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[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
It was suggested by Kansasboy001. He carries enough weight with me to consider his suggestions. I hope it works or that will reinforce the reason I wanted to stay on internal.

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I'll give it a try. Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Just wanted to jump in, since I'm more on the user end of things than otherwise but have played a *lot* with both an old TF101 and my present TF700... external set-up using the directions given in both the Zombi and Crombi-KK threads works like a charm. F2FS also highly recommended here. I see little to no lag on my tablet running a sandisk 64g external setup w/ rom2sd -- I've also tried the data2sd and it worked fine (but I like dual booting so went back to rom2sd). I am quite content with my TF700 (plus dock), and for good measure stuck a 64g sd card in the dock. Heh. For Christmas, my kids are getting me a 128g micro-sd card... I sure hope it works on this baby (have heard they do). Bottom line, though? You will, I think, be shocked at how much snappier things are once your newly installed external Zombi-X rom settles in and all your apps have been downloaded from google.

One annoyance re Zombi for me... when I use the browser and the tablet goes to sleep, awakening it causes the browser to either lock up or minimize. That is the only annoyance / problem I've had with this honey, and I'm very grateful to the developers for the whole stack of Cromi-X > Cromi-KK > Zombi-X > rom2sd > f2fs and all the rest.
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
I'm getting anxious. Hope it goes smoothly for me. I still would like someone to (as Ricky Ricardo would say) splain to me how this makes things better. I like to understand why i'm doing what i'm doing.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
The TF700 has been crippled from the start by a cheap and slow emmc Asus put into this tablet. That's the reason for the slow I/O.

The data2sd trick forces the tablet to mount as /data a partition on a fast microSD and use that partition as it would normally use /data on the internal card.

So all the r/w processes for /data are now handled by the fast microSD instead of the slow internal emmc resulting in faster, smoother operation.

On those roms supporting data2sd a preinit script checks if you have a microSD in the tablet that is formatted for data2sd. If it finds one, the /data partition on the microSD is mounted. If it doesn't, the tablet boots normally with /data on internal.

The key to success for data2SD is to choose a fast card. And unfortunately you cannot believe anything the manufacturers state....

I believe the general consensus is that a class 10 UHS card is the best choice.

Would you agree, guys?
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
Great explanation. Now I understand. The card that I ordered is a class 10

up to

95mbps. Don'know what i'll actually get. Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Nice said....:good: In general, class 10 and UHS 1 is the best....;) I am using Samsung 64G Pro class 10 UHS 1 for data2sd for more than 1 year and it is still running great. According to my testing, it is faster than the internal sd especially the write speed...:laugh: However, the rated speed on the sd card is for squential r/w speed but the tf700 needs the random r/w speed to see improvement overall. I don't know a good way to test it... In short, I see the overall performances improving with data2sd comparing to the internal sd...:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
Which way to go?

Immohr4 rom2sd

Esoxx data2sd

Shonkin rom2sd

Bernblb data2sd

LetMeKnow data2sd

Looking for speed and minimal lag.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
If you only want to run one rom (that is, you aren't sick like some of us here who have to play with the various roms) you can easily go data2sd. If you want to be able to have (my setup here) Cromi-X on your internal partition just so you can run one rom that looks and acts just like Asus designed it, and have a second rom that is your main one for speed and work and so on (in my case Zombi-X at the moment), go rom2sd. Both work fine as far as the speed - up goes, and it is basically identical either way.

One additional thing... if you are one of the sick ones (and there are so many of us) you gotta make sure to use Nandroid backups (via TWRP recovery) to quickly freeze a perfect copy of your last good install. That way, you can install some other tweaked version and not worry about losing all the work you did on the previous one. A simple "restore" via TWRP allows you to put your backup back as it was.

It's all good. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
CrystalDiskMark tests both Sequential & Random r/w speeds

http://sourceforge.jp/projects/crys...rystalDiskMark3_0_3b-en.exe/?use_mirror=jaist
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
Thanks for the advice. I'll probably keep it simple.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lmmohr4:
Somehow I got this reply to you instead of the guy you replied to. Sorry

Yes, there were problems with the Extreme card. [MENTION=5408477]biggyrat[/MENTION]

Actually, I've been away from internal for so long, it's hard to remember.

