yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
Dom,

This is great news! I have to use the blacked out TBO apps (eye thing).

When replacing the original apk in the GAPPS zip, is there anything special I need to do? As far as signatures, etc.? I've never replaced apks within zips and don't want to run into an issue where the signatures don't match, etc.

I may even have time to mess with this tonight.

Thanks again Dom!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
No there's nothing special. I'm using winrar if that helps. just drag and drop .

(You're not unzipping anything you're just opening the zip and dragging the app to the correct folder )

If anything goes wrong just flash the original gapps zip . Go ahead and try the zip I made It's only clear google music
[Nexus 9 Android Development] sasho36:
I've tried your zip, flashed in recovery and the music app is working as it should.

Thanks a lot!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
Awesome glad to hear that!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] teddydeluxe:
is there any chanche for a stepless volume control ? these 15 % steps are annoying.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] TenderloinShadow:
what's the base?

Looking to flash this ROM but my big concern is battery life since i use thjs thing as a major media device.

This ROM, what is it based on? Is it built from AOSP source? Or did the dev just take the factory images and mod them?

Thanks.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] prdog1:
Built on source per the OP. :cool:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] micmars:
And an outstanding rom per this happy user.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] virajxp1:
Can I flash this through twrp on my nexus 9? Not sure cause it says through bootloader instructions thx
[Nexus 9 Android Development] oRAirwolf:
Yes
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
are you getting random reboots when the keyboard is in landscape?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] buffal0b1ll:
No. Google keyboard and Swype (my DD) both work fine in portrait and landscape.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] virajxp1:
um i tried to flash but it failed im pretty sure the rom was fine but the gapps didnt not sure why?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] buffal0b1ll:
Anybody know a hack to turn of the "Show notification count"? I always have hundreds of unread emails and I'm not a fan of this feature.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] prdog1:
We may could but this rom is built and modified at source level. Until the dev tools catch up only way to modify these files safely is to mod them in source. :cool:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
Dom...

Sorry for snagging your question to someone else.

I'm experiencing random reboots. I haven't used the keyboard in landscape mode though. I haven't picked up on the pattern of the reboots though.

I'm also using Thyrus's Material Dark Theme for Lollipopalooza. His latest build on G+
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
I seem to only get reboots after using the keyboard in landscape either while I'm typing or immediately after closing the keyboard . can you link me to his g+ ?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
Can't right now (work computer)

Goto G+, search for Patrick Loth @ g mail
[Nexus 9 Android Development] wantowan2:
OP

@craigacgomez

Hi and thanks for all of the heavy lifting and being the only source for a custom ROM. My own is coming, slowly but compiled completely today...lol

Normally, for me anyway, I would hope to see not only a complete change log but the most up to date flashing instructions relevant to the current state the ROM is in.

If I were trouble shooting an issue I might expect to have to pile through pages of thread text. I have found that with that in place, there is a drastic decrease in members with issues returning with legit questions.

I realize where I am, just the same, if just one person had to find out the hard way that the OP is for a different ROM, the waisted resource cycle 1X1000 is staggering.

Thanks again man.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
U

Had another random reboot last night.

Here's my setup:

Thyrus's Material Dark Theme

ElementalX kernel

USBhost's modified TWRP

Modified GAPPS in OP with TBO blacked out Play Music.

Flashed factory "C" images via fastboot prior to a clean Lollipopalooza install.

Did not restore any app/system data with TB.

The reboots seem like soft reboots. Very very quick reboots.

Great setup with the exception of the reboots.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] wifesabitch:
This ROM is running great for me. Been on it for a few weeks now and I really have zero issues.

Thanks! Keep up the good work! :good:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
I have no Idea, that seems to be the same set up I have, the reboots are very quick but it gets annoying, I just flashed the system.img again to revert back to the default theme
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
Hey Dom, if reverting back to the default theme stops your reboots, please let me know. If we can nail that down, I can let Thyrus know and maybe he can check into it.

