yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus Transformer TF700] timduru:
Ahhh, finally some useful information, thanks :D

portrait, I almost never undock my tablet , so that's why I was not able to reproduce it :D

it's also not doing it with all wallpapers.

But I was able to find one that triggers it.

Problem is the system is trying to scale up certain wallpapers to accomodate scrolling.

The GL libs are limited to 2048x2048 surfaces.

So if the resulting scaled up wallpaper is more than one of these dimensions it'll fail.

I'll try to constrain it to the maximum size of 2048.

What is *very* interesting though is that when it fails to set the wallpaper, the notifications drop down lag is gone.

It's exactly the same issue that the TF101 has been having since KitKat, Bad news is that I was never able to fix that "cleanly" ;)

And I've spent soooo many days / weeks looking.

Good news is that on the TF101 + KitKat , dropping the wallpaper fixes the Notifications lag issue.

It seems it's the same for the TF700 + MarshMallow

Whereas on the TF101 + Lollipop that workaround was not working anymore, most likely because of the lower ram values.

So I guess I'll bring that back for the TF700 for those who prefer extra smoothness / battery saving over a wallpaper. :P

Long tech stuff:

The most probable hypothesis is that the HWComposer and gralloc libs are not sized high enough to accomodate all the ram required by the size of the wallpaper + the new HW layers introduced in Lollipop and MM.

Dropping the wallpaper is one way to regain enough ram so that all the other new HW Layers needed for the UI can be HW Accelerated basically.

Problem is that we don't have the source of these libs.

Rewriting gralloc & HWComposer is way beyond my free time / skills.

Weirdly the TF700 and TF300 share the same gralloc and HWC libs, unless I've missed something.

But that would also explain why the TF300 doesn't have the issue. As if the lib was sized to accomodate the TF700 screen size back then.

The TF300 with its lower screen res has still enough space to accomodate the new layers allocations, whereas it seems we've now hit the limit for the TF700 in MM :\

But yeah, more things and more options to add/test to improve the TF700, which is good ;)

Another lead is to find out all the new layers eating more HW layers in MM and drop them

like the drop shadows / scrim most likely, but that will require more time and testing too..

But if we have a guru on gralloc / hwcomposer rewriting ,

now is a good time to step forward ;P

Yeah definitely

On LP I was able to drop that,

but it doesn't work anymore on MM

I'll need more time to try to do that again on MM.

But that's definitely an annoying MM "Feature"
[Asus Transformer TF700] Isham.padron:
I didn't think the TF700 could be this fast! Amazing work Tim.
[Asus Transformer TF700] hardslog:
Wow this is an interesting piece of information. Just to note that this wallpaper "issue" reared its ugly head in 5.0 but again, my tablet is always docked so I never had this issue and had trouble reproducing it :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Well, that's very little to go on... Can you boot into fastboot and/or recovery?
[Asus Transformer TF700] vovaxxxx:
thanks ,mate!

I erased in fastboot all partitions and reflashed a TWRP cus device didn't boot in it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] skapika:
Best Rom Ever
[Asus Transformer TF700] El Bart:
Thank you!

Thanks, indeed it is the best ROM ever. Almost trashed my old tablet, but now its back!:good::good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] erisi:
I noticed that the TF700 fork is behind the TF300 fork on commits. Is there any reason I should be concerned, or might it just be TF300 specific changes?

Thank you!
[Asus Transformer TF700] imardv:
Installed this ROM after I became desperate my TF700T would not function normally again (even with other custom ROMs it behaved erratically). Now I am a happy man, this ROM has revived my tablet! Many thanks to the developers :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tester30:
Bad behavior.

Hello, Guys and Gals.

By my infrequent visits you probably can tell that all my stuff, 2-GS 4s, GS 5, Nexus tab are running smooth.

As soon as I bought Asus 700t years ago, I rooted it, installed TWRP 2.2.2.2, tried several roms to no avail and settled with stock rom running slooooow.

I thought that tab was done for and used for a picture frame for parents, that's only what it was really good for.

Just browsing recently I came upon this great rom, read nothing but wonderful reviews.

So, to revive the dead, d-loaded rom, G-apps, Super Su..... As described in install instruction.

Upgraded to TWRP 2.8.7.4, backed up whatever I could, formatted internal, cache, dalvik.

