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[Asus Transformer TF700] TeCKNeiC:
Anyone having trouble with the stock browser not loading pics completely on the first load until you manually refresh? Maybe there is a setting somewhere that I ticked that messed with this but I was having the problem since the flash of the Sept 1st release and also the September 8th release. Is this just my tablet having this problem or is there an easy fix?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Disable ad block if you have it and try again. Seems, ad blocking is responsible for a lot of weird browser trouble.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
I got me tablet rooted finally but am having issue with getting it unlocked. I dl'd from asus their unlock tool both versions.

Does it matter if the unlock tool is the one for ICS OS or 4.2 JB OS ? My version is 4.1.1 on my tablet. tried to update but it says everything is up to date.

The 4.2jb would not install but the ics one did, on the second notice screen i check agree and click the"press to unlock your device" button a pop up says "an unknown error occurs,which may be a network connection issue, please wait and try again later". I know and verified me wifi is connected. I waited several times 5min intervals to try again and still nada. What to do now to get it unlocked ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] SurferLTU:
I got the same unlocking issue when my tablet returned from warranty repair (main board was changed)... I had a lot of reading regarding this issue and it seems that only manufacturer can fix it (something is related with authentication on Asus servers).

In my cas emanufacturer accepted for another waranty repair and I hope they will fix it. As I was advised I indicated the problem that I can't use Asus device tracing service (as it also needs connection with servers).

hopefully some day I will get my tablet back and will be able to unlock it :) Otherwise I will sell it and buy another used with unlock possibility...

Oh I wish someone could make workaround for unlock without Asus oficial tool...
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Ok, after running for a few days with no blue "screen corruption" issues, I decided to try re-adding the Calendar widget back to my home screen to see what happens. Within minutes, I had a screen that looked like this:

So it's definitely the Calendar widget that is causing this issue (at least on my system) when using a bluetooth mouse or the trackpad.

Can someone else please see if they can duplicate this issue? To re-produce it, just add the Calendar widget and using a mouse or the trackpad, just try moving it all around the screen for a while. Sometimes it doesn't happen right away, so you really need to give it a while before assuming it won't happen.

Thanks!

By the way, regarding the battery issues that I'm having - it seems related to the dock somehow. If I boot my table without the dock, it seems to work fine (went all of the way down to 23% on my tablet without issues). I've re-docked now (without connecting to AC power), so that the dock will re-charge my tablet - I want to let the dock battery drain down next (if possible). I guess my problem stems from the fact that I leave my tablet docked 95%+ of the time and I also have AC power connected to the dock 95%+ of the time! I'll see what happens as the dock recharges the tablet. Hopefully, I can get the dock battery to drain down to about 10% and then re-charge it - I'm hoping that will solve my issue.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
I duplicated this issue yesterday. Moving the mouse some more seems to get rid of the blue square. It's definitely related to the Calendar widget. It looks like a GPU driver issue to me, like its rendering some bogus triangles/square, but I can't say for shure. I have not forced GPU rendering, BTW.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
^^Thank you very much - at least I know it's not just me then! It just sucks, because I really got used to have the calendar widget on my home screen.

I'm going to test with a different launcher (instead of stock) - I'll report my findings.

EDIT: Well, that didn't take long! Same thing happened in ADW EX Launcher, so it doesn't appear to be launcher-specific... <sigh>

Time to look around for a third party calendar widget, I guess. I'll post if I find one.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sgkla:
I really like Business Calendar (I'm just using the free version). It's clean, has a great UI, and is overall a terrific app. Its biggest shortfall is that it doesn't do email reminders, however, since the calendar is connected to google calendar, I still get the notifcations for events on my phone - if I need to add an additional email to send the reminder, I end up opening up the stock calendar to edit events.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
^^Perfect workaround! Thank you very much for the recommendation!

[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] - maybe until this Calendar widget issue is solved by Asus, can you add an option to install Business Calendar Free?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Did you use ET tweaks duing the rom installation? You can try to use the different rendering engine..:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
^^No, I did not use ET tweaks during installation and I've also tried both hardware and software rendering - same result...

EDIT: While I did try disabling the "Force GPU rendering" option (via the developers settings menu) before and it did not solve the problem, I did *not* reboot after changing that setting... I just now disabled it again and rebooted after disabling it this time - I'll see if that makes any difference. Will report back.

Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Is there a way to measure lag besides user experience? I've read here (and personally experienced) that getting a high benchmark setup often results in a very laggy experience, but several pages ago [MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] recommended setting more civilized settings (escapes me right now) and the daily use was much smoother / less laggy. I was thinking that if there was some kind of lag-o-meter we could report back what combination of settings (I'm sure there's probably 20++ setups possible in aroma) is getting the smoothest daily experience.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I wish there is a Lag-O-Meter app some where we could use.. :) However, it is odd that a faster speed setting on a CPU and GPU are more lags than the slow speed setting.. :confused: The only possibility in my mind at the moment is that you push your device harder than it can handle. Therefore, you see the negative effects of that setting. The cause could be the heat issue that triggers the thermal throttle which reduces your CPU and GPU frequencies at a lot lower frequencies than your normal setup to cool down your CPU and GPU to a safe level. Therefore, you see more lags because your device is running with a lower speed than you expected..:) It is just my opinion and could be wrong.. :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
I don't think that's it... the lag seems to occur even with light use before heat builds up much. In my years of experience with overclocking PC's thought - I think it's the same phenomenon that when you're on the bleeding edge of the processor, then other parts of the system are over-exerting and start to contribute to lag. I can think of an example with the PCI bus speed that controls several peripherals and can be very sensitive to the frequency of the system. I know that there's a process where you have to start with seeing how much your memory can tolerate OC, then your processor, then the bus etc etc then find the right balance. After all that you usually cut it back from there to find a 'stable OC' which is very system dependent. Even when you're using apps like Prime86 or some of the other torture tests that show a 'theoretical' usable speed, you can still see the system lagging and hiccuping, so usually they recommend cutting it back 5% from the top speed to minimize the lagging. Just wondering how we can apply that to our example to find the best balance.
[Asus Transformer TF700] JoinTheRealms:
afaik when this device starts to throttle ull know about it(i cant say ive ever experenced thermal throttling on any of my tegra 3 devices. im not sure specifically to the tf700 but its usually around 70-80c ). My guess is cpu governor, io scheduler and initd tweaks might give higher bench scores but not user experience. processor freq should only improve user experience the higher it goes, before becoming unstable(disregarding battery life and device temps of course;))
[Asus Transformer TF700] tiernan22:
I struggled with lag for a couple releases and eventually fell back to US instead of ET. Using Hund's at 1.6-1.7. My lag has disappeared. Rendering on Deadspin is really slow as is installing apps but we knew that would be the cost of doing business when we all bought this tab. There are things we can do to manage performance but lag will always exist to a certain extent regardless of sb's efforts. I may be benching lower but it's smooth with some subtle adjustments.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
Man, thats not what i wanted to hear :(

Sooo, do i need to have this unlocked to flash this rom ?

So far i am rooted, have twrp installed but i can not unlock . Do i still need to install BOOTLOADER VERSION 10.6.1.14. too ?How do i do that and is there a linky for dl for that only ? I really dont wanna brick this before i try to install this rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Thanks to [MENTION=2155137]johnlgalt[/MENTION] for providing the extra mirrors :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] mmoreno79:
Is there a mod like the Exchange Security Bypass (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29678976) that will work with this ROM? I tried flashing the zip from that thread by Exchange just force closes.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Just uploading a new version of the kernel installer - fixed a bug in the installer for TF300 users and updated the TF201 Hunds kernel. Nothing really for TF700 users - but just in case anyone wondered ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
Confirm same "Blue Box" issue in Nova with Calendar Widget
[Asus Transformer TF700] benpwarner:
APW has a calendar widget
[Asus Transformer TF700] flyhighx:
Delete
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
FYI - Since disable "Force GPU Rendering" and rebooting (the reboot seems to be key here!), I have not had the blue screen corruption issues with the stock calendar widget! I not 100% convinced that the problem is gone yet, but I have hope! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
Someone help a brotha out, i needs to flash this Rom !
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
It's a strange problem. I got it to happen once but then never again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sgkla:
You can't install TWRP unless your bootloader is unlocked. If your bootloader is locked,you installed Goomanager, and selected the option to flash the open recovery script, your flash did not succeed, and you will need to run the ASUS unlock tool, THEN reflash TWRP in goomanager.

Since you had previously noted that you could not unlock your tablet, can you tell us where you got the tab from? Is it a refurb? Have you had warranty work done on it? If any of these are the case, then no one in this forum can help you because you have a serial conflict with the ASUS server --your # does not match their database. You will have to straighten out this issue with ASUS.:(
[Asus Transformer TF700] Daruniafx:
Sbdags, thanks again for the great work you do .... I have recently been using viper4android apk on my smartphone, and the result is amazing, especially with Convolver and irs function that can be used.

I installed it on my TF700 and the result has been an improvement in audio, we use your rom, would be a plus to come as standard, especially with the irs set that are available for everyone.

In my case when the application starts for the first time, I was asked to choose the appropriate driver for our tegra 3 and the selection was A9/A15 with NEON, rebooted for the driver ripped and ready, to take advantage of all the improvements.

Cheers and have a great day.
[Asus Transformer TF700] workdowg:
Still have the dock battery drain issue. It seems even the power down then plug the tab into the dock trick doesn't help anymore either... Overnight with wifi off 72/86 --> 82/30 in the morning.... Used to be just a percent or 2 gone even with wifi set to always on... and before anyone asks, no new apps and supposedly it was in deep sleep most of the time.

