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[Android Builders Collective] :
Soooooo...

While we are all waiting for Slim6, I'll waste more time with my Windows 10 offtopic. Let me start with this: I don't hate it and I don't resent it. I'm not a fan of the automatic data collection but it works great and looks good. And the data stuff is easy to turn off if one so wishes.

I do however hate how it made Linux a real PITA for me. First I updated Windows 7 to 10 and then proceeded to do a clean install since there were some bugs here and there. Well after installing Win10, I couldn't boot to Linux. I couldn't even force-boot grub. So first thing is to disable fast boot from Windows 10 settings. Then disable secure boot from BIOS. That worked - sort of. Booting to grub just came up with the command line. Well no problem some figuring around and there I was in Linux again. Since I have time I decided to give Elementary OS a go. I really liked Luna last year and after a bit of maturing I put Freya on a USB stick and installed it on top of my previous Mint 17 install.

Naturally again I booted into the grub command line so had to fix that again. After getting access back to grub and Freya I booted into the OS and decided to start with updating my AMD drivers (remember how much I complained about that a while ago? :P ). Did that and rebooted. Then proceeded to install some of my basic apps and Wine (for Photoshop) and Steam. Because AMD, neither were able to detect my OpenGL drivers. Ignored that for a while and proceeded to setup Android build environment. Hit a bug complaining about outdated mesa so updated those. Rebooted and was greeted with a black screen. Had to fix my graphics drivers again.

Then opened Steam but it (and Wine) kept complaining about OpenGL. Found a lot of stuff online about this and was a bit too tired to start fighting with terminal commands trying to modify that stuff. Took another approach. Decided to reinstall Linux because I remembered from some years back that Steam etc worked if installed BEFORE any graphics driver updates. So here we go again:

1. Cleaned up the previous install and reinstalled Elementary OS Freya

2. Fixed grub

3. Updated the OS

4. Rebooted

5. Installed and updated Steam and Wine and installed Photoshop CS6

6. Updated mesa.

7. Rebooted.

8. Updated AMD proprietary drivers

9. Rebooted

10. Set-up Android build environment

That's done! Now all is working again and I can boot into both Freya or Win10 (mostly for playing games that aren't supported on Linux yet) and I can start doing a repo sync for SlimLP later. A bit of a pain - and only caused by Microsoft (WHY U FORCE BOOTLOADER CRAP?) and AMD (WHY U NO SUPPORT LINUX PROPERLY?).

Anyway now here's where s**t just got real: I fired up a game of KPatience which I've been using on Linux for years. Remember the Windows 10 solitaire I dissed on the previous page? IT LOOKS JUST LIKE KPATIENCE!
[Android Builders Collective] DroidIt!:
Lol :) ...and my wife complains when Win10 starts running choppy and she seems irritated she has to reboot the laptop! :)
[Android Builders Collective] dharmabm:
Why not just simplify and run that other PITA OS in a VM?

sent from my slim powered 1+1
[Android Builders Collective] :
infidel, your heresy will not be forgotten!
[Android Builders Collective] TJKV:
If you mean run Linux inside a VM hosted by Windows, that's actually a very good thing to do, at least on laptops (assuming it has sufficient RAM and processing power).

Everything from the display drivers to the networking stack, power management, and even the display itself are much more stable when hosted inside Windows. I have not had a single dualbooted install of Linux that hasn't crashed while doing things like changing the display brightness or closing the lid or switching to and from Sleep. Most laptops are like this, maybe the very few that are certified for Linux work well.

