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[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
First question that comes to my mind in that you admit that you are new to flashing your TP, which I take to mean you have never installed Android on it before, is how much of this thread have you read? Second question I would ask is how much have you tried to find information on installing Android on a TP? I suspect neither as there is a plethora of information in this thread that would answer your questions and multiple threads available in XDA that you could use to educate yourself on all facets of the subject. Here are just two to get you started:

http://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/help/rom-guide-how-to-install-android-4-4-x-t2912820

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2756314

Hopefully this answers your question as to why there isn't a How to section in the first post. It is not needed. And to answer your question about a compatible Gapps, try reading post # 897 in this thread. If after doing the suggested reading, if you are still having a problem, feel free to come back and ask questions here. You'll find the guys here are helpful, but they expect you to do some work to help yourself first. And you couldn't have picked a better build to try on your TP. Flintman is a talented developer. Just keep in mind that this isn't a full time job for him and the fact that he is the only developer I am aware of who has gone to the trouble of creating a Marshmallow Rom for the TP. It is not bug free and may have issues that are never completely resolved, but if anyone can, it's Flintman. And now Google is already talking about the next version, "N".

Happy reading! :)

NT
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Ok new builds are up for wifi and 4g model. The wifi i have the HD video issue all set and the 4g build has the HD fix and the Battery drain fixes(not as good as wifi model but still pretty good).
[TouchPad Development] jerryatherton:
You are amazing Flintman, on Friday you said you were gone for the weekend and then you show up early Sunday with two new builds. Great job as always, thanks.
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
I found the fix afternoon on friday and tested while away 8).
[TouchPad Development] tpuserhp:
Hi Flintman. The fix works great. No more flashing screen abd green screen. Chromecast screen mirroring does not give black screen too. Thanks for the great work.
[TouchPad Development] jimjack:
Hi Flintman,

thanks for the 05/19 test build. The battery drain is excellent low.

After 3 days standby the TP says 18 days available. :)

Also WiFi connects now after standby without problems.

I will test the 05/20 build with the HD video fix today.

Regards,

jimjack
[TouchPad Development] mathojojo:
Finally I just installed 4.4.4 version with its corresponding gapps with Toolbox, and then flashed This 6.0.0p ROM from Flintman and a Nano Gapps via TWRP.

Thank you very much anyway, for taking the time to help, and not just bark :).
[TouchPad Development] jimjack:
Hi Flintmann,

I've installed and testet your 05/20 test build. Great! :)

Short test with HD material and mxplayer - all ok so far. Also the mediatheques with HD material.

Thanks for your hard work for this great old TP.

Regards,

jimjack
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Oh my Lord! The 5-20 Flash took the sleep battery drain down FURTHER to 2-3 Ma now. Absolutely FANTASTIC work people. JC sure knows how to get that battery drain minimal somehow. At least I am assuming JC's contributions made for the low battery drain. I have not been having many problems doing HD streaming at all but I stay current on flashes anyways. Love to see what has transpired on the roms in between flashes. Great work. I will report any instabilities I find.
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Looking like nightlies are back in operation. Tenderloin wifi and 4g models are up

http://evervolv.com/devices/tenderloin4g

http://evervolv.com/devices/tenderloin

These are the latest with the latest test builds.
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Flintman, many thanks for all you have done and continue to do supporting our TouchPads.
[TouchPad Development] viskon:
Thank you, Flintman, for all your work. You are a legend.
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
Flintman,

Does this mean we should just start using the nightly builds?

Do they incorporate all the goodies from the 5/20/2016 build?

Thanks again!
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Yes the newest nightlies containa everything from 5-20-2016. Just as an FYI look at the logs. Right now it will build every day but nothing may change day to day. Once everything is settled in we will be looking to only build if there is a change to the source code.
[TouchPad Development] david_inuk:
What an amazing rom! Thanks a billion!!!

