yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
I think a number of us know we're pushing the envelope here... and obviously sbdags and friends have tried to keep us down to earth here... this is only beta 4 of this baby. So we're just having fun, I think?

And that said, I finally really truly did get this running on my 128g external microsd card. Here's the basics:

Install Zombi-Pop internal. (Choose same format for /data you will later use on external.)

Do a Nandroid backup of your internal installation once it has finished installing.

Start w/ formatted, clean external card.

Install Zombi-Pop external. (Choose same format for /data as internal.)

When you reach the first post-install screen after rebooting, don't go any farther, but instead, reboot again to recovery (TWRP).

In TWRP make sure to flash rom2sd first; then do a *selective* Nandroid restore to *only* the external /data. (You can try and reboot after this, but I suspect you'll get a dysfunctional result.)

Finally, do *another* external install of Zombi-Pop, but *without* wiping anything. (This, known as a "dirty" install, gave me a fully functioning external Zombi-Pop install, from which I am typing these words.)

Again, this isn't the right way to do things. Just a silly bordering on ridiculous kludge / hack until we get the next iteration of Zombi-Pop with some of the bugs worked out. ;)

And hey, just cuz it worked for me, it may not work for you. No guarantees offered or implied.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Rubister:
Do you mean your tablet? I'm assuming you're not using IMAP, if you do, your emails will go everywhere you do, you don't need to store them locally. You just create your account on any email app and it syncs your folders and all emails, depending on how many you've requested to load at a time (default is 25 on K-9 Mail).
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatboyinlycra:
I had already been using the card as my external on a different tab running zombi-x so having backed up my internal I inserted into my zombi-pop tab, booted into into recovery ran rom2sd1 wiped cache and dalvik and data, rebooted into recovery ran the install as rom2sd then restored just data from my previous nandroid and rebooted again.

All good.

Must admit I didn't test internet as I wanted to put that card back into my other tab. When I did and rebooted that also booted into zombi-pop until I nandroided it back to zombi-x.

Am working from home tomorrow so will try again and see if I get the same results plus see if internet works OK.

I didn't keep it that way because I didn't any performance benefit over a wholly internal set up. In fact it seemed better on internal.

---------- Post added at 11:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 PM ----------

The first time moving from KitKat to lollipop I found problems if I tried restoring apps from a KitKat build. But once I have installed them I have created a flashable zip of the apps that seems to work OK
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Well it is still a beta so battery life may suck. It certainly feels hooter on the back so I suspect the governors aren't quite running right and it is maxing out a lot.

Yep still only beta 4 and lots of improvements and changes to come. I wouldn't recommend this as a daily driver yet but it is fun to test it out right? :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
I don't think that did what you mighta thought it did. I'm no expert, but I think that will boot your internal, despite saying initially it's finding the external's /data partition. I just tried it, and that's exactly what happened. Heh. Well, I'm heading back to Zombi-X myself. For a little while longer....
[Asus Transformer TF700] grayfoxmg1:
Yeah I still nand back to my other installation when I want to do anything productive on my tablet, but when I have time for fun I am re-flashing Zombi-pop looking for that perfect installation. Welcome to XDA and the life of a flashaholic. Here we are enabled by such developers as [MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] to further feed our addiction.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Oh yeah, baby! Typo of the evening!
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatboyinlycra:
I didn't think touching was allowed?
[Asus Transformer TF700] prefect47:
No, haven't tried much more. The full reformat is next, starting it right now.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RunnyYolk:
I've actually got it up and running now - as _that pointed out, I was using TWRP 2.6.? instead of 2.7...