Thanks:good:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
It has stopped my reboots . haven't had a reboot in 2 days since reverting

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
I flashed the factory (C) boot.img. No reboots and enjoying Material Dark Theme.:good:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
What is this (C) boot.IMG you speak of?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
I spoke too soon. Another reboot. Going to start from scratch again. This time I'll use USBhosts's update (R4) TWRP. Because at this point, it's the only thing I can think of causing them. Thyrus is running the current Lollipopalooza and his Material Dark Theme with no reboots.

The (C) boot image I was talking about is from the Google factory images for the Nexus 9. Which can be found here:

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
im working on building android 5.0.2 of this ROM soon

cheers!!!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] mrshades812:
Did 5.02 drop for the n9? I saw it for the n7 (2012).

Sent from the future...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Yep

https://android.googlesource.com/device/htc/flounder/+/android-5.0.2_r1
[Nexus 9 Android Development] NYCHitman1:
You'd have to modify the source xml file defaultValue to false.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] TenderloinShadow:
How is battery life on this ROM compared to stock? Since it's built from AOSP source, I assume there's a bit of a dropoff.

Also, what's changed in 5.0.2?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
I would like to know too!

BTW test build of this ROM of 5.0.2

failed looking into it
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zawata:
i hear 5.0.2 was a pretty big update(relative)

is it true?

also if you need help...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zanoli99:
getting over 8 hours screen time with ROM and USB kernel with moderate usage. Overall really liking it.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] jlokos:
Are we going to see a little DU love for flounder?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] NYCHitman1:
Maybe, maybe not. Don't want to talk about that in another dev's thread.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Danthemanz:
Ive run two builds now, all without issue. Using Elementalx kernel.

Thanks so much for your work!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] mclarryjr:
Sorry please delete
[Nexus 9 Android Development] buffal0b1ll:
FYI Official TWRP 2.8.3.0 flounder img seems to work well. Just used it to revert from Thyrus Dark theme to stock white. Here's what I used just now and confirmed working.

-1200X1920 283_v2 Dark theme works http://xdaforums.com/android/themes/theme-twrp-materialised-dark-light-play-t2915584

-used aromafm filemanager to delete some big files

-backup 12/08 system (with Thyrus DarkMTRL), data, vending, boot

-format system, dalvik, cache

-Install 12/8 lpza, 12/8 arm64gapps, SuperSU 2.40

All went according to plan. No flounder/volantis nonsense.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] jlokos:
Good to know, thanks.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] MrPhilo:
I'm guessing we need to do more work to get a full f2fs rom,?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] scataldo721:
Just got my N9 this morning heck of a job on this ROM man! I love it. Looking forward to the future of this community!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] MrPhilo:
Using hang out call the mic seems to be giving a buzzing sound when i speak to the other person. Never happened on stock
[Nexus 9 Android Development] NYCHitman1:
Has to have kernel support, which I'm assuming Craig is using the prebuilt kernel - not the kernel source.

Similar issue occurred to me while streaming music through Spotify after about an hour. Went away after a reboot though.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] umataro42:
Thanks for a great ROM. If you're taking requests, any chance on getting full Battery Text to replace the icon (in addition to the option of having it show up inside the icon), and centering the time (and displaying AM/PM and the date)? Either way, I appreciate the ROM.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
So, if we are on rooted stock, and "su getprop ro.bootloader" returns the version listed in your post, we should be good to flash away, right?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Make that

getprop | grep ro.bootloader
[Nexus 9 Android Development] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
10-4. Same result.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
So I am wondering, specifically, how long this ROM should take to boot... Like, say I flashed it, and the gapps, and all that jazz, and its been booting for say half an hour, I should probably assume something didn't go quite right, correct?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] D-m-x:
Yeah, half an hour is way too long, about 5-10 Min Tops.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
Yep, something definitely went wrong ;)

