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[TouchPad Development] funkyblue04:
Anyone know how to turn the button light off when charging? Can't seem to find the option.
[TouchPad Development] viskon:
The security patch level for 8/11 nightly is Aug 5th. Is there a later patch?
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
No. Google typically only releases one security patch per month.
[TouchPad Development] Johnvgt:
Running 7/29 on a clean install. No WiFi drops ever and super fast. Running fiops/smartmax/CPU [MENTION=1089301]384[/MENTION]/1782 with kernel same page merging ON. I can't imagine a scenario in which this touchpad (and four others) could work any better. I've been running builds on this since gingerbread and this is by far the best performance. Thank you flintman!!!
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Just a sidenote for the devs:

While further testing the current builds 08-11 for the Wifi and the 4G TP, the governor settings are not kept, when the TP is "hot reboot"ed. With every "hot reboot", governor is reset to "interactive" and I/O scheduler is reset to "bfq". With normal reboot or shutdown and power on again, the settings are kept. This is valid for the Wifi build as well as for the 4G build.

Does anybody knows, why the "kernel samepage merging" setting is not available in the 4G build?

Thanks to all devs for this great ROM! Keep the TP alive! :)
[TouchPad Development] elginsk8r:
Ksm might not be enabled in the 4g kernel
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
8/11 release observations

+ same as BGrosse noted, flash resets some settings/toolbox/performance back to some default setting value.

+ reboots reset the setting/display sleep timeout back to 2 minutes; I like 5 min better.

+ occasionally (maybe 1 in 10 times) waking up display from sleep by touch, the display very briefly opens and then the device goes into a harder sleep mode (like pressing the power button). By next really hitting the power button or the home key wakes up properly.

+ flashing the new release loses all schedule time events (Titanium backups, 3C cleanups, etc). Simple device reboots I request seem to retain these schedules.

+ device spontaneously reboots when launching Firefox the first time in the first 3 hours. I don't know for sure if this is related to Firefox or not, but it's happened on last three versions recently. I haven't observed this unexpected reboot with any other app (so far). After this occurs, the system settles down nicely and doesn't do it again. It seems to always occur within the first 3-4 hours after the flash upgrade.

Flash upgrade uses the imbedded upgrade process and TWRP 3.0.2, erasing all recent app list, wiping cache and dalvik, backing up boot/data/system volumes. And letting it settle into the new environment for at least 30 minutes before hard testing experiments begin.
[TouchPad Development] Cobra11Murderer:
Running 8/11 release and wanted to say holy cow! This sucker is smooth, Plex can do 1080p streams without the tab locking up now. This is very incredible, and battery life is awesome!
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Yeah this rom is simply.....SCHWING! The 8-11 is working beautiful

You rock flintman and all the other devs. Thanks a lot. 8-11 is S00p3r D00p3r!!!!!

What a great oldsk00l type scene this has become

Makes me want to put on some Pantera and MOSH!

}8^) <---------MOSHER EMOTICON
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Another question to the devs:

Is it correct, that GPS is not working in the 4G build? I remember, that I have used it in WebOS (years ago). Just wanted to test navigation with the 4G tablet, but it cannot find the correct position. "GPS status" app reports GPS sensor, but also cannot get a fix ("device has no GPS").

Is it possible to get GPS working in the next 4G build? :cool:
[TouchPad Development] elginsk8r:
Thumbs up for the pantera reference! \m/
[TouchPad Development] nanyzoe:
Cyanogen Mod 7

Hey flintman, I have an HP Touchpad Tablet with an old version of Cyanogen Mod, i think it's 7. I'm having a problem with it and it's that when i open Cyanogen Mod it just stays in the loading screen until the battery dies. It never opens, and it used to work, it just doesn't now. I now use WebOS but it's not working very well either. I'd like to know how to fix it or if there's a way to erase everything and then just install the new version. Thanks!
[TouchPad Development] gtallmadge:
Really nanyzoe! Have you even bothered to read this forum thread at all? Why not take the time to try and educate yourself before posting here. Most would be glad to help

you if you took the time to try and help yourself first.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
8/17 flash results (so far) : just freakin' awesome

Just finished flashing new release (while watching Olympics). Flintman, you fixed the setttings/toolbox/performance settings retention. After the flash, they were set as I preferred from last release (FIOPS, SmartMax, min/max cpu speeds); good on you. [emoji7]

The setting/display/sleep timeout, however, still reverts back to 2 minutes after each reboot. Very minor inconvenience.