Desktops on the other hand are much more simple creatures, I have never had any problem across a wide range of different system configurations.
[Android Builders Collective] :
I totally second this. Linux on desktops is a lot more stable than on laptops for whatever reasons. Win10 has made things a bit annoying but even so everything is still workable. I don't use VM's because building takes SOOOOOOOOOOOO long that way. I prefer my ~30min builds from make clean or 10-15mins with make installclean. It's so much more convenient when doing several builds to test this or that commit. Doing 3 builds in one day in a VM would take literally the entire day. Doing 3 builds in "full" linux takes me less than 2 hours.
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Well, I run Linux in a VM, on my almost 5 year old PC, building HH from a make clean takes a little under 40 mins, shamu about 8 mins longer ;)

I give the VM 16Gb RAM and 6 cores of my i7-950 3GHz, works really fine for me, and I can watch a movie while it compiles the 4 Nexus'es ;)

The VM lies on a SSD btw ;)

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] :
Is that on a SSD? I have a smallish (125gigs) SSD which holds the Windows install and program files. Everything else including Linux are on a regular HDD. I can't get anywhere close to that build time in a VM. Building stuff takes too much space so I can't spare the SSD for that. Neither can I give it 100% of my ram which is 16GB. And my processor is an i5 3570K so 2 cores is pretty much the max if I want to do anything else on my machine.

Your specs are a lot better than mine for building :) My rig was originally built for gaming which it still is very good at. But if I want any decent build times I have to boot to "full" Linux. I've tried VM's in the past and per build it's somewhere around 1½ hours. That's pretty much double of what you are getting.

Edit: oh and don't take my writing as too negative. I don't mind dabbling with Linux and the various commands. I already knew the commands to boot out of grub rescue by heart. I've been using Linux on and off for years and years now. I'd also have fully converted ages ago if not for gaming :)
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Well back when I got that PC it was a tad expensive (esp. with 12Gb of RAM and the 160Gb Intel SSD for Windows), but given what it still does for me, it turned out to be cheap afterall, it has had 5 busy years already, and more to come ;)

I added 12Gb and a 512Gb SSD for building a few months back, well worth the ~500€ it cost me (had to sell my 12Gb to get 24Gb to fit the motherboard config).

Going from 6 to 16Gb RAM for the VM made build time go from ~2:30h to ~1:15h, the SSD did the rest. It's not a super duper SSD, it's a corsair, but it does the job pretty fine.

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] theesotericone:
Get a PS4 and install linux. lol:cool:
[Android Builders Collective] :
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/19VTriLebu8/maxresdefault.jpg
[Android Builders Collective] theesotericone:
I should have figured it was some PC superiority complex. I never got that but I will laugh at your meme while I'm sitting in front of my 55" TV playing Bloodborne on my beloved PS4.:laugh::cool:
[Android Builders Collective] Minux31:
On my Archlinux desktop pc (i7 3770k@4Ghz + 16Gb + 128Go SSD Samsung 840 Pro for system + 512Gb SSD Crucial MX100 for data), initial building spend about 55min. Next builds (with ccache) tooks about 15min. ccache is wonderful :good:
[Android Builders Collective] :
Oh no. And I don't even bother "argue" about that ridiculous stuff. I just don't like gaming on consoles, simple as that. I've had 3 consoles in the past and the last one Xbox 360 I sold after playing it I think maybe 3 times in as many years. It's just not my cup of tea.
[Android Builders Collective] dharmabm:
Actually I meant the opposite :P
[Android Builders Collective] Laggalot:
no exlusives on PC? dont make me laugh!!! If Im not mistaken all E sport games are basically pc only. CS:GO, Dota, LoL.

There is tons of brilliant indie games and plenty all around exclusives ;)

sent from my OPT
[Android Builders Collective] :
Uhh... it seems that (evidently not-so) harmless picture opened a can I'd rather keep closed :D Offtopic or not, let's not get into PC vs consoles here please. Nothing good will come out of that.

I have a PC and prefer using that. No hard feelings towards console players. I make occasional Slim builds for my phone on my PC and share them to anyone interested. So to sum it up:

The new solitaire in Windows 10 sucks.
[Android Builders Collective] theesotericone:
LOL. It's XDA. It's always a can of worms.

No debate intended just countering funny meme with funny meme. Whichever people prefer is up to them. I just can't afford a quality gaming PC but could afford a PS4. That's why I use it.:cool:
[Android Builders Collective] PatrickMac:
Sry, if I this is in the wrong thread, but I think you guys might be able to help me :)

I'm trying to install a framework-res.apk with the apktool. It seems because the ROM (temasek in my case) uses TDRS it fails.

