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[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
Really enjoying this little tablet so far but I have noticed something. Does anyone else think the touchscreen is a little "off"? I feel like when I'm trying to select a word, etc- I have to touch slightly above the word to get it to register (or at least towards the top of the word,etc). If I touch the middle of the word, many times it won't register or may even select the word below. It's not bad enough to affect selecting keys on the keyboard, or app icons- but it's something I definitely notice.. Anyone else?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] trondnj:
Same experience here.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pjim:
Mine is spot on. I use a stylus most of the time and it's really accurate.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Mine also seems very accurate, haven't noticed the touch being off at all.

Sent from my Asus Memopad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
I've already asked him to stop unless he has something to contribute towards unlocking the bootloader, as I had explained pretty much this same thing to him regarding BIOS vs bootloader, and he replied with more translated gibberish that roughly conveyed that he'd be back if he had more info. I don't think he's getting the hint.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
No bootload unlocker?

NO BOOTLOADER UNLOCKEEEEER?

Reponse from Asus.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
My recipe was to lower cpu from 500 to 1300 MHz (more than enough speed since our tablets are quadcore), and not 1800, using cpu master pro by antutu, which btw, has cpu usage profiles. It made all the difference. You can also try to set wifi to only work when the screen is on. That feature has been around since android 2.3 gingerbread.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
Contacts is stopping...

Hey all,

After manually updating to .182 (and all the bloatware apps coming back), I now get a periodic popup: "Unfortunately Contacts has stopped".

I can bring Contacts up and it runs OK, but something is making it drop once in a while.

Also noticed that Jetpack Joyride often dies as soon as I start a ride when it comes up. I can do anything else in there, but when I tap to start, it usually dies just a few moments after that. if it doesn't die, it stays up the whole ride. I erased cache, uninstalled the app, and restored my backed up data, and it still happens.

Anyone else noticing more crashes (especially with Contacts) after updating to .182?

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
all cpu control tools are not updated since 2013 (no frills, setcpu etc..) are you sure it's working ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
Not sure what you mean... I use No Frills, and it seemed to do fine setting the range of CPU frequency to something lower, even applying it on boot.

At least, that's what the pop up messages say when I reboot. How can I tell if it is really working? The tablet does seem to feel a bit less hot on back when playing something intense, and when I turned the governor back to the highest settings, I could tell how games were opening faster, etc.

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
thanks for your feedback ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
I just uninstalled the damn thing :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
Are you talking about Contacts? I could remove it, yes, but I consider that one of the nicer "built-in" apps as far as for PDA-like capabilities...

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] THE-C[r]oW:
For all who have the same problem. Guys, I solved this. You just need to turn on and off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Аnd it's all. It's fkn all. The tablet starts to fall into a deep sleep. Until you restart the tablet. I spent a whole day.

Tomorrow I'll take the tablet to the store and get my money. I'll try to buy it at another store. I hope it will not be rejected.

From Russia with love! :highfive:

Dmitriy.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
get Cpuspy, that will tell you what frequencies are used, and how much. i used setcpu before to lower the top frequency and it worked fine.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dms76:
I have contacts crashing all the time, but I thought I removed something causing the issue.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
You sure that works, without a custom kernel?

I removed all things related to Contacts, so no. As far as games go, it's understandable, considering the chipset this tablet is running. I've seen a few others report crashes in this thread. Try shooting an email to the developer and let them know, see if you can provide a logcat, too. That'll speed up the debugging process.

So...... CPU settings are working? Without custom kernel?

Contacts widget? Yeah, that'll do it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Yeah, I'm sure. I've been using it for years.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
I think you only need a custom kernel to overclock, not underclock.

Sent from Asus Memo Pad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
That right underclock is working :) (I've run benchmark 3 times on each frequency to be sure)

http://imgur.com/a/iHBT6#0
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
How's the performance at lower frequency? Is it significantly reduced?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
I'm currently testing all my app (no 3D games atm) and it's working like a charm :)

Battery is less hot !! battery drain is better.

Soon I will update my report after testing game, I think 2d game will be cool but for high end 3D games I think performance will be not so good, will see :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] siksy:
I can confirm this. Just turn wifi on and off and do the same with bluetooth and tablet will fall in deep sleep. Is this hardware or software related(will new android help or not?)? Tnx THE-C[r]oW for the tip :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] THE-C[r]oW:
I think that this is software problem. But most people don't have this problem and I dont know...:rolleyes:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
I, too, underclocked the tablet when I was rooted on .161. And I can say that it was a lot cooler and has longer battery life. I did not root yet after .182 update but I am pretty sure that it will tramendously help increase the battery life. However, I dont think that it will help much reduce the cpu temperature at a considerable amount since it is already gone after the .182 update :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] nogarder:
what program you used to underclock?? Antutu pro?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
yes
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
I prefer NoFrills CPU Control as it lets you choose governer and scheduler while letting you set the max and min CPU freqs.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] nogarder:
Its better this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
NoFrills CPU is as simpler as it gets.