Since I'd already gone ahead and flashed this ROM, I couldn't update TWRP to 2.8 (maybe it's possible to flash a new TWRP from within TWRP itself, but I couldn't find a way. Someone else can surely enlighten us on that.) So I flashed stock 4.2.1, then updated TWRP using the app and then flashed this delicious lollipop ROM again, and it works. :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] prefect47:
I've checked the internal /system (/dev/block/mmcblk0p1) in the TWRP file manager, and it seems healthy enough. Any reason why it isn't detected by the kernels (it's not listed on boot)?
[Asus Transformer TF700] prefect47:
This is embarrassing... looked at TWRP and I'm still on 2.6.3.1... :p

I flashed TWRP 2.8 with the dd method and just assumed that it had been updated...
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
The standard way is: fastboot flash recovery twrp-whatever.img

Because I only show partitions for which I support more than one filesytem. Internal /system must always be ext4 and present, so there is no interesting info to show about it.

You must reboot after dd, and don't use "reboot to recovery" for that. You can however hold down volume-down when it reboots the second time (after the blue bar appeared) to enter TWRP directly after flashing it. Also interesting: If you flash TWRP via fastboot and you enter it directly from the bootloader without rebooting ("fastboot reboot") in between, TWRP can't see your partitions.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bombaneutrons:
Zombi-pop ROCKS

Hi guys,

Since Christmas 2012, I've been a user of TF700, using various roms such as Stock, and then Cromi-X, Crombi-Kk, Zombi-X and eventually Zombi-Pop.

Each time, with performance enhancements and Android new features ;)

Thank you for this amazing work on the TF700 ROMs !!! :D

I've never had the occasion to thank you in the forum, now it's done :)

I'd like to thank you for your continuous efforts on this legacy tablet in order to make it usable and fix the lag.

Thank to your hard work, I still use it :good:

Special mention for Zombi-Pop !!!! the OS optimizations seems to push away the limits of the hardware, it looks like a brand new tablet !!

I installed Zombi-Pop (beta4 - Jan 19) with ROM2SD, _that kernel along with F2FS :good::good::good::good:

Some defects are still here but the result is amazing: fast, stable and smooth, especially for a beta release and I'm confident you'll fix the remaining defects very quickly.

Here is my feedback :

1/ multitask menu

-> seems to be slow to display (in comparison with the other menus)

-> there is no memory usage bar

-> no "kill all apps" button (yet)

2/ Options menu

-> I haven't found the option to display the battery percentage or the battery circle instead of the simple battery icon

-> toggle menu needs to swipe twice to display... is there a way to display the whole menu in 1 single swipe?

3/ Rotation not working yet

4/ Overheating and battery consumption

-> Battery life seems to be shorter than with Crombi-KK with similar usage.

Kind regards

Marc
[Asus Transformer TF700] bombaneutrons:
in addition, Battery saver setting seems not to be working as well
[Asus Transformer TF700] awilson77584:
I was starting to think that you were getting soft... //smile

I remember my first terse (with the implied rtfm) _that reply, I felt like a true member and was starting to feel the love. The brilliant curmudgeon never left! This is the best XDA forum by far.

//laughs

---------- Post added at 06:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:36 PM ----------

+1
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
I am so happy! Finally a flash that did NOT result in: Everything's just peachy! Finally a flash with lots of E/ and W/ in the logcat :cyclops: :p

I got constant "Playstore has stopped" messages after the first reboot.

Flashed dirty over b3, new OMNI kernel v1, 213 dpi, internal, f2fs, pretty much everything left at sbdag's best, recommended settings (transition, animation scale, noob) applied.

Reflashing now with 240 dpi - everything else the same

Edit: That's not it. Same deal. On to a clean flash.

Oh I did have gapps flashed to system on b3 btw, so it shouldn't be anything left behind from that installation....
[Asus Transformer TF700] kevinthefixer:
Not sure but I believe everyone else missed it. YOU ARE STILL TRYING TO USE EXT4. This ROM will work with /data on ext4, but it will be slow. Also, I suggest losing GMail, Facebook, Twitter, any of those "social" apps. They are all useless resource hogs; you are much better off accessing these services through a browser. Preferably the stripped-down stock browser.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
I agree to disagree :D I use gmail with out any issues at all ....

