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[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
Still Struggling With This

I moved the TWRP.blob to c/users/Waldo When I tried to install it with the cmd prompt it just moved the cursor down one line and didn't do anything. First off here are a couple of pics the first is the one I already posted.

The picture with it booted with the sd card in will load and stay on the screen indefinitely. The picture without the SD card in will load run, then stay for a few seconds then reboot. Additionally, when I'm in the bootloader with without the card in nothing shows up under adb devices. Is there a way to load the rom itself from fastboot, or maybe try the pin hole reset button? Arrghh I don't know. I hate to bug you guys with this because I don't know adb very well, but I've been reading about it online and still can't seem to get my tab working again.

Thanks in advance,

Waldo_
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
*Update on my stress level*

Okay, I was able to flash TWRP 2.7.0.0 and boot into it, but I can't mount system, cache, or data? I tried putting in an sd card with cromi kk on it and flashing but when I go to reboot system it says no OS installed. I am also unable to restore any nandroid backups.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
I am having issue following these steps as well... here's what I've done. My system is currently set up for ROMS2SD using EXT4 an on the 5/5 build - working fine. I want to update to 5/17 and also move to F2FS.

TWRP 2.6.3 F2FS is the recovery.

1. Install Rom2SD_F2fs.zip - this works fine

2. Install Rom2SD1.zip - this also works fine

3. Make sure "Data" is unchecked under mounts, then hit home (not back) - no problems

4. Wipe the Data partition from recovery to actually format it as F2FS - this is not working for me. I get this output:

Formatting Data using mkfs.f2fs...

E :Unable to wipe '/data/'.

E :Unable to format to remove encryption.

Updating Partition Details...

with a big red "Data Format Completed - Failed" at the top of the screen. I'm assuming this is not what's supposed to happen...?
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
You using the wrong TWRP recovery. You need the one for f2fs for installing f2fs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
In both cases I would say you have no complete rom flashed to internal or external.

If you can't mount /system (not sure why) then you can't flash anything. Can you tell me where you got this TWRP 2.7.0.0 from ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
It appears that we can use a version of twrp recovery that can give the option in the menu of using f2fs, or ext4 for internal or external card preparations. If anyone that has the ability wants to tackle it. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
What version should I be using? Can you provide a link? The version I'm using said it was for f2fs and the link to it was in an f2fs tutorial, but from February. I'm having a hard time find an up to date, comprehensive set of instructions for this...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
I downloaded the blob from Team win's website.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
It's all in the forums for tf700.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51089846
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes which one? - exact link please.... Are you sure you downloaded the right one?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...lKuN2MppvDpiY4S8A&sig2=yBaq56gvawkSpvmDYUlCUw

I also made sure to check the md5 sum as well.

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I was reading through the f2fs steps Pretorian80 listed:

******************* Rom2SD_F2FS *******************

NOTE:

In order to use Rom2SD you need to have a running and rooted stock-based ROM with busybox and a kernel with preinit support (_that and hundbuah kernels are one of them

Also make sure there are no residual folders&files from an old Data2SD/Rom2SD setup ( basically delete the /boot folder in /system if there is one)

I deleted that boot folder in /system. Did I just convert my tablet to a coaster? :crying:
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
I doubt it. I had trouble with his instructions working with a Rom with a installer also.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Ah OK - let's take this one step at a time.

Yes I have updated CROMBi-kk since those instructions and everything you need is now included in the installer EXCEPT formatting the right partitions to F2FS.

So where have you got to - what have you formatted? Internal /data to f2fs? External /data to f2fs?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
I have formated my sd card back to the ext4 (3 partitions for rom2sd) I haven't formatted the internal to any f2fs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ariadnejro:
20140517 version is working like a charm on data2sd f2fs. The cm base seems very stable and the tablet feels smooth. Great work, sbdags. Let's hope you'll include _that10 in a incoming release.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
So you have 1 x FAT32, 1 x EXT4 and 1 x EXT4?

And what happens when you install CROMBi-kk to internal?

Also I want to know the blob you downloaded from the TEAMWIN site? Can you flash the _that 2.6.3 version on the download page of this thread? At the top.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
That is correct.

The install went normally, except for the last line of the installer. (See Attatched)

I will try and flash the 2.6.3 version right now.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
OK so now did you get the option to save the log - if yes save it and it will put the file with the same name as the rom.zip in the same location. Also when finished with the installer (and before rebooting) go to advanced in twrp and save the recovery.log to the sdcard (copy log to sdcard)

Post both of those please.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
That is the exact recovery I'm already using (twrp_f2fs.blob - from the URL above). I'm still unable to format my data partition as f2fs. It's currently formatted as EXT4 from my existing build. Do I have to partition it as something else initially (FAT32, ect) in order for twrp_f2fs to be able to format it as f2fs?

