Many thanks the the answers...:good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] lartomar2002:
While just browsing, reading emails and a little video while in balance mode and using that's v7 kernel what is everyone getting in hours on a full charge?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
We are comparing apple to apple here...;) That's kernel always have a good battery life and no heat issue.. This cmparation is for the ET v1.5 and v1.6...;) I hope that it helps..
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Hi,

Tried two fresh installs both times I've been stuck in the 'Android is upgrading '

Starting apps part. I've now been sat on this screen for 10minutes. Not sure why this is happening.

In on a tf700 and trying to install 5.3. Any ideas?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Grab a logcat. No ideas otherwise. I tested both odex and deodex fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Will try. How can I logcat when on initial boot of an install?

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm running an existing cromi currently with no issues.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Go up a few pages and you'll see how to do it over adb. Or search for taking a logcat on xda.

How did you wipe data before installing? Which kernel and options did you install? Odex or deodex? You haven't removed CROMi control have you?
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Okay. I'll try once more and find the logcat.

Once I installed over my current cromi 5.1 and after finalising install it booted. I then went onto my cromi control and set it up . I restarted and I got stuck on bootloop. I reinstalled and this time I got that previous freeze on apps starting.

The last one I used twrp to wipe and then did a fresh install which again resulted in the freeze.

I'm using the deodex version. I make sure to always validate the install file in twrp and it passed each time.

I've tried both of that's and one of hunds extreme oc. I had no tweaks other than the gpu and fsync tweaks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yeah it's the CROMi control app causing it. I put a big red sign up asking people not to use it until we figure it out. Interesting that a wipe didn't fix it. Have you got a nandroid to go back to?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
Hi mate only downloaded and freshly installed this morning as I'm not near a fast connection. So far smooth and definitely cooler! BTW did you tweak ondemand governor? Works fine in last two ROMs after crashing previously... ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] lartomar2002:
So, if I understand your reply correctly it is that this thread is only for comparing ET v1.5 and v1.6 and I should not be asking about any other kernel?. I know that many of the last post are about ET v1.5 and v1.6 but I though this was an open thread to discuss Cromix and all the kernels? Just asking!

Still would like to know if anyone else is using the same parameters I described in my original post, how many approx. hours are you getting on a full charge.
[Asus Transformer TF700] KinetiClutch:
Yeah that's my fault not reading around sorry.

And yeah I've got a backup from 5.1 I've gone back to. Is there an option to not install it on the 5.3 aroma installer? As other than my first successful boot from install the other 2 haven't been
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
No it has a bug that causes a bootloop if removed. That'll be fixed soon. Just install over 5.1 and don't change anything in CROMi-X control. It'll keep your settings.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
It is odd. I did not touch the internet or wifi tweaks the last two ET version...:confused: Your wifi speed should not cchange...:)

I have the ondemand optimization on my list but because of my one month vacation during Xmas and new year.:( I did not have it on this ET, sorry...:o I have some information on my harddrive. I can give to you for the test if you want..;)

[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION]

Did you optimize the internet on the ET v1.6 on Cromi v5.3? I don't know why certainly users have issue on the internet...:confused:

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Please calm down my friend...:) We are all here trying to make our tf700 working better, not choosing side or kernels to fight for..;) What we should fight for is how we can push our tablet further, haha...:good: Any way, you have all the right to say anythhing that you like...:) If I somehow offend you, I apologize for it...;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Hi,

I've downloaded the new version of bootloader + twrp, put the zip on my ext sd card, rebooted on twrp an launch Install of the zip but not working (error message). Probably i'm doing something wrong.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
.... and you leave out the most interesting part: What's the error message?

Did you enable zip signature verification?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lartomar2002:
Wasn't aware I was excited but be that as it may. I and not a person that seeks maximun speed and performance from my tablet. All I want is to get something that was better than Asus's original firmware. I do not us ET orHunds or rom2sd nor data2sd mainly because I am not as techie as some others. I just want stability and a better performance than the original. But, within the variables that I use I try to get the best performances I can.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
It is good to hear that my friend... As long as we can make our tablet faster and better, everyone will be benefit from it...;) The ET is just a name that sbdags came up with, nothing is special about it. A lot of the tweaks in the ET are experimental. If it is approved working for the ROM, sbdags will use them in the stable ROM so everyone can gain more performance when they are using their device...:good: That is the spirit of the xda website and everyone shares their knowledge to move things forward... I really like this website since joining the forum...;) Keep up the good works everyone...:highfive:
[Asus Transformer TF700] guliver365:
In fact it was the us version, I resolved by removing the SD card and booting with the internal partition from that registered the Google play store put the SD card back rebooted and got WiFi!
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Which zip and what is the error? Can you also provide the recovery.log.please.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
That makes no sense as a fix!