Most of those 3rd party apps are shyt ..... :p

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
+1

Tap'n
[Asus Transformer TF700] kevinthefixer:
YMMV of course. I try to steer clear of all of them whenever possible, and I see a significant improvement in the performance of all my machines. The GAPPs are some of the worst, why Google acts as if they owned the OS. Once you have GAPPS installed there is no way to keep them from starting up and taking up resources. I've never used the Droid version of Facebook but the Windows version is the same way.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Proweedsmoker:
Great ROM as always!!!! Thank you everybody!!!!

2 issues for me:

Trying to swipe the ASOP keyboard crashes it consistantly. No logcat, can't attach file for some reason. :\

_that's OC kernel stuck on my first flash settings of 1700, reflashed to 1800 with OC enabled, stuck on 1700 max.

Also, how do I get videos to play full screen? The top and bottom bars while watching twitch, for example, are still there, would like to use the full screen.
[Asus Transformer TF700] loner.:
Did you go to settings\performance and change to 1800, then reboot?

Tap'n
[Asus Transformer TF700] Proweedsmoker:
Yes, even went as far as fresh installing. Slider is pegged for 1800, but has spent 0.00% time in state, while 1700 has the most time.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bradslinux:
I had the playstore stop as well after a dirty flash to beta4, fixed it by clearing data and cache for the app.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Yeah - probably would have been enough. A clean install did it for me. I have the feeling LP doesn't like dirty flashing ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
I was having a dickens of a time getting the 1800mhz even with new _that kernel. Clean wiped it and still no love. So I finally decided to wipe even internal storage (on my external micro-sd card, not to confuse folks). And for some reason, that cleared up the speed issue plus seemed to clear up minor instability issues as well. This rom is really lookin' good. And yes, less heat. My highly scientific method -- a thumb held on screen on top left -- reveals a lot less heat than previous betas.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
I think people forget that rom2sd and data2sd share the kernel on internal.

Beta 3 had a kernel bug on _that's if installed internally where the Max speed got locked to 1.7ghz. If you then installed beta 4 externally you are still using the bugged kernel.

See changelog notes. Only fix is a reinstall of internal first.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RedSkyRoad:
If I don't use Omni but want to OC, which one should I use? ANd I see the schedulers come set either BFQ/CFQ. Why not ROW?
[Asus Transformer TF700] schmitzekater:
Just installed Beta4 yesterday and switched to f2fs.

That's a dramatic increase of performance.

Was running beta2 before on ext4, but it was a horrible experience for me.

Now I'm going to install some more apps and see if it remains quick and stable.

Great work from the Team, thank you all.

Oh btw, I can confirm the FC in the Aosp KB when swiping.

Gesendet von meinem TF700T mit Tapatalk
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
_that or grimmy. ROW is not great at multitasking but you can set it if you want. I prefer noop.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Your videos are most likely 16:9, but the TF700's display is 16:10.
[Asus Transformer TF700] askerlee:
Thank you for your advise? The reason I use ext4 is I don't know what to do to use f2fs. Do I need to create f2fs partitions using gpartd? Or just choose f2fs in Zombi installation and it will convert ext4 partitions for me? I've read a few tuts but didn't find the right instructions...
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
http://xdaforums.com/transformer-tf700/general/guide-convert-data-to-f2fs-twrp-2-8-t3073471

:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] hks1234:
If I select gapps minimal to system, my tab - after finalizing installation - is rebooting but just to TWRP,

selected kernel _that (reproducable).

If I select full to system for gapps then it's working, but google play is always stopping.

I did wipe on TWRP before I installed it, but without formatting data.
[Asus Transformer TF700] satnile:
How do you switch to f2fs please?

thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] schmitzekater:
[MENTION=4968172]berndblb[/MENTION] wrote a good Summary that i followed: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3073471

Gesendet von meinem A0001 mit Tapatalk
[Asus Transformer TF700] RedSkyRoad:
After installation it reboots to recovery. What's up?

I don't want full GApps. How do I fix this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] jp071848:
+1 on that, same Playstore error, same fix.

I'm noticing another unusual message on startup, which began appearing after flashing B4, but has never appeared on any other versions of this fantastic ROM, including B3: "Android System: There's an internal problem with your device, and it may be unstable until you factory data reset" If I clear the message when it first appears (and DON'T do a Factory Reset), all seems well, or at least stable.