Tablet's currently in an un-bootable state. I'm sure I could flash rom2sd as Ext4, but really wanted to give f2fs a try since people have been talking about how much better the performance is.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Provide the recovery log of the format process please.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jupppo:
Is there a thread where f2fs installation and preperation is in detaild decribed?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
Okay, here they are. I couldn't get the file type .log to load as an attachment so I saved it as text. And on a side note, besides the thanks button I just want to say THANK YOU for taking the time to help me out with this. :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] ishamm:
My tablet on rom2sd is freezing up a lot, and generally running slow,even on a fast SD. Is f2fs any faster?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
What type of card are you using?
[Asus Transformer TF700] ishamm:
Can't remember the exact name, Samsung something, class 10 uhs1 their top or one but top range microsd (can't check right now as im on the tablet).

Its not slow all the time, but grinds to a halt quite regularly. I'm wandering if f2fs would be a better choice? Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
This is the inverted black calendar? Or the google calendar from the store?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
This is calendar with the ROM. Its works for you? And BTW you saying ROM has ART compatible gapps?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mackis:
Sbdags can this be of help to debug what happens?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2550478

I think it has something todo with something in buildprop. therefor the problems with cpu speeds and art not functioning correctly.

Thats why when we use a kernel without much tweaks it overwrites the tweaked files art conflicts with. and then apply the new over it, it starts to work..... thats my 2 cents....

//Mackis

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Sbdags is the gapps file odexed?

read somewhere that ART requires odexed files for it to work.

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Xposed framework seems to be a nono aswell if ART is going to be used.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Thanks for the link but not so sure about your diagnosis. When you run rom2sd it infact runs the same kernel as internal - the kernel itself never gets flashed. The ramdisk from the kernel is 99.9% the same between the cm11 and that8 one as i injected the cm11 one into that8 (and then just tweaked the cpu speed).

So regardless of which you flash you basically get the same kernel and ramdisk. Something else is causing the issue with art. I doubt it is the build.prop but it might be one of the startup scripts.... I'll do some more investigation this afternoon.

I successfully changed from dalvik to art and back to dalvik on that's but when I went back to art the second time it forced closed nearly every app..... I wiped dalvik and cache and then it rebuilt art and worked....... :confused:

It might be the dalvik wipe that helps you get art working ;)

BTW the whole rom is deodexed. I don't see why it would need odexed files to work though.

EDIT maybe it does need he .odex files to work?

I wonder where it stores these OAT files? But something is working as we get a massive speed increase! ;)

EDIT2: ART appears to work on both. It can convert odex to oat or build its runtimes from dalvik....

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And more reading. If you install xposed it forces dalvik ;)

So try installing without xposed if you want ART.
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
I tried a clean install and it still stuck on dalvik. Maybe something with the internal install is snarky as well.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mackis:
Ok i will test and wipe dalvik and cache and se what happens.

//Mackis
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Read the post above about not having xposed installed.

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See the xposed comment above.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mackis:
Ok off i go to wip some dalvik and cache ass :) So i finaly can have ART enabled and a steamin hot pad. :)

/Mackis
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Go team Crombi kk

Great work and unbelievable result...:good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] acraigl:
Yep... that conversation happened while I was running the clean install test. Reinstalling without Xposed now to see if that makes a difference.

Update: BOOM. Disabling xposed did it. Thanks. Now scoring 7566! (no change in governor)
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
Well, I tried installing the ROM with only using wipes the first time and it decided to be a bit PITA.

I then used the TWRP format Data. and it took about an hour or so on my 64 GB model. But now the ROM is installed and no more FCs on core. I'm now trying ot see how come it is connecting to my neighbors open WiFi but not my WPA secured WiFi....
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
No big deal - just some feedback to devs.

I dirty flashed the update late last night. Opened up the tablet this AM and finally noticed that I no longer have a Google account on the tablet. hehe.

Settings > Add account ... gives me only these options:

Corporate

CyanogenMod

IMAP

--- no Le Google?!?

I will format data and re-install tonight.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Not sure what you did there bud but you can't blame us for everything :D :cyclops: ;) :eek: :cool: :rolleyes:
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
lol.

i just flashed ... honest! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
Pfft - it finally authenticated to my WiFi. Now to set everything up.
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
I assume this is a special TWRP for this ROM.

Will you folks be updating the first page of the thread when new TWRP updates are available? If so, I will feel comfortable knowing where to look first. If not, where should I look first?

Thank you! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mackis:
Ok i have everything up and running now.

Cromi-X in the internal

Rom2SD

CromBi-KK

_Thats kernel v8

I deselected exposed during install

I flashed Crombi-KK and then let the puppy boot up.