[MENTION=5313285]LetMeKnow[/MENTION] I didn't change anything just not included your older hunds modules which in my experiments causes IP address issues. Using the patch fixes that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Sir,

You've outdone yourself. Best performance since 3.4.7. Bravo!

Cheers
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
Hi mate. I think you misunderstood me. No prob with the Wi-Fi just in Cambodia and the internet showed here has been slow. Your tweaks are working beautifully for me.

Re testing; easier to wait until I get home next month. That will give you time as well.

Much appreciated. Cheers.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Artimis:
Anyone?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Hello,

Sorry I could not give the error messages last night as I had no computer in front of me while I was in TWRP. Now I have and I can give you more information.

Update partition details

Installing '/external_sdcard/Android/TF700_10.6.1.14.10_WW_Boot_TWRP_2632_Signed.zip' ...

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check : no MD5 file found

assert failed: package_extract_file ("blob", "/data/media/blob")

E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sdcard/Android/TF700_10.6.1.14.10_WW_Boot_TWRP_2632_Signed.zip

Error flashing zip '/external_sdcard/Android/TF700_10.6.1.14.10_WW_Boot_TWRP_2632_Signed.zip

Updating partition details

Have a nice day
[Asus Transformer TF700] wnerw:
Woah, I never thought porting stock rom to tf700 from another transformer would be possible. I'm actually starting to hope it happens one day...

Crossbreeder on my tf700 is running just fine. I don't use it to boost performance though. Never looked into details, but it has something to do with better adblocking, right? And yes, AdBlock + Crossbreeder works exactly as it supposed to be. I somehow managed to make boot animation not disappear after tablet fully boots. It was not a bootloop, just the animation was still there with normal screen just behinf it. Be careful not to cause this issue ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
Issue this morning - With rom2sd, my tablet boots to a blank screen. Reflashed rom and no change. Pulled sd card and tablet booted fine from internal SD.

Any ideas?
[Asus Transformer TF700] bgtex:
goo manager to upgrade TWRP?

Seeing we have the same bootloader can I use goo manager to upgrade TWRP 2.6.3.2?

Or is it best to use the zip?
[Asus Transformer TF700] ahmad zuman:
i have been using v5.3 with _thatV7 for couple of days now and it's really stable , fast , battery friendly and no lag at all.

so thank you for this !
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Lol. Been using it all day at work and it's been great. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
If goo manager is working again I don't see why not :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
From that log twrp reports your data partition cannot be mounted. That is why it fails to flash as it wants to extract the blob to /data/media first.

You need to find put what is stopping /data from being mounted. What happens if you try to mount it using the moment menu in twrp?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
With no logs I don't know but a wild guess would be your sdcard is corrupted? You'll have to provide more details of the card type and maker, how you partitioned it, run e2fsck on it in twrp on partitions mmcblk1p2 and mmcblk1p3

e2fsck -fvD /dev/block/partition-name-above
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
Hi sbdags, i got the same issue when i try to manually mount /data (anyway it was already mounted by default in the mount menu of twrp).

Anyway it's not critical as long as i can install cromi-x 5.3 which i'm currently downloading :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
I'll see what I can do. The SD card is 16GB Sandisk Class 10. I am concerned about possible data corruption because I totally wiped the internal SD, external SD card, and then partitioned the external SD before flashing CromiX with rom2sd. Everything was running great until I upgraded to the latest version.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
What tool did you use to partition it?
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
Gparted from a live USB stick.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
OK You need to capture a logcat whilst it is booting.
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
I know you have explained it before, but how do I do that when it will only boot to a blank screen?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Plug it into your PC and capture the logcat over adb.

How far does it boot? Are you saying you just have a black screen and nothing else?

