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[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
There are too many parameters. Uefi should support both 32 and 64 bit. Boot image as well should be compatible with uefi and should support both 32 and 64 bit roms. Afterwards Rom should be compatible with the kernel and uefi.

Developing aosp sounds easier... :(
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I'm downloading that lightweight firmware now. Hopefully it's a change for the better.

EDIT: Downloaded, making a backup then installing now. If this works it'll be my main until CyanogenMod or AOSP is ported.

EDIT 2: ...bootloop. Yay. I'm reflashing the file, and this time not rooting it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
ive actually seen a kitkat backup somewhere on this thread would it work?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
Not as it is. Kernel needs some changes first.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I THINK I got that lightweight ZenUI build to work.

The problem was that in the updater-script /system wasn't being wiped so I did it myself. Looks like it worked- the zip took significantly longer to install this time around, the boot animation is different, and the other times I had tried flashing this lightweight build it's just been the ASUS animation. It actually took so long I adb shell'd in during the installation and made sure /system was actually getting populated :p

It'll take a while to boot since one of the things I tried was a factory reset. Hopefully I'll report back with good news.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
i didnt said it didnt needed either.. im only talking about restoring system partition and then flashing the edited boot.img
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Got it, thanks.

Setup Wizard did crash a few times (but I think that's because I connected to WiFi)

System's back up and running, and Google Play is restoring all of the apps I had from before the reset.

450MB free of RAM is almost suspiciously high... I have a feeling it'll get worse over time.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ardicli2000:
In this case. It could. But it should be compatible with uefi and rom.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
I would like the list of the deleted apps please! :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I'm having an issue, don't think it's the ROM though. Bluetooth and the camera don't work.

This started happening when I upgraded to .33 using a Nandroid from my brother's tablet. I assumed it was because of the Nandroid.

Thing is, it's not working on this ROM either.

I did a logcat of the camera app trying to connect. It gives a no such device error (-19) and a few lines before that the system says it couldn't connect to /dev/video0

Any ideas? I don't think it's hardware, but I'm still kinda confused about it...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
i know what it is.. install .33 without using the nandroid and let uefi update, then unlock bootloader again and reinstall the new version (its a problem with bootloader versions not matching, ive had that about 3/4 times)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I think you're right. The bootloader version is different because of the Nandroid. It also explains why other people had the same problem when they did the Nandroid.

I'll try that. Is there a script that just updates the uefi?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Can anyone reupload the russian .36? I downloaded 5 times and every time I get a different MD5..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thegreatn_:
Check your PM :)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
i dont think there is build you could easily change the updater script and delete all files except esp and meta-inf (of course.) and also i have an issue since i started upgrading manually this tablet in droidboot the serial no is 01234567890123456789 but in settings on info it shows normal serial number.

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can we get an update of the permanent twrp? i want to install some themes but they are all updated to latest version (3.0.0) and in result i cant do the slide to flash/enable because it doesnt work
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
So, I've downloaded the .36 package...

I deleted everything except for esp.zip, and I modified the updater-script to look like this:

mount("/system");
package_extract_file("esp.zip", "/tmp/esp.zip");
flash_esp_update("/tmp/esp.zip");
unmount("/system");

[MENTION=4821597]social-design-concepts[/MENTION] should that be enough to trigger a UEFI update? I don't even know if mounting system is necessary...

Alternatively, the UEFI update is distributed in a file called BiosUpdate.fv, is there a way to directly flash that? Phone Flash Tool, perhaps?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Can confirm that the .36 russian backup has 450 MB free RAM, will update how it preforms.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thegreatn_:
I have 400 MB free as usual:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I was up to 600 MB free when I first booted the thing up.

I don't know what voodoo magic 4PDA did... but I like it.

