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[Asus Transformer TF700] shonkin:
A couple notes from a fellow traveler in Zombi-Pop Land which might or might not help...

BEFORE Anything else... do a factory wipe (that's of /data /system and /cache - TWRP has an autoselect to do it all. In your case, as long as you have your zombi-pop installation file on a separate storage partition, I'd wipe your internal and external with factory wipe. Now... reboot to TWRP and let's go.

1. Did you install the newest rom to *internal*? That is currently the best idea, I'm finding. Especially don't have any of the last couple versions of the rom on internal. Install beta 4 to *internal*. There, I said it many times. ;)

2. When you install to *internal*, make sure to choose the new _that kernel, not any of the others. If you are not asked during install if you want overclocking, you've got the wrong rom.

3. Once you have installed to internal, rebooted and loaded at least a working version of the rom there, go back to recovery. Now install beta four to external via *rom2sd*. Again, choose the NEW _that kernel and the 1800 mhz speed (should already be selected in install, actually).

4. Reboot, finish up the install once it loads up. You should now have a fast, smooth, and functional external install.

5. A final note: *Internal* will almost always be faster than *external*, not the other way around. Especially with Lollipop that seems true. What's nice about external is all the extra storage. The speed differences? I get 24000 (almost) with internal Zombi-pop and between 20000 and 22000 with rom2sd external Zombi-pop. It is possible someone who's a better tweak meister than I am will get external speeds up from mine. But internal will still likely be better.

Blessings.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Your tablet is BEGGING you to format data and system and reflash.

Convert /data to f2fs while you're at it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bradslinux:
OK, I was seeing some weird stuff as well. Decided to do a full internal/exteral wipe and start from fresh. Kicking Zombi-X off internal for now.

The thing is, this ROM is so sweet even as a beta, I doubt I will go back. For that matter, I may not even do an external install if it runs well internal. I don't need it to win any races, just to actually function. Something I have only seen running custom roms. (thanks to all involved).

nandroid BU jic.

I guess that this means that dirty flashing is a bad idea. (usually is)

Cheers,

Brad
[Asus Transformer TF700] woekje:
Here's another one! I find it's the best way for unlocking for me at home, as my girls have an uncanny ability to remember pattern/pin/passwords as they look over my shoulder :D

Will flash PA Gapps separately for now :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] moondance48:
Constant reboots since B4

I had B2 installed for a week or so and it was very stable - not one reboot. Last night, I did an advanced wipe, converted data to F2FS (not used that before) and installed a clean B4 to internal using the default options with the exception of using Nova only. I then installed all my apps and data from my TiBu. Had problems with Playstore so wiped the playstore cache and that fixed that issue.

I am now getting constant reboots. It boots and then after about a minute reboots again. I have tried to get some logs by following the instructions here, so hope they are useful. The device is unusable.
[Asus Transformer TF700] eRPeeX:
IB

I have exact the same.

Edit: A dirty flash of beta 4 seems to resolve the reboot issue.

Edit 2: Rebooted again. Gonna logcat it.

Edit 3: Reinstalling with a complete wipe. No Titanium Backup anymore. Let the Play Store do the complete installation of all apk. So far up and running.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RSchlierbeck:
Why select _that instead of OMNI? The installation offers SBDAGS best options which I think selects OMNI by default. Is it necessary to format the external SD Card to f2fs as well as the internal? I will be running the ROM internal only.

Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] moondance48:
Did you manually select the apps from play store or did you let Google restore from previous device during the setup process? Have you restored your app data at all?
[Asus Transformer TF700] eRPeeX:
Manually because Google could not select from previous device. Manually takes a couple of hours but until now no reboot.

Gonna try for some apps to use the data from TB.
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
also geting reboots every couple of minutes on Beta 4 which wasn't happening on Beta 3.

i don't think i used any of the Installer Experimental Tweaks with Beta 3, but left them checked for Beta 4 install. will try a re-install without those and see if that helps.
[Asus Transformer TF700] eRPeeX:
All apps installed. No reboot at all for 5-6 hours.

