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[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ObviousMan:
I actually had the ROM for a while. I just flashed the latest GApps package. GMail seemed to stabilize after a day of use and a couple of restarts. The launcher mainly works, but still crashes when I want to change the wall paper.

I will wait until 2.6 is out of the beta and then will reflash it all. I am actually considering going to the mini GApps package (instead of stock) and just install what I need off the market.

OM
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xtil:
I used the mini GApps, and that was more than I expected.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bradmax57:
Quick question, will the nexus 7 (v2.51) spoof in the op work with the 2.6 beta I've installed on my uk model?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nexy33:
think that was mentioned as not a good thing to do brad as there are other changes in the build prop that could cause problems.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] someguyatx:
Thanks for the update, I dirty flashed over 2.51 since you indicated it was fine but had a bunch of google services errors and play store didn't work. Installing the latest stock PA gapps (the package with everything) fixed the issue. Just a note for others who may be upgrading.

Like the new boot animation [emoji1] thanks for keeping up support for this tablet.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ALD3:
Yes LT, dang auto correct got me and I didn't notice it. ?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] gberpa:
Problems-Now in Loop(s)

I had been running Dopa V2.0 oc and was running great. Most all d/ld apps were linked to microsd card. I did a CWM 6.0.3.2 bu to my card and removed it, inserted a card with all Dopa ROMs including AOSP 4.4.2, cwm6.0.4.5-selinux-flashable-sero7pro and 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed.

I flashed the new CWM, rebooted and installed 4.4.2. Upon powering on, I just get the 'android' text. If I try to go to recovery, I'm only getting Fastboot. Any ideas?

3:30 pm Update: I finally got into cwm 6.0.4.5. Still not clear whether I need to re-flash 4.4.2 or install Gapps . And, should I reinsert my original card where my apps are linked to partiton 2? For now, I am re-flashing 4.4.2 and installing Gapps right after and now trying to reboot.

3:50 pm. After reflashing 4.4.2, installiing Gapps, it is still 'hanging' at the android text logo.

4:15 pm. A complete wipe/factory reset and reflashin 4.4.2 worked; now will try Gapps.

It runs smoothly and is good to go 'from scratch'. However, I couldn't figure how to restore all of my apps(>100)/settings from the prior version CWM bu so when i did a restore it went back to Dopa 2.0 oc. If anyone knows how, I'd like to give it another try.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] paratwa53:
I finally got OTG to work, I installed the app stickmount and it detected it right away.

I have to say this ROM is perfect! Great work!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] taba4real:
This got me excited as well... but no LTE sero yet....
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
I'm afraid I over-promised on this one :o When I looked at the file this patch applies to, I found the Nexus code was so different from Hisense's that the patch was totally incompatible. Fortunately, there's enough of a family resemblance to give me an idea of what needs to be done for the Sero7Pro. I'll follow up on this once I get the needed cable.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
v1.1

AOSP442 dopa-v1.1 is now available. See the first posting in this thread for links. This is a small update that enables SELinux in "enforcing" mode, and adds an optional overclocked kernel.

Note: if you already have AOSP442 dopa-v1 installed, just install a new boot image (standard or overclocked). If you're currently running any other ROM, install the full package.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] XjokiX7:
Nice update! :) but question! Are there any advantages for the nexus 7 spoof?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] paratwa53:
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. What does the spoof do?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Radon_22:
The N7 spoof gives you access to a LOT more apps.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gazoo119:
As gotshores pointed out the problems he was having with the GPS, I thought I would look into it further. I am using an app called GPS Status to test. I have been noticing the tablet can lock in fine, but once locked in the tablet loses lock and starts looking again for the satellites. It will find them but loses lock and repeats the process of finding them again. So now I am sure there is a problem as I don't recall having that problem with the stock rom.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] davepmer:
I did have that problem with the stock rom. My answer to it was a kernel change that allowed cpuquiet and a governor change to interactive.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gazoo119:
Thanks. I don't use the GPS much so I really couldn't remember. Yeah its real flaky in aosp. But I had to watch it for awhile to see what gotshores was seeing. Took about 10 minutes to lose lock.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] x000x:
i used Philz-touch-6.0.47-selinux and now my tablet won't boot up. it gets stuck on the hisense logo. i can get into recovery, and have wiped/rebooted etc but that does not seem to have done anything. any tips? and it keeps saying root access missing, root device (/system/xbin/su)? but if i pick yes, it seems to do nothing. b/c next time i reboot into recovery it asks the same question :(

edit: i fixed the problem. i think the mistake i made was selected the option 'clean to install a new rom' and i guess that completely wiped out the stock rom. but later i remembered the tablet had a sd card slot, so i transferred aosp 1.1 onto it and flashed the rom from there. afterward it booted up as it normally should :)

edit #2: are there suppose to be 3 keyboards? default is english but under the language and input settings there is also japanese and some other language i don't recognize.