Oh hang on - you did install to internal first? RIght? COs ROM2SD needs CROMi-X on internal to be able to boot.
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
I'm working on the logcat. I only flashed the latest and greatest on the external by using the rom2sd selection. I have the previous version of cromiX on the internal SD.

When I say blank screen, I mean you can see that the tablet is on because the screen is slightly lit, but it is blank.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
That doesn't sound good. Any difference if you take out the micro sd? Can you get to the bootloader or recovery using volume down and power?
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
If I take out the sd card, it boots fine on the internal. I can also get to TWRP using volume down and power.

Trying to get the Android SDK to work to get you a logcat. Not working too well for me.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Ah OK so it is only with the ROM2SD boot. Did you flash _that's ROM2SD1.zip first to make sure you are wiping the external data partition in TWRP then flash ROM2SD1.zip again before flashing the rom with ROM2sd selected ;) That will fix it.

Link to the ROM2SD1.zip thread is underneath the download section in the OP.
[Asus Transformer TF700] terrbear1:
So in order to update the rom on the external sd, I have to upgrade the rom on the internal sd first?

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That didn't work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
The Golden Release v5.3!

I have only one word "WOW". It is a fabulous release and running so smooth and fast....:good: You did it again mate and congratulation for such a great release for the TF700 users...;) Please keep up the good work and push it even further...:highfive:

Thanks for the great ROM,

LMK
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You have my head spinning here! LOL

Why not flash rom2sd1 once and then flash CROMi-X "normal" - without the rom2sd option? ;)

The poor nodes will get dizzy if you spin'em around like that! :sly:

My 2 cents worth: Make sure you select the same kernel for internal and rom2sd installations.
[Asus Transformer TF700] psudeke:
Is there a way to undo the ROM2SD setup? I was running Cromi on my internal and CM on my SD for a while and then gave OMNIROM a shot, but in the end (as usual) I decided to come back to Cromi for its stability and performance. I was on the latest CWM and was getting stuck in a boot loop after flashing Cromi so I thought maybe it was an issue with the bootloader. so i tried to re-flash the latest version (including twrp from the op) but was getting a "status 7" error from CWM. I dug a little into it and found the bootloader by itself in the CM thread. When i went to install it via fastboot i got another error (md5 checked, at this point i don't remember the exact error). I decided to then install twrp via fastboot and was successful, however after a clean install of Cromi i was once again in a boot loop. When i booted back into recovery, i was prompted for a password. I soon discovered that the data partition was not mounted, and trying to mount it failed. I tried setting twrp to use the -rf command when formatting to force the format, it gave me an error as well. I even went as far as running the "fastboot format userdata" command (along with a slew of other things), but was equally unsuccessful. finally i pulled the sd card and repeated most of the steps above, and was able to install cromi after formatting from fastboot. i thought i was good to go (and a little wiser), until i rebooted with the sd card in and got the same boot loop. reformatting the sd card with gparted is no problem, but i'm assuming something is still trying to mount the external SD even though i selected only the data to sd option. it seems like the remnants of rom2sd are still hanging around and causing the system to look to the sd card. i can provide whatever logs you would need, but i'm definitely at a loss and beyond my googling ability :)

thanks for a great ROM and for your help!
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
You could look for the preinit folder under /system on your internal SD.. Delete it so you can boot from your internal SD...I hope that is your fix...:fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Do you still have the fat32 and two ext4 partitions on the card? If you are running any _that's kernel it will always look for a miscoSD formatted for rom2sd or data2sd (the latter being useless on 5.3 IMHO) and try to boot it. if it doesn't find the 3 (or two) partitions, it will boot the internal normally.

Use Gparted to reformat your entire microSD fat32 and you will boot to internal with no problem.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ghorin:
I have tested with manual mount but still flash of TWRP and bootloader is ko with same error message. On other way, I have upgraded to CROMI-X 5.3 last night and it went fine with no issue at all. I will try later again to flash the bootloader and recovery after downloading again from server repository.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
That is actually done by the preinit script, not by the kernel. So as LetMeKnow already said, deleting the preinit script disables the card auto-detection.

