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[Kindle Fire Android Development] joenun:
can i just clean flash cm-12.1-20150418-UNOFFICIAL-otterx.zip coming from Slim-otterx-5.0.2.alpha.0.91-V45.zip?

thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kvestas:
Yes.

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Of course if you really mean wiping system/data/dalvik/cache by "clean flash". And you will need to flash gapps as well.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] joenun:
exactly what i was asking.

thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Guitarman:
Which Gapps package are you using just out of curiousity?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Santehnik:
Why no official support of CM12?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] joenun:
i havent flashed the rom yet.

when i boot into twrp it does not load all the way and restarts before you get the twrp menu.

i will have to reflash twrp i guess.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] andPS2:
any chance of getting facebook app to work?

(or even install?)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] eems01:
I tried the 12.1 build for a little while, after using Slimpop since it came out, and when I did I decided to update a twa_priv script we used on the CM11/SGT7 ROMS to disguise the Kindle Fire as a Nexus 7.

I've since gone back to CM11 nightly builds (everything just works even if the battery drains faster) but I think I saw Facebook in the PlayStore when I had the disguise applied to 12.1. Flash the zip from recovery and it basically just updates the build.prop file with the applicable Nexus 7 details. Note: A backup is saved to /system/build.prop.bak

Use at your own risk. Even if the app installs no guarantee it will work. ;)

MD5: 79c6f4246879ff19a6b0db5466ea0f97
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
fyi.. I installed joshua's CM12.1 and face several problems..

1. dunno about CM12, but CM12.1 doesnt work with bootloader 2.04, must use 2.05, my guess is different partition size.. I forgot about the error message, but flashing cm12.1 always fail. solution: flashing otterx-u-boot_v2.05 and repartition.

2. adb doesnt work on otterx twrp 2.8.2 and 2.8.3. flashing 2.7.x. solution: flash twrp 2.7.x via fastboot.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
Cm12 is too big for 2.04's system partition

The v2.04 otterx partitions are smaller:

system = 512MB)

cache = 265MB

Vs the newer larger partitions in v2.05:

system = 768MB

cache = 512MB
[Kindle Fire Android Development] GIL0802:
Any update of this build ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mrdreamers:
will this work on 6.3.3?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
You need to convert to OtterX partitions

Watch my video in

I Started a Thread [How To] Fix OtterX Install Errors, Partition sizes, Unable to Mount System... with some possible fixes for those having issues since converting to OtterX, with pushing files, failure to mount system errors when installing Lollipop Roms...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mrdreamers:
are there some roms i do not need to do the otter thing?:confused:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
Yes see the index

[INDEX] Kindle Fire Development
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tuanda82:
which rom is the fastest for otterX now? Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Probably this: https://s.basketbuild.com/filedl/de...UNOFFICIAL-otterx (Linaro and 777 Kernel).zip

Or this: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23681161096071201

I don't know how that build compares to the latest nightlies from the CM website, but both [MENTION=4630246]joshuabg[/MENTION]'s and [MENTION=4410674]lovejoy777[/MENTION]'s builds are very responsive; I don't even have my KF overclocked. ART works great, too. The major drawback is that the battery life is quite short, but this plagues all OtterX KK builds. It is my hope to contribute to the correction of this issue, but so far I have yet to get anything to actually build (KK or LP) . (If anyone would like to contribute tips and tricks as to how they've managed it, that would be great.) If I ever get anything to build and run, I'll post a link.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Guitarman:
My "opinion" is Slimkat is the fastest for OtterX :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Cm-12.1 2015-05-28

Here's an update. After much effort, I finally managed to get it to build (I'll gladly share what had to be done, if you are interested). I don't know that it's really any different than any previous 12.1 build, but who knows. It's pretty smooth, especially if you reduce animations to 0.5 in developer settings. Response time is not the greatest, but that is probably due to the relatively small amount of free RAM and the CPU time required for compression and decompression of zRAM. Anyway, here you go.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7BjC3Ky49TVY3BETHhNT3hpaEk&authuser=0

Questions:

Does anyone know if I need to do a 'make clean' after a 'repo sync'?