edit #3: is this suppose to be squished into the corner like it shows in this screenshot? http://i.imgur.com/P3zWqEh.jpg or maybe it has something to do with Phab7? i've never used that before so not sure if its related or not.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ALD3:
FYI, I also had trouble on stock rom with gps on google maps while

Driving. It would keep dropping out while navigating, I finally quit using Sero 7 Pro for navigation, as I have a Nexus 7 and a Skyrocket back then that worked well for navigation. Yes I did have the Sero 7 Pro tethered to the skyrocket for WiFi.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
We seem to be getting two different narratives here: "it takes a long time to lock or sometimes just won't lock" and "it locks fine but then loses it". I don't think that these are the same problems. I can see how the first one could be a software issue - the second one, not so much.

I got hold of "GPS Status" (there are several, I chose the first one shown which has a compass-face and a lot of stats) and did some testing outdoors. My first lock held for 10 minutes, my second for 22 minutes. Why they died, I haven't a clue - the first died while locked on to 10 of 11 visible satellites. However, where I really had problems was getting a lock, especially after losing it. It would find anywhere from 3 to 7 but couldn't get a lock. Turning off GPS and killing apps using it, then retrying finally got it working again but only after several minutes.

I agree there's a problem but I don't know where to go with it. I'll try looking at the relevant parts of CM to see if they've done anything clever.

Both the AOSP and stock ROMS use "interactive" as their default governor (it's set in init.m470.rc) so that's unlikely to be the issue.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] davepmer:
I think what happened then is that something changed in cm at the same time I started working on the kernels. The GPS problem just sort of disappeared so I thought it was the Kernel or the governors. It still could be because I do not remember stock being interactive and I know stock did not enable cpuquiet.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jerbear294:
I'm no expert when it comes to the GPS but perhaps a logcat can help.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gazoo119:
What you experienced when you tested was very close to what I experienced. My locks lasted for no more than 10 minutes. The first time I tested it did re-lock but it didn't last long. Then after that I had a very hard time getting it to lock ...I had to reboot the tablet. I should have waited to post until after I had done more testing...sorry.

Maybe location and the state of the tablet have something to do with varying degrees of the problem but it all looks like to me the problems reported are similar. Whether or not it's hardware or software related I wouldn't know. But since davepmer said the problem went away with his CM rom, I would think it's software related.

BTW....I also tried testing with GPS Essentials and had the same results. Thanks.

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Hello there jerbear :)

I would agree it might except this is a problem everyone seems to be experiencing, including dopa, and it's not an intermittent problem. Also I don't know enough about logcats to know if it would help for this. I really don't use the GPS much so all I wanted to do was confirm there is a problem with it.

Of course I hope it get's fixed....we all like having things perfectly....lol...well most of us do. And there most likely are some that would use it if it worked properly. Thanks.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] gotshores:
along with CM11, GPS also works on omnirom, which i believe is based more on stock AOSP. I was gonna loosely try what davepmer suggested, this evening and swap out his GPS stuff in system/etc on dopa aosp rom, and then try swapping the wifi stuff on dopa aosp to davepmer's cm11 and omnirom. I also have no issues with GPS on the old dopa v2 (stock hisense jellybean) ROM, so i'm wondering if i can take the gps data in system/etc of that rom and paste it into the aosp 1.1 rom, or if that would cause some type of kernal problem since they're an increase in os versions.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] gotshores:
here's a logcat i ran when having issues with Google Play Music. The app would open, then start to play, then seriously lag, and kill wifi. Sometimes it would come back up and play some more, then lag again, and reboot my tablet. hope it gives some insight.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lichan:
I dirty-flashed 2.60 over 2.51 but could not start wireless. After a reboot to recover Mounts2SD the wireless would appear but would not stay connected. When I tried to install xposed it would reboot and be back to the starting point without Mount2SD and wireless again, and endless 2 step shuffle. Back to 2.51. Anyone else experience similar problems?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] RamblingBarba:
Sorry friend I have been out of the loop for a while. I don't have a list of what I have disabled. It would likely change depending on what apps and what services you have/need. I would make a backup and try some. However, I would be super careful with anything in the system. That has the potential to be tragic.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
New Version - v2.6 (US/UK/AU)

I've just posted AOSP 4.4.4_r2 DoPa v2.6 (US/UK/AU).