Believe me. Give it a try and you will see. ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
antutu, nofrills & setcpu do the same thing don't bother take one :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] nogarder:
thanks¡
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
That's a good idea about sending HalfBrick a note... But Jetpack Joyride worked fine (not one single crash) the entire time I have had this tablet until I installed .182. So, that's why I asked. *smile* It would seem the hardware works fine, but something got tweaked (maybe that memory manager stuff?) more recently...

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
I restored JJ from titanium backup and it seems to play fine.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
Try XCOM®: Enemy Unknown, I cant make it work even with a clean rom without any app, back to desktop after 1-2 min

If someone have feedback on this game It will be nice :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
XCOM, GTA:SA and some other games don't support x86 architecture, so there is no way to run them.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
I was able to buy it on googleplay wtf ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
Possible Unlock Soon?

Has anyone looked at the RootZenFone6KitKatv3? It appears to have an unlock for the zen fone 6 and there is a zenfone 5 version as well. It is different from RootZenFone 1.4.6r in that it only works for those two devices. I do not know if the developer plans on releasing one that will work for this one or not though. Anyway, fingers crossed!

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Also, something interesting, my tablet maintained root when I updated to .182. I was messing around with stuff and got it stuck in a restart loop, did a factory reset and wiped all data and cache, but even still the root remained. I was not aware of this until I installed rootzenfone 1.4.6. Before then supersu wouldn't activate and was essentially useless because root wasn't detected. Without even running the root process, rootzenfone said that I was already rooted and then supersu popped up asking if I wanted to give root access to rootzenfone. So it would appear that maybe the root is staying but rootzenfone must be installed again.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
Contact them, tell them what processor you have and ask them to kindly give you back your money.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
I'm guessing someone needs to get in touch with Shaka?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
I will try to contact him tonight
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
Demo Mode Stuck?

I figured I would post this so if anyone gets their tablet stuck in demo mode. Sometimes the factory reset does not work.

1.) Make sure the tablet is connected to the internet.

2.) press the power button so that the demo video starts playing

3.) slide up from the bottom to reveal the back button and quickly hold it for about 10 seconds. a new screen asking for a password or pin should appear.

4.) enter "741603" and press confirm

5.) wait for the factory restore to complete and tablet to reboot (it may look like it is not restoring but it is. just be patient)

Hopefully that helps someone.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
it's the only method to get ride of the demo mode used by everyone, factory reset by the recovery is not a valuable solution
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
For some people just a factory restore has fixed it
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
For others like me, only a grenade restores it to tablet heaven. ("_)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Good to see you're keeping a sense of humor about it :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
Some news about unlocking bootloader from rootzenfone dev ( shaka Huang dev)

Asus have release the unlock tool for zenphone but the kernel is totally unusable, you can't even build the kernel with default configuration file.

So he can flash recovery but without the working kernel can do much.

End of report
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Hey everyone,

I just got my my ME176CX.

I had a couple questions hope you all more experienced owners could answer for me.

I thought this pad had a 5 MP rear camera and a 2 MP front, But my tablet has 2 MP/.3 MP camera? Are all the US versions like this?

My tablet is currently running 4.4.2 with the latest software version, 182. Is this newest version still rootable? If so, what's the easiest method to root? Not looking to unlock the bootloader, just want root for TiBu , AdAway, Better Battery Stats, uninstall bloat, and Wanam for Unbounce.

Thanks in advance...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
Only ME176C have 5/2, ME176CX is 2/.3 (in EU, france, it's the CX only)

For root .182 firmware use the latest rootzenfone apk: http://www.mediafire.com/download/70xzy32jxv8q8jh/RootZenFone-1.4.6.4r.apk

Turn off wifi, forget your network (can't be reconnect when wifi will back on)

Open apk, click root, wait 10sec and push power to reboot

Enjoy
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Thanks for the quick reply.

So no one has the ME176C? it seems like the only thing I see the online ME176CX...

Just to confirm you directions...

1) download the apk

2) turn off wifi and forget the network

3) root with the apk

4) reboot after 10 seconds

5) after the reboot, I can reconnect my wifi? or will my wifi have issues after root. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding this part.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
C version is asian I think

After reboot you can reconnect sure, the job is done, wifi off is for rooting the device
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Thank you for the ridiculously quick reply.