Redid it, and had to follow these steps, to stay decrypted (lost all my data, which blows, but have a backup to restore from, so no worries there. Restoring /data now):

1.) Factory reset

2.) Flash ROM

3.) Flash kernel (ElementalX)

4.) Factory reset

5.) Flash GAPPS

6.) Flash SuperSU

7.) Boot (wait until updating of all apps complete)

8.) Reboot to recovery

9.) Restore /data

Now I got some Lollipopalooza love, and I have the same setup I had pre-installation. Love the ROM so far. Seems snappier than stock. Going to run a benchmark now and see what we come up with :) Keep up the fantastic work!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] GatorsUF:
My Bluetooth keyboard does not work on this ROM
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zanoli99:
Yes Bluetooth keyboard didn't work for me too. Had to go back to stock but everything else worked great on this ROM for me
[Nexus 9 Android Development] D-m-x:
No Problem here, using a Logitech K810 Bluetooth Keyboard.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] jlokos:
Nexus 9 BT keyboard works fine for me on this rom.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] akabillybob:
First, thanks for your work on this ROM. As soon as I turned on my N9 I was rooting/flashing it because I was not comfortable with the stock lollipop -- it is missing some basic functions which your ROM helped to address some of them. Can't even long press quick setting icons to bring up settings (such as long pressing wifi to change connection), which blows my mind that I now have to go all the way into settings just to change my Wifi network.

The ROM is rock solid and stable and I've only noticed one hiccup: NFC. The NFC chip is working, but every time I try to bump an image from my phone to my tablet the NFC app crashes on my N9. I've done some searching already and it seems their was an issue with NFC Antenna placement during production, but as I've said the antenna is working just the app is crashing. Has anyone else tried bumping a picture to their tablet? I was able to NFC pair my bluetooth keyboard without issue -- so far it is only when I transfer photos.

Thanks.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] crzycrkr:
No need to long press. Just hit where it says WiFi, or your network name and it brings you right to the settings
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Rjporter:
squeaking sound

Hope on the next update the squeaking sound will be fix.

How to recreate the squeaking sound:

1) Play any music in spotify

2) while music is playing, open chrome and open any site. ( not limited to chrome only)

Each time an app is processing while a music is playing a squeaking sound is generated.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] akabillybob:
Well...you are a gentlemen and a scholar. I like to think of myself as quite capable with technology, but that baffled me and nothing I searched for helped. Thanks a bunch! I have 3 networks in my house and constantly switching back and forth was cumbersome.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] buffal0b1ll:
Happy New Year, Craig.

Thanks for this ROM which has been my daily driver since 30 minutes after I opened the box back in November.

If you're taking requests for next update, the only thing I'd ask for is a toggle to turn off the notification counts in status bar.

Thanks again!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dsouleles:
How to fix Bluetooth?

Hi Craig -

Thanks for the work on this. Its terrific. I'm starting to work on my own ROM - just for educational purposes. I'd like to include the Bluetooth fix in my build. Would you mind sharing what you did to fix it? I looked through your git REPOs but couldn't quite figure it out.

Thanks again,

D
[Nexus 9 Android Development] apascual89:
https://github.com/craigacgomez/device_htc_flounder/commit/79e4966c26d65112f5109d202662d2fa389ce1d3
[Nexus 9 Android Development] fhem:
and https://github.com/craigacgomez/pla...mmit/5179e6ca04722e33396f8a0cbb09cb5a1580c7f1
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
Last week of my vacation... I'll start working on updating this next week....
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dsouleles:
Thank you! The first commit by itself obviously did not work for me! I'll make the other changes and test again this evening. I also found another approach at:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-building/MPEpwUZPExA

Here is the relevant part of the thread:

I needed to set the following in vnd_flounder64.txt and vnd_flounder.txt

BLUETOOTH_UART_DEVICE_PORT = "/dev/ttyTHS2"

FW_PATCHFILE_LOCATION = "/vendor/firmware/"