If a 'repo sync' totally hoses something (as in, it won't build any more), can one revert to a prior version?

Do anyone know of a very good guide to repo and git for the complete idiot?

Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashbang173:
A good (thorough) guide to git: http://git-scm.com/doc

A little bit about repo: http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/repo-tips-tricks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Here's another update. It's the same release as the last one, but I got this one to build with -O3 (almost all of it, anyway). It's faster. It's not going blow your mind with its speed, but it is faster. It still suffers from the major CM 12.1 problem of eating up too much RAM. If anyone knows how to reduce CM's RAM usage, please share.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7BjC3Ky49TVc2hpQ081amhoNXM/view?usp=sharing
[Kindle Fire Android Development] GIL0802:
Good, What about the Gapps ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
For cm12.1, I would use [GAPPS][5.1.x] Up-to-Date GOOGLE APPS (TK GApps) [2015-05-30] by osm0sis/TKruzze
[Kindle Fire Android Development] GIL0802:
I flashed and i having problems at the Start Setup. It's laggy and shuttering sometimes and not restoring my Saved Wifi Hotspots on my Google Account. It's because of the Gapps im using ? tk_gapps pico modular ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
I have no idea. I gave up on Gapps for the KF a while ago, especially with OtterX, on account that they take up too much RAM (this CM only has, at best, ~100 MB free) and CPU time, causing the very stuttering issues you describe. I assume you tried rebooting... Sometimes that makes things smoother. Reducing the animation times in Developer Options helps. I've often found that ROMs work better if you just install the ROM by itself, maybe reboot, and then install Gapps. It might be worth a try, anyway.

I hope this helps. Cheers.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MrGuvernment:
Had slim based on 5.0 on my Kindle fire and it was so slow to respond to everything, opening just settings took 10-15 seconds, then waiting for the screen to refresh with data was painfully slow..
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
He said slimkat, not slimLP
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Santehnik:
What about updates? :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Okay. It seems folks want updates. I'll do my best to come up with some soon. It might be a little while, though, as I've had some computer issues, car issues, and fractured my elbow a couple days ago. Please stand by.... =)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
thanks for supporting us :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Santehnik:
Any news about update? ;)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Lately I've been working on CM-11 and tying to make advances with that. I've been posting the occasional update in the Q&A forum as I've yet to upload anything, but I'm making progress. Mainly, as fast as my computer is, it's still slow at building. I wonder what kind of systems that other ROM makers use that they can put out almost daily builds for a multitude of devices. I also have several projects going on right now. I will get back to it.

I discovered one of the reasons that CM-11 has so much more RAM than CM-12.1. It's because the default Z-RAM is significantly larger. If anyone is having out of memory issues, you may want to use something like Kernel Adiutor to increase the Z-RAM. It will, of course, be slower, but the KF is pretty slow by today's standards anyway.

Cheers.

edit: Since Android 6.0 has been released, would you prefer to wait for the CM-13 release supposedly in November? It can, or so I've read, work on 512MB devices.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
It was said that 5.0 can also work on 512mb. While it is, it's super slow :D

But personally, I would like to try 6.0. If I have to choose one, then 6.0.

They probably have >4 core cpu, 8 GB ram or more. From what I read, it is slow for the first build only. If you use ccache, it will build faster if not a major update.

What's ur system, and how long it takes for building ROM?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hedied4me:
We would love updates. Whatever you did, its the best my kindle has run yet.

Question, how do you get better z-ram when using a kernel manager?

Sent from my Virgin Mobile HTC Desire 601 zaraCL cdma
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
I've got an 3 core Phenom II with 8 GB RAM, but not enough drive space to use ccache. I think I have an old 30 GB HD in the closet. If it still works, maybe I could use that for the ccache, though it still wouldn't be the 100+ GB that build guides suggest.

