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[TouchPad Development] Blondshell:
Troubles migrating from KitKat to Marshmallow....

I haven't updated my HP for quite a while, and my brother was giving me grief about it. So I put it on my to do list this week. I followed Roland's excellent post (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42505388#post42505388 ) to get to set up his recommended KitKat profile:

Recommended default setup:

cm-11-20150113-SNAPSHOT-jcsullins-tenderloin

Philz-CWM-jcs-dm-tenderloin-20140612

gapps-444-base-20160602-1-signed.zip

With this working well, I felt brave enough to go for Marshmallow. I'm probably pushing my luck, but was encouraged by the posts on the thread that the 7-20-2016 build rocked. I cleared cache, used TPTB to mount the following:

FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-f2fs-2.8.7.0-12-17-15

FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-f2fs-3.0.2.0-4-27-16

gapps-444-base-20160602-1-signed

ev_tenderloin-6.0.1-nightly-2016.07.23

I decreased the media partition by 256 and upped the system partition from 800 to 1056 (or whatever the next 200+ increment was....)

TPTB wouldn't recognize the TWRP as supported, so I logged into TWRP to install

I did a back-up of my current build.

I wiped my cache & Dalvik cache per instructions from my pal Roland.

I flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 first (figured I needed to upgrade my TWRP first), then flashed 3.0.2.0.

Then I flashed ev_tenderloin-6.0.1-nightly-2016.07.23.

Then I flashed gapps-444-base-20160602-1-signed.

Rebooted.

The EVERVOLV boot screen circulated for about 90 seconds, then I got the message "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has Stopped." :(

I dug around and found a post that referenced a newer Gapps file. So I tried it again.

I again used TPTB to mount the following:

FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-f2fs-3.0.2.0-4-27-16,

gapps-601-base-20160723-1-signed,

ev_tenderloin-6.0.1-nightly-2016.07.23.

Tried TPTB to see if it would install...still didn't like the TWRP file; so I rebooted to TWRP,

I wiped my cache & Dalvik cache again and flashed ev_tenderloin-6.0.1-nightly-2016.07.23.

Then I flashed gapps-601-base-20160723-1-signed.

Rebooted.

The EVERVOLV boot screen circulated for about 90 seconds, then I saw "Android is starting..." Happy dance!!

Then I got a black screen. :(

Then the black screen showed the message "Unfortunately, Play Services has Stopped." I tapped OK, then got "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has Stopped."

UGH! :(

I rebooted to see if a second round would have a different outcome. The EVERVOLV boot screen circulated for about 15 seconds, then went to the message "Unfortunately, Play Services has Stopped." I tapped OK, then got "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has Stopped."

Sigh. I rebooted to TWRP and recovered to my saved KitKat back-up.

Any advice as to what step I forgot to do to get Evervolv 6.0 to work on my HP? It's a 16 not a 32, if that matters. Thanks in advance for your help! (And many thanks to the amazingly talented developers that keep this old tablet relevant! :)
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
The only chargers that will properly charge the TouchPad are the original HP wall pack that came with it or the TouchStone. The wall pack is rated at 2 amps and the TouchStone is rated at 1.4 amps, so charging with it is slower. If you are using one of these and are having slow charging, then you have a problem. You might want to try connecting the charger and then turning the TP off. This will allow it to charge at the best possible rate.

NT

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You are wasting valuable space trying to set /system to 3gb. One gigabyte is sufficient. Sorry, can't help you with F2FS, that is a function of TWRP and is not done during the install of any Android Rom using TPTB. As far as changing the size of /system, that is done during the install using TPTB. During the install, you will be asked if you want to change any partition sizes. Select that and change /system to 1 gig/1024mb.

NT
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
I've been using f2fs for several months without issue. Before you attempt this Big change, take a good backup and save it to your PC or Nas storage (just in case)...

Switching to f2fs is only recommended for cache and data volumes at this time. DO Not change boot or system to f2fs, leave them as they are (ext4 or ext3). After you flash a new version of Evervolv OS, you will have to set up everything and recover any critical personal files to data (music, photos, docs, books, etc.).

