yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
I know which repos are updated by having a cm-11.0 tree (Lineage-11.0) that I update weekly. You could also see which repos changed by looking at the Lineage review site for merged commits here.

Of course, you need to know how to build a ROM and how to cherry-pick commits to your own local repos. There's a lot that goes into it but it's not as bad as when I was doing all the Google patches myself. That was a big pain and would be even worse now since Google doesn't even care about KitKat anymore. We all owe a big thanks to the Lineage team for keeping cm-11.0 relevant.

Hope that gets you started and of course you're always welcome to look at my github repos as well.

Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CamoGeko:
Thank you for keeping this ROM up to date, its running great on my ancient but still awesome Nexus 7!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Droiddude24:
anyone know a netflix apk that works with this rom?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] zurien:
Using Netflix 4.1.6.1 here. Works without issues
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Droiddude24:
I got version: 4.16.1 build 15145 seems it was the last one for 4.4 Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] sweetsuicides:
This ROM is awesome. Thank you. Sorry for bothering you, I'm on April version and wanted to install May version. Can I dirty flash it ? Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CamoGeko:
You can, but I'd advise to stay on the April version.

I experienced better battery life and faster charging on the April release.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rene1985:
Hello great rom thanks:good: will this rom get new security patches soon?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CamoGeko:
Hopefully, I mean it's a pretty ancient device. We should be happy we got this years security patches tbh.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CCarson:
Just want to add my thanks to [MENTION=4507337]LordNerevar[/MENTION]. I use my N7 in the audio dock and it makes an ideal bedside stereo/clock/alarm/e-reader/2:30 am Facebook browser. I don't know of any other Android tablets with that capability, so I'm trying to keep this mighty mite going as long as I possibly can.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Just an update that I'm planning on releasing a new build soon. It will be one with GApps as I've found an issue with opengapps and the default keyboard crashing while swyping. I tried the "skipswypelibs" and "substituteswypelibs" options to opengapps and neither helped. If anyone knows an option that fixes that issue, I'll release without GApps but until that happens this ROM will be including GApps.

Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
As mentioned above, I've uploaded the latest builds. These builds include the August security patches and the latest GApps.

Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rene1985:
Thank you for your work :) .How can i update?only wipe and factory reset?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Marabou57:
Many thanks again for supporting my old device who's always in service with your greatfull version of slimkat rom
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LEvvvEL:
How to do this work?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
If coming from a previous version of this ROM, you don't need to factory reset. If not, you most likely do.

If you're running this ROM, you don't need to do anything as it's already been applied. If you're building another ROM with the relevant CM patches applied, just make the change shown to that file and rebuild the ROM.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LEvvvEL:
strange because i use a youtube vanced and still have a FC. Normal Youtube from Google Play working normally.

Youtube Vanced on original rom working.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] TheKyro:
Hi LordNerevar,

amazing work here; you gave a second youth to my nexus 3g 2012.

Quick feedback: the F2Fs instructions could be more detailed like shown in this link:

https://plus.google.com/+ChetKener/posts/7No16fUQaFz

(and, as also shown in the same link, a quick note could be added: F2Fs is auto-trimmed; no need to use fstrim)

Thanks for the great work!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] gt945:
Thank you for your great work.

I meet a problem that chrome 51 can not start up due to missing bcopy

E/cr_ChromiumAndroidLinker( 4560): Open: Could not open libchrome.so: Could not find symbol 'bcopy'

Hope you can fix this issue
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Interesting. I believe that's in bionic libc. I'll take a peek and get a new build out if I can replicate and resolve.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CamoGeko:
Looking forward to the new build, I've been on crDroid for the past few months but freezes and lags are starting to do my head in again. So I'm really tempted to go back to your previous build I have backed up on Nandroid, but I think I will wait for the new one.

Thanks for supporting this ancient but still awesome device. It only cost me like $30 and your ROM made it run like it cost me $100 lol

EDIT: I restored a backup of previous SlimKat version, then flashed the latest Oct zip but for some reason I am unable to install apps from internal storage. The Install button just doesn't work. I have Install apps from Unknown Sources enabled.

Apps install fine from Play Store.

Anyone else experienced this issue?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] silverbluep:
I have installed this ROM and everything works well; except for syncthing.

I noticed there are few apps that require TLS 1.2; but it's not implemented in this rom? Is there any way I can add it? (There are apps that use google services to download it; but not an option for me; do not want google on my tablet.)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Are you using the included file manager or one from the play store?

Can you provide a simple way for me to reproduce the issue? Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] silverbluep:
I can only give this example, as this is the only app i use that requires this

* Install syncthing-fork from f-droid repo

* Launch syncthing-fork

* Go to settings, logs

One of the devs told me that this TLS version check on the app will be relaxed to include older versions in a future release but as it stands i can't do file synching.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Since you have a devs ear, try pointing him to this.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CamoGeko:
Tried both, same result.