I've got two 64gb Sandisk Ultra cards, one running KK and the other Zombi. Both setups are basically the same: f2fs, _thatv11, Fsync off, both gpu on, the rest as default selections. Haven't put the KK card in for several months. The only lag I get intermittently is from a slow sync of the wifi on startup after sleep, and stopping/restarting wifi useusally cures that.

It just works. (but I miss messing around and can't wait for the guys to get the next one out.) Great job fellas!

lmm
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
Thanks! I feel better now about the purchase that I made. Won't recieve it til December 29.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Thanks for the link but I am more interested in testing directly on the tf700 between the internal and external sd without using window with the adapter..:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] hardslog:
Big things are in the not too distant future for Zombi Nation ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] duckredbeard:
Who wouldn't want some new candy for Christmas?
[Asus Transformer TF700] awilson77584:
I've found that only installing the least amount of apps I can live with helps performance. It seems (haven't read the code) that reducing the number of apps makes whatever structure used to list them when opening the drawer smaller and quicker.

I haven't tried folders. Maybe that would help. I think they're ugly and don't use them though.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Uh oh uh oh oh!!!!!!!

I was about to flash back to CROMi-X just for a change. Tell me it's a lollipop! Yes? Yes?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tek_No:
If so hopefully 5.0.2. Not sure if this also applies to our TF700 but 5.0.2 includes some fixes for nand flash (like for the Nexus 7)
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
I woud say yes, as josh has been working in the omni gerrit to bring lolipop to the tf700. Crombikk will probally wait untill cm starts official nightlys. I guess I have to make a lollipop version on asus apps now.

BTW th next version of asus apps will have asus app backup and my dictionary!
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatboyinlycra:
Who wouldn't want any ROM from you guys? I have to say with your help the sun really does shine out of my Asus :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] Essentrix:
Lol well put! Enjoy your Christmas. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Merry Christmas, Everyone!

And hey, I just slapped a 128g micro-sd chip in my TF700 and then tried installing a rom2sd Zombi-X setup. Guess what? It *is* a Merry Christmas... because it worked like a charm. I used a Samsung EVO 128g MicroSDXC Class 10 card. My sons bought it for me, and I couldn't wait to install. Hehehe... would have been an expensive experiment if it didn't work! Somehow, I was just sure it would.

*ADDED* And about partitioning a 128g micro-sd... I tried to get photos, not too great, of gparted format settings I used. Here's the only one worth even offering here. Hope it is helpful -- the sizes are fairly random, so feel free to try your own combinations. As per the original directions at the start of this thread, I used gparted off a usb stick to boot my laptop (a macbook air, which I didn't expect to work!). I made three partitions, one for storage (the fat32 partition), one for data (the big ext4 partition), and one 1g partition for /system. During the actual Zombi-X Rom2sd install I choose f2fs for the data. And this tablet is running wonderfully -- I'm slapping all sorts of junk in here with all this real estate to play with, including my 30g ebook collection. Ye-Haw! ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] calvinb1:
Zombi-Pop...Yum!
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
Got my card early, on the 23rd. Installed on the 24th, data to sd. Love it so far and don't anticipate any problems. Very speedy and good response.

Only issue that I had was that some of the asus apps wouldn't install. I tried several times and had installed them several times in the past, but couldn't get it to work from the installer. I went ahead and reinstalled my apps via tibu and my asus apps installed from there. I'm a happy camper again!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Rubister:
What kind of battery life do you guys get on Zombi-X? I'm on interactive governor and sio scheduler, gets the best scores in Antutu, but my battery life doesn't seem to be that great.

Edit: Seems to be improving over a few days.

Alarm Clock Plus seems to crash Zombi-X though. Haven't discovered why yet.

