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[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] jazzespresso:
A few thoughts;

I have been playing around official Samsung 4.4.2 on my tablet for last two days. I am quite disappointed what Samsung did as far as kitkat update goes. Nothing major in 4.4.2 that worth upgrading unless you want to be on latest kitkat (like me).

you all know that Samsung releases different features for different devices such as Note 3's famous s pen air command. If you ask me, this is a must feature that definitely needs to be added to 4.4.2, but Samsung decided to not to add Note 8's 4.4.2.

I also see that most of apps in Note 8's 4.4.2 look still the same, no changes - it seems like what Samsung simply did re-compile 4.2.2 apps to latest android kitkat runtime libraries, and called "4.4.2" upgrade. I was at least expecting some new UI changes that Samsung recently did on latest 4.4.2 update for Note II, S4, Note 3, S5,...etc..so keep it simple, Note 8's about section maybe saying 4.4.2, but actually what you are looking at is almost 4.2.2...

I have been also trying many different ported KitKat apps from other Samsung devices with no big success, it is because Samsung did not really included all required libs, jars, etc. in Note 8's 4.4.2 - so what Samsung did is added bare minimum resources to run 4.4.2 on Note 8!

It is now becomes even more important that our developer @ykkfive will bring some nice goodies to our tablet. Now that offical 4.4.2 available, I am looking forward to see what @ykkfive will come up with it.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
every existing functions should be included in the next build, plus some missing functions in previous versions like camera, etc. don worry too much for now. if they can be added to the new version, i will add them, just a matter of time perhaps

simply speaking, Samsung's sources provide us with a way (thier way) to do something in the factory/default/standard way, which also can be done in other ways or with other sources like cm or aosp. and as u konw actually Samsung and other manufacturers are based on the standard android sources with some modifications . of course, except those proprietary things but some can be replaced with other hacked or reworked free sources

true, and that's why i said it's not worth for the kk upgrade in the expense of the knox thing. although the bootup is faster i don see much differences. for the apps, dont expect they will throw everything into note8/note2 from s5/note3, we have to do it ourselves. also u will find it strange that, for instance, the launcher come with note3/note8/tab pro, etc are not the same, launcher2, launcher3 and launcher4 are used for different products. that said they r maintaining various trunks and not necessarily all devices receive the same kk upgrade. snote is another good example. thus u may not be able to run an app from other kk directly since they may not be supported by the different launcher used, or different frameworks employed

so now u know its not an easy task to put them altogether in note8 from different devices with different layouts and dimensions. and dont forget that i have to deal with the kernel as well
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] jazzespresso:
aside that all missing features in 4.4.2, I have to admit that kk upgrade has some advantages; it seems like improved battery (much better) and much smoother experience (compare to 4.2.2)

about the launcher differences..I actually like much more the Tab Pro 4 8's launcher - if you ask me, that's more suitable for our Note 8 screen, but again I tried one ported one, but it was a big fail..another thing I like about Tab Pro 4 8 inch has much better UI (thus flat UI)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
it depends which version u compared with, i think. since i don use stock rom/kernel, i dono how much better is stock kk when compared with stock jb
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
sign...

my bad, a small mistake costed me several days to found out what's wrong with my kk kernel...

now everything works with 4.1.2 bootloader including wifi (dhcp/static ip), data connection, phone calls, etc (on my test bed - note2)

will port to note8 soon and then add back those note3/s5 things (i wonder if anyone want a custom yNote kk kernel only :confused: )
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
I have a question for you, I have one of those cases that when you close the lid the screen turns off, with this Rom it doesn't work, would that have to do with one of the sensors not working properly?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
if your case has a magnetic inside then it should work
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
Could be a Samsung issue. They may have disabled support for 3rd party accessories "by accident". Same happened to a note 3 update which they released a fix after a uproar.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
yeah, that's another possible reason why your flip cover fails to work too
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mahmoudbe1:
Hi ykkfive, thank you for your very beautiful rom. I have the 5100 3G version and I installed it as you recommend and it was successfully installed.. but the main problem is that 3G or phone not working and no APN in settings. Is there is a mistake I have done?