By any chance, is there a running list of debloat apps?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
somewhere in this thread... :D, I will make a proper list let me a couple of min

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My debloat list 100% no issues

Facebook

Amazon Kindle

Google+

Google Search

Remote Link

SuperNote

My Asus

Google Play Music

WebStorage

Story

Google Play Book

My Frame

Weather

Email

Movie Studio

Flipboard

What's Next

File Manager

PhotoFrame

Data Transfer

Calendar

CloudStorage

Setup Wizard

Share Link

Google Play Movies

Dot It Later

Asus Account

Sound Recorder

Spendid

Asus Demo

Contacts Widget

AudioWizard

Graffiti Board

PC Link

Omlet Chat

Party Link

Mirror

Search

eMusic

Zinio

You can disable too

(but because I'm using it's not in the previous list)

Hangouts

Drive

Youtube

Gmail

Gallery

Camera

Music

Calculator

Browser

And more but since it's system related I prefere keep the others one, no big files so I don't care :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Thank you for all your help!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] frost1017:
heat during playing games

Anyone else bothered by how hot the device gets when playing games like order and chaos or arcane legends? Already set cpu to 1.5xx with NoFrills CPU.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
same here when playing 3D game but I think all device as pretty the same issue with high end device/graphic
[MeMO Pad 7 General] peldo123:
bootloader unlocked

Are you telling us that the bootloader for this device is unlocked??...If so what are the kernel problems
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
No it was a discussion about the Zenphone.

Starting #205 if you want more information about the kernel problems
[MeMO Pad 7 General] aiiian:
I've been thinking about rooting my me176cx, because i wanna takeout all bloatwares i wanna expand my tabs storage. But im scared i might screw things here and there, because i have ljmited knowledge about rooting. What do you think ? Thanks
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ICavalera:
I bought mine on Portugal... And is not Asian market. And I had the choice in the store of C and CX.

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Does anyone have xposed? And what modules are using?

I'm using Android L softkeys. Tried the speed indicator (to get Internet speed on status bar) and couldn't get to work.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
This thread is mainly for helping people and news since we have no dedicated forum on XDA

So please how can we help you ? :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sutekh137:
To me, it comes down to your comfort level with poking around on your tablet (using a file explorer, CPU governor, low-level app manager, etc.) If you feel OK with that, even perhaps meaning some command line tools from an attached PC or Mac (adb), then you are probably fine rooting this thing. You'll also learn a lot.

Another consideration is: do you have an extended warranty on your tablet? If you do, even if something gets hung up on the machine you can always take it back to the retailer and play dumb, saying the machine is stuck in demo mode or won't boot right. Odds are that if things are hosed up enough they will just give you another machine or force a factory refresh (a new tablet is what Best Buy did for me even though I was a week beyond their usual return window, and I didn't even have an extended warranty...they even price-matched the swap-out against a current Amazon sale, so I made money on the deal).

Rooting is a matter of running an app that is listed elsewhere on this thread. Search the thread for "RootZenPhone" and "RZP" and see what you think. Once rooted, there are a ton of tools you can run to remove bloatware apps and manage others. Bear this in mind:

-- You will want to be sure to upgrade to the latest firmware possible over the air (OTA), first, because once you are rooted, odds are good that OTA updates won't run (especially if you remove any of the built-in apps).

-- If OTA updates do not work in the future, you can run "manual" updates, and it seems to work fine. You may lose root when doing so, however. The bloatware you removed might come back, too.

-- Overall, rooting is an ongoing game. Updates will potentially make you lose root, then you'll need to wait till the geniuses around here come up with root again on the newer versions. In other words, you may have to monitor threads like this more closely to stay abreast of root-level antics in the community. That can be a bit of additional overhead, but can also be educational.

The very nice thing about the ME176Cx is how cheap it is. I'm not saying money grows on trees, but when you can buy a tablet like this for ~$125, it can be a nice learning experience where the worst case scenario is you are out that money -- an amount less than half of what you'd pay for the latest iPad Mini...

Thanks,

sutekh137

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Yeah, get's darn hot playing Angry Birds Epic.

I am down around the 1.2 mark in the governor, and even ran for quite a time at the 1.0 level. Most things work fine, but you can definitely tell that things load and switch slower.

And even at those lower CPU speeds, the back still gets warm...

Thanks,

sutekh137
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sistah:
If you read the reviews of this tablet, they all mention the heat while playing games.