The device spontaneously rebooted about 30 minutes after the flash when I tried to launch an app. This time it was the MyFitnessPal app and not Firefox. I can collect the logs, but I still don't know if the logs are useable beyond the last reboot. Let me know how to catch a log across reboots and I'll post it here.

Thanks for persevering with us and producing a product that extends the life of our beloved Touchpads. Danke sehr!
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
OK, I am going for the 8/17 now. Wish me luck!
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
I updated to 8/17 via the Updater, wiping cache and dalvic. It booted up right away, and while I had to reboot to get it to automatically see the wifi it has been problem free, slick and snot, and as mentioned above, brought the kernel settings over. Great job flintman!
[TouchPad Development] RideTheCliche:
Thanks!

Long time lurker, infrequent poster. Thank you for this excellent ROM!

Yesterday I picked up a used HP TouchPad for a little girl whose old tablet gave up the ghost. A couple of hours later I was up and running with the 08/17 build and everything looks good. I did see a spontaneous reboot once soon after flashing (similar to another user's report) but I took the advice in this thread and left the TouchPad alone for a few hours to settle down after flashing. Afterwards I used the TouchPad all day and went through a full battery cycle - everything was rock solid, no unexpected behaviour whatsoever.

This old device's usefulness is unmatched thanks to your work on this ROM, and for an added bonus you made a kid's day!

~RTC
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
I agree, if you watch EBAY you can get a working one for about $50, and have a pretty good device after applying this ROM.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Yeah this rom is simply.....SCHWING! The 8-11 is working beautiful

You rock flintman and all the other devs. Thanks a lot. 8-11 is S00p3r D00p3r!!!!!

What a great oldsk00l type scene this has become

Makes me want to put on some Pantera and MOSH!

}8^) <---------MOSHER EMOTICON

---------- Post added at 09:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 AM ----------

Sorry i meant the 8-17........not the 8-11
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
8/17 release: strange finding w/print spooler

I just bumped into a new "thing" while running Firefox to print a map quest map to a networked HP Envy printer. The print spooler aborted without any explanation of the error found. See screenshot and system logs at around 9:15 am. This is repeatable on my device.

Is there some setup or configuration steps needed to prepare the android print spooler to use a networked printer?

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/57b70a82b0338/Screenshot_20160819-091638.png?

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/57b70a9c8f5d4/2016-08-19_09.16.zip
[TouchPad Development] Merjolie:
If I buy a touchpad without OS, would it be possible to install this ROM?
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
A Touchpad without any OS is strange. Normally, WebOS should be installed. Otherwise I would be suspicious if this Touchpad may have problems with flashing.

I would do also what muerte33 already told: grab a cheap working one from ebay without errors, but WITH the original charger (this is important) and have fun with flashing this ROM via the toolbox! :)
[TouchPad Development] Teevan:
Issues with Kindle App

I am still having issues with the Kindle App, as well as the Amazon Video app. I have uninstalled the Play store version of the kindle app, and re-installed through the Amazon marketplace, but still doesn't work. The app gets to the splash screen, but then ends up stopping after a minute or so and crashes. And this is after a clean re-install of the 8-11 ROM.

Anyone else still having issues with it?

I decided to move to Aldiko for now, and actually like the interface. Just the syncing may not be as easy because I was sending newspapers and books to my kindle app via caliber. Not a huge deal to work around, but wondering why I can't get Kindle to work.

Fantastic rom though, after a clean install of the 8-11 build, so thanks for all the hard work Flintman
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Same here with 32GB WiFi TP and 08-17 ROM. Neither the Google Playstore version nor a sideloaded Kindle APK V7.2.0.27 worked. Both are crashing (forced close) without further infos. Sorry for not having better news.