I put the 4 files of ynote 1.1, and 5100 extra and installation fix and patch 01 in the same folder and flashed the installation fix with the latest philz cwm, thanks
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
hi

since i don have a 5100, i relied on my testers to test the rom for me. the last report was no problem for phone calls, except nothing could be heard from the party you called. for data connections, no problems reported. also note that 4.1.2 modems wont work

however, it could be due to my mistakes like missing files in the release version, or could be some more changes are required but i have no idea at the moment

i am sorry about that and this problem should be fixed in the coming kk version
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mahmoudbe1:
Dear ykkfive, thanks for your patience and rapid reply. Although I dont unfortunately use your rom due to 3G error, but you made a great job

And please accept my little donation as an appreciation for your work:)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
you are welcome and i am really sorry about the 5100's problems

oh, it would be great and i really appreciated, especially it looks like you are not yet benefited but i will try my best

thank you
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mahmoudbe1:
Hi ykkfive,

Transaction ID: 0G729638PX3198009

Best regards:)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
Well, the case works perfectly fine with other roms, that's why I found it strange, but thanks guys :)

---------- Post added at 07:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:51 AM ----------

Yes, the case has magnets but oh well, no deal breaker, so far the Rom has been awesome [emoji106]
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
just got the notification email from paypal, thank you :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
if that's the case, then probably your cover uses the light sensor which is not 100% accurate in previous versions. but if u have problems with a case with a small piece of magnetic inside, u can find a piece of magnetic and place it over the screen somewhere near the middle left in port mode to see if the tablet goes on and off as u move the piece of magnetic
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] jazzespresso:
after official Samsung 4.4.2 update, this no longer works. I know that it was working perfectly fine on 4.2.2 using Samsung's book cover case, but looks like Samsung screwed this one up, and I have no idea how this can be fixed. Also smart stay does not always works...
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
Funny thing that when I ran slimkat 4.4.2 it worked fine. So it doesn't work on Samsung 4.4.2, that sucks man.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
i knew they attempted to change/have changed how the flip covers behave before, but i didnt know it affects 4.4.2 stock rom with original covers.

for the smart stay, i have to check, could be due to minor bugs from Samsung
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] jazzespresso:
it is at least in my case on stock 4.4.2...it does not.....I even revert it back to 4.2.2 (from nandroid backup), and it start working...f...king Samsung...it seems like Samsung put 4.4.2 update done like in rush to our tablet as it seems...

only hope I have left here is our handful of Note 8 developers (ykkfive and Civato), maybe they can able to fix some of stuff that Samsung did not.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
That's my hope too, these devs are awesome [emoji106]
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] jazzespresso:
in addition to above, another thin in 4.4.2 is screen mirroring only works with stock 4.4.2 kernel, tried Civato's insecure-kernel (for init-d support), screen mirroring stop working, not that I use a lot...but it is a bumber of course...

keep it short; more I use stock 4.4.2 ROM, the more I found out missing, incomplete, broken stuff, and more I disappointed..

I left bunch of nasty messages on Samsung's official G+ and facebook page:p heh heh heh
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
[MENTION=2778454]ykkfive[/MENTION]

Just checking, are you working on porting the features to note 8 kitkat rom or still developing the current port from note 2 rom?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
for these issues, i have to rely on you and other users to send me the log files coz i don have these applications/equipments, although i know there were some tricky things
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
switched to kk already (actually the kernel is kk ready), since it will be more effective and efficient. what do u think?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
Well, I prefer that the features are ported to note 8 kitkat rom as that will mean that the camera and sensors will more likely work. Not that I use the camera a lot but I prefer it to be working in case I need to take a quick photo. And currently my note 8 is my main multimedia device so the magnet sensors are impt too.

Great work. Keep it up!

Edit:

Oh and I'm holding for a kitkat rom without knox bootloader. Prefer to stay on 4.2.2 bootloader and run a tw-based kitkat rom. LOL. Asking for a lot :P
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
agreed

as u wish :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
Effective and efficient is good enough for me lol
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] b3ltazar:
need a kernel tester i have 4.4.2 without bootloader update.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mcpdigital:
I can test it. Tell me what do you need. I-m back to 4.3 by now.

MCP
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mahmoudbe1:
Hi ykkfive

Sorry for overloading, but did you find a way to fix the 3G problem?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
soon, hopefully

WARNING: DO NOT flash it on bootload with knox flag, otherwise it will be tripped very likely (safe for old bootloaders, however, i cant named them all)

here it is, for kitkat N5110 ONLY with selinux disabled early beta

i have tested for a whole nite and fixed the bugs i found. camera works, gps ok (gps lock not tested yet), sensors look fine

but i couldnt connect to wifi due to auth error, could be due to i have removed some system app, i dono

EDIT: oh 1 more thing, offline recharge will cause a reboot.