Edit: also did a fresh install to see if it made a difference ....

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700t - CROMi-X 5.0.2 DEODEX -_that4
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Not sure why, but I do *not* have the battery draining issue with the dock.

Is it specific to the dock model, maybe? I have the original "re-branded" TF201 dock (listed as "DOCK-EC20N-0207" in Settings->About)...

Also, my battery issues have seem to disappeared after letting both the tablet and dock drain and re-charging them! Thanks for the suggestions!
[Asus Transformer TF700] workdowg:
I thought about letting them both drain (10% should be enough on the tablet). This helped other devices I've had....

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700t - CROMi-X 5.0.2 DEODEX -_that4
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
I was able to install twrp through goomanager but i dont have any power button option to boot into recovery but i can through rom manager, and i was able to make a backup of the current setup. Could perhaps try to flash something while in twrp to see if it works ? or is that not a good idea ?

I bought it off ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281161058484?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Hmm battery drained on mine today too. I'm going to see if this makes any difference. Mind you I have been flashing so many kernel combinations that I'm not sure I don't need another clean wipe just to get things stable again.......
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] - I'm pretty confident that the problem no longer occurs since I disabled "Force GPU Rendering" and rebooted (when I just disabled "Force GPU Rendering" without rebooting, the problem still occurred).

Just an FYI in case anyone else is running into this "blue screen corruption" issue when using a mouse/trackpad with the stock calendar widget.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
So you are saying you have TWRP installed, correct? That would mean you are unlocked... If it is version 2.5+ - what's holding you up? Just download the CROMI-X zip, do a factory reset in TWRP for good measure and flash the rom.

Edit: I think I want to clarify my response a little. If you were able to install TWRP through GooManager, you are: 1. Unlocked, 2. rooted

I'm not sure what you mean by "Power button option". If you mean the extended reboot menu, that's a feature of the rom, not TWRP.

If you have TWRP installed you can always boot into it by holding the Volume Down and Power buttons until you see tiny script. The bootloader menu shows three icons with RCK flashing. Push Volume Up and you will be in your recovery.

If that procedure only shows you a dead Android you do not have TWRP installed and must first unlock the bootloader using Asus unlock tool.

If you do have TWRP, go to the CROMi-X thread, read the entire OP, make sure you have the correct bootlaoder and recovery or flash the provided package if unsure.

Then you can flash CROMi-X 5.0.2, preferably after making a backup of your rom and then doing a Factory Reset (all of that in TWRP).
[Asus Transformer TF700] SndChsr:
If coming from 4.7, is this full wipe of can I install on top?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You should do a Factory Reset in TWRP. It may work fine without it, but if you experience weird problems that's the first thing you should do.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
Right on, thank ya very much. Twrp 2.6.0.0 is installed.The build # is 10.4.4.25 . Do i absolutly need to flash the 10.6.1.14.10 US Bootloader in ? Is there a separate zip for that or do i have to flash the entire 10.6.1.14.10 US Bootloader and TWRP 2.6.1.0 ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
That's a big resonding YES!

You are on a Jb 4.1 bootloader so you definitely have to flash the new one!! Just use the package - it'll take about 4 seconds more :)

And you HAVE to do at least a Factory Reset in TWRP before installing the new rom - cannot quite remember if a "Format Data" was required moving from a JB 4.1 system to 4.2. The latter uses a different file structure than the former....

If I were you, I would copy all my data to a card or PC and format data under the Wipe > Advanced menu. Better to start with a clean slate....

BUT DO THIS AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW BOOTLOADER.

I do not know how well and if the 10.4.4.25 bootloader plays with TWRP 2.6
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
Ok. Will give it a go. Thankx a million for yer help :)

Sweet, success !
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
On a proper ROM, upgrading should always be possible without a factory reset or even formatting data. At least with the stock ROM, it works fine. :) Downgrading is not supported, but if straight upgrading doesn't work, I consider this a bug in the ROM.[/QUOTE]
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
HUmmm, i can not access settings. it says app is not installed. If i say open file manager to say install an app pop up says install blocked cause unknown sources is unchecked, so it gives option to click goto settings, click that and pop up " unfortunatly package installer has stopped. Whats hapnin here and how to fix ?

The settings apks are there in sys files.

