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[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Hi gurus

I have downloaded the new Crombi-kk ROM and updated TWRP to 2.8.0.1. My bootloader is 10.6.1.14.10 (that's the version number I can see when I go into pwr+voldown recovery)

It all seems to go OK - I can select the various options and it goes through the installation procedure, and I get success messages.

It reboots and then just sits there at the cromi animation (red ring of fire in my case - which is damned cool!!). I have left it for well over 20 minutes but it just sits there....

I have started again - done the factory reset, and again it goes through the install procedure but does the same thing....

Have I missed something somewhere?

I am just in the process of reverting back to cromi-x 5.3, JB 4.2.1 to see if it boots into that.....

I am not against taking drastic action - the device is not critical

Any suggestions?

---------- Post added at 03:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:42 PM ----------

Update - The revert back to older crom-x has worked OK. Now back to a stock unit... going to try a restore from TWRP

---------- Post added at 04:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:48 PM ----------

Update 2 - Timing a fresh install of crombi-kk is now up to 19 minutes - still sat at the ring of fire.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
You need to do a full wipe coming from CROMi-X

WIth in TWRP go to wipe/advwipe/

Choose everything but mircosdcard ... Then install CROMBi-kk

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Thx Josh - off to do that now...
[Asus Transformer TF700] cyberknight2001:
Another question concerning install. I've used the default selections previously.

If using F2FS, what is the best option for Journal:

1. Enable Data Journaling (default)

2. Disable Data Journaling

3. No Journal/F2FS

Also, have other users had a good experience using ART with F2FS?

Cheers

:cool:
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Well, it now won't boot into Android at all. It comes up with the 3 lines of white text to confirm the file systems and hangs for a few seconds, then it comes up with the Asus logo, then it reboots in TWRP...
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Ahem, did you reflash the rom after wiping? [emoji6]
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
I have to say I have *not* had good luck with Crombi-KK's latest and ART. Period. Activated it and rebooted the standard way, after having installed Crombi with F2FS included. And it locked up in an endless boot graphic.

It's been a bit of a catch-22 for me... Crombi-KK works with Asus Apps 2.0, but not ART. Zombi works with ART but not Asus Apps. I finally went Zombi, esp. upon realizing the Lollipop apps are starting to show up and can be (as I have done) installed in Zombi. Likely they'll work in Crombi as well. But no love for ART in Crombi that I can find.

Sent from my TF700 running Zombi-X ROM or whatever comes next - 'Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing' - that ol' Jesus Freak Soren Kierkegaard
[Asus Transformer TF700] cyberknight2001:
shonkin,

Thanks for the info. I've run both Zombi and Crombi. At one point, Zombi was getting unbearable with lag so I did a very clean install of Crombi...ran great. I just wanted to delve into trying ART with F2FS, I've attempted with both Roms but that was running in default with ext4...all kinds of issue with lag. Will experiment some more...but looks like I will give Zombi a go once again checking out how it works with ART.

Cheers

:cool:
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Well, I may be new to this, but I had figured I need to do that!! :D

In fact, when I do this,I now get a permissions error at the very end of the install process:

The log says:

Installing build.prop
Building symlinks....
Setting permissions....
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed

Tapping 'Next' gives me a successful install message. Tap 'Finish' and reboot and I get the boot loop.

I'm away for a couple of days with work so will pick up at the weekend, but if someone can help, I'd be grateful :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
My experience tells me that it isn't Zombi or Crombi that matter as much speed-wise as does running Rom2SD1. That external memory / micro-sd thing makes it day compared to internal memory alone's night. I prefer Zombi by a hair, but Crombi is a bit more polished.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
What version of TWRP ?

How are you installing? Internal ? ROM2SD ?

You need to make sure that /system is not mounted at the start of the install...

When you boot into TWRP /system will not be mounted...

This becomes an issue when making a backup and then going right to flashing a ROM ...

