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[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
I have a little bug on the Asus UI. Sometimes, when I install something, the application doesn't appear in the interface menu (It can still be found and opened from google play though). To solve this, I must use the "Hide" option to hide the application which doesn't appear (yeah, the regular menu doesn't see it but it does appear in the "hide app" menu) and afterwards I must un-hide it. That solves the problem.

Anyone else encountered this bug?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Can't say I have. What firmware version are you on?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
I highly, HIGHLY recommend Nova Launcher. It even has some Android Lollipop features. But the customizability alone is amazing.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
I'm on .182, upgrading to that one allows you to upgrade to the latest Asus Zen UI from Google Play, which brings a new animation and a customization mode as well, but it seems that it has this little bug too at the moment.

I'll actually stay with the Asus one. It was annoying before .182 because it lacked customization, but now it's awesome, at least for me. But yeah, had Nova Launcher on another tablet before and indeed it's nice and has many ways of customization.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
Have you changed the view settings for the app menu? By default it is set to customized. Make sure it is changed to all. Also

, try reinstalling the launcher via the play store.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Thought about changing the view...but didn't know if "customized" refers to the ability to set the icons in any order you want or not. If I set it to "All" won't it show the menu from A to Z again? Will doing so reset my icons customization/order?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
It should just allow all apps to be seen.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Makes me wonder if Asus really tests these new firmwares before releasing them to the public... Sorry, but I think not.

Another thing. Has anyone tested lucky patcher with this tablet? For example locking play store's verification of apps.

I'd like to know before I soft brick this tablet. Thx in advance.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Never used Lucky Patcher, so can't say anything about this...but wouldn't installing Modded Google Play have the same effect?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Garabet:
I have installed the 182 firmware from my sd card and i am rooted atm!

I tried OTA on my rooted 161 but it failed, then i downloaded the 182 firmware from the mega download link here and applied it by using my sd card. Update finished successfully but i have lost root afterwards. I wanted to give a try to rootzenfone and it did the magic, somehow my device became rooted again despite your negative reports about it here in this forum thread.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] siksy:
Well, that is mine me176c and that statement from Asus isn't correct. They replaced "bad battery" - and result is zero... about 4% per hour battery drain when I switch off wifi (no apps from market - just basic asus's software instalation). So replacing battery DOESN'T HELP!!!! And still there is no solution for this stupid problem :(
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Well, I tried it and got stuck with demo mode, had to do a reset
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Usually a cracked google play store does indeed the trick, but unfortunately this isn't the case. I tried just an hour ago and it started to hiccup gasping for a x86 version of it. Luckily I backed up it. Otherwise I had to install the rom all over again to get the proper version. By the way. This applies to some of the other Google preinstalled apps.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
What do you mean by that? It doesn't work, does it crash, or does it give an error? And basically, if a x86 version won't be out, the cracked Google Play can't be used on this device?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Tell us more, how exactly did this work for you?

Guys, I don't think we should be discussing such apps as Lucky Patcher or the modded Play Store here as those encourage piracy. Let's keep this on topic.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Gonna ask a question, probably will seem like a noobish one, but it's been bugging me for a while. People keep talking about this device having x86 processor, so I just went with the flow. But isn't it actually x64 (even Asus mentions on the website that it's a 64 bit tablet)? So why are you referring to it as being x86? Got a little confused here. Did I misunderstand something? Or?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Alexnb:
x86 - mean Intel architecture verse ARM, x64 mean bits verse x32 :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dexter20082001:
It is an x64 based processor. People have been calling it an x86(32 bit) tablet because that is the version of android it is running. 64 bit processors are compatible with x86 software. Really the main thing that people are trying yo note is that it is standard computer hardware and is not ARM based.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] DarkCowboy:
Build prop

I am starting to believe that those of us who made changes to our build prop, are the ones who had to manually update, and why we lost root! The apps that we shouldn't mention make those changes.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] siksy:
Anybody tried this? It works for me. BT paired and turned on..During 8h battery usage is exactly 2% over night. .Asus replaced my battery as faulty but nothing happened with new one - battery drain with wifi off still 4% per hour. If wifi is on or wifi off but BT on - no battery drain..weird
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Has anyone thought of adding libhoudini into the ROM? It might allow for ARM apps to run, and the Z3745 can certainly handle the emulation.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
lot of magic in this thread for fresh XDA account ...... :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
What I mean zapz, is that I installed the modded version by an user called Chelpios and it opens for about a second then proof! It abruptly ends and shows an error message! I then reinstalled the original that came with the tablet and it's back on working. Not even the newest v5.0 of Google play store works.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
you have installed modded playstore by chelpus with luckypatcher ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Garabet:
I was a long time lurker here mate but I just registered to spread my magic secrets ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
(offtopic) I was in the same boat as you in one point. I registered for the same reason as a matter of fact. (/offtopic)