I need to move files between two devices. I see that USB otg won't work without power. Has anybody managed to connect two android devices to each other? WiFi direct doesn't seem to work either.

Any suggestions? (not thru the cloud!)

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What an amazing rom! Thanks a billion!!!

I need to move files between two devices. I see that USB otg won't work without power. Has anybody managed to connect two android devices to each other? WiFi direct doesn't seem to work either.

Any suggestions? (not thru the cloud!)
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Steve, I use ANDSMB or andftp to temporarily move data from one TP to a PC storage and back to the other TP. There are other tools and methods, but this is simple and uses only WiFi. Let us know what you settle on for a solution.
[TouchPad Development] david_inuk:
Thanks. I'm looking for a device to device transfer without having to use a pc
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Is it possible to pair two TPs via Bluetooth? I'm not sure how to make one the master host...
[TouchPad Development] david_inuk:
Bluetooth is a great idea, but! I'm looking to transfer large files and think bluetooth will b far too slow. No?
[TouchPad Development] chris5s:
For device to device transfer over wifi I use ESFile Explorer. Works with anything connected over the same wifi Network.

Peace.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
For what it is worth I just wanted to let dev know that after flashing the 5-24 I had to reflash A6 Firmware to get back to the 2-4 ma discharge rate in sleep mode. After reflashing, it is right back to the low low low LOWER THAN LOW 2-4 ma power draw in sleep mode. Not sure if it is related to the ROM flash or not.

One other note, before you people conduct a dirty flash, remember to clear your recent apps before shutting down to reboot into recovery for the flash. That way the tablet is not trying to launch all of your recent apps from last session on top of re-optimizing all the apps.
[TouchPad Development] david_inuk:
What app are you guys using to monitor battery draw on sleep?
[TouchPad Development] edlee:
I finally upgraded my touchpad from the stable jc 4.4.4 builds, and this is an amazing rom, thank ypu flintman, and everyone who helped. I am in shock that i am running marshmallow on such an old tablet, you guys rock
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
In the 3C Toolbox under Manage tab there is a battery manager that provides extensive monitoring, history, analysis and management reporting tools. I think this company also offers this tool as a stand alone widget called Battery Monitor Widget (or some similar name).
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
Battery Monitor Widget.......THERE IS NO OTHER!

2-4 ma idle drain is absolutely fabulous.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Confirming consistent -2 mA in sleep mode. [emoji7] [emoji2] I no longer concern myself about topping up the tank any more. It just lasts and lasts. Still studying the impact of daydream clock function on battery life.
[TouchPad Development] googlephone:
Or current widget, which can see the LIVE power draw current, and BMW uses estimates for current.
[TouchPad Development] lebenskuenstler:
Hello,

I am deeply impressed with your ROM. Thank you so much!

I noticed there is no support for ActiveSync support in the mail app. Is this intensional due some legal issues?

Best regards,

LK
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Battery repair

I installed and ran the repair battery life and achieved some interesting observations. I don't know if/how it is possible, the tool diagnosed the battery and found 271 "cells" in the battery. It evaluated each cell and found one cell inactive and three cells at low power (I guess compared with the other good cells). It offered to fix the defective cells, which it seemed to do fairly quickly. It also offered to install an additional app to calibrate the battery, but that app was not found.

I rebooted to be sure everything was initialized properly and fresh. Running the battery repair app again found all cells working right and in good order. It claimed the battery was 8% stronger. In sleep mode the battery monitor still claims ~2mA drain over an hour duration.

Is this the same effect as flashing A6?
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
Where do you come up with BMW using estimates for current? The log that it keeps are snapshots of the current draw that it takes at whatever time interval that you set. On the status tab, it shows the mA flow that to the best of my knowledge it gets directly from the TouchPads battery circuitry. It might not be updating that instantaneously, but don't know how it could be arriving at a flow rate unless it was getting the reading from the battery circuitry. Now there is an estimates tab that you can get a lot of info from. Please explain.

