yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mobrien118:
Let me start with: Sorry if this has been answered. I've been searching for some time and trying solutions and want to see if anyone has any ideas.

This ROM works great for me! I upgraded from Namidairo's 4.3 ROM WITHOUT doing a factory reset and everything worked perfectly for me. One note: CWM does NOT work for me and I have to use TWRP. Any version of CWM that I load on here just boots to a blank screen. Luckily, I found this Voyager2k TWRP fork and it worked perfectly!

So, the question: There is no room to install PA Gapps with this ROM. (Paranoid Android's gapps). It is 277MB but removes a few of the AOSP packages to get there.and it is supposed to take that into account, but this ROM leaves only about 80MB (if I remember correctly, maybe less). I removed a BUNCH of apks from the system to try to get it to fit, but I'm not sure which ones are really "safe" to remove (trebuchet, DSP manager, etc, etc.).

I'm going to keep trying that route and see where I get but I'm wondering if there is any way to *safely* make the system partition bigger, or if there is any other way to get this ROM+PA_Gapps installed? That would be ideal for me.

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Hrm hrm hrm.

Okay, I have the habit of not leaving good enough alone, so: what exactly is the problem that causes GPS not to work on a KitKat Rom, but works on previous versions?

I know, GPS performance on the Prime is pitiful (but apparently can be improved, which i will check now), but not working at all is another thing.

(I'm not actually a programmer, I just used some data acquisition hardware from National Instuments and Agilent)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mobrien118:
Never mind... I found this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Barebones

I'm going to try to backup+remove a bunch of that stuff using TitaniumBackup and then install the "Stock" PA Gapps. Sorry for cluttering this thread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
Good find! :) I was really curious though, why PA Gapps over the CM ones? And like I said, you may run into compatibility problems. Just simply a forewarning.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bastaerd:
I use Banks core gapps and they work just fine ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
That's why I said 'may', lol. It's been a long time since I've done any dev work, so things may have changed and not be so based on framework anymore. I mean, if I designed a rom from scratch, I wouldn't want my users being stuck to my gapps and not have their options open, but that's how it used to be back when I was devving. Again, that's been a few years, lol. On another note, Banks? Is it here in the forums? Please excuse my ignorance.. I'm far from being an expert with this tab and any available roms. I've only ever used stock and Androwook on a regular, and only tested this one, and like I said, it's nice, smooth, and stable. [MENTION=4460243]Namidairo[/MENTION] did a d*** good job! I just missed too many features from the other ones, such as quick asus settings, IPS, and such, especially right now where my keyboard dock is down and my battery drains too easy on heavy usage. That's the only part where I'm thankful I got given this dino of a laptop, lol. I'm not using my tablet as much now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bastaerd:
You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2012857

CM has quick toggles which can be arranged to your liking. As for IPS, it's a gimmick. Just crank your brightness up! Some people complain about dock drainage but I guess I am lucky not to have it.

Just converted my old dino of a laptop to a Linux beast. Really want to try out Omni on my Prime. Should not be to hard to compile ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cwhickey420:
Just had to come here and thank the dev on this rom, I have been disappointed with this tab since I bought it and this rom really makes this tab not only usable but a solid performer as well. Everything I've ran runs solidly no FC's, every app runs and loads quick and the web browser hasn't bogged down either. Thanks again for making this tab with a tegra 3 what it should of been all along.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
Thanks for that! I'll check it out in a bit.. :) Time to go try and revive my i9020a now that my hands are steady.. don't ask.. just know solder work is involved.. lol

As for IPS, trust me, I've done exactly that, when I tested this, and noticed that IPS (on stock) does seem to boost the brightness about maybe 20-30%.. I might just be another sucker as far as that goes though.. d*** mind tricks.. lol Dock drainage?? wtf?? my tab seems to last a week with average usage on the dock.. just sucks it's down right now.. Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones too, that way..

Dino? lol Some people say a 3 year old laptop is a dino.. I'm talking 07 with xp home, usb 1.1.. I had to order and add a pcmcia card to at least get me 2 ports with usb 2.0.. But I did manage to get Ubuntu 12.04.4 to install side-by-side with winxp in a wubi install.. (did I mention the cdrw burner is shot? gets to about 81% and then quits with a h/w error) And that's running fairly nicely.. :) But compiling.. yeah.. if I don't want to use this thing for a day, lol 1/2gig ram doesn't get you far when it comes to that, nor a 60gb pata hdd.. lol

Anyways, appreciate the link and the good romp of talking! lol :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Joke's on me, GPS does not work with PAC Rom as well..okay, then I can change to this anyways. :D It is sufficient when the Prime knows in which city it is, that may work with WLAN.