Installed everything in the order described, rom, SU, G-apps. Everything seemed to go without any problems.

Now when I reboot, tab goes to rom, starts set-up process. Gets to Wi-Fi, connects no problem, Then on the next step to enter account, it freezes

and jumps to the screen with ASUS logo. Turns that logo on an off every 5-10 seconds and just sitting there going nowhere, until I boot in to TWRP and

either turn it off or restart. Upon restart same thing starts all over. Where I got wrong? Please HELP. I feel cornered. Never seen anything like that before.

Appreciate any help, any suggestions.

Tester.
[Asus Transformer TF700] gc2712:
Sometimes the version of Gapps can cause this sort of problem. (I have experienced this.) You can try one from a different date and see if that works. Did you check downloads for Md5sums to confirm uncorrupted download? Maybe others will have better/more suggestions.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tester30:
Thanks, bud.

Idea worth exploring, Re-checking MD5s, D-loading fresh files with MD5 files for the tab to be able to check during the install (G-app-Pico}.

Will try to install rom and SU first to see if problem goes away, then will figure G-apps. Either to load the file or to get Google play from the store and restore all my apps that way.

Your idea is most appreciated!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tester30:
No..... Didn't work. Same freezes and reboots. ROM is not stable at all on my tab... Just ROM and SU flashed and the same crap is happening.

Thinking of re-installing TWRP, refreshing everything. Just mad at self for missing something. Oh,well. Otherwise it wouldn't be the fun if stuff worked magically every time Ha, Ha!
[Asus Transformer TF700] gc2712:
Sorry to hear that. Another option might be too try the same developers version of Android 7.1.1 available here: https://xdaforums.com/transformer-tf700/development/rom-t3457417

It can get a bit laggy too but the developer has made some really good suggestions about how to not overload these old tablets to get the best from them. Do note the things that don't work on Nougat version though (eg. Video camera).

If you're still having trouble after trying the later ROM (which works for a lot of people as did this version before that) then there must be something wrong at your end. Maybe using wrong TWRP (must use Kang version), or didn't do a full format on /data and then convert to F2FS or even a hardware issue.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tester30:
Thanks, buddy,

Seems like I fixed it!! My bootloader was never updated since I bought the tab. I flushed current bootloader with TWRP 2.6.x.x,,,, and it works like a charm, almost.

Now at times settings stop working, google play always stops, so need more attention. Otherwise speedy ROM. No other hiccups. Will side load ESexplorer and Titanium

and will restore all my old crap!

Thank you.

Tester.
[Asus Transformer TF700] gc2712:
Glad you solved it. I did think of the bootloader version after posting, but thought it could wait. My bad. ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Nerdastovo:
Google apps not working

Hi, installed Katsmallow (KatKiss-6.0_TF700T_029.zip) on transformerTF700t. Working fine but one big problem. I tried to install the gapps-arm-6.0-stock-20170305.zip and got error -"not enough space". I have tried to install several of the gapps and I get a result that they are installed - f. eks Play store or original Chrome etc. But they don't show up or if they do they don't work (Google play store). I can't get access to Quick reboot to try and reinstall from a new gapps pico zip file. I think that everything I need is in the tablet, but just not "connected" / not working. What to do? I have tried looking for the other apps but no success. I only see the ones that came with the KatKiss.
[Asus Transformer TF700] timduru:
You need to install pico gapps , not stock

download pico gapps

then redo the full clean rom installation procedure.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Nerdastovo:
Thanks for the very quick reply. I can't access the Quick reboot app to get to recovery mod. I am having trouble connecting with the Transformer by USB too. Any good ideas on how to redo the installation? I can't find the backup either. Where to look ?

Any easy way to get from PC to tablet? for installing? I have downloaded the pico and transfered it to the tablet with Bluetooth, but I have no connection with the files on the tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] timduru:
press on the power button => then long press on the reboot entry to reboot to the recovery
[Asus Transformer TF700] Nerdastovo:
Problem solved

Hi, Thanks a lot. I found that solution, got into recovery. I did a new install and used the pico gapps -- it took a while but now everything is up and running. Faster and better than before - Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] eraldus78:
cannot changed share link directory

hello

thank you for the nice rom

i want to changed share link directory to put download fileS on my external SD

BUT it didnt let me change it coz no write right

ty
[Asus Transformer TF700] megaequs:
Any Update?