I can tolerate it now but in the summer, boy its was even hotter!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Cool Tools works, Gravity box mostly doesn't work, Advanced power menu does, xposed status text does, from what I've tried. it seems any module that tries to change colors of status or nav bar doesn't do anything-at least the ones I tried.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jcp2:
I just bought the me176C last weekend at Best Buy Canada. ( Maybe the 'C" is for Canada too) for $129 I rooted no problems using the above directions. I was on an old version and superSU kept root with the "survivor" mode checked. I had 2 OTA updates to get me to .182 SuperSU kept me rooted every time :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
Yes C version is available in canada

It's not supersu who kept root since it's not working since android 4.2/4.3, it's the survival mode inside rootzenfone apk (enable by default)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] mitt69:
So rootzenfone 1.46r keeps the root when OTA updating? Or is bit the new kit Kat version of rootzenfone?

From what I read on xda supersu survival mode is working on 4.4.2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053&page=441
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
All rootzenfone version for C

only rootzenfone 1.4.6.4r for CX
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Yeah, I haven't had much luck with any Xposed modules, especially GravityBox. Nothing can modify the navbar whatsoever except its size, that's all I've successfully done. And it doesn't stick on reboot. I REALLY would like a damn menu button.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Garabet:
I have exactly the same problem. Did you find any solution to flickering top&bottom bars?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
same issue ^^ no solution for me
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Someone suggested me to increase the animation scale settings in Developer Option, I've set them up to 5x and then settled with 2x. Don't know if it's because of this or something else, but the problem calmed down a bit. It still flickers now and then, but at first it was doing it a lot more often.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
Im not seeing this issue? Can someone explain how to duplicate it?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Why would you want to create a problem you don't have?

sent from hdx+ with tapatalk
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
When screen is off I push power and the screen sometimes blink especially after not using my tablet for 1hrs or 2.

I'm not sure if it's the same flickering issue experienced by others user, blinking = flickering ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
True. Just thought if I had the issue, I could help resolve it.

The only issue I'm seeing is with video playback.

Watching Disney Jr. or a movie from the SD card. After a fresh reboot, they all play fine. After about a day or so, the movie will say it's playing and the screen remain green or black. You can hear audio, but nothing is playing.

Sometimes you can close the app and restart it to fix it, but after about three days of the tablet on, the only way to get it all back to normal is rebooting it.

Everything else works fine.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Ditto, lol.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ymDroid:
So I've turned my power on and off like 20 times. Nothing.

That's odd. I did the ZenPhone root too. But I'm still fully stock. Haven't de bloated anything yet.

Did you guys remove/freeze a necessary asus app?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
I don't think is root related, yes I have a lot of frozen app

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I will back to full stock unroot no frozen app tomorrow we need to know :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
I think, somehow, it is root related. I also face different/same kind of screen problems only after root.

Both apply to .161 and .182 firmwares.

Edit: Just saw a flicker on status and navigation bar . It was coincided with an arrival of a new notification.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
when you say flicker on status and naviguation bar it's when you drag them down the bug appear ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
No. It apperared the moment notification arrives.

Edit: And the screen was on while it arrived.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
In my case, the top and bottom bars (the one with notifications and the clock and the one with the virtual buttons) are the ones that flicker. This problem appeared right after I rooted with the zenfone root application. When I'm in certain applications or when I'm navigating through Settings, it just happens. It used to be more often before though, don't know if it's related to the fact that I increased the animation scale in Developer Options or if it's something that just calmed down by itself. Still happens, but not so often anymore.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] cambridge79:
may i ask you a thing not related directly to this tablet.

i bought this tablet and i bought a smart cover on ebay for it. It works, problem is when i flip the front cover on the backside of the device the screen locks: the sensor feels the cover even if flipped on the back, i recognize the magnet in the cover is too strong . This makes it pretty useless. Is there a way in android to disable this feature at all or even better is there something i can do to shield the back of the device ( i've tried to put some tin foil on the back near the cover and some cardboard but it doesn't work )

apart from that i've not had any particular problem with the device. Battery life seem good, good performance, great screen. I had some problem with GPS, doesn't seem to work to well but i've tried it only 2 times ( one it took a while to pick the signal, second time i've not been able to pick it at all ). Haven't rooted and not intended to do so. Biggest problem is that it apparently doesn't handle games too well, some crash, some run slow, but i've not bought it for that purpose in mind so i don't really care.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
What games are you talking about? If you play them in power saving mode their quite slow, download an app called game booster and they make all your graphic heavy games run smooth, worked on my rooted k013 really well.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] t68kv:
Aluminum will not work since its not at magnetic material. Try looking for a thin sheet of metal "magnetic" and place it behind the cover so that it will absorb and block magnet of the cover from behind.