I just hesitate to go through the NVFLASH Blob process....*sigh*
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
The nvflash process is VERY worth it.. take it from someone who knows first-hand how much bricking your tab can cost you.. I got lucky to find a good used board on eBay for 75, but others who don't want to do the swap have paid in the upwards of 2-250 US to send it to Asus.. That's why I recommend it to everyone who goes beyond normal usage of the thing. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mathsz:
I believe the nvflash is detailled in ALL root, flash this, recover this or any tf prime thread.

I haven't had to resort to it yet, and I hope never too, but it seems pretty evident that you need those blobs to get your tf working if you ever screw it up.

Currently trying to build carbon for it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
Yeah, I mean, if you get it to the point of only having apx mode available, your only chance of recovering it is from having ran through the nvflash process. This mainly comes from either screwing up your boot loader, or, in my case, a bad recovery flash and got it stuck trying to go to that recovery.. But yeah, I'd say it's pretty safe not to do it if you're doing everything safely and being patient during regular flash processes..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Don't get me wrong- I will do it first, it's just that I can't bring myself to start it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
LOL! TRUST me.. I was the exact same way at first.. but after it was over, I said, 'phew! That wasn't so bad and now it's unbrickable! :D' and yes, I even did the big cheesy smile in real life, lol. It's actually a LOT easier process with the JB version of things, flatline, now. I did the ICS way. The only part that sucks about that is flatline, last I checked it out, doesn't recognize and mount the external sdcard, so if you want to install anything from that, you have to reboot to fastboot after all is said and done (ALL of the files being created and whatnot.. since flatline only does the main ones), and flash another type of recovery that will see the external.

Anyways.. I think we're all getting a little OT from the OP.. lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] B3rt:
which gapps version to use?

Which google play must i use?

I tried:

gapps-jb-20130813-signed and gapps-kk-20131119 but both give errors or do not work (cannot login etc)

I have the mod installed and working normally, the only thing is i cannot use the playstore but i do want to use this...

Who can advise?

If i reinstall gapps can i simply install it using recovery or must i delete/reinstall the whole mod also?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Namidairo:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mobrien118:
PA "Stock" Gapps removes the AOSP packages (that are basically duplicate) for the official google ones, like Messaging-->Hangouts, Browser-->Chrome, Calendar-->Calendar (different, but exactly the same?)

Basically, makes it feel a bit more like the google release of Android (Nexus style) but still with the Cyanogenmod goodies.

I mean, that said, I can always install the cyanogenmod gapps and then just remove those apps from the system or using titaniumbackup. It's really NBD. Just something I was trying to make "easy" in case of re-flashing.

Actually, just read the feature log from the gapps posted in the above post and it looks like it already does all of this (or most at least) too. I'll probably re-flash and start again and see if it's what I want tonight.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
Ahhhh.. Ok.. Tyvm for the thorough explanation! :) Sounds like something I'd want to try too.. I'm a pretty big fan of just about Nexus anything.. Only reason I went with this for a tablet was because of the dock.. I used to work for an office store and sold them there, so I knew what it was capable of.. One of my coworkers, then, let me play with the one he bought and I was instantly in love lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sjavvaji:
finally pulled the trigger...fastbooted voyager2k and installed Namidairo's CM11 with gapps (a lot of CM apps and live wallpapers removed)...I find that the home screen on portrait is laggy with both the Trebuchet Launcher and the Google Experience Launcher. It almost feels like it is not GPU accelerated. When I flip it to landscape, it is smooth as butter. I even tried this without removing the system apps and same thing. You guys have any ideas?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hulkhaugen:
I'm still on the 3rd release of this rom, and installed PAGApps mini, and things were ok, but quickly got syrup'y. I don't have many apps installed, and had a whole bunch disabled, still slow as f***. BUT THEN, as read a few pages back here, i started deleting some of the disabled system apps, and BOOM! Now it's fast and smooth as ever :) On that note, is there any reason to upgrade to the latest version?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bastaerd:
Working dock volume keys + row scheduler + bug fixes = yes, imo
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lewmur:
I haven't found nvflash DETAILED anywhere. There are plenty of threads with instructions for doing specific things with nvflash but not a detailed manual, with the multitude of options for each command explained. (Or even the commands themselves.) Nor what to do when specific instructions return an error. I haven't even found a good guide to the layout of the partitions and how they differ from one version to the next.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] McJesus15:
Lol, this guy.... there's definitely not a thread with all the info you'd need to know to use nvflash anywhere on the forum at all

"words have no power to intimidate the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality" - Poe
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Aaand it's gone. can't get it to work with APX, although it flashes the files.

To be specific: it did not get past the ASUS splash screen after I flashed the ROM and GAPPS in the modified CWM from the download section.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mathsz:
sorry for thread hijack, but we're superheroes from neptune with super search&find skillz. There is no way you can replicate this that has been done numerous thousands of times.