EDIT2: OH almost forgot.. before I jump to my bed... extract the attached file in system/bin and chmod to 755 or otherwise no sdcard or wont boot!! not a cwm zip. just extract the zip and put the sdcard.cm44 into system bin

if anyone wanna test it, pls help by reporting if there are any problems. and it would be great if someone can group them into a single list

time to bed now, good luck

edit CONFIRMED, wifi work with note2 only but not n5110

:D
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
Yahoooooooo [emoji2]
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
u can test it if you want to, at your own risk of coz :D

see u later
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] cbrinnny:
During the weekend I guess, have more time [emoji14] besides, it gives you more time to test lol
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mahmoudbe1:
Can't wait fot the 5100 version

You will have a bottle of wine on me when released:D
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
more expensive then sir alex's? haha. see u later. need to go to bed badly
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mcpdigital:
New Kernel Feedback

Ykkfive,

I´m sorry to say that the new Kernel is not working with my N5110 running yNote (4.3)

Installed twice and all I got is a black screen (back lights on). No boot animation either.

Installed your version 1.04c back and it booted fine.

Thanks and let me know if you find what happened and I can test again.

MCP
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] b3ltazar:
The new kernel is for 4.4.2 with no bootloader update
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
right

was in a hurry... forgot to mention it's a kk kernel for stock kk rom
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
beta withdrawn for wifi only work on note2 but not note8 (auth fail). no idea if it is bootloader related (mine is 4.1.2 on both note2 and note8)

anyone wanna try it with a 4.2.2 bootloader?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] b3ltazar:
I'm gonna test now I see that u crossed out what u previously wrote does it work?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
i crossed it out because couldnt access wifi at first, then i suddenly found it could be the router since i couldnt access it on my note2 also with 2.4ghz

so u have 4.2.2 boatloader and wanna try? get it here early beta

and then get the attached file and extract it to /system/bin/ and chmod 755

EDIT: bingo, i have forgot that i changed the 2.4ghz settings before. so wifi IS WORKING
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
confirmed wifi is working fine
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] Silverblade.nz:
Tried KK kernel in CivZ-FlexNote8.0_KK-Rev1.3-N5110 and WiFi worked but got Playstore errors and some other things didn't work, but I managed to fix them by modifying the rom installation zip.

Here's how I did it using 7-zip:

1: Extract boot.img from kernel zip and rename to bootcivz.img

2: Open CivZ-FlexNote8.0_KK-Rev1.3-N5110_signed.zip with 7-zip and replace bootcivz.img in zip with renamed boot.img

3: While still in rom zip navigate to /system/bin and place 'sdcard.cm44' in there and DELETE the file 'sdcard'

4: Navigate to /META-INF/com/google/android/ and extract the updater-script

5: Open extracted updater-script with Notepad++ and modify this line:

set_metadata("/system/bin/sdcard", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u:object_r:sdcardd_exec:s0");

to

set_metadata("/system/bin/sdcard.cm44", "uid", 0, "gid", 2000, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0, "selabel", "u:object_r:sdcardd_exec:s0");

6: Replace updater-script in rom zip with the modified updater-script.

7: Install the modified CivZ-FlexNote8.0_KK-Rev1.3-N5110_signed.zip as per civato's instructions in his rom forum, without updating the bootloader of course :)

No more problems as far as I can tell without further testing. What I figure is that civato's sdcard fix/file was interfering with sdcard.cm44 so that the internal sdcard wasn't mounting properly.

All thanks to ykkfive for his KK kernel and civato for his KK rom.

EDIT: My Device: GT-N5110 running old bootloader
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
hi

thanks for your feedback

and yes, since it's a kernel only early beta, the sdcard.cm44 is not included in the kernel zip but as an extra thing at the moment. since the stock sdcard doesnt support sdcardfs but fuse only (my partitions are in f2fs) so i borrowed the file from cm. however, since selinux is disabled, i believe the changes in seapp is not needed and on my note8 the sdcard is only a symlink atm. also, i have not read what civato's solution to sdcard/extsd but u don need anything more to access to sdcard/extsd with the current settings to avoid conflicks

more, u said playstore and some other things didnt work. what's the playstore problem? how did you fix that? can u share it also? and what about other problems?

thanks a lot
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] Silverblade.nz:
Playstore was force closing, xposed framework wouldn't install because it couldn't write a file to the internal sdcard. Basically anything that needed to write to the internal sdcard either wouldn't work, or wouldn't work properly.

Modifying civato's rom installation zip like I did seems to have fixed everything. It installs his rom with your kernel and uses the sdcard.cm44 file instead of the sdcard file (which no longer gets installed at all).

