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[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] FrankFieb:
I have tried everything you mentioned. But always the same error. It has something to do with the system partition. So I have made a full wipe an installed another cm 12.1 Rom without any problems. But I want your rom cause it is a very good one. Hope you can fix it.

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[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
The fault must lie with the rom and not the hardware. Never had this problem with any other rom.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] FrankFieb:
Think so too.

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[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
We had this earlier with the first 5.1 roms. The system partition was to big and did not fit. The dev did something to make it fit I remember. May be that could be done again?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thools60:
Installed today. No problem what so ever. Installed super fast. Clean wipe including data. Running just fine
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
Did you get the "patching system image unconditionally" message and how long before that went?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thools60:
I can't say for sure. As I wrote the installation was really fast. But I think I saw that sentence flashing by.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Mr Creosote:
just wondering what people's opinions are on which build of this rom is the fastest/most stable? I'm on the most recent build, 5.1.1_r26, and I'm generally happy with it, I'm just interested in whether other users of this rom have gone back to an earlier build for any particular reason?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
I will take a look into why this is happening. It will be a few days though till I get to it due to my homework load.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
New nightly out. Let me know if it works. I made few changes.

Nightly
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
I've just downloaded this... it will be my first non-Samsung rom installed on this pup so we shall see. Heh. Gotta back up my nicely rooted Samsung rom first with TWRP before I do this. Oh, and find the gapps files of course. Thank you.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
You can find the gapps in OP or you can use opengapps.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Thank you. So much fun to reflash this nice tab with a more "generic" (in a good way) Android. I'm running your latest right now and it runs smoothly so far. Questions... likely really obvious, but I can't find answers to 'em. Does the Samsung Word Processing program (Hancom) run on this version? Maybe that's all I'll ask for the moment. ;)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
This one isn't installing either. Stuck on "patching system image unconditionally". :mad:
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
You can find it in the Play Store.

Just out of curiousity, what bootloader version are you on? I have tried every which way to see if I can create this error but I can't make it happen.

Also try this:

Wipe cache, data, system and flash through Advanced.

To check your zip is not broken and fully downloaded, enable md5 check.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
thompatry, only one very small anomaly I'm finding with this rom so far... not a deal breaker at all. Some screen detritus when apps are partially minimized (as in when showing the stack of running apps).

Re my issue w/ installing Hancom Suite... best way for me was to google around until I could find the Samsung Galaxy apk, install it, and then use it to get at the apps they make available. Samsung themselves thought it was through Google play, but it isn't. However, I am taking this off topic.

Back to it... your version of this rom for our tablets is running great for me. I may try one of the classic launchers (Apex or Nova) and see how that goes.

UPDATE: Running Nova on the tablet w/ your rom.... it gives much more real estate compared to the packaged launcher and works great. Have to thank you again, this is wonderful! One more question.... and I probably know the answer. Is there any s-pen software for Samsung that runs on this?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Darktitor:
Lollipop bootloader from latest Samsung official

Envoyé de mon SM-G920F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
A couple more questions:

Subjective experience here, but it does seem there's a bit more battery drain with this than with the rooted Lollipop 5.0.2 version. Any hints or tricks there?

Do any of the the s-pen apps work here? If so, which ones?

I had to install Ad Away... that's not gonna mess anything up is it?

Thanks again!

-shonkin
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thools60:
[MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION] Did a dirty flash (dalvik and cash) . No problems whatsoever. Running snappy (snappier than before actually) and smooth. Seems like an excellent build so far.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Best way to get Hancom back on this rom? A few ways.

1. (Not the best.) Restore the Hancom apps with Titanium (which of course means you had to have backed 'em up first). I had issues with this. It did restore the last versions I had, but would not restore the update app.

2. (Better, but not much.) Hunt down the "Galaxy App" apk on line. This is not great. But when ya don't have it, and can get it to install, you can get access to the free Samsung versions of Hancom installs directly (unlike Google Play, where you *cannot*).

3. (Best.) A few steps....

A. Nandroid (back up with TWRP, that is) your original Samsung Lollipop install *before* installing this one. If you can, direct TWRP to do the backup onto an external micro-sd rather than the internal. (If not, whatever.... internal is okay, this just takes up room).

B. Got the new rom on board? Good. Use Google Playstore to download an app called "Nandroid Manager" (free version). Open it. It should automatically detect your Nandroid backup(s). Select the one you want, then up top select restore. From there, select apps. Find Galaxy Apps and select it, with data included. Click the restore button at lower right and wait around.