NT
[TouchPad Development] googlephone:
You can do a small test: in BMW, change the battery capacity from 6000 mAh to 1000 mAh. You would see the current recorded in BMW is much smaller, which means BMW is not actually read from the battery current directly, instead it calculates the current using some kind of algorithm which uses the total capacity as one of the parameters, probably also the voltage.

On many if not all samsung/moto devices, they don't have the battery current reading chip built inside but BMW can still give you the current.
[TouchPad Development] gtallmadge:
I use the app Dukto. It not only allows me to transfer between Android devices, but also computers on my home WiFi network. It is local and only works on your local WiFi.

It will transfer large files as well, quick, easy to use.
[TouchPad Development] MikeFRG:
How long takes the first reboot?

I have a black screen since 10min!:(

Edit: Ok dont use the 4g version for the WiFi TP :p erverthing is fine :D

Edit: Tought it would be fine, but stuck on Evervlov bootscreen! Any solution for that?

Edit: Made a full reset with TT and putt gapps / Evervlov and TWRP into the TT folder, install Android but everytime got a aborting " unsuporting zip" / "TWRP - Flintmann.zip"

OK now it works u find the solution in "nevertells2" thread here : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66178263&postcount=987

Use exactly the TRWP and gapps in this post!!!

Thanks for the nice rom Flintman and Nevertells2 for help me
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
I followed these instructions (links for the Gapps and Recovery zips are in there):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66178263&postcount=987

I used the most current Flintman Evervolv build at: http://evervolv.com/devices/tenderloin,

with the MM Delta Gapps gapps-601-base-20160503-1-signed.zip

with the JCS Recovery update-TWRP-jcs-dm-tenderloin-20140612b.zip

After all of that is up and running you can update TWRP to the 3.x version.
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
Interesting, I always thought that by entering the mAh rating of the battery allowed BMW to accurately measure and report the current draw based on information it gets from the battery circuit. If you entered 1000 MAh instead of 6000 mAh, then what BMW would report is inaccurate because it does not have the correct parameters to calculate the current draw. Of course the developer of BMW would be the one to explain how his app gets it's figures.

NT

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[TouchPad Development] Touchie Pad:
i have found the build from the 19th is the snappiest one ....no lag whatsoever, the later ones were a little slower so i keep going back. Do find that my home screen is a little glitchy and need to rotate to bring it back. My battery seems to have improved too...BMW shows -18 now instead of -40 so big improvement there. Wi-fi still not auto connecting have to go into wi-fi and tap it or sometimes turn it off and on. I think it is time to donate to these developers though. Thanks Flintman for your work on this:good:
[TouchPad Development] Shadow aok:
Build from the 19th seems perfect. No more lag, very small battery drain, wifi autoconnect is working, and video playing is nice, even with subtitle :highfive:

Excellent work, thanks :good:
[TouchPad Development] tedrogers61:
Big thanks for the 05/24 nightly....a massive improvement all round. My TP is actually usable again. Thanks Flinty boy! [MENTION=3716175]flintman[/MENTION] [emoji3] [emoji3] [emoji3] [emoji3]
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
I tried the Dukto app to transfer directly from tablet to tablet over WiFi and found it worked nicely in a push mode of operation. Considering it operates over the same WiFi frequency, it went along pretty fast in transferring the recent 5/24 rom zip image, over 200 MB (sorry, I forgot to time the transfer speed, the app doesn't provide this statistic). Since I had never used or heard of this app or developer, I prohibited it from using the Wan and restricted it to only the Lan in my firewall. It didn't seem to object to these limitations. Note: the app only seems to work in a push mode, so you have some level of security. You can select a single file, multiple files in one directory or multiple directories to send. There may be other options, but I haven't found or tested them yet.

Thanks for this pointer to a highly rated app. It's in my toolbox now for multiple tablet management.
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
Anyone try the 5/28 nightly build yet at http://evervolv.com/devices/tenderloin ?