I wonder if ASUS has any plans to update the tablet to Android L. We'd be able to truly see what this Z3745 processor is capable of as L has 64-bit support.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
No. It's a standalone app. I don't need to patch it with lucky patcher.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
Asus confirmed zenfone (x86) go to android L, so I assume the tablet too ^^

you misunderstand me :)

install modded chelpus google play with lucky patcher, you can find on the toolbox option maybe it will work better ;) can't help you on that I'm waiting root for .182

lucky patcher is developed by chelpus, it's why I say that ;)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Garabet:
Yes, this tablet most likely gets the Android L but i am quite skeptical about the performance due to 1gb memory of it. As you know, all the 64bit software requires at least 1/3rd more memory than the 32bit one. I think 1gb might be insufficient for that
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Ahhh. My bad. Thx. I already done both ways and both ways failed. It must be something about the signed app. It's the price we pay for being legit I guess.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
just popup : http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-5-0-31-apk/

signed so I will update and come back for feedback ;) I cross my fingers I can't backup :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Ok, just a noob question. Can I download ME176C ROMs from asus.com and update my ME176CX?

I can't seem to find any ME176CX specific ROM on asus.com. My version is 3.1.23.151.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
It's universal. Do everything as you did whit c version.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
works perfect! smooth no hang up :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Ok... it's updating for 22 minutes now... Does it take that long to update or has the update halted and I'll have to update again? (If I can). :confused:

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Great news, but unfortunaly I have other problems now. But thanks for the link. Great stuff there. :good:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
no YouTube

Youtube app crashing and not working by the way.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
Go to settings / aplications, find youtube, uninstall updates, than go to play store / my apps / youtube and uncheck automatic updates. It worked for me

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That's too long. Did it work?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
you have use the OTA or the full rom from asus website ? stuck at boot with android logo and updating progress bar ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Yeah, it did, but gave me quite a scare!

It's done. I had to force a reboot and then it updated normaly. Although I had to do a complete wipe in recovery for the root to work. Now I have the .161 version, and I'm gonna stick with it for a while until someone come up with a root for .182 and beyond...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
I've worked with Shaka Huang and a rooting method is on the way (i'm rooted on .182) but need some more testing on others device to make it public, stay tuned and again thanks to Shaka (rootzenfone dev)

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Do you have a C or CX version, it's important for the new apk, the tricks is maybe here

thanks.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Shaka found an exploit in .182!

http://www.mediafire.com/download/70xzy32jxv8q8jh/RootZenFone-1.4.6.4r.apk
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
RootZenFone-1.4.6.4r.apk http://goo.gl/1PsQip

some others infos maybe usefull for others people

1. OTA survival mode in SuperSU is not working after 4.2 or 4.3

2. RootZenFone 1.3 or 1.4 and newer OTA survival mode enabled by default (still investigating why for some people it's work for others not)

3. 176cx is K013_1 and 176c is K013 but they both have the same ro.build.model property read K013 and new update change the demo program to read ro.build.device instead of ro.build.model so for 176c it should still be rootable using old rootzenfone apk
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Garabet:
I have the C version with 16gb memory.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
thanks
[MeMO Pad 7 General] DarkCowboy:
Root

thanks guys
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Can confirm this worked on my device k013_1 176cx supersu installed rootoolbox given root permission and have now removed certain bloatware.... this is on the 182 software..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dms76:
Should I do a factory reset first or just shoot for a dirty upgrade of. 182? I know with custom roms clean install is always recommended.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
You can just do a straight install...no factory reset needed..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
If you're doing it using OTA, then you can keep it as it is. I updated to .182 without doing a factory reset on OTA, had no problems.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dms76:
Well I screwed something up and was stuck in demo mode, had to d the factory reset. One issue I seem to be having is with Titanium and it is telling me to enable USB Debugging which I can't seem to find.

As an FYI Root seems to survive a a factory reset, as I ran the zenphone root and did a factory reset, during the reinstall it said already rooted.

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Oh never mind found this article here: http://www.citeworld.com/article/2146744/mobile-byod/how-to-access-android-developer-options-fake-gps.html
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
someone help me.

I am on .182 non rooted

Will this (rzf 1.4.6.4) work on my me176cx, has anyone tried this yet?

and not get my tablet stuck in demo mode?

Plus i tried installing the APK and it is giving me an error, look at the attachment for more details.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
Okay so let me get this right,

you were on .182 non rooted before

Now you have root because 'being on .182' you installed rootzenfone 1.4.6.4 and it successfully rooted it without being stuck on demo mode?