Let us know your experiences. And good luck!
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
7/23 release

I flushed the recent app list, backed up the three volumes, flashed 7/23 release. It booted, optimized 10 apps, rebooted and ran for 6 min, then rebooted a second time. After running for about an hour, it rebooted again. Another 1.5 hour of use, it rebooted a fourth time. The last time it rebooted I was trying to launch a card game app (spyder).

I'll add logs shortly, if I can catch them.

Edit: Tapatalk won't let me attach the SysLog zip file at this time.
[TouchPad Development] McBeanTIO:
Back in the saddle...

I've been off the boards and this thread for ages, but have been regularly using Evervolv with F2FS for months...maybe even a full year at this point. I'm downloading the 7/23 build and will install momentarily.

With the July builds after 7/02, there are two common issues I experience:

[*]Log-In screen non-responsive (screen appears, but will not respond to touch)

[*]Headphone jack has no audio

I continually roll back to 7/02 for performance purposes, and the screen doesn't lock-up. Have not had success with a build using headphone jack in ages...

UPDATE: As of 7/23 build, both issues appear resolved! Continuing to roll on and on with my TP!

--McBean
[TouchPad Development] Blondshell:
One more thing...nandroid backup to PC?

Thanks so much for your reply Muerte33! I will try TPTB with the TWRP that you recommend. But I'm trying to figure out how to save my Recovery to my PC. TWRP will only save internally (not sure if the wipe referred to will clear this as well). My PC doesn't recognize my Touchpad in TWRP mode to see files. Sorry to ask for guidance in yet another area, but help! :K
[TouchPad Development] Razor512:
The only partitions I converted to F2FS, are the data, and cache partition.

At the time of reporting the issues I was facing with the install, I was installing this nighly build 2016.07.20: ev_tenderloin-6.0.1-nightly-2016.07.20.zip

Basically, it would install the ROM just fine, but when I went to install gapps, it would immediately error out with an insufficient storage error. For w while I was going back and forth between TWRP and the tp toolbox, and slowly increasing the system partition. Then when I got up to around 3GB and still noticed the error, I then looked around to see what might be causing it, and then I saw that the system would read the system partition as 787 MB (EXT4) in size. I then spent another longtime trying the resize tool in TWRP (since it has no user controls other than 1 button to activate it, the partition was not increasing), then I found that if I did a full restart of the device after using the resize function in TWRP (a reboot to recovery did not work), that is when it finally reported the correct size, and allowed me to flash gapps.

I eventually got the mini gapps working from the list provided in the OP (took about an hour of restarting before it finally let me go past the screen where I select the option to skip transferring data from another device, and not have the google apps crash and send me right back to the WiFi page.

Since I was coming from android 4.4.4, I used tp toolox to erase everything, I then had it set a default set of partitions, and give them some space.

I started at 1GBfor the system partition, 512MB for cache, 1GB for the for the media partition (tp toolbox always makes one ), and the rest to the data partition (32GB HP touchpad)

Then after it did its initial setup with a different build of android, I wet into TWRP, and installed 3.0.2.0 TWRP recovery with MTP support and F2FS.

Next, I rebooted, then had it erase everything in the advanced erase menu.

I then converted the cache and data partition to F2FS, then proceeded to install the nightly build as instructed on the OP (minus the backup part since I had no important data on the tablet, just wanted a fresh install).

The gapps I used is3.0.2.0 TWRP recovery with MTP support and F2FS.

Overall, I now have it up and running, and fully setup, it just took a few hours, especially with the crashing of the gapps, which eventually went away.