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400MB's normal for you? I used to hover around 200-300
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thegreatn_:
[MENTION=5479482]jerbear294[/MENTION], yes, tablet works fine and has no hovers. On stock .36 I had 300 MB of free RAM and my background app closing every time, when I launch new app. At this ROM, this problem disappeared
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
I don't mind the ram being used as long as the tablet is responsive, I don't however like that I can't have firefox, relay for reddit and metal for facebook open in the same time, makes multitasking really troublesome when firefox has to reload everything and relay to reload the whole app so I don't know where I stopped reading
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Same, typically free RAM is wasted RAM but this device takes that too seriously.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] vampirefo:
Installed on ares 8 just for the heck of it, boots ups seems to work, battery dead ares 8, so will test later. Let charge for a few hours.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
for me on stock i have 300/400 and rught after boost about 500and sometimes i get 600

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is there anyway of using spotify and playing or simply browsing without it going off? its frustrating...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Yeah the tablet doesn't like music, it kills it when you're doing ANYTHING else besides playing music.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
You can thank the memory management for that one.

I haven't tested it on the lightweight ROM (I usually only listen to music on the way to school) but on the other ZenUI ROM on some days it would be a struggle getting Viper4Android and the stock music app to cooperate.

Sometimes they'd work perfectly. Other times I'd have to make the focused app Viper4Android before I put the tablet to sleep in order for the music and Viper4Android to work- and sometimes if I did that, the music app would be purged out of memory once it went to the next song.

[MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] You mentioned there was a firmware from another tablet that was on 5.1, do you still have that? If the ZenUI build works on an Ares 8, odds are that tab's firmware will work on our MeMO Pad.

If I'm understanding correctly it's AOSP (or close to it)? If so it'll definitely hold me over until AOSP 6.0 :P

EDIT: Teclast X98 Air 3G is very AOSP-like, and also has Lollipop. It may be a good candidate as well.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] vampirefo:
Yes, I still have it will release it next week, possible Monday, when I get home.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I'll GLADLY wait a week for an AOSP-esque 5.1 ROM, take your time.

Speaking of...

[MENTION=7057426]Penguineh[/MENTION] any news? Lightweight ZenUI is progress, that 5.1 ROM will do for now, but something tells me we're not getting Marshmallow from any Bay Trail tablet manufacturer any time soon.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] thebulletfromhell:
For KK, if there is an UEFI tab with KitKat (i.e. one of those Chinese tabs like the Telecast) you could try and use their ROM
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
I'd prefer Lollipop, though- otherwise I'd probably do it.

Besides, lightweight ZenUI will hold me over perfectly fine until [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] releases the firmware for that other tab with AOSP 5.1.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
theres only 1 app that reacts really good its tunein radio it doesnt close (very hard to make it close)

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if anyone ever played mcpe (minecraft pocket edition), you notice some lag when having full render distance on this tablet is there any way of that not happening and also when using a shader texture pack (shadows) the game can become really laggy..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Don't think so, the shader packs use OpenGL ES 3.0, and coupled with full render distance it probably really stresses the GPU.

You could try messing with GLTools but I don't know how far it will get you.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
After we get cm or aosp can someone start porting roms like resurection remix? and im also wondering if its possible to somehow edit systemfiles amd transfer asus theme manager apk and change themes easily like on the zenfone?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] daspex:
hi,

sorry for a further noob question but what means the issue - broken PMU hardware detected ?

never mind...got it
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Can anyone confirm the MD5 (30f6556ed366428c4e615f1277c4676d) of the russian .36? I have downloaded 6 times including from my own google drive and I still can't match it with the one from 4pda (30f6556ed366428c4e615f1277c4676d), what the hell?

nevermind, got it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
We have a Android-M rom from Trekstor, i already downloaded it to use the blobs, the issue is building an imin kernel that would be compatible with it and the legacy efi / bios found in devices like ours.

But last night i found a bunch of android-50 and android-51 source hidden away in a bunch of android-44 sources that had been leaked so i'm sorting through it to see what if any is usable.

