[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
CROMini-X v1.0 Released for testing

Right what this is, is a very slimmed down version of CROMi-X 5.1.1 (with a few minor tweaks) and a safe version of the Hunds and LetMeKnow's Extreme Tweaks. Basically I ensure data journaling is on in the installer although fsync is off to keep IO lag at a minimum.

I have termed it CROMini-X for now lol for want of a better name. :victory: Most of the Asus bloat is gone so don't expect many apps if you do a clean install. The only thing I really left in is the Asus Launcher (it has 2 modes 4.1 and 4.2) which makes it handy to keep. I have removed extra bloat from it like all those silly tree wallpapers which has reduced the size by a further 20MB and keep a very light launcher with little memory footprint at 5MB. As of now with no extra apps installed you should see well over 500MB of free RAM which keeps things speeding along. Obviously as you restore apps or install new ones that will drop. Don't ask for Asus apps to be added as that is not the point of this ROM ;)

Flashing the regular CROMini-X zip file

1. Dirty flash over CROMi-X (Odex or Deodex) to in essence debloat your installation and to test the dirty upgrade path. Note it is deodexed and always will be.

OR

2. Do a clean install. :)

Flashing the ROM2SD CROMini-X zip file

Now for the brave. You will note I have also included a ROM2SD version. Here's the extra steps you need to take.

1. You need a fast microsd card - preferably at least a 16GB Class 10 - UHS-1 card like a sandisk with a Read speed of over 20MB/s

2. You need to use Linus or how I did it a GParted ISO on a Bootable USB Stick on a PC ;) (Is there any Android partioning software?)

3. In GParted set up your micro sd with 3 partitions all primary (no logical) in this order FAT32, EXT4, EXT4

They will be used as SDCARD, /data, /system in that order so I recommend the following sizes 4GB for SDCard, 11GB for /data and 1GB for system or thereabouts.

If you used a 32GB or 64GB card then increase the SDCard and /data partitions as you see fit (I went with 16GB, 47GB and 1GB on my 64GB card)

4. You must have already installed CROMini-X normal and have it working - dirty or clean will work.

5. Install the ROM2SD version and let it finish. Let it reboot.

6. You should be presented with a clean install setup wizard when it boots if it has worked. If it hasn't worked you will be back at your previous CROMini-X installation launcher.

7. Job done - set up your CROMini-X ROM2SD however you like - it can't interfere with your normal setup ;)

8. You will notice 2 folders on root - datai and sdcardi - these allow your see you internal /datai and sdcardi partitions if you wish to copy files over ;)

9. As long as the SDCard is inserted you will boot to ROM2SD, remove it (not whilst in android unless you want to crash) and on that boot you will switch back to your normal CROMini-X

Plan is to test this and then patch CROMi-X to work the same way ;) That means you can make CM10.2 bootable from an SDCard in the future.

Lastly I have also included my special TWRP flasher developed from the data2sd version that allows TWRP to understand ROM2SD partitions. The way this bit works is that normally in TWRP it can't see, backup or restore the new ROM2SD /data and /system partitions on the card. Flash this file and it will see them instead of internal. That means you can make up a perfectly good nandroid backup and restore of a ROM2SD installation in TWRP.

That means you could theoretically also back up a normal nandroid, flash this mount zip and then restore to ROM2SD or vice versa ;) Instant working backups :)

Files:

CROMini-X DEODEX v1.0_Signed.zip

size: 259 MB

md5: da0bd35788449054cf591faf88a77f35

url: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527945741

CROMini-X DEODEX ROM2SD v1.0_Signed.zip

size: 259 MB

md5: b72d326e22d8706989b04ae6cce7b891

url: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527945748

cromix-mnt-rom2sd.zip

size: 440 KB

md5: 6637857a12e06cbc5c2776699dd70b0e

url: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527945540

Changelog

Good luck, if this proves popular I'll start a new thread ;)

Darren