I have been keeping many of the partitions large, mainly because there are no guides on how big the partitions should be, At best, you find data on recommended system partition sizes, but nothing on the cache partition or anything else.
[TouchPad Development] EricBlade:
I'd probably not give much credence to anything telling you your battery is good or bad, other than actually monitoring the current and seeing how long it lasts under the draw. It might be right, it might be really wrong. That said, these batteries seem to have an utterly astounding number of charge cycles. My iPad 2 is just as old as my first TouchPad, and although the iPad 2 still has incredibly amazing sleep times (2 months approximately), it's usage time has slowly dropped from about 12 hours to about 4. My first TouchPad can still go for 6-8 hours straight . . . and I suspect that it's not doing 10 simply because this isn't webOS. Though I haven't done a full battery check since probably December on that one, so it may have gone downhill since then.

F2FS works fine, just follow the instructions somewhere around the OP.

7/23 install: Took quite a long time during the Evervolv animation, then "Android is upgrading... "Optimizing app x of 10..." ... "Optimizing app x of 15..." I don't recall having seen multiple steps in the Optimizing phase before.. and it's taking a very long time. Could be because Pinball Arcade is quite a large app, and I haven't had it installed in a very long time. Took a very long time to get started up, but once it finally did start responding to me, it seems quite smooth. Using mic with the "Lexa" app seems to work fine, but then starting any other app that uses sound eventually causes a device reboot after significant lagging. Data is still showing blocked for me, with no signal available. I don't have another device handy to test my SIM in. The SIM worked in May. Could be dead now, though. Overall, seems identical to 7/21.

I saw someone say something about the headphone jack not working, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I put in some headphones, fired up Youtube in the browser .. it was a bit too loud at default volume.. so i went to turn it down... but i hit the wrong direction, and then ripped the headphones out of my ears while screaming. Holy jesus tap dancing christ on rollerblades, this thing gets fking LOUD. I suspect this is not any fault of Flintman or Evervolv, but it should only increase once, then have a longer delay before starting to repeat. This just tore straight up to max when i clicked it, possibly a hair longer than just a single click, but i wouldn't have expected it to rocket to max.
[TouchPad Development] ZeroZorro:
Well...at 2300 i connected the TP to my Samsung GearS USB charger. At 0700 is was full and i took it to the livingroom and placed it on the TP touchstone charger, BMW says full charged. After getting coffee and looking about 15 minutes later it says 97 percent. So i will not cloud this topic anymore and will have a look at several chargers i own. Thanks guys....
[TouchPad Development] EricBlade:
oh i was going to say.. the touchpad charger barrels are two-pieces, that twist apart from each other. Theoretically, one could connect a Euro plug to it, without changing the entire transformer. You may want to verify that your barrel(s) are all twisted together tightly. Sometime they can come loose.
[TouchPad Development] ZeroZorro:
Yeah...I knew that....I also use a USB extension cable which can be a problem (but never was). So I removed this but didn't help. The thing is that after connecting the BMW says AC (so, connected) but also Decharging. Both in green. That made me think that maybe an app uses more juice than pumped in.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Oh my Lord......turn on your KSM (kenel samepage merging)

In settingd > toolbox > performance, swipe to left to reveal it under GENERAL in performance

Seems to be another kick in arse

Smartmax / FIOPS 192/1782 KSM (kernel samepage merging) ON

That is how i have it. Seems to rip

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I do have a charging tip also

HP charger is NOT needed for dock to achieve 1400mah charge

ANY usb charger will do it as long as 2amp is available

The losd of the inductive coupling means you need close to 2amps to achieve the 1400mah charge via inductive coupled dock

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Kernel Samepage Merging took Quuadrant Standard benchmark from 3720 to 3962 which is significant.

If you don't have KSM on, JUST DO IT!

8o

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KODI user interface is night and day KSM ON
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
Sorry, but I don't ever do backups because I don't put anything on my TP that I am not willing to lose.

It is not my primary device. I just enjoy keeping it going after all these years.

Good luck though, hopefully some of these experts on here can help you.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Saving the TWRP backups to an offline repository is easy and can be done in several way.

1) use andSMB or andFTP to replicate / synchronize all data volume contents to your Nas device. I use this on a scheduled event overnight to preserve my personal data, including any TWRP backups stored on any internal or external SD storage.

2) connect the TP to your PC using the imbedded USB emulator firmware via novacom driver and copy whatever you want over the USB cable (fairly fast, certainly more than WiFi over the air) .