"imin_mr1/byt_t_ffrd8_64/a51/rel_20150123-2015_ww04" kinda makes you sick to realize that manufactures had access to 5.1 source as far back as January 2015 but updated devices to 5.0 instead.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
Why? Was it easier to adapt it for 5.0 than for 5.1?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] vampirefo:
Well after my tablet charged, I tested rom, seems to unstable to use for my tablet, it looks nice, seems to run fine, crash each time I try to update from playstore.

I am guessing something was removed that my tablet needs for the rom to run correctly on my tablet, Anyway thanks
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
probably comes down to why would you buy the new android 5.1 device if you could the android 4.4 device cheaper and have it over the air update to 5.1
[MeMO Pad 7 General] smsalom:
Ram management is working fine in my tablet, i'm running like five apps in background like spotify, gmail, browser, wallapop, gallery.. and i didn't experienced any crash.. yet :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Don't you just LOVE planned obsolescence?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Mis012:
What do you think about porting latest twrp (3.0) to our tablet? As it already has the basic structures in ramdisk we may be able to just go with replacing binaries? P.S I wanted to ask if you could look around in aptio setup utility and then try to play around with usb vbus setting if you find it? it may be the reason why we need powered otg - it is off by default and then the os maintains it itself (while the firmware should do so) and only turns it on if OTG cable is used? As if you found out it eliminates the need for extra power source, it could help people not having the Y cable? Also you could look at differences in Setup efivar - it may hold these options (just a binary/hex diff)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Has anybody changed the DPI settings??? I changed them from 213 to220 and the result isn't to bad .... Makes the notification drawer same size as screen and the settings draw to one...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
its weird and hard to use the keyboard ive used that dpi already a few days ago

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i ported 3.0.0 i just have an issue.. recovery img is bigger than the partition so i cant flash...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Are you using Google keyboard...I use the ASUS one....
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pjim:
And I wont buy anything without a card slot. Root or not, this little guy stays.

I'll get it rooted.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] shawnsac2000:
I forgot that it doesn't have a sd slot
[MeMO Pad 7 General] NDR008:
By the way. asus put the source and adb driver on their site.

No flash images though.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pjim:
I couldn't see them just now. Was it somewhere besides support?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] NDR008:
I looked up memo pad 7, support, tools and drivers.

There was a strange USB thing. Not listed as abd. Also wrong model.

But I downloaded it and opened it. It's log file mentions all asus pads.

Installation had to be done manually like the generic Google driver. I think it is actually the Google files just renamed. But I didn't bother checking.

Can post more detail tonight if necessary.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] NDR008:
Just realised that besides the kernel code there is also 15MB zip with boot.img and initrd.img!!!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] NDR008:
Got a chance to check it out?

I had no time myself to attempt anything over adb.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pjim:
Not yet, work keeps me busy. Still playing around with it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] iplayairsoft:
usb audio

hey guys this is my first post, i recently picked up one of these tablets to use as an in car entertainment device, i have been trying for like 3 days to get it to send the sound signal out through the microusb port, i have a diy otg y cable hooked up to a usb dac, , any help on getting this thing to output the audio through the usb would be greatly appreciated
[MeMO Pad 7 General] NDR008:
Android 4.4 has limited otg. basically only his. That is why I want to root it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] usamartinez:
new to android

Hi

I purchased my asus memopad me176cx 3 weeks ago, I have been using ipad's for 2 years and I wanted to give android a chance. I purchased 64gb microsd card to find out that I could not move the apps there, only pictures, music, video's and files, this seemed extrange because a few years back I tried a friend's android tablet and I was able to move the apps to the card.

I hope that rootig this tablet will be as easy as jailbreaking my ipad.

I will keep watching this thread to get some tips how to root my tablet.

Tank you

Mario
[MeMO Pad 7 General] shawnsac2000:
It's going to be a while, if we bought a more popular tablet. It would have a better chance of root, custom recovery, roms. I should have bought the Transformer prime or waited for the new HTC tablet.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] usamartinez:
Thank you for your reply, I will keep looking, I hope is not to long.