Dear Timduru,

I know, you are developing nougat, but most people use your Katschmallow MM version as daily driver. would it be possible for you (only if you like to and have time to) to make also an update for you great MM rom?

Thank you for your hard work and great support :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] SilviuG:
Hi Timduru,

Could you please recommend a ROM for someone that only wants speed/no lag and not interested in having the latest Android version?

Which should I go for, KitKass Lollipop, M, or Nougat?

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] megaequs:
In my opinion the KatKiss MM (especially v23) is the best. Tried Nougat a few versions before. I can't watch FullHD 60fps videos anymore, so I go back to MM. Nevrtheless the performance was very good with Nougat, but the battery life was really terrible. MM is stabel, performs very good and the battery life is much better then in Nougat. LL I also tried, but it was not as stable as MM and not as fast as MM.

[MENTION=3951330]timduru[/MENTION] Thank you for that great rom! the old transformer works like a charm with it. Better then every stock rom ever did!
[Asus Transformer TF700] nsowbm:
twrp 2.3.1.0 f2fs

Hi

I have installed twrp 2.3.1.0 and cannot get the file system formatted as f2fs can someone please tell me what i am missing ?

Kind regards

J
[Asus Transformer TF700] flhthemi:
Maybe the wrong version of TWRP. It should be this (see link) version according to the instructions from the 1st post.

https://xdaforums.com/transformer-tf700/development/recovery-kang-twrp-tf700t-2-8-x-xarea51-t3049395
[Asus Transformer TF700] nsowbm:
Hi

Thanks for that I find everyone most helpful here and its such a great site, my tf201 only seems to only take twrp with the blob file extensions ia there a twrp version higher than 2.3.1.0 or a way to get a higher version on tf201 ?, if not would appreciate if someone could supply a link to a rom that will work with my current filesytem ext4 as any rom i try givea me a status 7 error when i try to load them, i am sure because of my current file system, i have really at best at the moment a soft brick now.

Kind regards

J
[Asus Transformer TF700] gc2712:
nsowbm, This link sems to provide a method for installing an f2fs enabled version of TWRP for your tf201. It is windows based though. I'm not familiar with Mac's, but in Linux I just use adb and fastboot commands in a terminal to achieve the same result they are suggesting.

https://xdaforums.com/transformer-prime/help/guide-tutorial-asus-transformer-prime-t3486237
[Asus Transformer TF700] nsowbm:
Thanks so much for the responses i will give that a crack, how do i add to the thanks meter on the 2 responses

Kind regards

J
[Asus Transformer TF700] flhthemi:
Opps! My bad! I gave you a link to the TF700 version, sorry!

Here is a link to a version that works according to the thread gc2712 provided a link to. Read the last few posts as this is where I got the link from.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934539154
[Asus Transformer TF700] nsowbm:
Major thanks got it all rocking guys could'nt have done it without you's how do i add to the thanks meter.

Kind regards

J
[Asus Transformer TF700] gc2712:
Glad you got it working :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] stefanflegg:
Old tablet has new life

Thanks to this awesome ROM, I've been able to revive an old tablet and get it working nicely again.

One question though - Netflix app is showing as unavailable for this device (TF700T) in the Play store. It this something to do with the DRM mentioned in the 1st post? I'd love to get this working if possible as it's a great tablet to watch tv/movies on!
[Asus Transformer TF700] sting5566:
There has been talk about Netflix now blocking rooted devices now, so I doubt it's the Rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] stefanflegg:
I didn't flash SuperSU though so it shouldn't be rooted.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sting5566:
But if your bootloader is unlock it's most likely seeing that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] stefanflegg:
Ahh good idea. I'll give that a go tonight. Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Trasd:
I just ran Netflix on my rooted Samsung and it runs fine. I hope they don't do this though, I might cancel my many-year subscription if they do!

I came here to praise this ROM though, and only happened to see the Netflix post. But, I did read somewhere that Netflix wouldn't run on the TF700T with the Marshmallow OS. I think it has something to do with no native support, but I can't be sure if it was even this ROM. Sorry.