Sarcasm aside, read the root, unroot, brick, unbrick threads, there here allright. Then follow the links in the thread, take your time, read read read read read read read. and read read read read. Taking an extra hour will save you time in the long run and you'll be glad you did it.

When you do get to where you want to go, backup those backup blobs. gdrive, box, dropbox, your pc and a flash drive. That's excessive, but at least have one backup location.

and read. did I mention that part? read read read. I made it through the process without a brick, without a question on the forum. Surely you can do it too. I even learned, along the way, to build roms. read. This is the single most important tool/talent you need on xda. And if you do read and are unsure, then ask questions. I'll gladly help however I can.

but please, read! and use google.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lewmur:
My IQ is over 140 and I've spent hours upon hours reading these threads and the answers I asked for AREN'T THERE!!!!!:mad:

edit: BTW, my 201 started with HC and now has JB 4.3.2 rooted. But that doesn't mean I understood the process. I was able to get the job done through trial and error and pure luck. And there were MANY errors along the way because jumping from thread to tread, and link to link was an absolute nightmare.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mathsz:
nvflash manual, didn't read you thoroughly. So no, no nvflash manual, I was thinking you needed a guide on how to use it for basic backup needs.

My IQ is 75, I bark very well, as you have already seen.

IQ scores! why!?? Never said you were stupid? Man, debugging an ongoing build for an unsupported device will make anyone impatient. Sorry if I sounded arrogant or anything else, was not meant as that.

Regarless of your IQ score, one thing I found out through empirical data : anyone with a remotely intelligent mind comes to a point where he/she overthinks everything. Especially on xda or android world where everything is a learn as you go thing and not everything is disclosed. Some things, you'll just have to take as-is. Otherwise, you'll go crazy, believe me, it's overly frustrating.

Thank you closed-source stuff. And thank you embedded boards for making everything complicated. And thank you Google for not making a standard that everyone uses to build boards, make source available, update their devices or build drivers(thank you again, CAF)....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Yes, I have everything here, but no, it is just APX.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
Then, if I may, let me refer you to this guide here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1927818

It will at least get you up and running on stock again and then you can move forward again from there. Good luck bud! :)

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Yeah.. I have an unfortunate tendency to do that too.. Over think stuff, that is.. Lol

AAAAAMEN! I couldn't have said it better.. Lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
nvflash for the iq-less: google for: androidroot nvflash
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznflawless:
Can someone write me like a step by step guide on how to flash the custom bootloader? I've never used fastboot or nvflashed before before. Currently on CM10.2 on my prime. Thanks~
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Thanks. Maybe I find time for this today or tomorrow. :)

brantje sums it up pretty accurately.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wickid_d:
If you look at that last thread you linked to, someone posted a step-by-step of what they did with output and everything. It's long, but it will get you what you want without the confusing garbage. In fact, he did such a good job, I'm gonna start sending people to that post and going to see about it getting stickied! Good luck man! :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Well, thank you forthat link. I am better off than before, but flashing this ROM still ends with a brick. Strange.

/e: Did anyone else have this problem with the Feb 20th-Nightly? Install zip and GApps (CM) from sdcard -> Brick.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] feyerbrand:
nope. Mine flashed just fine, I didn't do a full wipe but everything works.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bastaerd:
Which bootloader are you running on your Prime? The ICS, the JB or the AndroWook one?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
I just NVFlashed the one from the unblobed TF201-JB-10.4.2.15 Stock firmware. So it's JB, I suppose.

/e: I just flashed Voyager2k's KitKat compatible TWRP. So I suppose, the bootloader is working properly(ish)

//e: Now I'm not sure whether this is the 4.2.1 bootloader. Where do I find the proper one?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ruprect:
Just flashed and am pleased with the results....Thankyou

Buttttttt that freakin power button bug is still there, I use the dock alot and I take alot of screenshots from advanced reboot menu:mad: for evernote so this bug sux. Any idea on a resolution to this, love the Rom but this is turning into a deal breaker
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] alias4ever:
Sorry I hate to ask this one but what power button bug? I have had this ROM for two weeks and haven't noticed anything wrong with the power button. :) In fact I'm really loving this ROM. Great work OP!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ruprect:
Power button becomes totally unresponsive randomly.... I haven't worked out whether its the dock that's triggering it as I have been using the dock daily of late. Only way to reset it is to do a hard reboot holding power button down for long time. I also had it with the previous cm10 version of this ROM. So if you don't suffer this may I ask do you use the keyboard dock at all?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] martabakeju:
I have this issue as well, right after i took out the prime from the dock, the power button is unusable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Namidairo:
That whole power button thing is fixed in the next build. Which I will upload... whenever I wake up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] feyerbrand:
That was the best news to wake up to! Any chance in the future in looking into GooManager so we can get OTA?