Let us know... :good:

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Hi Josh

Installing internally

TWRP is 2.6.3.1 - which is interesting, as I definitely updated that before I started! I'll re-update TWRP and then start again!

Daz
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tirinoarim:
Bootloader version

I have done some searching so please dont flame me! Am I ok to install this rom on bootloader version 10.6.1.14.4 or does it absolutely have to be 10.6.1.14.10 (and if so, where the hell do I get the new version from!?)

Cheers :eek:
[Asus Transformer TF700] chodzik:
Hello,

This firmware works great. Nice work!! TF201 has a new life. Thanks.

But is there a chance to force GPS dongle (external kit) to works? When it is connected nothing has happened.
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Time on the train this morning to start again....

So, re-installed TWRP 2.8.1.0

Checked that /system is not mounted

Did an advanced wipe and wiped everything but the SD Card

Install CM11, internally using the stock rom option

Everything goes OK - the permissions error disappears, everything says success.

Reboot and it just sits on the animation screen. I left it for more than 30 minutes and it just sits there....

I even disconnected from the dock and tried again in case that was throwing a curved ball, but nope - same result.

Is there a log file I can go look for somewhere?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Yes we can go even farther...

Save the log at the end of the aroma installer ....

Before you reboot out of twrp pull a recovery log like this ..

adb pull /tmp/recovery.log

Then on boot up run this .....

adb logcat > logcat.txt

Post this info so we can take a look ....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Yes that bootloader version should be ok ....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] tinkerman61:
When I installed this ROM (using defaults) I selected the option to install Flash. When trying to view videos on websites using any browser (Dolphin, Chrome, Firefox, Asus), I get a message that I need to install flash. The same problem occurs when trying to watch TV on Southwest Airlines WiFi. I tried to install flash again but get a message saying its already installed and I don't see a way to uninstall flash.

How can I get flash to work properly on websites?

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Adso3000:
I actually just finished flashing this newest version right now, then switching to ART asap and don't care much for flash anyway, but I was just reading about ART compatibility and found this list http://www.androidruntime.com/list which shows what works and doesn't work with ART. Adobe Flash Player 11.1 is the only flash player listed and it's listed as "Not working" with ART. Before I switch to ART, having stumbled upon your post, I just tested it and I also get the exact same result as you. You can uninstall anything using Titanium Backup Pro, even system apps such as the flash player. Whether you'll get a better result doing so and reinstalling the one the website suggests is anyone's guess. It was the only reason I installed that slow Dolphin Browser to begin with, but it's likely gonna be uninstalled now. Vellamo benchmark now includes a great browser comparison that really shows what's hot and what's not, speedwise.

Tablet is the wife's now. I've moved on to the Samsung Tab Pro 12.2 myself, but thought I'd just be nice and flash and upgrade this for the umpteenth time along with everything else still in the household :angel:
[Asus Transformer TF700] jmorgie7:
confused re bootloader

First time doing the custom ROM trick on my TF700. so apologies if this has been asked and answered already.

I want to install Crombi-KK. it says i need the stock JB 4.2.1 bootloader but do I have it? i had to install unlocked bootloader from Asus.

the boot screen says:

=======

Key driver not found. Booting os

Android cardhu – user bootloader <1.00 e> released by us-epad ….

Starting fastboot usb protocol

=======

so now my question is: can i install the Crombi-KK ? if not, then what might be my options ??

thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You left out the most important part: The bootloader version.. [emoji6]

What's it say after "released by us-epad"?
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Hi again Josh

I can't get adb to work - 'fastboot devices' doesn't return a device, even though Windows recognises the device. So, I have some more digging to do to understand how that works.

However, I have grabbed the log file and have attached it here. I tried starting adb from TWRP but not really knowing what I was going, I cancelled it! You'll see that in the log too!!

Hope this is of use...
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Well that all looks ok.....

You are doing a full wipe before install yes ?