So it seems that there used to be a SlimRom apktool version that was compatible, but unfortunately is not updated anymore.

Do you know any way to install a framework-res.apk that uses TRDS?

Thanks
[Android Builders Collective] beany>:
My latest SlimmerSaber build for bacon, based on the latest SlimSaber with a few apps removed.
[Android Builders Collective] NovaSlim:
[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION]'s auto TWRP backup/cleanup script

Rotation Toggle between portrait and landscape for Photos

Location(Battery Saver vs High Accuracy) Toggle for Maps(This one need Secure Settings installed from playstore and given root).
[Android Builders Collective] VictorLapin:
Interesting setup. I just realized I've lost kantjer's scripts for backup and retention :( Can you share them?
[Android Builders Collective] kantjer:
here you go

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/tasker-to-schedule-nandroid-backups-t2914134
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Maintenance update on my personal build is up for all 5 devices (shamu, hh, flo, flounder and hlte).

Changelog and download links can be found here : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55121807&postcount=14

JP.
[Android Builders Collective] acultr:
Sir!

it's your last build?

I found thanks
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Latest is 0.10 dated 20151025.

For hammerhead that would be : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347846520

With the version gone 0.10, it appears somewhere in the middle unfortunately...

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] dokie80:
Yeah. I got confused too. And found it just before 0.2 :D
[Android Builders Collective] altvolt74:
Hey thee

I have try everything to stop this weird bug that when I play video on YouTube or playing games randomly pause like for example playing 8 ball pool the game reconnect often or real racing the game pause itself ...this has happen in slim build like liquit snooth or typsy and all of slim build

Thanks in advanced
[Android Builders Collective] PerfectSlayer:
Hi, I'm on the [MENTION=2033478]Yank555[/MENTION] build for shamu and I encounter battery drain..

I start using BetterBatteryStats and I saw the WiFi is always enabled even if I disable it.. I have high precision location enabled but I thought it only enable WiFi times to times (not always!).

Here are the screens of my battery usage:

Can someone confirm this location settings should not always enable the WiFi and the battery should hang at least a whole day? (Google said it's better for the battery to check near WiFi spots instead of using GPS and I usually end the day with 35~40% left).

Envoyé de mon Nexus 6 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
This is what I get, I don't have high precision on, though as you can see, my WiFi is connected most of the time (home or office) :

I have my watch connected via bt all the time as well.

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] PerfectSlayer:
On your device, you have WiFi enable in settings. It's not my case: I disable it but it's still 100% on =(

Envoyé de mon Nexus 6 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
I know, what I meant is my battery drain is not as bad and I actually have WiFi enabled.

But location crap is known to be a huge battery hog, hence I never have it enabled myself :( It will keep the WiFi card listening for networks at all time...

Is this new (you using high accuracy) ? Or is the drain new ?

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] PerfectSlayer:
I always used high precision and battery was quite good. Few days ago, I started having battery drain (about 40% of autonomy in less)..

I haven't changed my rom or my kernel neither.

I just disable the option to allow applications to request position and scan near WiFi spots. The WiFi is now finally off! [emoji106]

I wonder if an app is not continuously requesting location and drain my battery..?

Envoyé de mon Nexus 6 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Could indeed be possible.

I have used high precision (because of Android wear / Google Now) a few times since I got my watch, but always pull back to device only as I notice a higher drain...

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] PerfectSlayer:
In Google Settings / Position, you could see applications which require your location. I update "Meteo France" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.meteo) recently. I will try a whole day without it to check if it causes the drain..

For now, I'm testing with near WiFi spots scanning disabled.