Since the GIT repo for CM-13.0 is available, I'm downloading it now. We'll find out if it works.

edit: It doesn't, that is, I don't think the repo is complete. Either that or the build procedure has changed. It looks incomplete to me.

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Using Kernel Adiutor, select menu->Virtual Memory, change the Z-RAM slider to what you want, flip the Apply on boot toggle, and reboot.

I will continue to try to make the KF experience better. Thanks.

Not related...

If anyone's interested in a relatively inexpensive upgrade, I just noticed Amazon has released the "New Fire" for $49 (or 6 for $245). It's probably an introductory offer, but a 7" tablet for $49 with decent specs is a good deal. It still has the same screen and storage, but has 1 GB RAM, a 4 core 1.3 GHz CPU, a micro-SD slot, cameras, microphone, and volume button. Basically it has all the features that the original should have had. The downside is: battery life is listed as 7 hours (so shorter than the other KFs) and there are currently no custom ROMs that I could find. Maybe there will soon be an Amazon Kindle Fire 3 forum. The upside is it has Amazon's latest custom Android OS and it's said to be quite nice.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
Very tempting. :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
it's the 5th gen here: http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hedied4me:
Too bad there is no development. Without that ours (while slower) is better imo. I say this because I do not like the kindles original os.

Sent from my Virgin Mobile HTC Desire 601 zaraCL cdma
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
I'm quite sure there will be.

This device is new.

I admit, even the OS looks good too.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hedied4me:
Guess I forget to factor in that its new. Despite the 1gb ram those are decent specs for that price.

Edit: Looking a little more into it, looks like a great device at that price. I am pretty tempted to buy one. I wonder if you buy the ad-included version, when roms are made for it they can get rid of the ads.

Sent from my Virgin Mobile HTC Desire 601 zaraCL cdma
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
It is. the only downside I see is the RAM. But with no active background apps, probably good enough. even KF1 is acceptable for me. the quad core should be a nice upgrade :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hedied4me:
Are you buying one?

Sorry for the OT guys; my last post in this thread.

Sent from my Virgin Mobile HTC Desire 601 zaraCL cdma
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
maybe, definitely not this year. I live in Indonesia. So I usually ask my family to buy when she plan to come here. this definitely on my top of choice if I plan to get new tablet.

but for now, I still like my KF1. Beside, I'm using it only for light browsing, youtube, streaming over DLNA, reading.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Working on an update. Both [MENTION=994299]dokie80[/MENTION] and I have run into the fact that WiFi no longer functions with stock CM 12.1. On the plus side, I used a lot of compiler optimizations and it's decently fast provided not much swapping to compressed RAM happens. I'll keep you updated.

edit:

I uploaded an update in a new thread.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Antonntminh:
Hi,

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Hi,

I have been flash some otterx rom, even with this one, but it laggy as hell for me :(, can anyone help me to solve this problems, what is the issue?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] BobJayJr:
I think it's laggy for everyone. Try SlimLP - it's better but still not great - or try an even earlier generation of ROM. I think it's significant that most (if not all) LP development for the KF did not proceed beyond the alpha phase and users and devs are already beginning to migrate to the newest generation of KF (blasphemy?) I haven't tried Marshmallow yet, and while I can appreciate the technical achievement of getting the newer ROMs to run on the 1st Gen KF, I believe the 1st Gen KF just doesn't have the horsepower to run the newer ROMS effectively (blasphemy again?).
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
try the cm10 OtterX build here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3228941

Random Builds and Development
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Antonntminh:
Thanks, it much faster than the other built now, but still not as speedy as I remembered it a few years back :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] nighthawkca:
Thanks for keeping those builds alive. I've used lot of builds for Otter/OtterX, but good ole JB still is probably the best for the aging Kindle. I think I'll leave it on CM10.2 now. Though it really doesn't get much use since I've got an Amazon Fire now. :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] desoto77:
How to re-enable transparency?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kuldeepsidhu:
Why it is slow for me

I have installed this ROM successfully on Kindle Fire 1st gen. But I find its works very slow. There is a bit lagging between action. is it beacause KF has less RAM like 512 MB.

or any ways to tweak to make it work fast?