Deleting the additional partitions on the card would also work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] psudeke:
thanks LetMeKnow

you'll have to excuse my noobness, but is the folder actually named "preinit"? the only thing i'm seeing is a file called preinit in the /system/boot directory, but i didn't want to delete that without some confirmation.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes it's the one in system/boot
[Asus Transformer TF700] psudeke:
thanks! that seems to have fixed the problem, i was able to reboot with the sd card inserted and not go into a boot loop. thanks again for the help
[Asus Transformer TF700] lucius.zen:
Hey Dude,

Was looking through the build.prop file and noticed a few things.

- dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit - The Dalvik JIT compiler has been enabled by default since Froyo. This line does absolutely nothing.

- dalvik.vm.verify-bytecode=false - Previous version of the runtime supported the boolean dalvik.vm.verify-bytecode property, but that has been superceded by dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags.

- dalvik.vm.checkjni=false - This value is set twice, once using "false", once using "0". Doesnt need to be set twice.

- dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y,o=v,u=n - This line says the following "Register mapping enabled, optimize verified bytecode, and do not optimize for uniprocessor system." If we want to disable dalvik bytecode verification we need to add v=n. Right now only verified bytcode is optimized, so if we disable bytecode verification we need to set o=a to maintain bytecode optimization. It would also be better to leave register mapping disabled as register mapping enables more precise garbage collection (more accurate freeing of RAM from unused processes) at the expense of CPU load. In order to get more accurate garbage collection the CPU needs to work harder, which to me is not really worth it as I never run into RAM issues.

I will keep looking for more, hope this helps.

I also found the following blank line, have no clue what it does:

ro.kernel.qemu=

All the best,

Lucius
[Asus Transformer TF700] blion:
Just upgraded from v5.0.3 to v5.3 et using rom2sd for the first time. For some reason the wifi is connected to my router but there is no internet. Anyone know why? Installed a couple of times (once without rom2sd) and still the same....
[Asus Transformer TF700] lucius.zen:
I always upgrade with a clean install and have not run into any wifi issues. I don't know how you upgraded exactly but might be caused by dirty upgrade.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
One user found a fix by setup your wifi and google account before inserting your external SD to use as data2sd... Something must be conflicted between the two SDs.. Good luck...:fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] blion:
It was a clean install. I just meant i came from v5.0.3 et and wifi was working. Interesting i installed v5.3 again but without extreme tweaks and wifi is working. Any one got any idea? I love the speed of et amd would be great if wifi worked!

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Lmk thanks for ur advice. Problem is i have used rom2sd so i cannot setup wifi and google account without the external sd......i could just go with data2sd but i thought rom2sd has better performance?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
You are the third users have this issue but I did not touch the wifi tweaks on the ET the last two versions... Something is different and seems like when users are using either rom2sd or data2sd...:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] blion:
Like u said it could be my sd card.....will try data2sd tomorrow and see if the wifi issue is still there. Thanks for ur extreme tweaks!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
You could take out the extternal sd so you can boot from internal sd. Setup your wifi and google login and shut it down. Reinsert your external SD and boot it up again......:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] lucius.zen:
You should ask LetMeKnow about the ET version he set it up :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Hi my friend,

It is the same one and same version on the Cromi v5.3 and ET v1.6....I don't have my tablet any more otherwise I will load rom2sd to see if I can troubleshoot the root cause of the wifi issue...:(

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I may find out the problem with rom2sd with Hund ET... Please me know if you still need a solution and you could try my fix to see if it works..

LMK
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Rom2sd can't bereak WiFi, that doesn't make any sense. The ROM is exactly the same. I believe it's the WiFi modules. ET1.6 which is hunds 3.4.3 doesn't seem to like the modules from hunds 3.4.4

People using ET on 5.3 does flashing the 1.6 ET zip fix it?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Which build.prop. Is this LMK's or mine? Ah OK I think it is mine. ro.kernel.qemu= is added by Asus. The duplicate entry won't cause any harm but will clean up next time. When I change the flags I see a performance drop. Can you see if changing it makes any difference?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I just noticed that you are using _that's init.cardhu.rc for rom2sd, not the ET init.cardhu.rc... Could it be a differences between the two versions that causing the wifi issue? I am just guessing because I don't have tf700 to test with...:(

Update:

It is only happening on a few users and I believed that there are more users are using rom2sd with Hund ET....:confused: The question is why certainly a few users are encountering this wifi problem but not before...:) From now on, I don't have my tablet to test with any more and we hope that you can come up with a solution, my friend...:o