I hate to try a new one since mine is running so good now.

Here is the log for the build:

2016.05.27..2016.05.28

Project: frameworks/base/

e78c2cc SysUI: Fix coloring of frame and bolt

bf72115 SysUI: Use linear interpolator for battery level

c0a682b SysUI: Allow styling of battery text/charge blend mode

5999b97 Adjust battery dimensions for better look

1362ff1 SystemUI: Set circle battery path as untranslatable

d40898d SysUI: Use VectorDrawable's for rendering battery

f1e4cd2 Add StopMotionVectorDrawable to uicommon

Project: packages/apps/EVToolbox/

38d5fbd Toolbox: remove dotted circle battery
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Nothing noticable so far... everything is running smooth. So don't be shy and update if you like to. And remember: you can always go back to your current installation when you backup before applying the nightly update. :good:

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@Flintman:

I tried your latest test build and also the latest nightly for the 4G Touchpad. I just stopped by for a quick report:

- random reboots are occuring. The number of reboots are nearly the same like in the last testing build (app. 10 per 24 hours).

- current consumption sometimes is going down to ~40mA in sleep (before it was ~65mA), but sometimes it fells not to deep sleep and consumes around 95-100mA. I didn't found out yet, what the reason is for this behaviour.

- WiFi isn't automatically switched back on when getting out of stand-by, regardless if 3G/4G data connection is available or not.

- 3G/4G data connection is sometimes not available. Data connection is sometimes lost while in sleep and need some time before coming back. Sometimes it is also not coming back, even after a reboot. Also sometimes it showes a lost SIM card. Rebooting immediately into WebOS, WebOS shows the SIMcard and is logged into the service. So it has nothing to do with the SIM card, SIM card holder or the network/service. Rebooting back into Android showed again no service, but after letting it sleep some hours, the service is sometimes back and operational.

- after EVERY reboot I get a "process com.android.phone was force closed" together with "No SIM card"-icon in the status bar.

My understanding of that is, if you catch the event that let the data service crash, you will have no more random reboots, a working data connection all the time and also lower power consumtion in standby. It's one solution for all the current problems imho. WiFi auto connect when woken up may be different problem.

Keep the good work going on and let me know if I can do anything to help you figure this out... :)
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Battery consumption with 5/28 release

Testing the new algorithms related to battery usage indicates that in sleep mode the figures went from -2mA (seen in 5/24) to -18mA (seen in 5/28).

As seen in the referenced screenshot above, the battery is 100% full when unplugged and put to sleep, using -18mA for 1/2 hour and still 100% full. Don't understand this conflict.
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Hmmm... I am also on the 05/28 nightly with my WiFi only TP and my current consumption is actually at -8mA like the builds before. On this TP there are several apps installed, so i never got -3mA current draw while asleep, but I don't expect that low value. -8mA is a superb value (the older test builds showed up with -12 to -14mA in stand-by at the best times, so the stand-by current was also lowered on my side, but not so low as -3mA).

Remember that my TP is a full installation with some dozend of apps. Also all updates since April are done with the built-in updater (cleared cache & dalvik every time).

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Just a moment.... You unplugged the power at around 6:30am and got -18mA current draw after that with the screen on? This can't be true, because the display needs several hundreds of mA (up to over 1A) in dependency of the brightness. :confused:
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
I unplugged the TP and immediately pressed the power off button to put the device in sleep mode. The screen was not on during this test period. The previous several releases were showing -2mA in this mode.
[TouchPad Development] k4ever:
I have a Javascript problem. I'm on the 5/28 build. I noticed that the screen, keyboard, and scrolling in browsers was unstable. Chromium Browser also crashes a lot. I installed Dolphin Browser, then diabled Javascript and everything runs impressively smooth.

Is there a way to leave Javascript running and still get the same smoothness from the browsers/Touchpad? Also, what's up with Chromium crashing all the time?