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Yep a full wipe. (except the sdcard) .. and checking that /system is not mounted

I am slowly figuring our adb... It appears I can do stuff via adb, but the logcat command fails. Digging around it looks like it could be because it doesn't know where logcat is Possibly need to do an

su

to....

At the moment, the

adb logcat > logcat.txt

just has an exec error in it...
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
These are commands you run from a PC ....

Windows 7 or a linux OS would be fine for these ,,,,

Let me see if I can find the thread on it, ,,,,

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Yes, I have the tablet connected to the PC, and am running those commands from a command line.

It seems that adb can't find the logcat command...
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
What do you get as an output if you just run the command...

adb

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] sjdavies47:
Am having some issues waking the tablet from sleep. With the keyboard attached pressing a key works fine, but in tablet mode the power button seems to have a life of its own..... am I missing something? Is there something I can change in the settings (other than increasing the delay in going to sleep)?
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
This ROM does not currently contain any ASUS App packages. It is the CM base, tweaks, and kernel choice, plus GApps. That is all.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
Yes I am aware of this. If you read the first post in the dev. section for this rom you will see that sbdags has listed under to do: add asus apps as separate zip. Before this rom was released I sent sbdags my package of asus apps from the tf701 that I modded to work with CM11, and he said that he would use them is crombi-kk (not named at the time). I am currently running cm11 and can verify that the asus apps do not work with art.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
sbdags, the keyboard apk that I sent you has the auto brightness, lock, settings, search, and disable mouse working. IF it is used in conjunction with asusinputdevices.apk
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
My mistake - I thought you were stating if the package that he is currently using, misreading what your meaning was in your post.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lartomar2002:
Yes, I am aware that Asus apps are not working, I was referring to other apps like Titanium Backup and other Google Play apps that do not work with ARK.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
Oh, I see. use crossbreeder Goodbye P edition, that will give you ART like performance on Dalvik
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Any preference to the TWRP 2.6.3._that vs 2.7? Actually didn't ever really understand why some CM based rom's can be installed with TWRP or CWM but CM rom's need to be CWM flashed.

--

Also - didn't see any notes in the release regarding calendar sync? Any luck there?
[Asus Transformer TF700] pmgnet:
Yeah, confused here also. Anyone know details on this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] woodsonmh:
Dont know what i would expect to see as far as problems, but i installed with 2.7. No rom to sd. It seems to be running fine. In fact mighty fine. I

Woody
[Asus Transformer TF700] woodsonmh:
I think im starting to get the idea. So thanks for explanations. First install i did stack gapps with main rom. I did not install rom to SD. I did once and do get penguins. Dont know if gapps failed but i did use twrp 2.7 and that may have caused a problem. I noticed play was not there after i ran art. So i dont know when problem popped up. Not sure of order, middle of the night, tried to get plqy to install. And before it was all done i downloaded full gapps kk from cm site and it installed by itself just fine in dalvik.. will try art again. There a few apps under dalvik that acted up and so far a reinstall from play fixed problem.

Thansk again

Woody
[Asus Transformer TF700] PolishPoet:
I give up. How do I switch between balanced and performance modes? TIA
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mackis:
In settings almost all the way down next to developer options
[Asus Transformer TF700] guliver365:
Go to settings scroll down, it is just before the last one name performance
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
+1 I think its being looked into but no news as yet. My guess is it should be an easy add to the next release.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
This is a KK compatible version? If so you have a download link mate?

Its OK mate, found it.