Boom 1800mhz

Changed to ART

Booted in to recovery

Flashed dalvik-cache

run rom2sd1.zip so it redirects the gapp install correctly

Flashed gapp from 20140306 instead because the newer 20140308 expects to be run directly after the rom and errors out.

reboot to system

booom ARTs starts building the OATS!!

Running quadrant BOOMBASTIC 8500+

:) The force is with us today.......

That did the trick!

Thanks once again all that contributed to make this to happen. You are the best team ever.

Just wish you had an LG G2 aswell and was active in that forum too.

Great phone but it's not the same atmosfere there as it is in here! Cudos to you!

/Mackis
[Asus Transformer TF700] z3r0-c001:
[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION], would you consider changing the navigation buttons (CM icons) to the Asus stock icons ? in the next releases?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I assume this is the official TWRP 2.7 repackaged into a flashable ZIP.
[Asus Transformer TF700] butcherbird:
And safer to use for our needs here than the previous official TWRP ... I assume? :)

Thank you.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
I think we need [MENTION=5123642]lj50036[/MENTION] or [MENTION=4878287]_that[/MENTION] to add their input from here. I've never seen anything like that before.

I'd like to recommend that you need to rebuild everything over adb first but want to get their input first. Whatever you do don't wipe anything from the bootloader please.

Alright, I'll keep an eye out on this thread. Thanks again for your help!
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Looks like there are no entries in /dev/block for the partitions.

[MENTION=4705042]Waldo_[/MENTION]: please provide the output of:

adb shell ls -l /dev/block/mmc*
[Asus Transformer TF700] ishamm:
It is the 70mb/s pro (not extreme) card. Should that be compatible? It seems to work just fine sometimes (right now its flying) but often struggles badly as well. Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
Recovery log attached. As a sidenote, I was able to successfully format internal as f2fs and install and boot to the 5/17 build. I only fun in to problems when I try to format the sdcard.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
I had to format the sdcard to f2fs with gpart then again with twrpf2fs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
That seems to have done the trick actually. I reformated the Data and System partitions on the sdcard to f2fs with gparted and then formatted data to f2fs in twrpf2fs again. After that I was able to install the ROM with f2fs+rom2sd and it booted up successfully.

Thanks to everyone who helped!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Claw22000:
Bootloader Requirement...

I have searched and searched google/XDA/Transformerforms and more. I can NOT find a way to update my bootloader to the newer version. I've seen people talking about it and just can't seem to find what I need.

I'm on the US 10.6.1.14.4-20130329 Bootloader. I found this on cyanogen's site

Update Bootloader To Compatible Version

This is optional and provided to update your bootloader if necessary for CM compatibility.

Download the applicable bootloader:

US: us_bootloaderblob

World Wide: ww_bootloaderblob

Reboot into the bootloader on the device and use fastboot to install the new bootloader: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging XX_bootloaderblob (replace XX with region code)

Reboot the device.

However it installed the same version I already had.

I would really like to have the newer bootloader and the ability to go to KK but I can't seem to find any info about it.

Thanks in advance for anyone that helps. I'm sure its something simple I just don't see or I don't know what to search for. Thanks

DrClaw
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Here it is with a recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45115165
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Yes sir, I can fix this as long as the tab still has fastboot and or nvflash blobs ....

Shoot me an email [MENTION=4705042]Waldo_[/MENTION] my email address is everywhere.... Just take a look around

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Waldo>adb shell ls -l /dev/block/mmc*

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

C:\Users\Waldo>adb devices

List of devices attached

C:\Users\Waldo>adb shell

error: device not found

******************************Up until here I was in fastboot without the sd card inserted, it wasn't working so I put the SD card in and let it reboot and run the preinit scripts and freeze then I tried typing it as follows.

C:\Users\Waldo>adb devices

List of devices attached

C8OKAS118425 device

Thanks for taking a look at this!

C:\Users\Waldo>adb shell ls -l /dev/block/mmc*

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -

C:\Users\Waldo>
[Asus Transformer TF700] bgtex:
Recover a nandroid backup with f2fs

When recovering a TWRP backup with Crombi-KK 0517 f2fs internal, I see "formatting system using ext4f".

Does the "f" indicate f2fs?

My tab is running great, I'm assuming because I didn't get the encryption error I am still formatted f2fs.

Is there any way to check the internal format?
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
If your using twrpf2fs to format a sdcard, it formats the data partition f2fs and the 1 GB you have partitioned for systems ext4. :)

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Sorry I didn't read your post correctly. Go to play store and do a search for "partition info" :)

DiskInfo app works well.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bgtex:
Thanks for the fast reply,

I formatted my internal f2fs and pulled my data from an earlier backup, formatted ext4.