Thanks

Mario
[MeMO Pad 7 General] nogarder:
Greetings, I just bought a Me176CX.

Nothing more was updated on again.

Awaiting news on the root.

doubt, once you have cast root, will I lose the official update?

Thank you
[MeMO Pad 7 General] shawnsac2000:
You & I will be waiting a looooong time.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pjim:
I thought I had it with Motochopper. Went through the whole process, even installed supersu. But no root.

I used Cydia Impactor to get really good working drivers. Kingo actually connects now, but is unable to get root. I'm fooling with it every weekend when I'm not working. Hang tight! We'll get something soon. Most of the root tolls I've noticed are really outdated. Once they catch up to the more recent processors, we should be ok. Remember, this tablet is only a couple months old and isn't real popular.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Try the mediocrity that is vRoot. I'm considering picking up one of these tablets. If vRoot can't do it I'll have to try my hands on porting ClockWorkMod.

Also, since adb works, try going into adb shell and pulling the original recovery.img from the tablet and putting it into builder.clockworkmod.com

Worst case scenario I'll need a "guinea pig" to test out my cwm builds if I don't get one of these tablets soon.

I am by no means "high powered" but I'm able to help.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] pjim:
Well by high powered,I only mean coders that can find exploits, and that want to. I am a fine able bodied "guinea pig" but we can't flash crap as it is. We have drivers, fastboot that seeks an extsd, so if we can get an exploit, CM11 is a port away. My vision is Cyanongenmod on any thing I want. This is great hardware, begging for a great OS.

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And vroot is a no go.

Doesn't work.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
Well, dangit...

Hopefully you all find a way to flash stuff.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] snoozii:
This might be stretching it since root hasn't even been figured out yet, but is there a chance this device will dual boot ubuntu/android or windows/android?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Not too good, in my case I lose like 3% over 7-8 hours. If I have Wi-Fi off, I lose 20-25% over 8 hours though, so it's still better. Oh, and for the Wi-Fi on fix to work, make sure not only to have Wi-Fi on, but also check that Wi-Fi is set to "Always on" from the Wi-Fi settings and if you're using the Asus Power Saver, set it to the second option (the one that extends battery, but keeps the Wi-Fi always on).
[MeMO Pad 7 General] ICavalera:
You have the same stats and settings as I.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] salekojot:
Really guys, what battery drain?

I use greenify app, but don't put Asus's app in hibernation!

Look at my battery stats.

This time my language on pictures is English [emoji12] [emoji1]
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
You kept the Wi-Fi on all the time, maybe that's why you didn't notice. It goes like this : If you have Wi-Fi off, Android OS process (you can see it in battery stats) doesn't let the tablet enter deep sleep mode...and because of that, it consumes more battery than it should. If you have it on with certain settings (the ones mentioned above), the device can enter sleep mode and so the drain doesn't occur (battery still consumes a bit more than it should, but that's because Wi-Fi is permanently on, but there's no helping it, since Wi-Fi off makes battery drain even faster, 20-25% in like 7-8 hours). It also seems that I have to restart the device once every 5-6 days, or else the battery drain problem will reappear even with Wi-Fi on...not sure yet though, it happened to me twice, still testing it.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] sistah:
Those are EXACTLY my concerns too, I'm really looking forward for a clear answer soon™.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] salekojot:
But way you keep tablet on with WiFi off?

I will test today my tablet with aeroplan mode, or just with WiFi off?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
I think I tested it in airplane mode as well and had the same result. As long as Wi-Fi isn't permanently on (and with the right settings, including power saver), the battery will drain faster. I'm satisfied with losing 3% in 8 hours with Wi-Fi on, but still I'd like to get a fix from Asus, since I'd like to turn Wi-Fi off when I'm not using it (used to do that on my old tablet).