There is absolutely nothing wrong with your kernel, it's just that for some reason civato's rom didn't "like" both sdcard files being installed.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
ok thanks a lot

i remember i have changed something when i built the note8 rom based on my note2's, and i have both selinux disabled and permissive versions. perhaps there are permission problems for writing to the internal sd. i will check again

thank you
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] kingamra:
Confused myself.... is there a kk ynote beta out there to try/test on the 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 bootloader or is this something still in the everyone-is-drooling-for-its-release phase?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] b3ltazar:
Everything working fine. I just can't get my usb dac to work. It comes on but no audio. Once 8 did u r so card fix I had no issues with the playstore or so card. I just installed civatos room used es file manager to apply so card fix gave it r/w permission then installed u r kernel.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
yes, ynote kitkat kernel beta, will provide more info once I fixed those minor issues

it works before in the previous versions? coz there are quite a lot changes in the usb drivers , will try to look at this later
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
Woot. Looks like a note 8 KK rom with note 3 features is on the horizon. :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
there r still a lot of works to do .....
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
Awww...

*waits patiently with 4.2.2*
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mcpdigital:
Ykkfive

may I suggest you to put a working Note 3 CWM package like the ones from eteam for the N7100. Not all the apps but the S-pen ones, like S-Note, Scrabooker, Action Memo, Air Command .......

This would be greatly appreciated and we can test it with other ROMs too, while we wait the newer yNote versions.

To be honest, I tried the original KK, but I miss all the s-features of yNote. I did not update the bootloader so the wifi did not work with KK.

Less than one hour after installing the KK I was back to yNote 4.3 and will update only when you have your stuff working.

Thanks for the time spent on the ROM.

MCP
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] b3ltazar:
Yes worked on 4.2.2 and 4.3... Thank you. It may be a rom issue but I don't know. Here is a tab 3 thread with a file that enables usb audio services.jar file

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455058
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
hi

yeah , I planned to do a simply version first once I have fixed the Google play problem, and then s5/note3 features bit by bit. however I cant tell what will be included in the initial version yet, it all depends on the progress

however, I have forgot flash is not working on kk which I need it badly for daily uses. I have tried the so called hack but it didn't work properly and thus useless at all. it's a dilemma for me unless I can find a way to make it work with kk or otherwise I may consider to stick with jb for now

ok will take a look at this later. thx for the link
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
Is it a browser issue for Flash or because how KK works breaks it altogether?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
it's the lacking of removed functions provided by the framework files and lib that the browsers/flash player need
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] androidmonsta:
Oic. Sad day for Flash...but i believe a lot of websites are turning to html5. At least my favorites are.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] mcpdigital:
Ykkfive,

thanks for taking your time to answer us.

The yNote ROM is very very good. I would stay with this version instead of KK, the only problem I face are the sensors and camera that I need for other apps. Other than that, battery, performance and stability are great. No FCs or crazy wakelocks.

I use a Note 2 too, and it is running KK, and the S-Note apps of the S5. It works fine too but the versions are not compatible between my Note 8 and Note 2. If one day we have KK for Note 8 there is hope we can use the newer version of the S5 on the Note 8.

MCP
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
unfortunately the one i need still using flash, could be due to technical limitations i believe, and i can understand that

thanks for your good ratings for my yNote

for the snote thing, i believe there are something coded by Samsung to distinguish different snote versions, most likely due to a lack of certain hardware components in note8, and the snote viewer they released means composing or editing snote3 is not fully compatible to our tablets

let's see what happens later
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
sigh... (again)

it is NOT the selinux/tima or anything related to security that cause play store, calendar sync, etc crashes

NOR the permissions thing regarding sdcard, extsd

it is the ROM FILES!!!

and that's why i have no problem on my note2 with the same settings and kernel

:mad:

cost me another 2 days :crying: :crying:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] kingamra:
Where is the bottles of wine when you need it? ;)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
only kernel is available now. need to find out actually where the problem is, and then s5/note3 apps, change layouts, etc and etc.... :eek:

see if i can release a stockish version later today
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] messi2050:
ykkfive

thx for your great work i have some inquries before i flash your rom

1) does this rom support air command feature from the note 3 ?

2) will you release new kk yNote ROM ?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
yes, and yes
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] messi2050:
thanks for your answer last question does it support smart scroll too ??
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
i don think so because the camera in jb version is not working properly
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Android Development] ykkfive:
google play FC fixed finally, what a stupid mistake (not mine)

now only calendar sync FC left atm

but looks like the new kernel needs some tweaks as it hung a few times after some changes were made

btw, here is a newly ported launcher (not magazine ux, but a new stock launched from samsung)