C. Once it finishes restoring, close the Nandroid Manager (no reboot needed).

D. Open Galaxy App and navigate to "Productivity" apps. The Hancom apps are there.... select the full ones -- Hshow, Hword, Hcell. Install. And you're good to go.

---------- Post added at 08:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:05 PM ----------

The Nandroid Manager app will also allow restoring the S-pen related app, Sketch Book for Galaxy. There's plenty more to play with in the Nandroid, but know the further you go restoring stuff the more likely you might end up busting stuff.... esp. if you try restoring system apps that aren't really compatible with Lollipop 5.1.1.

Hope that's helpful.

God bless.

---------- Post added at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:07 PM ----------

Unrelated to the previous... but re performance:

Antutu 3d version: 43713

Quadrant: 14158
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] francesco totti:
i can't get passed "patching system image unconditionally " :( ! valera's version of rom flashes correctly but unfortunately your build doesn't ! :( i've also tried twrp 3 !
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
[MENTION=218323]francesco[/MENTION] - I suspect (just being honest here) that you are doing something out of the ordinary to keep getting that error when no one else is reporting it. Have you done a standard *factory wipe* of your tablet from TWRP right before attempting to install this rom? And have you verified the copy you downloaded of the rom is the correct size? I'm trying to be helpful, but don't have much to go on here. It works a charm for me and is a great rom. My suggestion is to go back over every last step of what you're doing. There is an answer in there somewhere.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
He is not the only one. I have got the same error with that Rom on the latest TWRP. But I have a SM-T900. When I switch the recovery to the P900 recovery I should be able to flash that Rom. But I don't succeed. It seems that the system partition is too small for this Rom. We had that earlier when Lollipop was coming up for the tablet. As there is no development at the moment for the T900 I was trying this Rom as it seems this one will be upgraded to cm13 soon..
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
I'm also getting the "Patching system......." message. According to [MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION] he has tried to replicate this but he cannot. I've wiped. Checked size of zip. Downloaded on this tablet and 2 PC's. Each time the same error.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Well, that is curious. Did you install from an already rooted rom -- perhaps the stock Lollipop rooted version? That's what I did, and install was flawless. Well, here's a bit more exact info.... I went from stock (rooted) to the CivZ 2.6 rom and updated to CivZ 2.7. From there, I installed this rom (after a factory wipe). Zero issues. I hope that is useful?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] bts0004:
So far, so good with mine. I installed just wiping caches and system, but kept data. It actually flashed pretty fast at that. Thanks for this!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
I have tried both options. First from rooted stock rom and than from cm12. Both times I had the error. What I had to do than was a format of /system again because the restore wasn't possible because TWRP couldn't mount system. After the format I could restore my backup. That's why I think it has to do with the size of the system.img. I flashed both times with wipe system and data b.tw.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
I have noticed that anomaly with the screen when you go into the running apps stack. Its not the end of the world but it is weird. I am trying to figure out what causes it.

Now for the S-Pen question. The S-Pen libraries on in this Rom. I use this app from the app store with the pen and it works really well. If you want to any of the Samsung S-Pen apps that is in stock, or refer your good post. (Post #944) Also for notes, I use Squid. It works really well and well worth paying for all the features.

Are you running the SM-P900? If so please get me the bootloader version from this app on a working rom.

This rom is only for SM-P900 (v1awifi). If I can get CM13.0 working for this device, I can work on it for the SM-T900(v2awifi). The issue I have with that is I don't own the device. But I will see what I can do.

Last but not least, there is a new nightly out. Please refer to my signature for the link.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
I'm running SM-P900 (v1awifi). Bootloader version is P900XXUOBOF2. I'm using Valera's CM12.1 version 50 from OP.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
Thanks for your reply. You could check for the differences on the repo of chaggerty. He did the cm12.1 rom for the T900. But the development has stopped last year in august. There is not much difference between the P900 and the T900. The main difference is the screen and the digitizer for the pen. When I use a room of the P900 which I did a lot in the past than rotation doesn't work. I remember that Valera and Arcardia has helped chaggerty to get the rotation working for the T900. It would be very nice when you could get this done for the T900 too. May be even make a working repo for both devices?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
You are running an older firmware, I assume KK. I am currently on P900UEU1COF4. Try updating your firmware to Lollipop. Here is the link to do so. Let me know if that makes any differences.