3) there are many other apps for copying your data into a cloud, but those will run up your network external usage and might break your cap (extra charges apply). Some folks are lucky enough to have unlimited data usage, I envy you.

4) there are probably more solutions out there as well that others can suggest (total commander, ftp, etc) .
[TouchPad Development] McBeanTIO:
Thanks for checking the headphone issue. I checked it as well and can confirm I no longer have issues! (I patched up to the 7/23 build last night and re-tested.).

--McBean
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
7/24 release findings

I flushed the recent app usage list, backed up the three volumes, flashed the OS. (went to dinner). When I returned, the TP appeared to have completed the full flash cycle and was locked/frozen in the daydream clock mode. Locked/frozen as in totally unresponsive on screen, power, home or any other combination. I had to press/hold power and home for a long time (10-15 sec?) to force a reboot.

After the forced reboot, it ran for about 40 min (I may be off a little as I wasn't expecting this) before it unexpectedly rebooted again. Log not attached, as Tapatalk will no longer let me select zip files to attach (grayed out). It's been running now for about 2 hours.

Aside from these two events, this 7/24 release is sweet. Starts apps quickly. Scrolls smoothly. Sound is good. WiFi connected link up fast and holds it solid. Bluetooth connects to keyboards and audio speakers.

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Amazon Kindle crashing often

after flashing 7/24, even though I haven't executed Kindle, it keeps crashing and not responding. I uninstalled Kindle and reinstalled it. It hasn't misbehaved since then (yet). This is the only app to act up so far. Still watching...
[TouchPad Development] Blondshell:
Good point!

Well, you made a good point. I am not using my HP tablet as a daily driver, so I really don't have much to lose by not backing it up (I hope!) I can report that by using the instructions in the post you directed me to (thank you NeverTells2!!); I'm up and running on Marshmallow. Wow! I'm so excited I'm doing the funky chicken dance!! Thanks so much for all of your help! Donations to the developers are on their way. :victory:

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GlobalTraveler, Thank you much for sharing your knowledge. I recognized myself in Meurte33's comments, but it is very good to know how to back up data if I start storing information of importance on my HP. I'm very thankful for your kind reply!

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GlobalTraveler, Thank you much for sharing your knowledge. I recognized myself in Meurte33's comments, but it is very good to know how to back up data if I start storing information of importance on my HP. I'm very thankful for your kind reply!
[TouchPad Development] Razor512:
[/COLOR]Amazon Kindle crashing often

after flashing 7/24, even though I haven't executed Kindle, it keeps crashing and not responding. I uninstalled Kindle and reinstalled it. It hasn't misbehaved since then (yet). This is the only app to act up so far. Still watching...

Do you get any issues where after a few hours of being on (e.g., an hour or 2 of use, then a few hours in standby, and then the device becomes rather sluggish even with with almost 300MB of free RAM?
[TouchPad Development] nickb2b:
Headphone jack issues?

My TP was acting sluggish on the early July releases so I did a full wipe and installed 7-23, gapps, and then re-installed all of my apps. With fiops and smartmax enabled everything seems to be running nicely again, however I'm having problems playing music over the headphone jack. The first song plays fine but then no audio once it moves to the next one in my playlist. I have to unplug the headphones, restart the song, and then plug them back in. Anyone else experiencing this?
[TouchPad Development] yeahman45:
Still having issues when plugging earphones... sometime audio just disappear...removing the earphone i still don't have any audio.. a full reboot is needed... got this issue since the first release
[TouchPad Development] elginsk8r:
Can you post a kernel log and a logcat?
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
I turned on the KSM and did notice a difference (already using Smartmax and Fiops).

I also turn on the Background process limit to a setting of 4.

Settings, Developer Options, Background Process Limit (At Most 4 Processes).

It is amazing how well this old technology works still.

Congratulations to everyone involved.

Wonder if they make an Evervolv for the Nexus 10?
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Get me some logs. I have tried to duplicate these headphone issues and can't Please make sure you are on the lasted build. I will continue to try and duplicate but logs will be helpful.