Added screenshot below, the Next/Install button doesn't work for some bizarre reason. Only Cancel works, I've tried multiple APKs.

Installing from Play Store works without a problem lol.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
I'm not sure what's going on there. I'm not having that issue. Can you post a logcat of when you try it (just the part from when you start trying to install an apk)?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] floxigen:
Hi I have a problem with Google play music it won't install it show error 910 with Google play and APK.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Have you tried clearing cache/data on the play store and play services and then rebooting? Do you have USB storage attached? If so, try removing that.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] WiseManWhite:
I'm unable to install Google Music for some reason. Error code 910. Other than that, this ROM is incredibly smooth. Much better than any of the 6.0+ or 7.0+ ones that I've tried.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bgking:
yearly update?

I really like this current released. I frequently use my N7 in a long distance flight to catch up series of TV shows. I just want to see an update once in a while, at least one or twice a year. Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rene1985:
Hello great rom thanks will this rom get new security patches soon again ?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] gt945:
Hi LordNerevar

Any chance to fix this issue ?

Or can you share the manifest to me, I can try to build it myself
[Nexus 7 Original Development] gt945:
Regarding the bcopy issue, I find your bionic repo has include the fix but not release yet.

I download whole slimkat code and replace bionic code with yours.

make libc and I get the libc.so at last.

I replace the libc.so in recovery mode and issue fixed.

Thanks for your great effort.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kmygmky:
Is anyone just uploading a new version of SlimKat? Thank you.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] johndaog:
Great Grouper Rom

Works very nicely with f2fs and with proper Gapps.

Thank you for giving my device new life.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] zemoffm:
Hi, does anyone know if this rom supports signature spoofing (so I can install MicroG on it)? Looking for a nice 4.4.4 rom that supports signature spoofing that works on the Nexus 7 (grouper).
[Nexus 7 Original Development] CZ Eddie:
Tried a few AOSP 5.1 ROM's and they were all pretty poor.

Flashed this one earlier today and so far all the performance I was missing is back.

So much happier now.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Sesese87:
Thank for this rom, really smooth and stable.

Can i flash an other kernel? I use f2fs and i have got bootloop with bricked kernel, f2fs for kitkat (page 118 on is tread)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
I've used F2FS on data/cache with the included kernel w/o any bootloop (see install instructions in the OP). You don't want system to be f2fs. Since it's a read-only filesystem, ext4 is optimal.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
If you google that filename, you'll find a version of it out there for the GS3. May not be perfect, but might be worth trying if you haven't already...

https://free-gs3.googlecode.com/svn-history/r37/trunk/system/usr/keylayout/Vendor_04e8_Product_7021.kl
[Nexus 7 Original Development] pan05:
Really thank you for this, but unfortunately it doesn't make any difference. It seems that something prevents the mapping of my hardware HOME and BACK buttons on this rom.

EDIT:

I think this is relevant:

http://forum.slimroms.net/topic/3207-bluetooth-keyboard-dead-keys-home-back/
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
I've incorporated the October 2015 security bulletin patches into the ROM (see second post for link). No more stagefright vulnerabilities detected (as of today anyways)! It was a fairly large patch set so you may want to backup first in case you run into any issues.

Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Sesese87:
Thank you, i go back to full ext4 install with the last Franco kernel, bricked kernel was maybe build for a full f2fs install, and not only for data/cache.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Original Development] pan05:
Could it be possible that any of those patches breaks xposed installation?

This is what I get:

In the previous build the same version of xposed installed just fine.

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
The function's signature mentioned in that screenshot was changed for CVE-2015-3865.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] pan05:
Does that mean that xposed installation on kk is inpossible for patched roms from now on?

EDIT:

OK, I followed these instructions and xposed is active again:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63360414&postcount=10

Stagefright Detector still says "Not Vulnerable", although I'm not really sure that this is still true after the above modification.

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
That version at least. I don't know much about xposed but I'm guessing they're working on something.

That particular CVE wasn't part of the libstagefright vulnerabilities.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] nex86:
so F2FS for /system is not supported at all ?

In case it is, wouldn't it speed up the device or is the main bottleneck just the writing process?