Does anybody knows why the Kindle apps do not work with this ROM?
[TouchPad Development] saidiadude:
Just downloaded the 8-17 ROM and installed it. Probably the best one I've used on the TP. I had resized all partitions to 2GB each (one was automatically resized during the install to 800MB). I have the 32GB version, so I wasn't concerned about storage space. I did not change the CPU speeds, etc but had to reboot once after install. Left it overnight to settle down. Sorry, no experience with Amazon video or Kindle.

Thanks Flintman!
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
I don't normallu use theKindle app on my TP (I use my N7 2013 for travel) but just tried to install on my TP (also running 8/17) and The Kindle app (Play Store version) does not work for me.

I don't use too many apps on my TP (,mostly email, Chrome, XDA devs and Google Plus). I do have Netflix installed, so checked that and it streams video and audio fin. Don't know if that helps...
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
What do you mean "I had resized all partitions to 2GB each?" Which partitions? Totally unnecessary. /System needs to be 1gig/1024mb and leave all the rest as TPTB sets them. You are just wasting valuable memory.

NT
[TouchPad Development] saidiadude:
For some reason my TP would always start to bog down after a few days, regardless of which ROM I used. I resized all 3 partitions to 2GB each (system, data, cache - I believe. I can check if you want specifics). During a fresh install, one of them was resized to about 800MB. I haven't had major issues regarding sluggishness since then.

The 32GB TP is used largely for email, web (Chrome), YouTube, etc. so space is not an issue. It may be a waste of space, but at least I don't have to worry about any of the partitions being a constraint now. :)
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
You don't say specifically, but I take it that you installed the Rom using TPTB. Just so you are aware, at one point during the install, TPTB gives you the option to adjust volume sizes, so even if TPTB sets /system to 800mb initially, you have the option to override that. Don't you find it strange that you don't see others complaining about sluggish performance on their TouchPads with this Evervolv Rom installed? No one else that I am aware of is setting volume sizes to 2gb. Of course, it's your choice to set them to whatever size you want, but it says something that you appear to be the only person having the issues you stated. And just for the record, /system is the only volume I have seen cause problems if it is not the correct size. It seemed that starting with Android 4.0 and up to Android 5.0, JellyBean, some sort of upward adjustment of /system was required. But setting it to 1gb appears to be the max that JB or MM needs. Sullins really outdid himself when he created TPTB. Prior to TPTB, it was a hodge podge of programs and issues users had to deal with to keep Android running on the TouchPad. He said it best in the first paragraph of his thread:

TPToolbox replaces:

ACMEInstallers

ACMEUninstallers

Various methods of resizing volumes (erroneously called partitions)

Various methods of reflashing the A6 battery monitoring chip

Various methods of completely wiping/recreating volumes

And finally, we were able to remove WebOS, the Holy Grail to TouchPad users. It was the users who figured out that by renaming the TPTB script that it could be placed in the /boot volume and some of it's functions used from there. The TouchPad is the only five-year-old tablet that I am aware of that is running Android 6.0, and according to the majority of those who have installed Evervolv's MM Rom , doing it well.

Cheers, NT
[TouchPad Development] geddy3:
Yes, I think the Kindle App intoduced a new page flip view that is not compatible, there are complaints on Kindle review about it not working. I went back to version of Kindle app from mid June and it works.
[TouchPad Development] No_Idaho:
I'm having the same issue with the system partition being reset to 800 MB after having expanded it to 1800 during initial installation to accommodate a larger gapps. It works as planned after installing the smaller gapps that tptb requires. But when I use twrp to wipe 'system' and re-install the rom and a larger gapps it fails because in the middle of the install 'system' is reset to 800 MB again. I even changed a script file in the rom to make system a minimum size of 1800 MB during installation. That works too but twrp always knocks it down again. Very frustrating.
[TouchPad Development] saidiadude:
[MENTION=4396896]nevertells2[/MENTION] Yes, I used TPTB for the install. Perhaps I didn't explain correctly. I had lots of issues with sluggishness BEFORE I increased the partition sizes. I increased the sizes just before I installed the 8-17 build and have had no issues thus far. In fact, it's very responsive and stable. And I agree, JC did a fantastic job with TPTB Kudos also to Flintman for this most awesome ROM.