Am i right?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Yep that's correct was on 161 before the last update buggerd up the tablet

Then when the 182 update came out upgraded to that lost root then today saw the post regarding the rootzenphone gave it a try and it worked fine I just installed the app put the tablet on airplane mode ran the app counted to ten powered of the tablet then waited 30s and rebooted again all was good...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
I will flash new firmware and try new root app. If you want to be sure you can wait for my feedback.

Edit: When you update manualy, instalation may hang. It happened to me. I forced it off (hold power button for 3 seconds) and turned it on. It then updated succesfully.

New root app worked just fine, so i have root on 182. Big thanks to devs.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
IT WORKS!

Didnt work first time, did factory reset/ format data from fastboot recovery, then worked like a charm.

Didnt even go to Demo mode, after pressing Root on the app, after a few seconds it just said Reboot, AND THATS IT!

No demo scare or anythimg.

Sent from Me176cx 16gig K013
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
To avoy the update procedure to hang (happen to me too), it's best to go to recovery first and do a complete wipe and then do the update. Works like a charm.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Finally thinking of rooting my tablet as well, but before taking a decision, I have a question : Will rooting it have any impact on future updates? If Asus releases a new update, will I be able to do it using OTA, without any wipe/factory reset, as I did when I updated from .161 to 182, if I'm gonna be rooted? Or will the update fail and I'll need to reinstall the whole ROM from the Asus website?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thelegendy:
So, can we root 176CX .182 with this RZP app? Is it working??
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
Yeah, but guess what. Manual update left all my apps and internal memory intact. I didn't know it can do that.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
It works, I wouldn't have posted it if it didn't. Sounds like you need to download the file again.

Chances are, if you remove any bloatware, it will fail, and you'll have to manually update it. However, for future updates, I would wait for confirmation that root can be maintained or redone with each update before installing. Also, you don't have to download the whole ROM, since we now know how to find the link to the OTA update and just download that.

The last two pages are full of reports of it working. Did you happen to miss all those?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thelegendy:
No, but i cant believe it! :D Thanks, i will try...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Now that we have root working again is there any apps we can use to deodex the system or which apps are the best to remove from system...without causing any issue's.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
All this is perfect, now to focus on unlocking the bootloader D:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
The best way to get rid of the bloatware is to freeze it with link2sd. I can make a list of everything I freeze if you wish.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
I'm not planning to remove any bloatware. To be honest, I like the features that most of them bring. I mostly want root to be able to use Folder Mount (I have the 8 GB version, which has only 3.89 GB usable, so moving data of big games to Micro SD will be SO helpful). So in these conditions, if I only root it and not remove anything, future updates shouldn't bring any problems, right? And when I say problems, I'm not talking about keeping root after the update, I mean errors which wouldn't allow me to update the device. For root I could simply wait until a working version is out.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
That would great if you dont mind sharing....
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dms76:
Don't remove the contacts widget, I did that without thinking and now I get contacts crashed message. :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Could this Zenfone TWRP work on our tablet? Or is it just a pipe dream?

Link:

http://tinyurl.com/Zenfone-TWRP

Carefull, I don't know if it works. Dont use it unless you know what you're doing...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
I've only removed the google stuff and a few Asus apps like omlet chat, music, video editor, chrome,books, party link and facebook.

All seems well no issues the great thing with root is i can now have exposed installer with the gel launcher and xposed gel settings...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Probably a pipe dream. The Zenfone 5 more than likely has a different partition system. If one were to flash that TWRP on their tablet they have a chance of overwriting the bootloader. Yay, hard bricks!

If we can make the stock recovery think that a custom ROM that we flash is actually from ASUS it'll flash, but as for now I think the best we can do is make a debloated and deodexed stock ROM. Porting CM won't be easy, but once it's working it'll open the gateway to almost every other custom ROM out there.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
Yeah, you should be golden. And I think if you enabled the survival option in SuperSU it might stick through the next OTA update, too, from what a few users reported.

Make sure you remove Contacts and Contacts Storage as well, then.

We haven't even unlocked the bootloader yet, so there's no way to use that.

Have you gotten any sort of menu key to show up in the navbar? No matter how I do it with GravityBox, it won't show ANY new buttons, not even menu. And the 3-dot overflow menu button mod makes the navbar disappear entirely.

Yeah, if we can sign a custom recovery with an ASUS code signature, that would work, I think. But using another device's recovery is just bad mojo.

I don't think we'll see CM on this tablet for at least a couple months after unlocking the bootloader. Debloated ROMs, just a matter of a week or two.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
I used Android L Keys in exposed
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
someone help me out?

Okay so i want to install xposedframe work through greenify so

should i install it on my rooted me176cx .182

any chance of bricking or anything?