Can you suggest any other ROM that would work faster and does have the basic functionality.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
try the cm11 or cm10 here

Random Builds and Development
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Reka39:
is this still available?

I cant seem to find the download anywhere
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
goo.im went down a while ago

don't think anyone ever reuploaded any of the cm12 biulds
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Reka39:
:crying: is there another build higher than 12? I have CM 11 ...I saw somewhere for Marshmallow I just don't where lol....
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
http://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire/development/rom-t3308676
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kvestas:
Accidentally I found this ROM in my archive.

You may download it from here:

cm-12-20141130-UNOFFICIAL-otterx

Please be aware that you need OtterX partitioning on your Kindle to use this ROM.

Hi [MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION], could you please download this ROM and store somewhere it permanently for everyones access? If you have any particular place for that of course. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Reka39:
:):) thank you so much, i have otter x and twrp :) how about gapps? what version should I use? And I appreciate all your help.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kvestas:
I would try CM12 gapps packages approved by cm team from here:

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dalex4991:
Will CM11 and CM12 work without a gapps installation? I find gapps a hindrance to ram performance.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Michajin:
not working....

Trying to figure our what i am missing. It wont flash and i get a

E:error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/cm-12-20141130-unofficial-otterx.zip"

wiped and Formatted, tried a full wipe Internal too, could it be a corrupted download?

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Tried another download... I am getting errors mounting system after it fails, going to reinstall cm11 again and see if it loads
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
did you verify md5 checksum with a checksum utility

see https://sites.google.com/site/sdshadowscollection/home/hash-checksums

and Attached screenshot

you converted to OtterX?

which CM11 file name?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Michajin:
Yes on version 2.04, do i need to update my BL? I can flash CM11 nightly 12/02
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b.huss2:
hmm....gets past the boot ani and I get a big message saying

Encryption unsuccessful

Encryption was intrupted and can't complete. As a result, the data on your tablet is no longer accessible.

blah blah blah

can't get past this. any thoughts?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
could just be a bad install, bad download, check md5 checksum, bad gapps file

wipe system, reinstall without gapps, and see
[Kindle Fire Android Development] andPS2:
So happy to see "the man" back in action!

i gave away my fire 1st gen but just recently got a fire hdx where once again

with safestrap i am using some of hashcode's awesome work!

kudos
[Kindle Fire Android Development] getclikinagas:
Wow. The fire is re'kindled'

Keep up the awesome work Hashcode! :highfive:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dinhvandinhtu:
You are Legend, welcome back [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]! Thank you very much for your work!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sbradymobile:
I ran into this issue when the data partition was formatted as ext4. You can format data to f2fs in TWRP > Wipe > Advanced Wipe > Select Data Partition > Repair or Change File System.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Nanaki-seto:
eagerly awaiting this for my kf 8.9 hd (jem) ill wait for ota though. BTW i think landscape mode should be and remain default start up mode.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b.huss2:
Yea I figured that out, Thanks. I wasn't aware this was an f2fs ROM. I looked for that info but must have missed it. I actually did have it formatted f2fs at first but bailed because it was in boot ani sooo long. I should have waited a few more minutes cause it just takes forever to boot first time.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Michajin:
Does it matter if my system is ext4 (data is f2fs)? Currently i am back on CM11 without issues.... Going to try again tonight.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
bootloader must be 2.05

system must be ext4, data must be f2fs

I got the Encryption unsuccessful screen, when installing cm-12-20141130-UNOFFICIAL-otterx.zip with data formated to ext4

I got failure to mount system, when using 2.04 bootloader

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Slim-otterx-5.0.1.alpha.0.7-v0.3.zip will still install with 2.04 partition sizes
[Kindle Fire Android Development] uoY_redruM:
It's sad that my HTC One M8 is still waiting on a 5.0 update, but Hash is pumping it out on my Kindle Fire LOL!