This comes after an internal install, F2FS, selecting "Auto Install Sbdags Best...." and letting it run its course. Before I start to figure out how to grab a log (it's been a while...) has anyone else seen this error on B4? It does seem ignorable once cleared....
[Asus Transformer TF700] corb06:
Been dirtyflashing up to beta4 and now I get random reboots when playing with brightness and wifi.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Sweeny:
Thanks your this great stuff!

I am trying to work with Beta 4. Full wipe, than install default OMNI. After the first booting everything is fine. After restart tablet is very slow. Next try: _THAT-Kernel Option. Same slow tablet after the first reboot.

What is wrong? I am using CWM 6.0.4.7 (quite old). Can that be the reason?
[Asus Transformer TF700] RonnyMegane:
It works. Thank you. LP5.1 finally installed :D

Now I am gonna try out that ROM2SD... Is that internal storage still usable then?
[Asus Transformer TF700] kevinthefixer:
Read, read, read! If you are using that recovery you cannot possibly be using f2fs. Read at least the last 10 pages, flash the appropriate TWRP, change /data partition to f2fs, reflash ROM.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
Wow, that explains a lot... somehow in all my reading of this thread I missed that totally. A good thing to remember. So whatever kernel is internal is going to be running on external... I thought that was only true of data2sd, not rom2sd. Always something new to learn...
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Well technically data2sd is still running off internal just data gets moved so the kernel will be changed. But for rom2sd the ramdisk gets changed but the kernel remains the same as whatever was installed internally.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RonnyMegane:
anyone else here with trouble to install Chrome from the playstore? After downloading I get Error 504 "unknown error". But Chrome Beta from the Playstore works!

and i would be interested if you could post some androbench results for those of you who are using ROM2SD.

I get random write of 0.78MB/s which is normal but only about 12MB/s at seq.read and seq.Write. I have a Sandisk 64GB MicroSDXC card.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Anders Williams:
Dirty flashed B04 internally on F2FS data partition 240 DPI, 1600x1000, _that kernel manually clocked at 1600 MHZ, works like a charm, after 10 min, made a manual system reboot, after reboot and checking the clock settings and various other settings hitting 23875 on Antutu. slightly lower IO performance than other times, but will accredit that to post install/reboot stuff still settling in, overall good experience as always.

On a side note, on Beta 03, I experienced a lot of black out screens when trying to wake up the tablet, there was definitely something messing with the clock management or something, so far no issues with 04 will update if I see anything of the sort.

Finally, been noticing other 5.1 roms on other devices having an option to choose location setting directly in the notification drawer, aka not just enabling and disabling the overall location setting but rather be able to choose directly in a menu in the drawer on wifi only, device only, high accuracy and of course on/off, anything we will see later on in a RC perhaps?
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
the option to install Kernel on Internal after you select ROM2SD (with option to say you have compatible kernel already) won't fix this?

EDIT: i ask because i have CROMi-x 5.4 installed Internal. may need a standalone _that 11.5 install on internal then vs. beta4 installer?
[Asus Transformer TF700] moondance48:
Best practice to re-install

Forgive if this has been covered before, but I haven't seen it in this thread. I was on stock but have moved to B4. I have done a full nando backup and a full TiBu both onto external card. I have now converted data to F2FS and done an advanced wipe. Have installed B4 and so here is my question. As far as I see it, I have three options to restore my apps and data. 1) Let Google restore my apps and settings etc as part of the install, then restore my data from TiBu. 2) After the install, go to Playstore and re-install my apps, then use the TiBu to restore data. and 3) Restore TiBu from Playstore only and then restore all apps and data from the TiBu backup. Which is the recommended approach or is there something better that I have missed?
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
It was only broken if you flashed beta 3 to internal. If you didn't then you shouldn't have an issue with beta 4.
[Asus Transformer TF700] hks1234:
Puh, for me beta 3 was less laggy than beta 4.
[Asus Transformer TF700] WatchTographer:
Observations, Oddities and Bugs

I do like it. Thank you.