Made an email account and on the end of creating an account .... Reboot. So now constantly rebooting every 2 minutes.
[Asus Transformer TF700] f_padia:
I had similar problems with B3 when I tried to install Apex launcher only. Maybe you need to install the omni launcher as minimum?
[Asus Transformer TF700] hks1234:
Hi, just for my understanding, is there a problem if I am using TB?
[Asus Transformer TF700] drewski_1:
after re-install got a reboot after a few minutes. not sure this lask kmsg will shed any light.
[Asus Transformer TF700] eRPeeX:
Probably, I didn't use it.

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I've frozen email with TB.

So far no reboots.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Did you try gmail instead of the email app?
[Asus Transformer TF700] eRPeeX:
Gmail works good.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
This rom has become stable and fast enough where I feel comftorable to remove CROMi-X from internal and use this rom as a daily driver with data2sd. Great Work! The only few little things that are still needed is dock battery reporting and asus apps (comming soon)
[Asus Transformer TF700] mgrankin:
Hi what options did u install....I am no where near your comfort level. The Rom does not seem to be running fast at all. I wiped everything but data and installed omni option
[Asus Transformer TF700] Viking8:
B4 CAN be quite fast!

I was forced to do a complete wipe of my rom2sd setup! After doing a dirty flash from b3 to b4, my tablet would not boot at all. It kept trying to boot internal only. All that would happen is the boot animation would do is thing and that's it. It would never get into android. So I flashed b4 internal and then rom2sd.

So far b4 has been a treat, but it's not consistent. It will lag at times quite drastically, but then all of a sudden it's back to fast and smooth!

One thing I'm hoping for in the near future is some battery tweaks. I know it's a beta, but yikes does the battery get chewed up fast! I charged it over night and I had to plug it in half way through the day and I had barely used it, but as always, good job on all of the awesome bits and pieces this version has brought us! :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
I have no lag at all, but my tablet seems to have a little faster internal storage than most. I thought of another feature that this ROM desperately needs. The performance quick settings tile
[Asus Transformer TF700] bradslinux:
Hey peeps, after a totally clean wipe/install both internal and external, I did a full internal install last night, did a select app restore from TB. It sat idle all night, took it off charge and off to work. I used it on and off though-out the day. This has to be the smoothest, best running rom I have yet to see on this device in a full internal install. Before, it would take at least a Data2sd install to get what I saw today. Battery usage is very friendly with 82% showing when I got home. (docked to kb) 9 hour day

I am very impressed with what Mr. Sbdags and company have put together for us. Truly amazing work to get this level of performance from what is soon to be a 3 year old device.

Smooth as melted butter on lobster.

Kudos to you all!

Warmest regards and wishes,

If you where standing in front of me you would get a brotherly hug from a 6'4" 240lb 50 year old man :D

Brad
[Asus Transformer TF700] Viking8:
good thinking!

Yes! That would be awesome! Also volume quick setting as well. I have noticed for quite some time now, when I use the volume buttons, my tablet freezes for about 2 seconds while it's getting ready to turn the volume up or down. (Takes time to process it I guess) When I was on CM 11 many moons ago, the option was available in the quick settings panel and the device didn't freeze at all upping/lowering volume!

Looks like it's time to format internal to f2fs and check the difference between internal and Rom2sd on my tf700! :confused:
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
If anyone that has some free time and a understanding of how to use Linux and would like to help deodexing Asus apps it would by greatly appreciated. The entire zenui lollipop rom must be done manually app by app. Pm me if you would like to lend a hand
[Asus Transformer TF700] Viking8:
Fresh internal install

I switched my internal /data to f2fs and formatted system as well and then installed B4. I'm really happy so far. :D I've never had an internal install of ANYTHING run this smoothly. I have a 64B Samsung Pro MicroSD card (90Mbps max reads, 50Mbps max writes) for Rom2SD and I'm stunned the internal runs faster! I chose the _that kernel without overclocking with a max speed of 1.7Ghz and managed a quadrant score of 8079. Not too shabby eh? even though the battery doesn't last as long as CROMBi-KK, it zips along so much better!