Thanks [emoji6]

Envoyé de mon Nexus 6 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Android Builders Collective] VictorLapin:
Device only is usually good enough for GNow, you can also set Tasker to switch to high accuracy on maps/whatever-you-need launch
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Only thing that bugs me is Gnow constsntly showing 'card' with 'please turn on high accuracy' :)

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] PerfectSlayer:
Agreed! I can't see this alert without tapping it :silly:

Damn, Google is too strong. Can't resist!
[Android Builders Collective] VictorLapin:
Just swiped it once and never saw since then :rolleyes:
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Doesn't swipe out of the screen, like an ongoing notification :(

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] :
Lol [MENTION=2033478]Yank555[/MENTION] I decided to give VM another go for convenience sake. Before that I played with the CPU clocks since the 3570k is easy to clock up. Gave the VM (Mint 17) 10gigs of RAM so left 6 for Windows and gave full access to the CPU which means that I can't do much else than browse the internetz while building. Still using the HDD. Guess how much I got my build time down? As said previously my builds on VM would be around 1½ hours but on "full" Linux about 35mins with make clean or clobber.

44mins now o_O

It just doesn't make sense. Litrally the only thing different from my previous VM tries is the OC'd CPU. It runs a bit warm now but sill well within safe temperatures (max around 56 celcius) so I think I'll leave the clocks as they are now
[Android Builders Collective] kantjer:
Don't upgrade to an Ubuntu 15.x based distribution, your build time will double again. I reverted back for that reason

#whiteuimustdie
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
I only go by LTS versions, don't like to have to resetup my build box too often :D

JP.
[Android Builders Collective] beany>:
I had a lot of trouble getting dual boot to work on my laptop, and couldn't get it to work with Mint at all. Eventually I got Ubuntu 15.x to work; for now I don't have the fight to try again haha so I guess I'll have to take the build times I get.
[Android Builders Collective] :
New ACSlim build for shamu up! Updated changelogs and download links here as usual.

Mostly a maintenance update while waiting for Marshmallow. Also I think this will be my last Lollipop build for Shamu. See you on the squishy side :)
[Android Builders Collective] mrdunlop:
So will Slim ever come back? SlimM?

I have converted to CM, loosing faith in my hopes for Slims return
[Android Builders Collective] pkelly517:
Enjoy! We'll all do what we think is best for each of us.
[Android Builders Collective] :
He did have a point though. SlimM sounds so good. It rimes with "FINISH HIMMM"
[Android Builders Collective] dokie80:
I thought it's already official on Slim6?
[Android Builders Collective] theesotericone:
It is.:cool:
[Android Builders Collective] :
Damn it. Now I have to find another place to say MORTAAAL COMBAAAAT DU DUUU DU DUU DU DUU
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Sony Z5 ordered ... Sony maybe the new Nexus ? :D

Let's see how Sony holds up with their opensource friendliness ;)

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] VictorLapin:
Hope it won't heat like hell
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
I'm pretty curious in general ... S810 frying pan ... SONY opensourceness ... first time non Nexus in a while :p

At worst, if I don't like what I see, I'll already have a very nice gift for my mom for Xmas, and I'll go grab the 6p afterall :D

From what I read it's not that bad with heat, at least not worse than other current flagships.

One thing I know I'm gonna miss is wireless charging, but that's gone either way, be it z5 or n6p... my 3 chargers will get useless.

JP.
[Android Builders Collective] VictorLapin:
I'll wait for Slim6 for it :p
[Android Builders Collective] :
Sony isn't the worst at all. All their phones are easy to root and have an ok amount of custom rom stuff. What annoys me is that they force you to forgive DRM keys by unlocking the bootloader and that effects especially the camera since their proprietary stuff won't work after that. I had the Z1 for a while - returned it after a long and arduous process of trying to get a screen defect fixed. It was a great phone if not for my bad unit. I'm sure you'll like the Z5 too :)
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
I read somewhere there was a way to back up the DRM sort of before they went down the drain ... we'll see ;)

Looks fine on paper at least !