All my apps and data, plus my launcher and wallpaper returned, but my pictures and documents did not.

Is that because of the different file system?

I had to copy them from my PC.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
We were looking at the recovery log, so I assumed you would run this with the tablet running the recovery.

Apparently you didn't install an operating system to your microSD card yet.

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You formatted your /data partition, and the backup doesn't include /data/media, which stores the files for "internal storage".
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
for F2FS, why is it just /data that the instructions say to format. wouldn't it also help to format /system to F2FS as well?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
F2FS optimizes writing. /system is never written to in normal operation.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wnerw:
Hi!

Just a simple, quick question. I'm on CROMBi-kk form May 17th, on Hunds kernel. The question is - what are the highest frequencies for CPU and GPU that I can overclock to? For CPU it's 1,85 GHz probably, or maybe 1,9 GHZ, I'm not sure. For GPU I dunno.
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
i just tried this and am getting the same errors. i tried it to install on the internal EMMC and it worked AOK.

it looks like he's using the f2fs TWRP and I have the same errors when I try on my external SD card.

Formatting Data using [B][COLOR="Red"]mkfs.f2fs...[/COLOR][/B]
E :Unable to wipe '/data/'.
E :Unable to format to remove encryption.
Updating Partition Details...

i think someone (you?) suggested formatting the external data partition to F2FS using gparted and then reformatting in TWRP?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes I had to use GParted first as well for some reason.
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
darn. will try again, when i'm back at my laptop :eek:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Paradox52525:
Since getting the 5/17 build working on ROM2SD+F2FS, it has been very fast and stable. I've not seen any crashes yet, including the notification bar crashes I was seeing before with the Calender app and Google+ notifications.

Seems like a winner to me so far.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
I did suggest that a couple of times lately, it usually seems to do the job although I can't say exactly why.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I think that for the cpu is 1.9G and gpu is 750M. The 1.9 setting does some unpredictable behavior and 750M makes the device very warm during gaming...:) You can use hund app or trickster app to check for the available frequencies..;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] glecko:
Hello.

I'm currently trying to format DATA parition in in GPARTED, but after partitioning and applying, they are marked as UNKNOWN, is this normal?

Thank you for a great ROM and fantastic support.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I use gparted v0.17 and have the same experience but it works fine. It is the bug in the gparted. It should work if you set up your device properly..Good luck...:fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] glecko:
Thanks! Yes, everything works perfectly, successful rom2sd install.

Again thank you for an awesome ROM and great community here!
[Asus Transformer TF700] bgtex:
OK; So system is still ext4, only data partition is Flash Friendly and a full nandroid backup from TWRP does NOT backup /data/media?

Have I gotten that right?

And thank you and ALL the Dev's for the time you put in to make this work.

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Same here, no restarts from pull down menu or double tap to sleep.

Cromi-kk 0517 on internal, data formatted f2fs not using rom2sd or data2sd.

GREAT work!
[Asus Transformer TF700] jackr26:
silicon Brick?

I was having issues installing the 0511 release while changing to f2fs. i loaded twrp_f2fs formatted the data and things didn't go well. tried again several times and long story short, on reboot i get the 4 penguins then straight to the twrp splash screen where it stops!

i am able to use adb and can connect to the tablet. using the shell i can see the /system FS is empty with the exception of bin but that to is empty? it appears there are several mount points missing since i only have about 1gb of total space. i tried doing a sideload install/flash but they fail with error 1 or no xml manifest.

the /sbin contains the busybox tools and most seem to work. so it looks like the core system is mostly hosed. Is there any hope for this or do i have a Silicon paperweight?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Tread lightly my friend :)

Shoot me an email @ jl52741@gmail.com

We can see if there is a solution to your issue, and if we find one we can post back here how we fix it.....

THx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] Waldo_:
Here is what I got with it in TWRP 2.6.3.

C:\Users\Waldo>adb shell ls -l /dev/block/mmc*

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

C:\Users\Waldo>adb shell ls -l /dev/block/mmc*

error: device not found
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
You don't have the right drivers installed. This is going to take a long time at this rate.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2646279
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
yep. GParted did the trick :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
i tried to "thanks" you, but i'm out. who made this 8/day rule? :mad:

so thanks for the tip. i'm glad it surfaced in my memory @ 2am :victory:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Claw22000:
nope...

I did find this and try it. For some reason it will not flash it says...

assert failed: Write_rawimage("/data/media/blob", "staging")

E:Error in /external_sd/TF700_10.6.1.14.10_US_Boot_TWRP_2610_Signed.zip

(Status 7)

Installation Aborted.

Any further help would be appreciated. I have CWM V6.0.4.7 if that helps any.

Again Thanks

DrClaw