Great job on this ROM, btw. I now find myself using my Touchpad more than my 8.4 inch Samsung tablet (which has a better screen).
[TouchPad Development] BGrosse:
Hmmm.... strange! This is my result:
[TouchPad Development] Domskibus:
Firstly: Thanks for your hard work, which reinvigorated my Touchpad :)

I've installed the lastest nightly and the newest Open Gapps Nano" package after I've completely removed WebOS using the TPToolbox.

One question, which might sound somehow stupid: Is it normal that my touchpad is so slow? I mean, it does not make much fun to use it :D All apps are working, but everything feels a bit unresponsive. Apps, settings and websites need some time to show what I want them to show. I'm aware of the fact that there is only 1GB RAM available, but maybe I have made something wrong?
[TouchPad Development] rxalex:
screen freezes

Great improvements - using the latest 5/28 night update - sometimes whe browsing the screen just freezes but if you press power button and reopen starts to work and move again... Strange - sent bug report
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
What is the date of the build you installed just to make sure it was the latest you installed. Sounds like you are just installing Android for the first, true? You do understand that installing Android Marshmallow is putting extremely experimental software on your tablet. You might want to try an earlier build just to verify that it is not this particular build causing your issues. Read back a few pages. You will see that prior builds worked quite well.

NT

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I noticed on Cyanogenmod's Google+ blog that some bad code slipped into the builds. Wonder if any of the latest issues in 5/28 could be the result of this?

NT
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
I dunno I am running 5/28 with seemingly little or no issues. I have quite a bit of software on it and have the rom restored to 3 tablets. I have found that flashing the A6 between dirty flashes is sometimes necessary to get back to the 2ma power drain.

Also find that clearing out all recent apps before sleeping the tablet has quite a bit of effect on idle draw.

I actually don't have one off charge right now I was looking to see if i had one that was idling but I don't right now. I will unplug one right now and report back on idle current.

I did see one go up to the 17ma after a dirty flash but then after I reflashed the A6 it was back to 2ma.
[TouchPad Development] Globaltraveler5565:
Update: others suggest refreshing A6 using JCSullins TP toolbox to fix the battery drain if you are seeing anything higher. Confirmed! I'm back to the expected, beloved -3mA. [emoji2]

This screenshot holds a ten minute test result.

Followup: if you wish to repair any weakened cells in the battery, use the Repair Battery Widget app first, then refresh A6 battery firmware/status afterward.
[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
I am still seeing 2ma after taking this one off the dock. It had a bit of activity for a few minutes after undocking but then a string of uninterrupted -2 ma so I am not sure why or what others are seeing but I am not seeing performance deficits of any sort with the 5/28

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And quite frankly, this battery "cells" thing is complete BS. The battery is quite simply ONE 4.15 Volt 6.6 Amperhour Lithium Ion or Lithium polymer cell.

So that app sounds like a complete BS canard.
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
A6 Flashing

Is there an easier way to flash the A6 instead of booting through Touchpad Toolbox?

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] chris5s:
I think TPToolbox is the only way, but I stand to be corrected on that...

You can make the process easier tho by loading the toolbox .bin file into the boot partition of the Touchpad so that it is presented as an option during boot.

This does away with the need for connecting to a PC. And you will need to erase WebOS too, to make enough room in the boot partition.

Not as hard as it might sound, and let's you access TPToolbox and all its functions anywhere without needing to connect to anything else.

Peace.
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
That is what I want is a way to eliminate having to hook the TP up to my PC.

Hopefully that 11mb bin file will fit in there.

Can the bin file be copied with the TP booted up to Evervolv (if not what is the best method, and exactly where does it go)?

I removed webos when TPTB came out, so I am past that.

I hated having to do the button pushing at boot time with the USB cable attached, but that was made easier with the "Boot WebOS Recovery" selection on Moboot 0.3.8.

Thanks!