Anywho, much thanks for breathing new life into my ASUS. It's only my secondary tablet, but because of its hardware keyboard and new speed, I'm thinking of making it my main development device!

Thanks.

EDITED: For those wondering, I sideloaded the Netflix app on my TF700T flashed with this ROM, and it works fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] BQZ:
Hi all! This rom is wonderful! Can anyone tell me if it's possible to put this ROM in external SD for better performance? I flashed it on SD but I cannot realize how to boot from it, currently it is booting from internal RAM. I did the following steps when flashing from TWRP (External SD GPARTED: 44 GB FAT32 + 18 GB EXT4 (f2fs) + 1 GB EXT4 (f2fs)):

1. flash rom2sd1.zip

2. flash rom

3. flash gapps

4. flash supersu

5. flash rom2sd2.zip

Also tried this:

1. flash rom2sd-data2sd-intmedia-shell-that1

2. flash rom2sd1.zip

3. flash rom

4. flash gapps

5. flash supersu

6. flash rom2sd2.zip

Thank you very much!
[Asus Transformer TF700] bigbasshb:
I downloaded & side loaded version 4.15.1 & its been working flawlessly. Just don't forget to disable automatic updates in the settings for play store.

Hope this helps
[Asus Transformer TF700] stefanflegg:
Just tried and that worked for me as well. Thanks for the tip.
[Asus Transformer TF700] blackice000:
OK..this is weird. My TF700 (I have 2) has been working flawlessly on.29 for months and months. went to do google play store app updates and after a while it spontanelusly rebooted. Stuck on ASUS screen. i reinstalled .29/supersu/gapps pico and I can now get to the meerkat color circles dance animation but it just sits there....spinning. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rick
[Asus Transformer TF700] AndyTommo:
I had this once, it seemed like the random reboot corrupted the tablet. I recovered it by following the steps here https://xdaforums.com/transformer-prime/development/rom-katkiss-nougat-t3459313/page17 POST 170
[Asus Transformer TF700] maximus225:
Hello people, I followed the steps as instructed multiple times redoing it and I can confirm that I did it right, I even searched this forum + google (4PDA as well) but never found a good quality / working answer. For some reason I only get 503 MB of total space available in my System partition of my TF 201 (it's also ext4). After I install either KatKiss-6.0_TF201_029.zip or KatKiss-7.1_TF201_024.zip I get 70MB free space after I install 7.1 or 112 MB of free space after I install 6.0 in this partition. In both cases it's not enough to install even the smallest PICO assembly of Gapps. I use TWRP 3.1.0-1 by Kang and even tried 2.8.7.2 before.

Also, if I skip installing Gapps and try to boot it right away after, it don't get past splash screen, it just hangs there for sometime until it reboots, then again and again, just like a boot loop.

Questions:

1. What are real alternatives fixes? Can system partition be expanded / fixed?

2. Should it start without Gapps as well or Gapps is a vital asset which Android can't even start without, resulting it to go into a splash screen hangs / boot loops?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
More than 4000 people downloaded the rom and gapps and got it working fine. What does that tell you?

Somewhere you make a cardinal mistake in your flashing attempts. No idea where, but as a wild guess: Do you format /data - that is very different from wiping it - before you flashed the roms?
[Asus Transformer TF700] maximus225:
Steps I have always made from TWRP:

1. Wipe > Factory reset.

2. Wipe > Format Data (this one was taking quite long but in the end completed fine).

3. Wipe > Tick "Data" > Repair / Change file system > F2S2.

4. Install the zips, I get successful installation of roms, but in both cases Gapps won't install because of low space left in System partition.

5. Wipe cache/dalvik

I also own TF 300T, which I prepped for flash the same way and it was before I got to flashing of TF201. The TF300T works just fine though and it got KatKiss-7.1_TF300T_022.zip + Gapps Pico.

P.S. I wasn't getting any types of error or red messages on TF201 during any process except for installation of gapps with error code 70 and everything that's needed to be mounted, was mounted.

Still I need to know if /system partition can be made bigger in size.
[Asus Transformer TF700] xouro:
i had the same issue. just try different gapps version till you get the right one.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NylaRosie:
success! but can't see apps that are installed...

Totally great Rom that a non-techie like me figured out. My TF700 now works like lightening. Previously had Crombi KK.