YAY!
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Yes I agree internal installs are working better than external right now.

Which is nice :)

I recommend everyone try a clean internal install - format that /data to F2FS. Go on, it's the only way to live ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
What problem are you having with deodexing apks via a script?
[Asus Transformer TF700] moondance48:
Best options

Can anyone advise which are the best/stable/most reliable options to pick when installing B4? I currently have a clean install on internal using the Omni kernel, Omni launcher , F2Fs on data with most (if not all -can't remember) of the defaults selected although I may have omitted some of the tweaks. It is faster at booting than B2 but otherwise still get lags and also frequent reboots (although not had any today so far). It even rebooted during the initial setup phase when checking internet connection. Just doesn't seem to be as stable as most people on here seem to have experienced - so wondering if I am missing something?
[Asus Transformer TF700] kansasboy001:
Well the batch deodexing program won't recognize the Asus framework. I think it is because it is x86. And the only other working lollipop compatible deodexing method I could find was a single use script for Linux. I could not find a batch script. Unless there is another way I have to do it one by one with the script
[Asus Transformer TF700] primaleph:
Speed comparison with CM11

I'm currently running CM11, and I've really never been happier with my speed (in other words, the lack of lag most of the time). I'm using ext4 because f2fs was not stable with that ROM.

Can anyone compare the performance of the current version of ZOMBi-POP with CM11? Is it better, worse, or about the same?

I'm sure F2FS makes a big difference, but I'm concerned about data corruption...
[Asus Transformer TF700] Anders Williams:
I cannot stress how big a difference there is between CM11 and this current release on F2FS, it's quite a drastic change (at least it was on my device) been using Zombi-POP since beta 3 I think on 5.0.2 and it's crazy stable as long as you stay away from OC (I know some have better experiences with that) F2FS is a move that requires a little focus, but the beauty of F2FS as I understand it, is that you do not have to worry about data corruption compared to EXT4 and not using data journaling.

As I said, been running this rom for a while now, had some random reboots over the course of the development process and so far no data loss what so ever (knocking on wood)

Also, remember that it is the kernel that provides F2FS not the ROM as such
[Asus Transformer TF700] moondance48:
Can you share what kernel and options you chose? What launcher are you using? What do you mean by "F2FS is a move that requires a little focus"?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Anders Williams:
Sure :)

Been running sbdag optimized _THAT kernel for a while now, been limiting it to 1.6 GHZ after experiencing some random reboots during heavy load when the CPU likely peaked at 1.8 GHZ and my theory was that it was a power issue. Since that change not seen a single spontanious reboot at all. I have however seen "black out" bugs aka when you wake up the device up from sleep, typically after a full nights sleep, it simply won't turn on the display and you have to force reboot it. These have largely disappeared over the course of the development of the ROM.

THe rest of the settings I stick to default in terms of the tweaks, have been running the Trebuchet launcher (the default) for a while as it seemed to have the lowest impact/footprint on the device, but with B3 and B4 on 5.1 ROM I have switched back to APEX to see how it performs, which is good but would say that Trebuchet (or Launcher3 it is called I think) is still the faster option but it comes with limited customization options.

What I mean with F2FS switch requires a little focus is that you need the correct recovery that supports the change, and you can not change back and forth between this and other ROM's that comes with non-F2FS compliant kernels since you are using a largely unsupported filesystem (speaking broadly here) It does however give you quite a performance boost and a significant less amount of application lag. However poorly coded APP's will still lag, for instance the VUDU app is still a nightmare.
[Asus Transformer TF700] moondance48:
Many thanks. I will give the _That kernel a try as I am having constant reboots with the Omni kernel. I think that the Omni launcher is the default (launcher3) you speak of.

I am also finding that restoring things like Account settings from TiBu is causing issues so may be just recreate those from scratch.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RSchlierbeck:
Is it recommended to format system as well as data? I formatted /data and installed B4 and it has moments when it's really fast and then slows to a crawl. I thought that I did a clean install but maybe I should do another. Should I also format system to f2fs?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
The rom will not boot if you format system to f2fs. It's only supported on /data.