I'd gladly compare it since I have two identical Tablets here.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Most of the benchmarks I've seen show ext4 to be faster for reading. The advantage of F2FS is it doesn't get slower over time the way EXT4 does on filesystems that are written to a lot (data/cache). I'll make F2FS on system an option though in the next build for those who want a full F2FS device.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
Anyone please can update Slimkat with the latest security fixes? This has been done with Cyano 11 , can be also done with slimkat? (imho is faster) Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] xeno91:
Thanks for your work, this is the best rom i have tried for the nexus 7. Would be great in future version, have an advanced power menu (reboot to recovery) and this libraries for the ble http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387107

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Please see the second post in the thread with updates through Oct. 2015. If I missed a specific patch, please let me know.

Reboot to Recovery can be enabled in Settings->Security->Advanced reboot.

Have you tried those BLE libs on grouper?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
Thanks, i will try your room, seems great since i love Slimkat, hope new updates with latest security fixes will comes (guess there is something new of november that been included in the unofficial cm 11 rom as update) , thank you very much for your work :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] xeno91:
Thanks for the reboot menu, i was looking in the wrong place..regarding the ble i have tried replacing manually those file, because the guy haven't done a flashable zip for the version 4.4.4 of android but doesn't work (i do something wrong for sure), a lot of people says that works, so i'm doing it wrong. Here there is a flashable zip for 4.4.2 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49531786&postcount=118 maybe you can figure it out

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Harpratap:
can you provide me with the lib files that work with xposed? Or just link me to the last build that xposed worked on with this rom.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] pan05:
The first build (Slim-grouper-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20150928-2219) was ok.

The link can be found in the first post:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=40509
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Possible xposed fix

I don't use xposed and am not recommending it, but I thought I'd point everyone towards a possible solution. Good luck!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] KC Boutiette:
LordNerevar, did you finish the full F2FS build? The latest build I can find on AndroidFilehost was uploaded on October 27nd...

Keep up the good work!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
That is still the latest. I hope to get a new build out this week but if the January security updates come out before I get this and other updates completed it may take a bit longer.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] KC Boutiette:
Ok, thanks for the info! No rush and no worries.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kmcrane:
Has anyone compared the speed of this to cm 11? I am also in search of a quicker rom. 5.1 roms really seem to lag on grouper. If you put out a new update, I'll have to f2fs like you instructed, and give this a try.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
A new release with the features we've discussed previously is now available (see second post). There is also an updated gapps package available (see first post for gapps link).

If anyone has tried bluetooth devices in the past and had problems, I'd like to hear if this release is any better.

Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] outcubus:
First of all, great work with this rom. Very smooth.

I'm with your previous build, can i dirty flash the new one? Is there a way to see the available ram in the recent app switcher? I've tried with gravity box (xposed) but no luck.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Dirty flash should be fine. I'm not aware of a way to get available RAM in recents.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] KC Boutiette:
Thanks! FYI, I dirty flashed (only (dalvik) cache wipe) this version over legolas93's last version. All seems to work and is stable.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] blueeyeblue:
Hey, thanks for the amazing work you have done out there! Yet I have one question.. how can one close all apps in recent apps window?

Thanks :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
That can be done with a "vertical pinch" gesture on the recents panel. In other words, with your thumb and index fingers separated, touch both to the recents panel (index finger over thumb) and drag (pinch) them together.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] blueeyeblue:
[MENTION=4507337]LordNerevar[/MENTION] - Well, thanks, I have never heard about this trick. It works only in your ROM or some AOSP, not stock, right?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
That's a Slim recents feature.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
Imho this is quicker then cm11 and the most important thing is that doesnt get slow after some time
[Nexus 7 Original Development] blueeyeblue:
[MENTION=5289989]Reiven89[/MENTION] - Exactly, this ROM rocks :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] FunkyELF:
Been a while since I touched my N7. I'd like to use this ROM... what else do I need?

Do I need a different kernel?... if so which one should I use?

This tablet is so slow I'm thinking about just using it as a dumb picture frame.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] blueeyeblue:
[MENTION=2057621]FunkyELF[/MENTION] - Info is in the first post. Fastest ROM I have ever seen. I move to new devices and wanted to dump this one out. Now I can use it as a download center, nice :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] blueeyeblue:
[MENTION=4507337]LordNerevar[/MENTION] - How can I swap volume controls upon orientation change? Ie. when you rotate the device, the buttons' functions get changed.

Thanks :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] edbogue:
Thank you this OLD tablet is suddenly usable again!!!

I upgraded to the latest lollipop some time ago and then stopped using this tablet totally as it was basically unusable. When I saw this posted I thought I'd give it a shot, and I was not disappointed - I was delighted.

To the devs and supporters THANK YOU!!

This is fantastic! I'm really impressed!

Thank you!

Edbogue
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
The slim team decided to make them swap like that when rotated horizontally. They also decided to not make it configurable.