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
I have KSM turned on on all 3 tablets I run this rom on. Seemingly no stability issues whatsoever.

Seems like somethin for nothin!

8)

Dev people, any known negative implications to having the Kernel Samepage Merge function on?

Much love devs. Thanks so much!
[TouchPad Development] viskon:
Does Amazon Kindle work for anyone? It gives me a not responding error and shuts down. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but get the same error.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
After more testing, kindle continues to fail. It used to work before the latest OS upgrade.
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
I don't run the Kindle app, but did it let you install the current 7.1 version from 7/18/2016?

I saw where lots of people were having trouble getting it to update to the current version.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/play/sGAsXxiclG8
[TouchPad Development] geddy3:
The Kindle app from Google Play stopped working for me a few weeks ago, however, if you download from the Amazon app store, that version does work OK. Not sure what the difference is.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Does not work. Stops immediately after launch.
[TouchPad Development] McBeanTIO:
Haven't had any repeat issues with headphone jack on the 7/24 build, but I have not tested extensively at this point. Basic tests of running a movie for 5 minutes and switching to Google Play and running through a few songs - no issue.

Will keep at it and let the board know if something comes up.

--McBean
[TouchPad Development] deafasheck:
Where is the 6.0 using tptb to install Marshmallow files?
[TouchPad Development] Mystikal57:
hello, i'm the only one who have SOD problem very often ?

I have the last nightly 24/07

I have the headphone issue, but if i play music, and after put headphone -> no pb
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
Don't understand what you are asking. Please explain in more detail what you are asking.

NT
[TouchPad Development] viskon:
Thanks for the tip. The Kindle app from the Amazon Appstore works fine. The Play Store version doesn't work.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
I'm noticing the display sleep timeout resets to 2 minutes with each reboot. Even though I prefer another setting (5 min). Does anyone else experience this or am I forgetting to lock in permanently my choice? How do I save this across reboots?
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Firt impressions of this 7-27 rom is it seems even faster and smoother.

Now i am having better performnce in this XDA post box using firefox than i was on 7-24 AND I have an audio stream app on a radiostation live stream running.

Weeeeeeeeeee!

8)

SCHWING COMES TO MIND YET AGAIN!

Yessssssssssssssssssssss!
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Ok, spill it. [emoji2] Did you use the updater? Which wipes? Inquiring minds have to know.
[TouchPad Development] nickb2b:
Yeah, did you udpate via built in app or via TWRP and did you reload gapps after flashing 7-27?

Thanks!
[TouchPad Development] yoruuba2:
I would agree with you that 07/27 is flying. I updated via trwp and after a 3 reboots, i'm all good to go.

Looks like the camera is being worked on according to the log!

Screen appears to be brighter and touch is very responsive. All my programs have updated including kodi, XtremeMusic, GPS tether, viper for android.

Very pleased.

Thanks Flintman and the Evervolv team.

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Im forgot to mention that in deep sleep I'm seeing -2mA.
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Hmm, well I first updated to 7/24. All was well then went to 7/27. Both through the updater, both wiping only dalvic and cache. Unfortunately, the 7/27 is having a few glitches. It rebooted a few times. Then the screen seemed to freeze. WiFi seemed to have trouble connecting. Nova Launcher crashed. . it seems to be settling down now. I will let it settle in check it again tomorrow am.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
So I figured ill lag thiis pig out....I'll launch KODI exodus video add-on.

Loaded a movie. Stream stopped on radio stream as it should. Tasked back to the this textbox to type this line and will task back to 1080p stream when radio goes to break again

And that all went well. Boy what a nice rom.

I think i saw an e-mail that someone was asking what I used to flash.

Used jc-philz cwm to flash twrp latest version

Once twrp is there flash the rom and the opengapps flint mentions on OP

I have been dirty flashing nightlies since evervolv started this rom on their updates system in May.

Using the davik cache and cache wipe options and rebooting from evervolv update util in the Settings > Updates