[MENTION=7673685]No_Idaho[/MENTION]: I left the System partition at 800MB and have had no problems so far.
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
YES!!! You are right! I just tried version 4.24.0.27 as of May, 5th because this one is the last version before they switched to version 7.x! And this version really works!

Thank you Sir, you made my day! And that of some others also - I'm sure! :good:

For all those who are interested in getting the last working Kindle app, here is the link: click :cool:

Have fun!
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Great find and thanks for the link. Note to others... it seemed to take a while to install on mine (and do't forget to allow apps to install from other sources), and then again seemed to take a long time to open and sync with my account, but works great. Course, you need to make sure Play Store does not update (I unchecked it on the app in the Play Store, but to be safe also in settings I turned off all auto updates).
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Yes, as well on my WiFi as on my 4G TPs, installation procedure takes a couple of minutes. I think this is because this app expands to nearly 160MBs - really really huge. Thats also, why I don't want to install the Amazon app - needs too much storage space, too much RAM, gathers too much information and god only knows, what else this crap does... :eek:

Opening the app is done in a few seconds (I always let every Android system take 2 minutes for itself after installing an app; thats my experience that after an installation every system is a kind of "unresponsive") and after giving my account information, it of course can take a couple of minutes to synchronize your whole library - that of course is different for everyone of us. Mine took around 2 minutes on both TPs.
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Quick info for the devs:

With build 08-20 for the 4G TP, GPS is furthermore not recognized (by several apps, "device has no GPS").
[TouchPad Development] googlephone:
I also encountered the issue with system partition. My system partition always decreased to 800 MB after flash rom or update rom, no matter what size of my system partition I set. 800 MB is enough for the rom though.

After updating rom, I can increase system partition from 800 MB to 1gb but after flashing a new rom update, system partition will be 800MB again.

This is an issue with the rom. Seems like flashing the rom will also reduce the system partition size to 800MB.

There must be a binary file in the rom which sets the system partition size to 800MB.

I think the rom builder ((flintman) tried to use this code to check for system partition size to be at minimum 800 MB, but somehow wrote wrong code which always set the system size to be 800MB.

Anyone else has the same issue?
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
If all you guys are using TWRP to flash these new builds, then I suspect that it is TWRP that is resetting /system to 800mb. Nice thing about having TPTB residing in the /boot volume, you can use it to set /system back to 1gb. I'm not a dev, so maybe Flintman can address this issue. I seem to remember someone saying that it is something that the dev includes in the Rom build that tells TWRP what size /system should be. Or maybe it was to tell TPTB what size to set /system at. Don't clearly remember. But if that is the case, Flintman should be able to fix it. I also believe the version of TWRP in the OP was compiled by Flintman.

NT
[TouchPad Development] Gborg3:
Has anyone tried 2016.08.20 yet? What is the best recovery for finishing install in terms of function and f2fs compatibility?
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Haven't tried yet. Based solely on the Gerrit, the only thing merged since 8/17 was:

But it also appears that they are working on the partition size issue. I am down below 20% on battery but I will give it a go this evening.

edit... sorry, I missed your question. I always use TWRP (latest version I updated via Flashify).

btw, folks that are seeing the system partition reduced back to 800mb, how are you seeing it? Are you using TP Tool Box or is there a different way to see the partition size?
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
You can do a quick check over all partitions with an app called "FreeSpace": click
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
Or Quick System Info Pro

NT
[TouchPad Development] No_Idaho:
I'm beginning to think that the expanded system partition isn't actually being reset to 800Mb by twrp, but is only being seen as that size by twrp. The reason is, if you check the partition size in twrp using the advanced wipe menus it reports the larger size until something (a reboot or some internal process) early in the ROM/Gapps/Recovery installation process triggers it to report 800Mb size. So that is why a larger gapps package fails to install due to an insufficient space error.