I did install the THEME-MOD][Color Theme Mod v1.8][CROMi-X 5.0., dunno if that is part of the issue or not.
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Suggest you also update to TWRP 2.6.1... there was a permissions bug in 2.6 that has been corrected. In my case, I could not copy any of the backups off the device.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Did you flash CROMi-X, reboot and test and then flash CTM?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Felborn:
Anyone using Zen Pinball? Since the upgrade to 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 I cant use it anymore. The whole screen is moved 50% towards the left, as in there's only picture on half the screen, the rest is black
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
[/QUOTE]

Bah.... Upgrading should work as you very well know. However if you have issues then a clean wipe can help. There are numerous data elements that can get left behind in /data due to different options being chosen to the original install. Normally they don't interfere but android not the ROM doesn't do a very good job at keeping itself clean. Occaisonally this can cause weird behaviour or force closes. I've seen it with my own device a I have seen it on others. Same issues if jumping from one kernel to another, the normal installers and android don't clean up very well. Rememr people here are flashing ROMs all tthe time. Who knows what order things are done in and what versions they are using.
[Asus Transformer TF700] allan1313:
I was using the extreme tweaks edition and it was running OK but I was getting occasional stuttering. I read that someone went from the extreme back to north American version and had better results.

Well I just switched back to the north American version with that's 5 and it is smooth as silk and haven't encountered any hiccups. Just an fyi for anyone else getting some stutters or random lag.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jeffw111:
Yep looks like the protrait mode got broken again. This happened back in February and Zen Studios manged to fix it around June. Looks like we'll have to wait for another fix. In the meantime landscape mode still seems to work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I agree, I just didn't want to leave the statement "you HAVE to do at least a Factory Reset in TWRP before installing the new rom" uncommented. As you say, upgrading *should* work.

You provide lots of options in your installer which the stock ROM doesn't need to expect to change. Of course, such unexpected changes may be handled poorly or not at all. So if you don't explicitly add special handling for updates when critical settings were changed, deleting /data may really be the easiest way to get a stable system again. This is what I consider a design limit in your update functionality (I agree that it would be very tedious to develop and test all combinations), and it's not what I meant with "inability to update is a bug".

Switching kernels should never cause a problem when done right. Kernels don't write anything to /data, so it's just a matter of installing the correct files on /system - and cleaning up everything another kernel might have changed before.

The latter is important: The flashable ZIP files from the kernel devs may not support such cross updates. For example, my kernel ZIP expects to be applied to a stock ROM (or a ROM with a previous version of my kernel), so it does for example not contain the /system/etc/cpu?.sh scripts. If a previous kernel has changed them, flashing my kernel ZIP will not touch these scripts, leading to undefined behavior. This is why your kernel installer is a great tool for end users, and everybody who wants to switch to a different kernel should prefer using your installer.

Right, therefore I'd say "make a backup and be *prepared* to wipe data if you have problems".

The point of my post is: I think that the "wipe data" method should be used as a last resort, when other efforts to fix the problem have failed. Usually, such other efforts can be very educational and can improve the next version of a product.

Instead of backing up everything, deleting everything, and then restore *almost* everything - wouldn't it make more sense to just identify the stuff that causes problems and delete it?
[Asus Transformer TF700] NasTraDooMis:
I reflashed the rom and now its ok. That theme musta broke the settings.
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
^^^ This. This is how I started out when flashing ROMs on the DROID - you flashed a kernel separately from the ROM itself, thereby giving the end user better variety in terms of how they wanted the ROM to work independently of which kernel they wanted to use. I like the idea of going back to perform it separately again as well.

[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] - FWIWW _ I grabbed the Superuser update.zip from Koush's website and flashed it right after CROMi-X (using the multiple zip install feature in TWRP) and it effectively replaced SuperSU with the open source superuser from Koush, complete with the su binary as well. So, I don't have to bug you anymore about replacing SuperSU b/c I (and anyone else) can do it when flashing the ROM.

(And before anyone starts bugging me about this superuser app being better / worse than any other, I have the paid versions of SuperSU, and the original superuser as well, and I still prefer Koush's superuser b/c of the feature set built into it).

Also, I'll be updating my mirror with the new version you uploaded of the kernel installer shortly.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Sorry you caught me at my grumpiest best! :) Yes we agree on the same points. I could include a command in my installer that wipes the corresponding /data/data entries for anything not installed but I suspect this might be a bit naughty as you'll potentially lose some user data and if then reflash and choose it you won't get it back. 99% of the time it doesn't cause an issue but some google apps are particularly problematic.

I.e., I don't offer chrome at all. If someone has had it installed from a stock rom and then flashed mine it gets wiped from /system/app. However /data/data/com.android.chrome still exists as does any entries on the SDCard in android/data. Now if they try to install it from the play store they get an error -24 not able to install and they don't know why. The solution is to wipe the /data/data/com.android.chrome folder. Do they know that - maybe if they ask, what they work out id if they wipe data it resolves the issue..

There are lots of these little things that get left behind. I can't possibly handle them all as you say. Also if I did wipe data/data then potentially I'm wiping their bookmarks as well and then it does a sync and wipes the bookmarks on their pc. Probably not but you see the dangers....

Maybe I should just offer a format data option in the installer?