I had some difficulty getting any other wallpaper to work other than the default red wood background. Using Nova Launcher now and changing wallpaper in the general settings area seemed to work if I chose an image for the wallpaper instead of trying one of the non-live wallpapers.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Re Rubister's Q about battery life... I get decent battery life overall, but have noticed one anomaly which may or may not have anything to do with Zombi-X as much as the hardware itself. And that is that if I let the battery (batteries actually, as I have the dock as well) run down to near empty, say around 17 percent or so left in the tab's battery, I have sometimes gotten very abnornal behavior including lock-ups -- also (yesterday) the tab run down that far started refusing to charge. I had to shut it down, plug it in, and around an hour or two later restart it. That did the trick. Did some reading on line about the batteries and found some folks suggesting these batteries are not meant to be completely or nearly so discharged; for best life they should be plugged in while still around half full. Of course, that makes battery life seem much shorter... and maybe this is just an issue with my tablet and not all TF700 tabs. Anyway, figure it was worth noting / bringing up. Anyone else notice this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatboyinlycra:
I get similar but it starts around 25% for me when undocked and I have noticed that I an getting much shorter times between charges than I used to with less screen on time too. This has been recent whereas I have been running zombi since sbdags released it sui think my hardware is beginning to deteriorate which is a shame as although I have been tempted to get a new tablet nothing seems to come close with the features of the infinity - you know... The 2 sd card slots, the full sized USB that can drive external hard drives, the keyboard, the lag
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Well, that the battery cycles are getting shorter is normal - unfortunately....

Here's what Asus has to say about that: http://support.asus.com/repair.aspx?no=604&SLanguage=en

We're not getting younger folks, and neither is this tablet :laugh:

Flipping to the next year in your calendar tends to become less exciting equivalent to the number of times you've done it already, right?

"Happy" New Year everyone :cool:
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Yep, I'm an infinity junkie as well. Started out with a transformer TF101! I suppose about the time the TF701 becomes passe, I'll buy one. That's how I roll... way behind the technological cutting edge. I like the design of the ASUS Android tabs very much. If windows 8 didn't stink so bad, I'd be tempted by the new ASUS tabs running it. But Android itself is very addictive, in part because of its linux roots and frankly in part because of how inexpensive it is to get apps compared to Windows or OS X.

Hardware with micro-sd, another sd (in dock), various other ports, in either tab or laptop mode... what's not to like? ;) Now if we can just get zombi-pop...
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I somehow have the feeling it's right around the corner...
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Anticipation.... Anti-ci-pa a tion...

Is making me late

Is keeping me waiting...

hehehehe....
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mikerla:
Well if the LP for this device is anything like the Alpha version I am using on my Droid Razr Maxx HD the battery life will be dramatically improved as well as super fast and super smooth.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Omni homemade

Hi All,

With the joined effort with [MENTION=2158597]hardslog[/MENTION], [MENTION=4878287]_that[/MENTION], and [MENTION=905572]scanno[/MENTION] here is a preview of Omni5.0.. Most things are working. Use the latest SuperSU for root and be careful with

your GApps... The system partition is not large enough for the PA GApps stock Lollipop GApps !!!

Of course flash on your own risk.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717073117

Happy new year to all, and happy flashing !!!!!

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
hot stuff! :good:

is it _that's kernel so if installed on Internal would be compatible with a ROM2SD install too? :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF700] keshavmot2:
After installing the lollipop build, I realized that DATA2SD isn't working, but it boots off the internal storage. Does the kernel that comes with the rom support DATA2SD? When installing either _that's kernel or Grimlock's kernel I get a bootloop. Any suggestions for running DATA2SD with lollipop?

So far the rest of the rom is absolutely AMAZING!!!

Thanks,

KM
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
This is not a zombi build, thats why I called it OMNI HOMEMADE ...... :D

As there is no official OMNI thread for the 700 I posted this here ....

We will be working on a zombi release in the coming week .... :good:

But let me work on a patch that can be flashed ......