It will be tonight or tomorrow before I can look into getting a new T900 build going for CM12.1. I will let you know over in the thread when I get it going. CM 13.0 is still in the works but I am very close to getting it done but college homework is my first priority since I want to graduate in May.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
You are absolutely right. School or work comes always first.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
For fun, I reinstalled the newest (feb 11) rom from the ground up. And yes, I am seeing the "unconditional" message.... I think it occurs twice quickly right after the install of the rom begins. But ignoring it leads to no problems for me. Once again, the rom installed without incident and I'm running it (still downloading apps even as I type this). I am not dismssing anyone else's experience... just reporting.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Hmm. I installed CM Spen add-on and despite having root permissions was told I did not. It directed me to install SuperSU, despite the fact that's installed w/ this rom. Curious, I installed SuperSU Pro (which I purchased some time back). Whatever was wrong -- possibly something I did -- fixed itself after a reboot. Does this have anything to do with others' issues? I have no idea. Again... reporting. ;)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] francesco totti:
I checked the md5 of the downloaded zip ! I also tried both twrp 2.8.7.0 and 3.0.0.0 !! And I'm on lollipop bootloader ! Unfortunately I couldn't install it ! And I had to reflash Valera's build and it flashed correctly !
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Your tablet is a 901, according to your signature. I don't think this rom is built to run on that! Sorry I didn't notice it before... and I'm not the author of the rom here so can't comment for sure. But I suspect that's your issue right there.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] francesco totti:
Yes mine is SM-P901 but i've successfully flashed all versions of Valera's Rom , even his cm11 on my SM-P901 , so there must be a problem with dear thompaty's build , and it's not just me who has this problem !!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Not arguing.... you may be right. It is made a little more difficult for all of us due to these numbers which are so close, but can mask major differences from model to model. I'm not seeing much difference between the 900 and 901 in the sites I've looked at. It appears the 901 is distributed in Europe and Africa? No idea what that might or might not mean.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] achimg2:
I've tried to flash the nightly from 2016-02-09 without success. No difference between TWRP 2.8.7 or the newest 3.0, always stuck at "patching system image unconditionally " :(

I'm using a P900 and never had flash issues with Valera's ROM's, so any idea to solves the problem??

Odin can only an image, so any chance to update via an other approach??

I've seen that Francesco or me are not the only ones with the same problem.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] DaveUK:
Just dirty flashed over r26 build and installed fine using TWRP 2871

Teraring issue in the recent apps list has also gone.

The build date shows 09/02 despite flashing 11/02 release .. this right?

Thanks for your work on continuing deveopment of the rom! Dave
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] FrankFieb:
I have the same problem with all the builds. Everytime I flash the rom it stucks at "patching system image unconditionally "

I am using TWRP 3.0. I am coming from PacRom 12.1. I have made a full wipe, also wiped data and system. I had no luck to install. When I use an earlier build from

Valerie I have no problems and it works like a charme. So it is not the hardware. I don't know why some people can install and some people can not install.

The only thing I know is that it has something to do with the system partition. After trying to flash I always have fo format the system partition again.

Maybe this helps.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
KK? Older firmware??? Only by 2 weeks. Lol. Im on Lollipop. "[ROM][P900][UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 12.1 (Android 5.1.1) | LOLLIPOP | 20151104".
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
To enable root, since about a year ago, you need to enable developer options and then turn on root access from there. Here is a good link to follow.

Can you get me the sizes of the partitions. The P-901 is the 3G version of this tablet. The way you can do this is the following commands in terminal emulator or adb shell. I need the output of them.

cat /proc/partitions
ls -al /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name

This will output it to the screen. If you want it to output to a text file, add '> /sdcard/name-of-file.txt' without the quotes. It will then save it on your SD Card. This will help me verify that partitions sizes line up correctly.

You might be on LP but there could be a good chance that your bootloader version did not get upgraded.

To all that is having issues with flashing this, I am trying to do everything I can to get this up and running for you. Bare with me and help me out when you can.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
Thom, my sincere apologies if I offended you. I didn't mean to. I shall update my bootloader to the one you recommend and report back. :)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
You didn't offend me. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew I am not trying to ignore them. I am just trying to get down to the root cause of the issue.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
Thank you for the T900 build. I will try it tomorrow. But I have found the posts of [MENTION=3857343]crpalmer[/MENTION] and me and others about the same error about the system partition we had in January last year. There is a difference in size of the system partition for the european and the US devices. So [MENTION=3857343]crpalmer[/MENTION] did fix that for us last year. Check this out: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57955589&postcount=256 the post before and after might help you to fix the problem for us. I have a european T900.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
That is exactly what I thought. As soon as I get someone to get me their partition sizes that is, I will adjust it and rebuild it. It will only take me about 60 minutes to build.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
Here you have the correct info: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/79515/1/BoardConfig.mk
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
That is for the Tab Pro devices which I know are similar but we have the Note Pro. My device size does not line up with what crpalmer has. My system image partition is 2516582400 so that is why I would like to verify. I can make it smaller based off of that but I would feel a lot better if I knew the exact sizes. Thanks for finding that. I will modify it right now and rebuild it with that value.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Planet X:
That's mine:

u0_a130@v2wifixx:/ $ cat /proc/partitions

major minor #blocks name

179 0 30535680 mmcblk0

179 1 4096 mmcblk0p1

179 2 4096 mmcblk0p2

179 3 20480 mmcblk0p3

179 4 4096 mmcblk0p4

179 5 4096 mmcblk0p5

179 6 4096 mmcblk0p6

179 7 4096 mmcblk0p7

259 0 8192 mmcblk0p8

259 1 8192 mmcblk0p9

259 2 10240 mmcblk0p10

259 3 10240 mmcblk0p11

259 4 4096 mmcblk0p12

259 5 20480 mmcblk0p13

259 6 4096 mmcblk0p14

259 7 4096 mmcblk0p15

259 8 12288 mmcblk0p16

259 9 4096 mmcblk0p17

259 10 2351104 mmcblk0p18

259 11 307200 mmcblk0p19

259 12 51200 mmcblk0p20

259 13 27684864 mmcblk0p21

179 24 4096 mmcblk0rpmb

179 16 4096 mmcblk0boot1

179 8 4096 mmcblk0boot0

I really hope that this is the solution.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
New build is up. I have adjusted the system partition size to correct for the TWRP issue. Let me know how it goes.

Builds Link
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] FrankFieb:
Now it works great with my p900 EU. Thank you very much. I can install your version now. ?

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[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Lonelobo:
I installed thompatry's latest build on my dutch europe SM-P900 with no problems (coming from valera's latest build) and using twrp 3.0. So far no isues found ;) [MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION] are u going to release a cm13 build in the near future? This device screems for android 6 ;)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kleverman:
[MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION]

Worked flawlessly for me also. Coming from Valeria's final build (50). Factory reset. TWRP 3.0. Installed quickly. Saw the dreaded "patching to system....." Before I had time to panic, in less than 10 seconds, message was gone. Installation completed about 15 seconds later. See screenshot.

Too early to comment on performance. :D
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] achimg2:
[MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION]

Today I installed (clean install) your build 2016-02-12 on a german SM-P900 without any problem during flash process.

So, thanks for your work and fix this install issue. Right now not detect a real problem, let's see the next days.

Hopefully you continue your work for a cm13 build.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] nsiti:
Running the latest Feb 12 build. Thanks for the development!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Quick note on this excellent port of 5.1.1... is there any way to get the touch screen just a "touch" more responsive? I find myself touching links twice, even three times, in a way I don't recall doing w/ stock Samsung. Again, as with so much, this is subjective "feel" w/ no hard data to back it up. Thanks again for the rom.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Fredplex:
I second this... At first I thought it was just me but there is an obvious response time and/or missed touches... But yeah the ROM is still faaaantastic.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
You can change the sensitivity by following these instructions:

Go to Settings

Tap Language and Input

Scroll to the bottom and tap Pointer Speed.

Increase to slide to make the touch more sensitive or decrease to make it less sensitive to your preference.

Tap OK and test.

Last but not least, there is a new nightly up. Link
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Brilliant! Thanks so much!! And I'll take a look at the new one... is it okay to dirty flash at this point (I'm assuming yes, but wondered a bit if there's an alteration made to partition sizes or the like due to that European version problem)?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
You should be able to dirty flash without problem. If you start seeing weird anomalies, I would then clean flash.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
I did just download and dirty flash, with no issues so far at all. Happy in Chicago! ;)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] flamadiddle:
Suggestion

Perhaps you should start a new thread for your builds [MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION]. Since you can't update the OP of this thread, and those builds are essentially orphaned. You could post here directing us to the new thread once it's up.

Thanks for working on this ROM!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] rhricik447:
I second that suggestion!

I thought that development on the SM-P900 stopped when "V" got rid of his device and went with the 905. Decided to check the thread and so glad I did! I just downloaded the 20160216 image, will load it later tonight. If you started a new thread about picking up the CM development on the SM-P900, I'd have jumped on it much sooner. Thank you sooo much for picking up the task of updating this lovely tablet. And even suggesting that you might be working on CM 13 for this thing got my heart racing! Good luck with that, hope it works! It would be awesome on this tablet...

Get your homework/studying done first...THEN play with these things. Eventually tablets will pass the torch to the 'next big thing' (phones are just tiny tablets...), but your education will last forever! This is advice from a retired IT geek...