D.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] fhem:
one more I found https://github.com/craigacgomez/pla...mmit/d0248c987292cbf2091f146008d8aa7ddb263c31 I'm building 5.0.2_r1 with those three commits right now I'll let you know via pm if that did they did the trick. This off topic for this thread I believe.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] tyvar1:
I hope you have a nice vacation! You deserve it :D! Looking forward to a new update!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] wifesabitch:
Is there a way to reduce the size of the system ROM? For me it's showing 2.67GB with 1.75GB free. With no microSD on this bad boy every GB counts, would be nice to get a little shaved off the System side if possible.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] ayysir:
[MENTION=2322613]craigacgomez[/MENTION]

hey man,

do your zip file work for both LTE and Wifi or do you have to build them separately ?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] tyvar1:
Can you tease us with a changelog or something? ;) looking forward to the update!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dragonballz2k:
I can not get the fire and ice kernel to install on this rom? I tried factory reset then install rom, after that install kernel, gapps etc.. I even tried installing kernel first still didn't work I keeps get decryption unsuccessful it says it got the default but the data is corrupt. Any idea what I am doing wrong. Can I install fire and ice kernel without re installing the rom?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Try the beta
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dragonballz2k:
Do I need a factory reset before trying?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
No
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
OK, just an update... I'm working on updates, but being back at work after a month means a lot of catching up at work!! So far, I'm working on the smaller behind the scenes changes like the memory leak fixes.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Cheers
[Nexus 9 Android Development] oRAirwolf:
Thanks Craig. I look forward to this. I don't have much interest in the AOSP ROMs due to all the bugs and incompatibilities that come along with them. I appreciate you taking the time to make this ROM and share it with everyone.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
:eek: :confused: you do know this ROM is AOSP right?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] oRAirwolf:
Yeah, but I am referring to this modified stock build, as opposed to the custom builds like Cyanogenmod and Liquid Smooth.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
O that

Just checking :angel:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] oRAirwolf:
:highfive:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Diaphragma:
Is this rom fully non encrypted or is it just the /data partition that's not encrypted?

I wiped everything from recovery and flashed this rom and elementalx kernel. wipe>factory reset, and then flashed gapps before I wiped cache. It still says it's encrypted in setting>security.

I was looking for a rom with encryption off, and memory leak fixed. I look forward to the next update, thanks.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] maxtcee:
Is the memory leak why my tablet lags sometimes ?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Diaphragma:
Very very likely. If you reboot and it goes away for a while, its definitely the memory leak
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
You need to use usbhost's modded twrp for non encryption its somewhere in the original android development section
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Diaphragma:
Yes, figured out as much. Had to switch to USBHost's modded recovery and format cache and data to F2FS before flashing this rom and USBHost's kernel. And had to factory reset after installing supersu and gapps through bootloader and not recovery.

I'm finally running a non encrypted rom on my nexus 9, and I can feel the difference. It might be a placebo, but to me it feels snappier, and the memory leak isn't that bothersome anymore.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] jdellingson7:
Is this ROM development dead?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] fazbender:
**** crickets
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Alexandroid99:
Could you update the gapps package please?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] NYCHitman1:
Searching never killed anybody.. http://xdaforums.com/nexus-9/themes-apps/gapps-20150223-flounder-t3038452
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Alexandroid99:
Oh heck I've been searchung for a long time thank you very much.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] oRAirwolf:
Can anybody recommend a ROM that is in active development that is built off the stock base like this ROM and not one that has been built off of CM12?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] micmars:
This rom. It's running perfectly, and gets updated when source updates. Furthermore, Thyrus drops a stunning theme when it updates.

If you want any other rom not based on cyanogenmod, then a swift run through original development (rastapop) and others this section (Slim builders collective, others) should yield plenty of AOSP based builds ripe for choosing.