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if you have the xposed framework installed you can use the hot boot option there to reboot and get access to your power button. It looks like Namidairo has an update coming out, but in the mean time you can use that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Bridge, we have got a new problem.

I was able to recover my Prime and install Stock ROM. Which worked.

Now, I tried another time. Flashed the recovery from that with

fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery recovery.img.SOS.

Worked, and I could still boot Stock ROM.

Put the ROM and GApps from CM on it via USB-Stick and flashed it- now I get a

Signature mismatch
unrecoverable bootloader error 0x0...08

Harm?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Fgarcor:
Xerxes, i am in the same situation as you. I only get the ASUS logo when I flash this ROM.

I had that same issue that you are having now. This time to recover it, you need to go into APX and nvflash back the backed up files (unlock token, etc) and flash again the stock.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] genialmaniac:
Hello, just to trace my own experience,

First of all, you're doing a great job and I thank you for that.

I had to go back to a stock based anyway

- I miss the lock status bar button a lot, it s a good feature from stock

- the micro does not seem to receive everything, ie. I use an app controlled by an external device using ultra sounds... it s may be weird but like that the vendor stays compatibles I guess. On androwook, no issue, on that cm11, the remote control does not work at all, I personnally think the micro does not scale that far. May be kernell linked, or only driver, dunno.

Thanks again and keep up the good job.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mathsz:
Xerxes,

what recovery / bootloader are you on-trying to use? Where are the actual files from (LINK)?

Which stock version did you put on?

Please be as verbose as possible. :highfive:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mathsz:
super verbose, love it. trying to compile rom, be back shortly to check it out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bastaerd:
[MENTION=4460243]Namidairo[/MENTION], thanks for the new build :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Meanwhile, I'll try and install AndroWook, which apparently turns everything upside down, and then go back.

/e: As already stated, flashing the 4.4-compatible TWRP 2.6.3.0 works, I can boot Android as well as TWRP.

//e: For the record, AndroWook 2.31 with its own bootloader and recovery works.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] caolfin:
+1

Thanks very much for your continued hard work on this ROM - superb
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bastaerd:
This looks interesting, especially since we have similar hardware: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/speed-up-your-aging-nexus-7-2012s-storage-with-f2fs/

Would it be possible to implement this [MENTION=4460243]Namidairo[/MENTION]?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] feyerbrand:
+1 over here, I use this on my Nexus 7 2012 and it is pretty awesome.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FarSight87:
BRICKED

So I've been running androwook for a long time now. Decided to try cm11 on my tf201.

I downgraded the bootloader following the instructions in androwook thread. All went well, I flashed cm10.1 from twrp 2.4 i think, which was included with downgrade, and booted up all sweet. I currently dont have a computer with me at the moment, so I downloaded recovery tools apk and the twrp kk version from this thread and flashed recovery using it.

Booted into recovery no worries. Confirmed v2.6.3.0 voyager 1.1 or whatever.

So, at this point I have the downgraded bootloader, twrp 2.6.3.0 the 1.1 version from this thread and I'm ready to rumble.

I wipe everything, install cm11 ROM and gapps from microsd card, wipe cache, reboot. Bricked.

Stuck at splash, "this device is unlocked" message is GONE, can't turn off tf201 as it just reboots. Cant reboot with vol- to get to recovery, doesn't work.

Any ideas? This a hard bricked, new mobo situation? Or can I fix with PC when I get home? Can't remember whether I ever nvflash backup.

Cheers.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Xerxes-3.0:
Well, at least we are all healthy.

Or, to be serious, I had the same issue and did the wheelie quite a lot of times, see last page.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] golokipok:
Can you make a reverse x-axis kernel for this please?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hypocritelecteur:
So I'm having issues with root after creating a second user account. Reflashing superuser or supersu in recovery doesn't fix it, and neither does rerooting entirely with motochopper.

Any ideas?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Voyager2k:
If I recall correctly, secondary user accounts don't have root access by design. The main account should. Which account are you having the problem with?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hypocritelecteur:
All accounts lose root. But I believe I misdiagnosed the cause. I switched to CM primarily to test the data2sd/OC kernel from Voyager2k. I believe that kernel may be the culprit. Not entirely sure, but I did a TWRP reset and reinstalled the rom and kernel and still ran into root issues before adding an extra user account.

Is there a manual fix for this, moving a file or mucking about with permissions from twrp file manager? "su" file exists in /system/bin but cannot run from OS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Voyager2k:
Those kernels aren't meant for CyanogenMod. They flash a modified framework-res.apk. Try checking root access with multiple accounts without flashing that kernel.