Yes, by all means, format system and turn off auto-updates from the Play Store! That still slows everything to a crawl.

Do not OC - it ain't necessary anyway imo. I'm running it with the new OMNI kernel, maxed at 1.6 ghz (tried 1.7 and don't see a difference), noob - everything as the man suggested.

Haven't had a single reboot and the tablet runs like butter!

Those having problems waking the tablet: You sure you're waiting long enough? It's a little slow waking up from deep sleep - but so am I. Give it a minute :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] RSchlierbeck:
Thank you very much. Very helpful to know that systems should not be formatted to f2fs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] asus700:
getting a boot loop

I had a stock tf700 updated to jelly bean which was like most lagging like crazy. I tried this rom and kept getting a loop when trying to boot even after waiting half an hour. I did try and select different options though always installed internal when installing with no difference. I then tried finally doing a factory reset which formatted it though now the rom isn't on it now. I did unlock it and install twrp 2.8.5 which prompted me to root and install SU which I did. My questions are is there a known reason for the loop that i missed and could I insert a micro-sd card and copy the rom onto the tablet. Thanks and please help as this is very frustrating. I had a hp touchpad and tried many roms over time and never ran into a boot loop situation like this.

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I forgot to mention I had installed the latest beta 4 and tried normal and min gapps and tried the all the kernals except grimlock lite.
[Asus Transformer TF700] bradslinux:
more from the robot farm...

Internal install, /Data is F2FS, fsync off.

Some of the issues some are having with TB are probably app data, and not the actual app being restored. There is the option in TB to restore only the app, not the data. Give that a try to save some time and bandwidth from the play store. I have done this without any issues. Many of the apps I use are cloud based/stored anyway, so a login and done. I havn't tried the play store "restore" option during the initial setup. Has anybody?

Anywho.... a picture speaks a thousand words.

Enjoying the butter :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Do something like this:

find . -name '*.odex' | xargs -n 1 deodex

...assuming that your deodex script is called "deodex" and that you want to pass all *.odex files from the current directory to it, one by one. Adapt to your needs. :) Read one of the many bash tutorials on the web and also read "man find" and "man xargs".
[Asus Transformer TF700] asus700:
Thanks I finally got it to install properly for some reason it wasn't reading that any of my data including the rom was there. I didn't think a factory wipe was needed if only factory was loaded. but that was the only thing that seemed to work. I was going to skip the restore apps and wish I did not thinking how long it takes to install. I'll post here my results whence it finishes and has some time to stabilize. I just started playing Gta: San Andreas again so really hoping that runs well.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ozark_8125:
Couple of questions -

Any theory as to why the external installs aren't working as well?

If I switch to the internal data from an extSD /data install, do I need to switch to a non parted extSD card? If there is a valid /data partition on the extSD card, won't it default to that on boot instead of internal?
[Asus Transformer TF700] hardslog:
1) No idea, but sd cards are not designed to handle the constant read/writes that an OS does on a daily basis. Some also may not take to f2fs too well.

2) If you have a microSD card that is setup for data2sd the rom will always try to boot to that. So if you plan on switching to internal then format the sd card as well.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Or just boot without the card. Then it will boot with internal data ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] erisi:
Strange battery reporting behavior

I just saw a new behavior and don't know if the new ROM is a part of the behavior or not. With the keyboard base attached, the battery claimed to be at about 30% full when the tablet shut off. Attempts to reboot did not get very far in before the tablet would again shut off. I am recharging it now and it still claims to be about 30% full. Has anyone else seen this behavior?

Gene
[Asus Transformer TF700] bradslinux:
I haven't seen that behavior, I'll let mine run down over the next day or two and see what it does. What I have seen so far is this ROM is easy on battery use, for me anyway.

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+1
[Asus Transformer TF700] grgmre:
Can I push the rom to my tablet.