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Marky__Mark:
What's the date of the latest version?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Nikki1993:
I used this gapps package but there are 2 problems. Face Unlock doesn't seem to work and Google Now can't be activated to work on lock screen and from any app. With Lollipopalooza gapps everything works except Face Unlock.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] micmars:
For the WiFi only tablet, the one in the OP...and so roughly the same as for this rom.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
I know it's been a while, but I haven't been able to spend time on this for a long time because of lack of hardware. I use my work computer (which is my only computer) for this, and because of parallel projects, I did not have enough of free disk space.

Anyhow... 5.1 build is quite nearly ready. I just need to make a few changes to make all my additions over AOSP work with 5.1. But most features work...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Hiro Nakamura:
Awesome news :D
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Skid71:
I can't thank or thumbs-up this post enough!

Thank you for all of your efforts Craig.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Etirel:
Here's one more Nexus 9 owner waiting for this update in a very excited mood!

Thanks for all your hard work! You're truly awesome! :good:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] matthewgwilt:
I'm looking forward to having a device that does not behave like a 500mb ram device. The whole memory leak bugs are a huge issue and i'm really surprised Google haven't acted sooner to fix it for this device. At the moment on stock firmware I can only run 1 app in the background, not to mention the launcher constantly redraws
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Marky__Mark:
Are we going to be able to dirty flash?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] albsat:
If you update also your gapps also , it would simply awesome. Thanks for your work.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
Friday the 13th... The resurrection of Lollipopalooza... Now including all Android 5.1.0 glory!! Details in OP!!

NOTE: Dirty flash from the previous 2014/12/08 should work fine as long as you wipe cache/dalvik cache. However, if you encounter any issues, please perform a full wipe/clean install.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Cheers man you live on!! :good:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Lol

Good thing we dont have to worrie

About recovery not reading data
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
I don't know why I didn't think of this before...

Next release of this ROM will be an update zip. Until we get a custom recovery we can use the AOSP recovery adb sideload feature to flash it. It also allows me to decouple the Google Apps from the ROM.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
OK... I've got USB OTG storage working... still need to iron out the sepolicy and rw access stuff... and it will be only VFAT for now!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Cheers!!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] belair56:
Agree. And Mr Gomez thanks for your work on this.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] StNickZA:
Got my N9 today and have just flashed the OTA. I've been running an AOSP build on my N5 for a while now, and I'd like to get LRX21M on the tablet as soon as possible. Can you tell me whether this ROM has all the Android ringtones and notifications? And what about Face Unlock? These things are missing on the AOSP builds I tried for N5.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Hogyoku:
I guess that they would be missing since i'm sure face unlock comes from gapps and there is no recovery to flash that jet.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
No, it only has the Android L ringtones. Yes Face Unlock is there.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] StNickZA:
Okay great.

Thank you craigacgomez for your work on this ROM.

I'm finally up and running. Followed the steps on the previous page to not use encryption (is there any way to check that it worked?).
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Go to settings

then security

and it should not say encrypted
[Nexus 9 Android Development] StNickZA:
Thanks. D'oh! Mine says encrypted; clearly it didn't work. Oh well, I'm over it for now. I just wanna get up and running so I can play with this thing.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
It should say "Encrypt tablet"

and you need to do a factory reset
[Nexus 9 Android Development] StNickZA:
It says encrypt tablet, but underneath that it says encrypted.

I did a factory reset after changing the files.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
Huh

Can you give me

A picture
[Nexus 9 Android Development] StNickZA:
Clearly I did something wrong. If I look at the files now, they have reverted to force encrypt.

Oh well, not serious for now.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
If you want

I can give you my boot.img

with the modification

Its the latest elemental X
[Nexus 9 Android Development] djkinetic:
I'd like that to.. I intend on flashing this later tonight.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] craigacgomez:
I just can't have a day of good luck... Got OTG usb storage mostly working... broke bluetooth :(
[Nexus 9 Android Development] USBhost:
FIRE-ICE kernel now supports it

Lol sorry

Best of luck

Edit: bluetooth not working here too