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Heh... watching the ball drop in NYC as I played with the alpha "Homemade" tf700 lollipop version. I got it up and running, hooked up w/ the network, but had to wipe it again because I couldn't get my external install of Zombi-X back with it there. ;)

THANK YOU guys.... looking so forward to the Lollipop on my tab!
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
There! You still got it into 2014! Congrats mate - great work!

But without a thread where the heck do we report the bugs????? LOL

Love it so far, installed it with PA gapps mini 5.0.1 beta (actually a nice basic package).

Does the kernel support f2fs?

I had internal on f2fs and the first boot ended in a screen: This tablet is encrypted, bla, bla, bla.

Formatted /data to ext4, reflashed rom and gapps and everything is well.

Just screen rotation is not working at all for me unless the app forces it. The initial log in screen of Tapatalk forced it to portrait but otherwise it's stuck in landscape.

I was about to flash CROMi-X just to flash SOMETHING, then you came to the rescue! Thanks!! :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
No f2fs that will come with zombi ...

Yes auto-rotate does not seem to work, will look into it .....

I also have some things to add over the next few days ......

There will be an official thread and it will most likely be my thread..... :victory:

That will have to wait till I get the ok from OMNI which will most likely come when the build goes nightly .......

I have no ETA on when it will go official but it is very good being part of the OMNI team ..... :highfive:

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatboyinlycra:
Happy new year guys this is exciting news.

Can't wait for your goodies that will follow.

Couple of questions... Theoretically would it be possible to repartition the internal storage like I've done with my old galaxy note phone?

Failing that, when it goes more official and it supports rom2sd, creating the system partition larger will get round the gapps issue won't it?
[Asus Transformer TF700] tiernan22:
The work this team puts into this device always amazes me!

Are the kernels forcing encryption or will they be encryptable?

Happy New Year, everyone.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
I have a little more testing for anyone that would like _thats auto detection and kernel .....

Flash after you have installed and booted the OMNI HOMEMADE BUILD .......

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717073289

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] Shadow128:
Hi together,

first of all: Happy new year to everyone!

A few days ago I tried the Zombi-X Rom on my TF700, and I think it is running a little bit better than my old rom (don't excactly know which one I installed).

But maybe you can give me some hints on options to let it work much better ;)

In my TF700 I've a Class10 Sandisc Ultra 64GB

- Is this card ok for using in my Tablet? I tested it with CrystalDiskMark and I got 19MB/s read and 13MB/s write speed.

On installation I choosed the following options

- _that Omni Kernel

- Install Rom2SD

- No I use .....

- Balanced 1.5GHz/Performance 1.8GHz/Enable OC

- F2FS User

- 213dpi

- 1600x100

I think that should be the options for best performance mode? And what can I change after installation?

And after installation. Can I change the theme colors to stock one? I don't like the red theme for example in config-dialog.

Also I can't choose other backgrounds?!

Thanks for your help,

Shadow128
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
I made it a red theme to differentiate it from CM11 builds and you can't change it unfortunately. Well you can but you would need to flash the original framework-res.apk file which I don't have handy anymore.

Anyway lj and the team have been working hard on lollipop omni which will be better than this - so the next zombi will be using that as a base ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
Will there be a lollipop crombi when cm starts nightlies?
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Can I make a request re the new Zombi-pop? Can we have the option to move the three task bar icons to the far left instead of in the center of the bar? (Timduru does this with the TF101's lollipop he tweaked together, and it is wonderfully handy.)

I owe you all a donation regardless of the above. It may be a week or two, but you are not forgotten for sure.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Rubister:
I was able to change the background using either the general settings area with an image or using the nova launcher and going through 'gallery' and setting an image as wallpaper. I'm sure there are more ways too, if something doesn't work try another way. I could not set the other 'wallpapers' as home screen wallpaper but using other images seems to work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
A nice wallpaper changer can be found in the Asus Apps 2.1 -- it does *not* need the frame installed to work. Just extract it from the zip and install, or even run the Asus Apps install and deselect everything except the Asus Wallpaper changer.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Shadow128:
Yesterday I installed the rom again and used the Nova Launcher, here its no problem to change the background.