Have some apps that I need to use that wont work on ART. Will give this a try.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
AFAIK it's still not enabled by default, so you need to add the discard mount option into the fstab yourself. If you don't want to repack the kernel, you can easily use the preinit script to copy your fstab over the original one, then the kernel will use it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kbboykin:
Use other KK GApps

Can I flash the PAC-GApps version with this ROM? These are the stock version dated 3/1/2014? I prefer this over the dark themed ones. No offense [MENTION=5123642]lj50036[/MENTION], I respect your work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mackis:
I thought it was enabled by default. I will then apply the discard like i did in my old linux laptop.... :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
There are no dark themed ones left are there?? Its a small number of people that want dark themes.... So we did away with it....
[Asus Transformer TF700] kbboykin:
The PAC-GAPPS is stock, not dark themed. Isn't some of the crombi-kk gapps reversed or dark background? I like the stock look. It is not a deal breaker and I will certainly continue as is if it can't be done. Just a matter of preference. Again, thanks for bring us another, excellent choice for KK on our TF700 tab.
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Hi Josh

First - thanks for your patience and help!

OK, so when I plug in the device and run CMD and enter 'adb', I just get the list of available commands/options in adb.

But I can connect to the device - if I do

abd devices

I get

0123457890ABCDEF recovery

.

If I do

adb shell

I am taken to shell prompt. I can list the directories no problem. So I did a

find -name *logcat*

and got nothing. I can find other files in the /sbin folder, no problem.

The error I get is

/sbin/sh: exec: line 1: logcat: not found
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Take a logcat or a dmesg ....

It is most likely an app giving you issue ....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
The command

adb logcat

is not a shell command it is navtive to adb ....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
After more digging around the internet, it seemed like I needed to install an SDK - so I have. I downloaded Android Studio, and the stand-alone SDK, and JAVA JDK. I set up environment variables pointing to JAVA_HOME and the SDK location.

Again, I ran CMD as administrator, navigated to the android-tools/platform-tools directory and ran adb again.

Same result - logcat not found!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Why dont you shoot me an email, we can use hangouts ....

jl52741@gmail.com

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Hi Josh,

OK, I got the logcat to work! I had restarted the process from scratch (wiped, check /system wasn't mounted, auto-installed). The device was sat at the 'install successful' point. I exited the installer, back to TWRP - tried again but still no logcat.

I then allowed the device to reboot....

Once the device reconnected to my laptop, I tried again - and BINGO!!

I left it running for a couple of minutes, and attach the file here. The device is still sat at boot animation...
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Your logcat indicates problems with your /data partition. Try formatting it in TWRP (and be patient, formatting also does a secure erase which can take one or more hours).
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
OK, will do
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Well, no difference.

The logcat shows just as many errors in it :(

I've attached the log file.
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Latest logcat - seems to be getting worse!! Formatted all partitions this time....
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Please reinstall your ROM and before you reboot from TWRP, do adb pull /tmp/recovery.log and post that file.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Unidave199:
Performance Setttings.

Hya gang! I continue to love this ROM! I did have a question however. Under the processer performance tab, you have battery save, balanced, and performance. But I noticed that the settings clock speed and Governor stay the same. Any thoughts?

Dave
[Asus Transformer TF700] AstronomerDaz:
Well, I obviously did something different last night - because it worked!!

I thought I would do one last go, but right from the beginning....

So, I restored from the previous ROM I had. I let that do an update of all the apps, then re-flashed TWRP to 2.8.

Rebooted to recovery and first thing I did was to format Data, and then carry on with the advanced wipe before installing.

I just clicked next at each stage to accept the default selections - and bingo! it worked straight away!

So, its now running with the performance tweaked ROM and is happily updating apps!

So, now that it works, I'll take a nandroid and then go back and figure out what I did differently to make it work!!

Thanks _that and especially to Josh for the patience in assisting!

I'll post back when I figure out the issue!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] fizzlebizzle:
Thank you for saving my Pad

Hey I just wanted to post to say a big thank you for this ROM.

This is my first time at attempting any such procedure on a device. I am pleased to report that it all went mostly without any issues.

I say mostly as my first attempt at flashing the Rom resulted in it hanging on the CROMB1-KK loading screen.

I went back to Twrp and did a factory wipe and on my second attempt it worked seamlessly :)

I did read a lot of posts and forums before attempting any of this and found that it is imperative to follow every step in the process to avoid issues.