But if you then go check the partition size in TPTB it says you still have the expanded system partition. In my particular case it still reports 1800Mb. So, which number is true? I'm trying to dig up a clockwordmod apk to replace twrp to see if that makes a difference.
[TouchPad Development] Gborg3:
Worst case short term scenario solution if partition is actually resized without prompt- Resize partition with TPTB in boot and call it a good morning at the least?
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
First, if what you report is true, TWRP should not be doing that. Second, using Quick System Info Pro, you should see that there is plenty of space in /system with it set at 1gb. let alone 1.8gb. Like TPTB, QSIP reports memory used and what is available. I'm curious, what Gapps package are you trying to flash? Do you really need all those Goggle apps installed in /system? If you install a minimal Gapps, you can always download any additional ones you need from the Play Store. You will find the CWM you need here:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14847

I think you will find update-CWM-jcs-dm-tenderloin-20150703.zip does the job just fine.

NT
[TouchPad Development] Gborg3:
Using TPTB and its lvm partition resizing ability I gave space from Data to Media in order to make the pseudo external SD large enough to fit a TWRP made backup and I'm thinking about increasing more to put Banks Dynamic Gapps in there along with the TWRP and latest rom build and the recommended Gapps and TWRP from post #897 or whichever exact one it was for TPTB to play nice for initial install. Complete Data Reset and WebOS removal was done before CM KK was installed a year ago and this maniacal tablet bricked for months then randomly decided to work again. Install will be via TPTB set in boot and F2FS partitioning I'll do later with recovery. How does anyone feel about my chances of success?

No I don't have a computer at the moment and storing files in pseudo sd partition area is wanted because internet in the Philippines makes having to dl a large file more than once a very aggravating procedure.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
WHAT NT SAID! Having TPTB on my boot menu is the final straw that FIXED the camels back hehe..

I can see using these tablets for quite some time still. I own SIX of them !

Weeeeeeee

Thanks Flint and other devs who contributed like JC and and and and and......God I love Open Source people / scenes. Such great software and user experiences shared.

LOVE IS.....an ACTIVE HP Touchpad Dev Scene on a current rom!

Yesssssss

8)
[TouchPad Development] booogle:
Dark sky

Hi all. Does anyone use the dark sky weather app? I find if you switch to map view and scroll around or hit play on the radar view, that it crashes out of the app or causes the TP to reboot. I'm on the latest version.
[TouchPad Development] WildKun:
Have anyone else experimented with data/cache partition sizes ?
[TouchPad Development] Trainer_H:
After i try the last updates i got a boot loop. Isn't it possible to update without reinstall everything new?
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
People install updates successfully all the time. Would you care to explain more about which updates you are talking about and how you installed them?

Did you update an Evervolv Rom or something else?

NT
[TouchPad Development] Trainer_H:
I try to update to 2016.08.22 Version with the evervolv update tool.

I also activate to clear cache and dalvic cache

I use f2fs for /data /cache and /system.
[TouchPad Development] Cobra11Murderer:
I installed 8.22 and I'm getting boot loop to, wiped cache and still in boot loop. Gonna go back down to another version for now
[TouchPad Development] w1ll1m:
Stuck on blue screen?
[TouchPad Development] Cobra11Murderer:
Nope actual boot loop showing "pitch black animation theme", it stayed there for 30 mins no change.
[TouchPad Development] Trainer_H:
no, i can see the boot animation and that's all.
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Haven't you done a backup with TWRP before installing the new 08-22 build to which you can switch back? What are the reasons for you to go for f2fs?
[TouchPad Development] Cobra11Murderer:
F2fs is faster on accessing and writing to flash memory.
[TouchPad Development] Trainer_H:
No, i forgot to backup my data. I use f2fs because it's developed for flash storage.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
I'm not sure /system volume is recommended at this time for f2fs. I think only cache and data are suggested. Anyone else know better?
[TouchPad Development] johnjingle:
I know this is the wrong thread...

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the easiest way to remove the back cover of the touchpad. I have one where the touchscreen doesn't work correctly and one that the back cover is damaged.
[TouchPad Development] shumash:
HP Touchpad take apart guide