BUT can't see Google Play App or other installed apps. Google account says they are installed and they are listed there but not on the tablet itself... I can't access them, uninstall etc from the homescreen. Wondered where they were lurking? Have looked in apps, advanced, settings etc.

From Google account it says that the apps are installed but there is no option to uninstall.

Any thoughts? I feel sure it must be a simple fix.

Thank You.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Did you flash a gapps package?
[Asus Transformer TF700] NylaRosie:
That was indeed the problem!! Did this and works a treat.

Can't get over the improvement. Saved what is a very high quality tablet from living in a drawer.

:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] fix_flash:
Issues flashing TF700T with Katkiss

This is the 1st time I've tried flashing the TF700T and I'm stuck getting the rom to boot.

1. I was able to find and install the unlock tool, got stuck for a while with the password but then found that is you delete the google id you can unlock.

2. I installed TWRP and got it to boot into that

3. Wipe/factory reset

4. format data

5. change file system to f2s2

6. install the rom, gapps and supersu

7. wipe cache/dalvik

Everything is latest version and seemed to install/configure correctly.

I'm stuck on the animated opening screen no matter how many times I try the above steps. Any suggestions to get it up and running are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] flhthemi:
How long did you wait for it to finish the animation? The very first boot after flashing takes a considerable amount of time. Maybe as much as 10-15 minutes, if I remember correctly, at least it seemed that long.
[Asus Transformer TF700] fix_flash:
I waited a while in fact it rebooted several times.
[Asus Transformer TF700] fix_flash:
I waited a while and it just stays on the animation screen with the figure surrounded by 4 colored circles. As far as I know I followed all of the steps in sequence and have the latest versions of everything. What should I check or do next?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Retrace your steps. You did something wrong or it would boot. Unless it's just a fluke....

Which partition did you convert to f2fs?

If everything checks out just reflash the rom without wipes. Sometimes​ that does it
[Asus Transformer TF700] fix_flash:
I'm not sure how to check the partitions using twrp so I can't verify which partition. These are the steps I just tried again and it's sitting on the animated screen like the last few times. Some times it just keeps rebooting endlessly and the power off button won't turn it off so I have to wait until the battery drains out. Let me know if you see anything glaringly wrong. Thanks for the help!

1. boot into twrp

2. wipe/factory reset

3. format data

4. install katkiss-7.1_tf700t_025.zip

5. install update-supersu-v2.82-20170528234214.zip

6. install open_gapps-arm-7.1-pico-20170913.zip

7. wipe cache/dalvik

8. reboot
[Asus Transformer TF700] fix_flash:
OK, somehow finally got it to work, thanks for all of the help. New issue though the original reason I wanted to flash the tablet besides just being more up to date was I wanted to load netflix so I could download some stuff to watch during a poker tournament. So now that it's unlocked and flashed everything seems good except that I can't install netflix it says device not supported, is there a work around? If it goes by the android version I'm at 7.1 so it should be good.

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Netflix started blocking rooted/unlocked devices sometime around April/May. Go to apk mirror and download an earlier version. Then disable automatic updates in Play
[Asus Transformer TF700] tristanz:
Netflix now have a guide and APK available on their site that I installed after receiving the same message.

I can't post links yet, so excuse (and remove) the spaces: https :// help .netflix.com/en/node/57688
[Asus Transformer TF700] nicus74:
hi everyone,

i installed this version and everything works perfectly except one thing:

when i plug the dock, the internal battery doesn't recharge the battery from the tablet.

Do you have an idea ?

thanks

nicus
[Asus Transformer TF700] glecko:
What percentage battery is the tablet at? My understanding is that the charging from dock keyboard initiates once the tablet is below 70%.

I could be wrong, but I vaguely recall there is a percentage in which is kicks in.
[Asus Transformer TF700] littlebalup:
I'm using this since month now on my TF700 and all is perfect.

However, I recently bought a fitbit charge 2 device that seems to use Bluetooth 4.0 LE (low Energy) protocol and I fail to pair it. I'm afraid the TF700 doesn't support it, or maybe should I update to Nougatella?
[Asus Transformer TF700] nicus74:
Hello,

Happy New Year to you.

Unfortunately the tablet discharges completely and the dock does not transfer energy. By cons I gave a version in 4.1 and it works.