I think there is an xposed module to have it not swap the volume rocker buttons, but I don't know the details.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] blueeyeblue:
[MENTION=4507337]LordNerevar[/MENTION] - Harhs.. okay, thank you :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
With the last version finally FULL F2FS is supported......couldnt ask for more, performance has never been so good! Also battery life is really good too! Thank you so much! Best n7 2012 rom ever....i suggest everyone to flash this rom on full f2fs partitions and enjoy the best rom available for our device.....i dont miss lp or mm at all :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Mclaudyu:
Audio issues

I installed this rom and was great but it didn't work the app speaker boost 2.01 . It gave me an error. I downloaded the newer version of it 2.03 but the sound doesn't boost to much as before and I think there is something in audio files because using with other roms doesn't give me this error and the sound is very loud and clear with this app speaker boost (the only one that works for real)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] zacharyrscott:
I installed the latest version of this ROM and the correct gapps from the op but the Play Store (and Google Play Services) isn't installed. Other Gapps are however.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Mclaudyu:
Did you installed lord nerevar gapps mini 4.4.4 ?

I didn't have any problems with it. And I still use this package of gapps on any rom I installed :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] zacharyrscott:
First I mistakenly installed a full version of his apps. I then wiped and reinstalled the ROM and the correct Gapps but same problem.

Maybe a full data format and then reinstall will work?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Mclaudyu:
When I install a custom rom I always wipe all except internal storage.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] arnieage:
Only rom that is working at the speed of light even after installing almost all the apps I require,otherwise I was jumping from rom to rom. Would be amazing to have an upgrade for this soon.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] zacharyrscott:
Complete data wipe and reinstall worked.

Very impressed so far. Came from CM12 which was sluggish to say the least.

I basically had given up on my Nexus 7 since the OTA Lollipop update. Can I expect sluggish performance on all Lollipop based ROMS?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] arnieage:
I would also like to know if there is any lollipop/marshmallow rom as fast as this rom ?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] quincyquinn:
I haven't found one.

Thanks for the ROM its been the reason I haven't changed to a new tablet in the last couple of months.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kalafior12:
I'm back from the dark side of the grouper (LP and MM). Now I see the light :) Thank You ! Do you suggest specific kernel with oc for this rom or dont change anything at all?

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 7 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
imho now that full f2fs is supported in system too, just flash this rom in full f2fs partitions....included kernel work great for me, better then m kernel and others
[Nexus 7 Original Development] mklmkl:
I'm using this kernel:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3310642

Works very well and allows some tuning. Please check comments and adapt fstab accordingly!

---------- Post added at 06:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:44 PM ----------

@LordNerevar: just saw that in this KK Rom ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3241243) the February security patches have been integrated.

Any chance for an upgrade of your Rom?

Thanks for your efforts!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Hasuris:
Thank u sooooo much for this. Haven't been using my Nexus7 in months and decided to give it a go again. Updated to Marshmallow and the tab was unusable. Flashed this and it's as snappy as it was at day one. Slimkat.... Good old times :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
I'd say chances are pretty good. I've already incorporated the security updates into the ROM for my testing. I'm just working on getting some other items wrapped up before releasing.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] mklmkl:
Perfect!

And by the way as many others said - your Rom gives new life to my Nexus 7 :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
Absolutely worth! I suggest to flash on full f2fs partitions, use greenify to stop apps autostarting, and fstrim app from play store.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] outcubus:
I'm having trouble to install xposed since last rom update. Can someone help me?

Edited: never mind, problem solved.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] frickingphil:
Hi, I was wondering if logging was disabled on this ROM? If I try to do adb logcat, I get this in response:

Unable to open log device '/dev/log/main'

Any ideas?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] muxaba:
Is there any chance to get this masterpiece for tilapia, 3G-version? Current grouper build works great on tilapia, but it would be very nice to have full 3G connectivity.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] JimDandy68:
I assume it's probably not a good idea to dirty flash this over the Legolas version, even if you're already formatted F2FS. Just wondering.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] KC Boutiette:
Still works and is stable. No guarantees though. Do take the version with All-F2FS support.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] JimDandy68:
Thanks. Missed that previous post. Might give it a try and start over if it fails.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
It works for me. Does adb devices show unauthorized maybe?

I don't own that device and would not feel comfortable releasing for it. I'll help anyone who wants to try getting that going though.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] LordNerevar:
Easter bunny is bringing a little update today. This one comes with updated F2FS kernel drivers which get our kernel out of the "Experimental" stage. I've also made some GPS tweaks which get the GPS sensor working for me. Let me know if this breaks it for you. All Google patches through March 2016 are also included. Finally, I've decided to include a micro GApps package since there seems to be some confusion on which GApps package to choose. Oh, and the ROM is now fully odexed for initial boot speed and general "zippyness".

Enjoy and have a great Easter!