Should i or should i not?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
I have exposed framework installed and have had no issues

But not all exposed module's will work
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
Here you go. You can freeze even more and keep only the stuff you really use. If you get fc or any other problems, you can easily defrost and there will be no damage done.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Ok, for those of you who think there's lil difference between a tablet full of bloatware and one without, here's something to convince you... Or not. :D

BEFORE (FULL OF BLOATWARE):

AFTER:

With a minimum of essential apps like Facebook, Chrome, Youtube, Music, and other stuff I find essential.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Thanks is there anything you haven't frozen... Lol.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] GuyInDogSuit:
That's ALL your apps?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Seems like most don't work.

Sent from Asus Memo Pad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Yay, finally rooted! But oh boy, it did gave me quite a scare! Clicked to root, then a few notices/messages appeared and after that it opened that big window with Asus content. Didn't expect all that, panicked a bit...but after waiting like 10-15 seconds, I restarted the tablet and poof! It's rooted!

There are 2 changes in the interface though: the clock widget now has a transparent block on it and the menu/app drawer is now the same as the one in .162, it has a lower brightness again. Did this happened to you guys too?

Also, in Settings I have a new account set for "Email" application, called AsusLiveDemo. Is it ok to remove the account?

Oh and can I now uninstall Zenfone apk? And I see that the apk installed a car game too, should be ok to uninstall it, right?

Edit: Found out what was about the lower brightness on the widget and the app drawer. All I did is reset the wallpaper and color from settings and now they're the same as before.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
I kept all the things i need + added better alternatives of essential apps (quickpic for the gallery, Nova launcher, playerpro, file manager hd etc).

You are surprised? You should see my phone then. ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
Well I keep some widgets and stuff that don't need to show on the menu hidden. But yeah that's about it.

In the other tablet I own (BQ MAX2 QC) I have even less. Just programming and music editing apps.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] plopingo:
Don't uninstall "Zenfone" apk if you want keep root on the next OTA ;)

"Zenfone" have built in OTA survival mode, OTA survival mode in "supersu" is not working anymore since android 4.2 or 4.3.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
I also have a ton of apps installed-5th page of app drawer has 7 apps, and stll

Sent from Asus Memo Pad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Will keep it then, thanks :) What about the Email account named "Asus Demo" and the car racing game? It's ok to remove the account and uninstall the game?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Kk gravity box works kinda. Android L Keys works xposed gel settings works too.. Don't use much else but I have a moto RAZR I which has an Intel processor as well and there are no custom ROMs for it plenty of custom stock ROMs but no cm11.. All the devs who have tried with custom ROMs for the RAZR I have all come to a stall regarding the sound files ...maybe some one here could take a look but we need the bootloader unlocked ...on the k013 first ..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
I guess this tablet represents a real challenge to the devs mind. I've seen them doing miracles in a week or two. This thread is much older and still nothing. I wish I had the skills to crack this out, but I'm still learning the awesome art of programming.

Anyways, no pressure guys. If you need an incentive, I'll lend you my gf, for say... 10 minutes! :D

Jfwy guys, hehehe.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
I like gravity box, but a lot of it doesn't work. The Android L buttons are nice, and I found another one- xposed status text- that works well.

Cool tool also works.

Sent from Asus Memo Pad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
Can you tell me how you installed yours?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] move_over:
Just search for xposed installer, once installed you can use the download tab to get modules.

Sent from Asus Memo Pad 7
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Does the Tinted Status Bar module cooperate with ZenUI?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] unlikelymist:
That's it.

Getting really impatient with this tablet, if only there was a way to install pure vanilla android.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
I don't fu**ing believe this. Once again soft brick. This time, I only updated the damn thing to .182...

It hanged after I did a factory/cache wipe and now it just loops the Asus logo twice and gets to recovery and sits there like a dumb sh** saying "no command"...

That's it, Farewell Asus, Go Fu** Yourself!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ICavalera:
Made 182 manual update.

Then install RFZ make the root, restarted after ten seconds. And got root.

Removed the bloatware... And till now. Everything is OK.

For me, root OK on 182. I'm using Me176c version.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
As I said yesterday, I rooted as well, but there's one thing that keeps bugging me. Ever since I rooted the tablet, the top and bottom of the tablet (the zone on the top, where the clock is and the one at the bottom, where the virtual buttons are) flicker sometimes when I use some applications or when I enter Settings. Anyone else encountered this? The device works fine, but that flicker is giving me mini-heart attacks (yeah, I freak out when I have gadget problems, especially when I don't have money to get another one in case something goes wrong with this one).
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
Well, you have some serious bad luck. Did factory reseting it again make it work?