Again thank you for bringing my pad back to life, it is one again a pleasure to use.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Fluidicelava:
Increase /system file size for TF700t

I am on [TF700 KitKat 4.4.4r2][CROMBi-kk R1][Sep 21] build.

I really appreciate some help on how to increase /system/priv-app file size, it is currently at 740 MB and is it full. I am unable to copy apk of a Battery Monitor apk which i wish to manaully install. How can i increase this limit for my Asus Transformer Infinity pad running on this ROM [TF700 KitKat 4.4.4r2][CROMBi-kk R1][Sep 21].
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
You can't resize /system (without probably messing everything up). Why does your battery monitor need to be in /system/priv-app? You could probably move some other apps to /data.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bbygfy:
AirWatch question

My company now requires AirWatch for me to connect to my emails. AirWatch will not allow any rooted device to connect so my question is there any way to get a version of this ROM without Root? Or completely remove Root after install so AirWatch doesn't detected it. I have tried RootCloak but that doesn't work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoopygum:
Still having this problem. I've tried switching to CM11 kernel as suggested and it made the tablet highly unstable. So I nuked everything and started from scratch again.

1) This config will work:

Internal, F2FS, R1 _that clean install + patch + Asus Apps 2.0

2) This config will not work:

Data2SD, F2FS, R1 _that clean install + patch + Asus Apps 2.0

3) This config will semi-work:

Data2SD, F2FS, RC3 _that clean install + Asus Apps 1.9.4 (I can disable touchpad using dock button at this point), then dirty upgrade to R1 _that + patch + Asus Apps 2.0 (touchpad remains disabled, dock's touchpad button doesn't work)

I haven't re-try any other kernels because I want to use _that.

Any suggestions?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Try this in adb shell or a terminal app (maybe you need to be root):

echo 1 > /sys/module/asusdec/parameters/cm_mode
[Asus Transformer TF700] nevertells2:
I don't think he understands the difference between a system app and not.

NT
[Asus Transformer TF700] Fluidicelava:
Thanks for confirming that it is a messy process, the battery monitor need the apk file to be copied from /data/data/ccc71.bmw.pro to / system/priv-app in order to obtain battery stats. How can I move apps to /data please let me know. Thanks for your help.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Easiest way would probably be to use Titanium Backup to convert select system apps (careful what you choose here) to user apps and vice versa.
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoopygum:
I get the message Permission denied.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
:D
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoopygum:
I am rooted.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
What command are you using to get superuser in a shell ?

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Okay, so I'm a bit slow sometimes. Just realized that putting my tab into performance mode means all four cores are full blast instead of two being (as in balanced mode) napping til put on call. The Performance mode setting jumped my scores from a respectable 6500 to between 8000 and 8500 (see below):

But that raises the question... just how much more battery is sucked via Performance mode than via Balanced? If it isn't too bad, I may leave it full-throttle.

Oh, the results are from a tab running Crombi-KK with ART enabled, F2FS on Data. Any other info available upon request.

Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoopygum:
I'm using the Terminal Emulator app in the Crombi-kk package.

How do I grant root access to the Terminal Emulator app? It's not prompting for it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Type: su
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoopygum:
Doh! Why didn't I think of that?

Anyways after doing "su" to gain root access in Terminal Emulator, and then doing "echo 1 > /sys/module/asusdec/parameters/cm_mode", I can now turn on/off the trackpad using the dock function key. In fact all the dock function keys are now working. (Didn't mention this earlier but the auto brightness & setup function keys also didn't work before.)

However the fix didn't survive a reboot. Have to do it all over again after rebooting.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Yes, that was just for testing if it works. There should be a preinit script that sets this (IIRC "/system/boot/preinit.d/70dockkeys"), maybe it's missing on your installation for some reason.
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoopygum:
Well, as I've said earlier, if I install to internal everything works out of the box. The problem only occurs when I use Data2SD. So it must have something to do with that.