Can't believe I just noticed this update. Can't wait to download and flash tomorrow.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MrGHLover:
just installed it. going to try it out
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Michajin:
Awesome! got it. My big issue was I was on 2.04. Then my issues snowballed from there. All set now. Thanks for your input!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
I wish I had an unlimited # of thanks for you ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] HobbitCy:
installed and testing : )

- not sure if bug or choice in development but from the cards view the main box is black white the title bar for each is colored, also unlock screen is black, i saw these in the slim rom as well

- interesting note about the cards view, it appears that in chrome and youtube app it will show the info

- Videos in Youtube website and app work
[Kindle Fire Android Development] masterchop:
OMG!!!

I just found out at 2:30am!! dammm i cant sleep so ill start flashing this on my KF.

THank you hashcode you are the man, KF still alive cuz of u.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Michajin:
awesome rom.... very smooth and only minor bugs ... awesome job
[Kindle Fire Android Development] GIL0802:
Hi There!

Im new in the Forums of the Kindle and I want to say thanks to Hashcode for the support of this old device. I got some problems going througt the process of converting my Otter to OtterX but Now its all good.

Thanks for you amazing work and keep it up! :D // Now waiting for future updates :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] starfool13:
otterx

How do I convert my otter to otterx ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] chykal:
Go to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2671619

And read the op.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
and see [INDEX] Development Kindle Fire 1
[Kindle Fire Android Development] starfool13:
thanks for da information :)

please can you tell me difference between otter and otterx ???
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
Combines user data and SD card to one partition, larger system partition...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Updated TWRP v2.8.2.0 for OtterX is now available here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50852364&postcount=3

This was built from Android 5.0 sources.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lifegap:
Great news, yo the man!

It's great that you bring new life again (sooo many times) to our beloved KF1. My colleges with a lot of android devices show a jealous faces to me as I with the old device was always a pioneer in Android versions. 4.3, 4.4, 4.4.4 and now 5.0,

Sorry this time I was not use your ROM as I saw the slimrom lollipop first then upgrade to it from the CM nightly. The slim is great, smooth but lack several features: volume in the notification center (as well as modify the notifi center), the option to reboot to recovery (maybe I do not find the option) and the latest thing is the hardware accelerate in MX player. I mostly use KF as portable movie player at night but the H/W option could not be used for all of movies in KF, only S/W , even the optional ARMv7 Neon codec was downloaded. the slim rom was inspired by your alpha rom, so do yours can play movie with H/W?

Thanks again
[Kindle Fire Android Development] thedarksavant:
Error Flashing

I'm getting the same error when I try to flash this as when I try to flash the latest SlimPop. I'm on TWRP 2.8.2.0.

about to run program [/tmp/otasigcheck.sh] with 1 args

erasing 195584 blocks

blkdiscard failed: Invalid argument

writing 74140 blocks of new data

write failed: No space left on device

lseek64 failed: Invalid argument

I:Legacy property environment disabled.

E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/Download/Slim-otterx-5.0.1.alpha.0.8-V0.5.zip'

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/Download/Slim-otterx-5.0.1.alpha.0.8-V0.5.zip'

I have a copy of the entire TWRP log on my kindle if that helps.

I've been running OtterX builds since Hash made them, so I'm pretty sure I'm partitioned correctly. Plus advanced TWRP also says I'm on OtterX.

I can flash the v3 build of SlimPop, so it's something that changed between that and the latest build.

Any ideas?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
Try twrp 2.7.1.0
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killer5000:
Try to side load it what I did and that work for me
[Kindle Fire Android Development] thedarksavant:
2.7.1.0 failed the first time which is why I tried 2.8.2.0
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
Slim-otterx-5.0.1.alpha.0.8-V0.5.zip installed fine with 2.7.1.0 twrp for me, but should post in SlimPop thread