Guess I'll find out if it'll remind me of why I went from Samsung to Nexus :D Or not :cowboy:

JP.
[Android Builders Collective] :
Yea you can and should backup the DRM keys. That way you can get them back after returning to stock with the bootloader locked. You can't use the backup after rooting/custom recovery though :)

Edit: lol sometimes my writing makes no sense... I meant that you can't use the DRM keys after rooting/custom recovery BUT you can get them working after returning to stock again. Jay now that sounds sensible :D
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Kay, good to know, so I suppose I will :

1) backup that DRM thing

2) take a bunch of badass pics full stock

Once it's rooted and stuff, I'll try to take the same pics and compare how bad the difference is.

And honestly, if it's not worse than the N6, I honestly don't think I'll care much anyway :D

JP.
[Android Builders Collective] JaylanPHNX:
Question for all you slim lovers: has anyone used Android Auto with there SlimLP device? I know not many people have a car that has it, but I'm going to be car shopping in a few months and was wondering how much importance I should places on Android Auto. I really like the idea of it, but if for some reason it won't work on Slim, I won't worry too much about it.

From my SlimTab Pro 8.4
[Android Builders Collective] theesotericone:
Samsung is it the top of the locked down, proprietary, corporate chain. They are so far on top that you can't really even make a comparison. What I'm trying to say is Samsung sucks. Which sucks cause they make some really nice phones. I left them after the S2 Skyrocket and I will never go back. I'm sure your Sony will be a great device. Best of luck with it.:cool:
[Android Builders Collective] JaylanPHNX:
My last Sammy was a Skyrocket. Unless you count the S3 I use as a standalone music player.

From my SlimTab Pro 8.4
[Android Builders Collective] climhz:
Same here love the skyrocket so much, sell to my friend and he is still using it until now
[Android Builders Collective] dokie80:
What is it about open-source and Samsung? Does it mean that it's not possible (or problematic) to root note 5? I actually want to buy it for my next phone, not in the near future though, but definitely top candidate for me. But reading last comments give me doubts [emoji14]
[Android Builders Collective] Minux31:
New MinuxBuild

Hello !

New MinuxBuild out :

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- for d855 : https://minuxbuild.wordpress.com/20...-minuxbuild-20151030-1306-lg-g3-d855-version/

Have a good day !
[Android Builders Collective] aniket4209211:
Make lollipop custom ROM Karbonn titanium s19
[Android Builders Collective] indian84:
Lol.
[Android Builders Collective] DroidIt!:
OT, but pertinent to all the dev dudes here. :) http://www.pcworld.com/article/2998...onors-and-violating-copyright.html#tk.rss_all Does this mean that as Ubuntu moves towards a unified platform they're going to go the of Cyanogen? I can't personally think of any other reason that they would have the policy of trying to enforce copywrite on things they compile. Food for thought. :)
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Well you can't copyright what you compile, you can what you code, respecting of course whatever licence agreement you accepted if you extend the work of others.

But trying, and causing confusion, in our world does work unfortunately.

If it's repeated hard and often enough in the news, stuff tends to be seen as a truth, even if it's not ;)

Not sure this will make much of a difference, but if Ubuntu turns out to go south, people will move to a different distro, in the end of the day it's Linux, not Ubuntu... and there are other options.

JP.
[Android Builders Collective] DroidIt!:
True enough and true enough. :) Just thought that was an interesting read. I'd be kind of disappointed if Ubuntu did do that, Kubuntu's my personal fav. Always felt it was kind of a good mix between the Linux backbone and windows ui.
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
It was an interesting read indeed, hadn't heard of that ;)

I don't see (hope) Ubuntu go down the drain soon, but well, nowadays you never know unfortunately :D

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.
[Android Builders Collective] DroidIt!:
BTW, always liked Sony myself ever since the walkman, moving up to CD players and then also with the original PlayStation. If you're successful rooting and all goes well, let me know. I still haven't decided which nexus I want but I might give Sony a second hard look if that goes relatively smoothly. :)
[Android Builders Collective] Yank555:
Tried to build AOSP 6.0 for it, so far not yet succeeded, we'll see ;)

If I manage to built it before I have the device, I'll post it here, maybe some valiant knight will give it shot :D

JP.

Sent from my Nexus 6 running Yank555.lu SlimLP 5.1.1 on Yank555.lu v1.4 kernel.