And also, why I'd like to keep Wi-Fi off when I'm not using it? For an even lower battery consumption of course. Under normal circumstances, if this problem wouldn't exist, Wi-Fi off would conserve the battery even better. Instead of 3% over 8 hours, it would be something like 1-2% I guess, not much of a difference but if you're not using it for some time, it adds up.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] draco_ag:
I just bought the MEMO 7 tablet in China, without Google Apps inside the ROM.

Is there a secure way to install them or is there a good method to replace the CN firmware version with WW version which have the Google Apps and Account support?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] salekojot:
Download latest Google play store from site http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/...l-design-app-and-content-pages-apk-download/

Install it, then install other Google apps from Google pay with your account .

Before that go to settings->security -> unknown sources must be checked, to install app from tablet memory.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Alexnb:
You can try to install the WW firmware from here http://www.asus.com/Tablets/ASUS_MeMO_Pad_7_ME176C/HelpDesk_Download/

But I can't guarantee success :confused:
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Foxgrove:
Fabulous!!!

Many thanks for a long waited for fix!! :D
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
Wish I could say the same. Got all my settings the same. Power save with network/wifi always on, allow scanning for networks, allow wifi on sleep "always". Still get way faster drain than I should (15 % in 7-8 hrs)..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
I guess restarting the device gave no results? Mentioned a few posts back that the problem came back twice for me, even with Wi-Fi on, but after a restart, everything was good again. Also, since the settings are the same as mine, can you check if Android OS is still the culprit or if something else is draining the battery ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Hag77:
Well, I checked and now the android OS is at least in 2nd place behind screen by about 10%. So maybe the restart helped a little bit- but it's still way more drain than I'd expect.. When I get some more time I'll prob root and try that xposed app (can't remem the name right now) that forces deep sleep..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] zapz:
Don't know if it will help, but I also have Location options off, all the settings from Android Device Manager ( in google settings) are unchecked and the Ads option ( in google settings as well) is checked.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] lost.dark:
where can i find 176cx original rom?Asus site had only 176c rom. is it same with 176cx?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] kyriakos II:
hello guys

i bought me176cx too and i installed rootzenfone from the first day.

the thing is that now i think that i can't update the tablet.the system informed me for an update one time,i downloaded it, tried to install it but it failed.

and now everytime i check the tablet is up to date.

i found the new firmware in asus site but there are 4 different versions.how can i be sure about which one is for me??and also how can i install it??

also i tried with various apps to move applications to the sd card but failed...

soory for the rookie questions but i'm a little confused...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] profee:
if you are not from China, Japan or Taiwan, download the one that starts with 'ww'.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] kyriakos II:
thanks my friend.

what's the easiest way to install it..??
[MeMO Pad 7 General] bravesoul:
My question too...
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Asus keyboard..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
buttons too big... weird *and i know i can make them smaller...)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
You can.adjust the keyboard height under settings..
[MeMO Pad 7 General] Ruben Craveiro:
and i said i know i can make the keyboard smaller........ read what i said -_-"
[MeMO Pad 7 General] dog121:
Doh Doh must be sunday..:)
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
F-ing UFO Graphics err!!!
[MeMO Pad 7 General] :
What happened ?
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
ROM development... Isn't is fun?

From what I understand UFO is a graphics driver for Intel chips.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] social-design-concepts:
Yes it's the closed source proprietary Intel graphics driver complaining about grallco mismatch.

Going to try the tesco 5.1 prebuilt blobs to see it they help but I'm almost sure once resolved I'll have cm-12.1 booting. There are a couple of other errors but I think they're related to the UFO graphics not loading.
[MeMO Pad 7 General] jerbear294:
This should go without saying, but I really appreciate all of the work you're doing on these devices. You're the sole reason we've made any progress, at all.

Because of you:

-we have an insecure bootloader

-we have permanent TWRP

-we have a root exploit for Lollipop

and soon, we'll have CM12.1...

...what's this? I think I hear a donation coming your way... :P

EDIT: Sent you a donation- sorry it's not much, I'm trying to save up for a PC upgrade.