I have noticed a few oddities/bugs though ... and they are as follows.

No way to see (that I have found) what the battery level on the KB is.

Some games like Deer Hunter 2014, hang until you have to force reboot.

After coming back in from a forced reboot, it lost all of the updates and log-ins that were done 30 minutes prior to the reboot.

When I changed my wallpaper to one I had on Google Drive ( a semi-panorama) and then shut off the tab correctly, when I turned it back on, the wallpaper was shifted to the far upper left of the screen (only the bottom was showing), there were no icons on the screen at all, nor did it recognize any 'touches'. I had to force reboot an additional 4 times to get to to a point that Icons were visible, BUT it had reverted to the original ZP wallpaper as well as removing 3 icons from the 'quick launch' area at the bottom. This time, the updates stuck.

Booting up takes a REALLY long time. 1-3 minutes, maybe? Maybe a bit longer.

With that: Are you supposed to see the 4 yellow bird-things as well as the loading OS text every time it boots?

No way to set what screen you want as the 'Home' screen. It just uses the far left one.

Holding and sliding the dots below the Home button does not allow you to quick scroll through your 'panes'.

I'm sure I will see more but that is all I can recall at the moment.

Thanks again for all the work that is done here as well as to all the 'helpers'!
[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
This internal kernel thing when using external (esp. rom2sd) install.... I just want to clarify so I have this straight. (I likely don't!)

* Whenever I'm using an external rom2sd install, it is using a kernel off the *internal* install. Yes or no?

* If above is right, yet I run an older Android version, I will have to install a *second* kernel for my new Zombi-Pop or above version of Android (provided for in the installer, actually). Yes or no? (Read next question before answering, as I realize the exception in beta 3's case.)

* In the *one* case of having put Zombi Lollipop beta 3 on my internal, then installing a rom2sd external of beta 4 (or even beta 3 with a different kernel), the beta 3 internal kernel's settings take over my external install as well. Yes or no?

* Finally, if I install Zombi beta 4 internally... it will wipe out the problem with installing an external beta 4 and running into the internal beta kernel still controlling things even if I selected a *different* kernel during rom2sd external install. Yes or no?

I am so sure these questions reveal how little I know... but oh well. Heh. I tell my students "There's no stupid question." So now I'm living that saying.

Thanks again, the rom really is great.
[Asus Transformer TF700] xxhaimbondxx:
Thank you so much. I've been posting my lagging issue for months and finally, you clearly answered it all. Thanks again!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
1) This is ok there is no dock icon, there may never be ...

2) I cannot fix any apps ....

3) logs ?

4) maybe an install option ?

5) logs ?

6) Yes you see those every boot .

7) Yes there is, log press on the homesreen go to setting ....

8)No idea what you are on about there .... :D

9) It a beta and telling me all this without logs makes me want to tell you to go back to stock .... ;)

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] WatchTographer:
Thanks for the rapid reply Josh.

Where do I get the logs and how do I get them to you to view?

Thanks again sir
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Read post #3

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] WatchTographer:
Ok. I installed LogCat and will give it a go at next boot.

Just run it and reboot, I guess?

Thanks Josh!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Torrentwin:
WoW ! I'm impressed to see how ZOMBI-POP BETA 4 is running pretty fast on f2fs internal data.

A big thanks to the developers :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Xeyrruken:
Hey guys im have some questions, ROM2SD it is suppose to be faster than internal, Right? Im getting on Quadrant 5k Benchmark, while in internal im getting 7k. This are the options i select Installed ROM2SD, f2fs, fsync disabled, Omni 11.5, and also my SD card is Samsung EVO 32gb 40 mb/s
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
something's amiss. i have similar ROM2SD setup on same EVO card (well 64GB version) except with Fsync enabled and am over 7K on Quadrant
[Asus Transformer TF700] Xeyrruken:
Now the ROM2SD dont boot, i reinstall again i flash ROM2SD to cahnge recovery to ROM2SD mode