This ROM should be compatible with all models of the Sero 7 Pro sold worldwide.

See the original posting for details.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] RamblingBarba:
Is there any difference in this r2 and the beta 1?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jachol:
Is a clean install recommended, or just update the beta version ?. ... J.

EDIT ... I found the answer to my query, in the original install info post #536 ..

Reinstalled Philz restore, updated ROM over the beta version + the nexus spoof install, all OK after reboot (all apps intact) except I was unable to access playstore

Back in recovery reinstalled G-Apps package, all seems OK after a couple of reboots, no problems so far.

Once again many thanks for the solution of updating the UK model. ... J.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MrScientist:
I dirty flashed 2.6 over 2.5 (I'm using link2sd to move app data) and lost all my apps, except for my Gapps, which I flashed after upgrading. Is this normal behavior?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] splatdotsplat:
I dirty flashed from 2.5 to 2.6 and now the Back softkey does not work, it highlights when touched but does nothing.

:Just tried to restore the backup I did just before flashing 2.6, It says the MD5's are good but then bombs out at restoring Data with with just Error while restoring /data

I hope I can get stuff back.

Garrett
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bluehacker007:
Lollipop!

Maybe I missed this somewhere (apologies if I did) but now that factory images for the 2012 nexus 7 are available, what are the major obstacles to getting nexus 7 on the sero 7 and how can we help? :D
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bsnipes:
OT but Amazon vendor has the Sero 7 Pro at a good price

I bought mine at Wal-Mart for $129 over a year ago and then they went up to $149. One of the vendors on Amazon now has it for $87.90. The Sero 7 Pro has been one of my best purchases ever.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Hisense-Tablet-Processor-Memory-M470BSA/dp/B00FQT4QKU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
Yes, it's better. :)

If you're running the 2.6 beta (or any recent DoPa version), you should be able to flash it along with a Gapps package and be done with it.

From the number of people who report the same problem when using link2-type apps, I'd have to guess so.

Did you reboot before doing anything more drastic? Also, did you restore your Gapps package?

Most of the binaries for the Nexus 7 aren't usable on your Sero 7 Pro. I'm working on a built-from-source-with-extras version of Lollipop now. It will be a while before it's ready to be shared.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MrSimmonsSr:
Well, that is exciting news!

For the record I just upgraded from DoPa v1.1 to v2.6 and so far so good.. Booted up and did the recreation of my Link2SD scripts and everything seems pretty good so far!

Thanks for everything, dolorespark!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] gberpa:
Were you able to restore all data made on an older CWM recovery( non Selinux)? I am running Dopa 2.2 + Ooc and thinking of trying 2.6 , latest version
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sporb:
i had the notification bar and quick settings bar when i first booted up, but now it's gone. i checked settings in gravity box but i don't think i know the proper names. what i want is the notification bar to appear when i swipe down from the top left and when i swipe down from the top right and it brings down the quick settings bar. anyone know how to achieve this?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] RamblingBarba:
Take a look at Xposed and see if it needs to be updated again then reboot. Mine needed to be updated/installed and rebooted to make Gravity Box settings work again. It may be something like that.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sporb:
thanks for advice. i tried and didn't work, but i found that when i change the setting from 'phone' in phab7 it fixes the notification/quicksetting bars. my navigation bar is moved from the right side of the screen in landscape to the bottom, which i don't like. i couldn't find a pay to move the nav bar to the right in landscape mode but keep the notification/quicksetting bars the way they are in tablet/phablet mode. it's not that big of a deal, i just find the nav bar at the bottom hard to reach when the tablet is in landscape. maybe there are tweaks for the nav bar somewhere. in the meantime i'll continue with phone mode.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] mssmith:
Excellent ROM - thanks for UK inclusion

Have been trying this out for a few days on UK 32Gb model. Install worked flawlessly. More fluid than the stock ROM.

Works:

*Wifi

*Camera

*Bluetooth

* HDMI out

*SD card

*All apps I have tried have installed and worked without issue

*BBC Iplayer now has audio & video in sync (unlike stock ROM)

Not quite right:

*Stock Android player on .mp4 audio is out of sync with the picture (like the original)

However a 3rd party app plays the same file in sync so I'm not too worried about the google player.

Big credit to dolorespark and all involved.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MrSimmonsSr:
Well, based on the instructions I didn't need to do a restore, so I haven't tried.

That having been said, however, I have seen some strangeness. First let me state that I have Link2SD installed and have a second partition on my SD card that is formatted as ext4 that most of my apps are loaded onto. When I first booted, after loading the 2.6 ROM, the minimal gapps package and the Nexus 7 zip, I had a bunch of broken apps, as should be expected, I guess because of the Link2SD not being initialized. I went into Link2SD and recreated the mount scripts and restarted..