But lollipop sounds interesting ;)

What's the status of that rom? You maybe know, how long it will take to first test versions?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Rubister:
Thanks, didn't realize that! I'm content with static image wallpapers for the moment.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Asus wallpaper changer uses static wallpaper. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
So I reflashed the rom with _that11 dirty (hehe) and data2sd and auto detection works just fine! Checked a few times and it boots perfectly into external /data with the card and internal /data without.

I had one total freeze after the initial data2sd installation (possibly due to Chrome updating from PS before I disabled automatic updates), but other than that it runs fine. last_kmsg attached

Found my internal SD in /datai/media. Is that the way it is on this rom or is the symlink for sdcardi just missing?

Boy, it does run much smoother with data2sd! Me like it!!!!! :cowboy:
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Your last_kmsg's formatting looks a bit strange, but messages like these are an indication of problems with your microSD card:

693.377386] mmcblk1: error -110 transferring data, sector 45328712, nr
response 0x900, card status 0xb00

After multiple of such problems the kernel reduces the interface speed to the card:

695.023277] [mmc]:mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq:1101 SD freq. down to UHS_SDR12_M

Many SD cards are unreliable, and the TF700's SD card interface is also somewhat broken - I remember that ASUS added a kernel patch to run the SD card with slightly reduced clock speed as a workaround. Maybe some circuit design issue...
[Asus Transformer TF700] woodboy12:
I have been using this for a few days and it seems to work pretty good. The screen rotation does not work as mentioned before. Also the stock mail app seems to give me a login error with my Google account.

Thanks for working on this, I have been looking forward to trying LP on my TF700 and it seems to work pretty well. Happy New Year and thank you for your efforts.
[Asus Transformer TF700] tvig0r0us:
Let me start by saying thanks for your work on this. I'm totally impressed with this rom, even in it's current form. I'm really looking forward to whatever is in store for this. I have installed with PA gapps mini and it worked perfectly. I did want to report a couple of issues I've had.

1- I'm getting a fc with the mail app when I enter my mail account information. After the information has been entered it crashes each time I try to open it again.

2- This probably has more to do with me not knowing what to do than anything, but I can't figure out how to get root on the device. If you can point me in the right direction I'll figure it out, but I'm leary of messing up what I have since I'm not familiar with what does and doesn't work with Android L.

Other than that everything seems to be pretty solid and I'm amazed at how smooth it is at such an early stage. Hats off to the guys that make this happen!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Flash from recovery ....

http://download.chainfire.eu/641/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.40.zip?retrieve_file=1

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] tvig0r0us:
Perfect! I figured it was something really simple, but I tend to err on the side of caution. Thanks!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] biggyrat:
I've been bothered by the unsmooth scrolling on this tablet. Ran antutu benchmark and the animation gets herky jerky at times, especially 3d.

Running kernel 3.1.10 _that11+.

Graphics scores with "force gpu rendering" 2d=656, 3d=2257.

Uncheck "force gpu rendering" 2d=638, 3d=2272.

Resolution set at 1920x1200.

Any fixes for this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Are you referring to the HOMEMADE BUILD ?

It's a pre-release release ..... :D

Things are going to get better, it will happen just be patient ....

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
There's only so much you can do on the rom side before you run into Android limitations and on the TF700 you're always hobbled by the slow emmc. Did you try any of the following (nandroid /data - just in case):

* Run LagFix once a month or so depending on how much you use the tablet

* Format /data in TWRP and restore your nandroid. Read this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57693281&postcount=13

* Change file system on /data to f2fs

* Install rom with data2sd

I just installed a new rom on a freshly formatted internal SD, ran it for a few days, then installed again with data2sd and the difference is quite amazing. Try it.

Edit: I noticed a lot of broken links in posts in the last few days. And just saw that my link ^^^^ was truncated. Is it Tapatalk or does that also happen posting in the XDA web interface? Anybody else experience this?