Whoops, messed up. I converted to F2FS but assumed the rom's zip file would still be there in Downloads (I thought it was outside /data). Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get the zip file back on my tablet? There's no external SDCard on this tablet so can I push it from my PC via command line?

I'm not a programmer so a copy/paste set of instructions would be very helpful.

Thanks guys.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
adb push file.zip /sdcard

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] grgmre:
That was weird. I tried to boot into fastboot and it wouldn't. However after three restarts it booted, 'updated android' and went through the setup process for beta 4 (which was previously installed). I didn't have to push the zip file after all. Currently finishing setup and re-downloading my apps.

Either way I'm up and running again and thanks for the help! I'm guessing that the tablet is running in F2FS now since I set it up through TWRP? I'm just curious giving the unconventional way I got it started again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
Enable adb in dev options and run this from PC ....

adb shell mount

Look for /data what is it mounted as ?

Thx Josh
[Asus Transformer TF700] kevinthefixer:
Should also tell you in the tiny white script under the 4 penguins on initial boot. BTW micro-SD cards are cheap (you only need a really good one for ROM2SD or DATA2SD), and keeping backups on them is a REALLY good idea.
[Asus Transformer TF700] grgmre:
Thanks guys. Just rebooted and checked the text. Sure enough it's F2FS. Awesome.

Kevin,

I've got a few MicroSD cars around here, but they're older, smaller class 4 ones from when my phone(s) had an SD card slot. I've been meaning to get a bigger class 10 card, but just haven't gotten around to it. Given this hiccup today I'll probably put more serious thought into it now. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] corb06:
Looks like its over for me after 2-3 years with this tablet.

The tablet started rebooting randomly today 3-4 times. After that I tried getting into the Recovery, but it just gets stuck on Teamwin logo.

I then pressed the wipe data option in the fastboot screen. Didnt help, still cant get into recovery, and now I cant get to the fastboot screen either. The tablet reboots directly to the Teamwin logo and stays there....

So I guess its bye bye with this tablet and keyboard.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Ignoring the BIG FAT RED WARNING in the beginners' guide thread is a bad idea.

You don't seem interested in fixing your problem at all, otherwise you could try running adb pull /tmp/recovery.log to see what TWRP's problem is...
[Asus Transformer TF700] kevinthefixer:
And there is now a fix for that particular problem. Try Googling "bootit.ko". And once again, anyone with an unlocked Transformer: NEVER WIPE FROM BOOTLOADER OR SETTINGS, ALWAYS FROM RECOVERY.
[Asus Transformer TF700] corb06:
Ah sorry for sounding uninterested, I just thought its game over since I cant get into fastboot.

Not sure how to apply the bootit.ko file when the tablet is stuck on the TWRP curtain logo.

I have started adb from commandpromt and run the adb devices command, but the it lists nothing attached. =/ perhaps the drivers arent installed.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Yuxing:
Boot slowly

Dear friends

Just install zombi pop 5.1 in my TF700T without gapps and I am giving thanks for the team who develop this new rom, they did a excellent job and the rom is very nice!

My tablet has been extremely laggy from crombi kk (freezing, crashing all day). But its performance is improved after the new zombi pop flashing without gapps. However, my tf700t still take too long for booting (took about 3 minutes in booting screen and 2 minutes more to stabilize).

Any idea and recommendation for this issue?

Appratiate very much your helps, thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] bradslinux:
Hi, I can feel your pain with this tablet. I've been on the verge of replacing it several times. What keeps me coming back to it is a bit of hope actually. Hope that the "next ROM" will be the one. So far, the ZOMBI-POP ROM holds great promise to be "the one". If not, I'll go back to Zombi-X, it actually ran VERY well on my external installation. Very stable and pretty snappy.

Keep in mind that despite the error, there is usually a way back into the system. Don't give up. Do what you know to do, and what you don't know, look for answers, and if not found ask for help. There are so many great people in XDA from all walks of life and backgrounds that are more than willing to help you get your tablet back up and running.

I hope this helps to inspire you to stick with it and not give up on it.

Warmest regards,

Brad