Once I rebooted again, the System told me that "Android is upgrading" as it went through all the additional apps I could now see and I guess it recompiled them or something like that.. After that, most of the apps seem to work pretty well..

The three issues I have now are:

1. The "Google Search" app constantly crashes and I can't seem to uninstall the app to do a fresh install..

2. Every time I reboot I get that message that says: "Android is upgrading" and "Optimizing App X of Y". It seems to count up to a smaller number (Y) of apps every time. This morning it counted to 71 as Y. Just now it only counted to 62. Not sure if this is normal or not. It takes a long time every time I reboot. I'm guessing it has something to do with my use of Link2SD and the next issue:

3. Every time I reboot, once it gets done "upgrading" I get a message that says: "System UIDs Inconsistent! UIDs on the system are inconsistent , you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable."

The button to acknowledge the message says "I'm Feeling Lucky"

So here are my questions:

Should I re-flash the gapps package to try to fix the broken Google Search app?

Should I format my data partition as the message says?

Will I need to re-install all my apps if I do? Will I loose my place in any games I'm playing, etc?

Anything else you guys recommend?

Thanks!

[UPDATE] On a whim, I decided to go into Philz and format my cache and davlik/ART cache.. Same issues persist..

Any suggestions?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
Lollipop

I've got Android 5.0.0 up and running on my tablet. Sadly, there's a big problem: no sound.

The proprietary binaries that provide audio were created for 4.2.1 and are incompatible with Lollipop's sound system. I have no idea if there's a fix or workaround but I'll certainly look into it. Meanwhile, I'm going to fix various other buglets and should be able to release a (mute) preview version some time in the next week or so.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jerbear294:
Nice to see progress is being made on the Sero! Thanks a bunch :)

I'll probably flash it on my defunct Sero for the lulz.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nccruz:
[MENTION=5094650]dolorespark[/MENTION],,, you are something else and really good for us users...
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] MrScientist:
Thanks for your continued efforts! Does the sound work through BT?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] paratwa53:
Quick question, what audio chip/version does the Sero 7 pro use?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
Lollipop - beta 0 (US/UK/AU)

I've posted the first beta of Lollipop (AOSP 5.0.0_r6). Everything seems to work except NO AUDIO (of any sort).

Installation

Any recent SELinux-enabled Recovery should work - my build of Philz Touch found in the O.P. is suggested.

make a Nandroid backup - you're almost certain to want your Kitkat back

format both /cache and /data (in Philz, "format /data and /data/media (/sdcard)")

install the ROM - if you're using f2fs, ignore any errors reporting that a partition couldn't be mounted

install the Lollipop version of Gapps found in this article

install the Nexus7 spoof if desired

reboot

It will take at least 2.5 minutes for the lock screen to appear.

Notes

All standard Android features except audio and NFC should work as expected. In addition, all features of previous DoPa ROMs should be present and functional, e.g. integrated overclocking, your choice of ext4 or f2fs for any partition, OTG charging, etc.

Xposed Installer and the Xposed modules are incompatible with Lollipop :crying:

This build runs in SELinux "permissive" mode, mainly because of issues with SuperSU. It may let your apps make changes to the system that the final "enforcing" mode version won't permit.

Downloads

sero7pro-aosp500-beta-v0.zip the full ROM

sero7pro-n7spoof-aosp500-beta-v0.zip identify tablet as a Nexus7 to (possibly) show more apps in PlayStore

GPL Notice: the source code for this kernel is available at https://github.com/dolorespark/android_kernel_hisense_m470bsa on the 'master' branch.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kenundrem:
I'm in the process of a backup and will be flashing shortly...I will update after boot.

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Boots fine on us sero. The gapps didn't seem to like being flashed as it errored and non installed. Play store and google services are there though. Downloading from play store also works.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] impster:
Hi, huge thanks for this, I now have my Sero 7 Pro working like a charm and even thinks it's a Nexus 7.

Wasn't able to install Gapps though, but play store was there so was able to install the Google stuff from there.

This is smooth as anything and performance is much better than stock UK version of the tablet.

Huge thanks again.

Impster.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nexy33:
I found it the same impster I had stopped using mine and got a nexus 2013 as the sero used to switch itself off freeze stutter and generally perform like crap on the uk rom this works way better than stock its back in use and being used daily again.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xenokc:
A little more sluggish than 4.4.x but works pretty well.

I have 2 user accounts but can't figure out how to switch between accts from lock screen, have to go fully into Users settings to switch. Any idea how to switch from lock screen as older versions did?