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[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] MatteoB92:
Hi guys, I'm so sad this community is slowly dying but I try to keep it alive sharing my experience, it could be useful for someone.

Some weeks ago I turned on our dear TF101 after many months of inactivity, the first day worked very well with updates and normal use but then I ran up against the GApps problem, result is bootlooping and tablet unusable.

I made a clean install following the install instructions into the OP, but I banged my head in front of the root access : I remember with the previous installation I was able to gain the proper privileges with SuperSU v2.79 but this time nothing, I tried with also the latest available v2.82 SR5 but always an alert into TWRP saying no root installed, and an error popup when I clicked on SuperSU into setting menu.

Today the solution : downloaded the 'UPDATE-unSU-signed.zip' from the SuperSU thread, 1st attempt with the 'Magisk v17.2' beta zip but in our device Magisk doesn't work at all, again bootloop..

So, volume down + power to enter into recovery mode, flashed the Magisk unistaller, then the 'SuperSU BETA 2.52' still advised from [MENTION=3951330]timduru[/MENTION] et voilà, root access granted.

Finally I can let Trickster MOD accessing the system to keep the frequencies on boot, this has never worked from the Performance menu I don't know why : now I'm stable at 1600 mHz after every boot, and I've never seen the Transformer so fast, without all that s**t made in Google is absolutely a splinter.

I've also installed the K.A.T. 2.2.0 for KatKiss 6.0 and setting the profile 'KatAudio Max' discovered the option 'Speaker Front Boost (DAC L+R merge)' : my volume has never been so high and clear, finally I can use this device for media playing such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video and so on..

I thik I'll use also the Install tab of the KAT app to install ad-blocker & GPS quickerFix + Assistance, instead of LP only to block ads..

I've tried to play a video from Youtube mobile but is sluggish and the audio crackling, with SkyTube everything is ok.

I didn't know Yalp Store, from what I've realized the derivate Aurora Store is the same app wih the Material Design, could be an interesting patch.

However my suggestion is Aptoide Lite, is lightweight and gives the possibility to update the apps using the last tab.

P.S. I retrieved the CM File Manager apk, this is the topic https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-cyanogenmod-file-manager-apk-v1-0-2-t3058506

For me has worked directly with direct installation, but if anyone want to have it yet installed after flashing the rom could unzip the ROM's file, download the 'CMFileManager-3.0.0-LOS14.1-CM13-flashable.zip' and extract it to copy the /system/app/CMFileManager folder into the same /system/app address of the 'KatKiss-6.0_034.zip' file, and zip it again to have the file manager recognized like a system apps as suggested under the way 3 method of that topic..

Well, I'm going to enjoy my new device ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] ich0:
I haven't touched my tf101 in ages. I take it there are no new rom updates now. MicroG is the way to go. I like NewPipe more than SkyTube, it seems to update more frequently.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] EpicCentr:
Update on microG with Google Play Store

After installing microG together with the Google Play Store, I enjoyed about 1 week of stability before the random reboots started appearing again, often resulting in a bootloop.

Looking around on the internet and in this thread, I learned the following:

The bootloops are caused by corruption of /data/system (see answer in post: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/157601/marshmallow-not-bootlooping-but-not-starting), in my case /data/system/packages.xml was empty;

The filesystem is corrupted on random reboot because fsync in the KatKiss ROM is off by default (see post #1074 in our thread: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71702456&postcount=1074). This can be solved by flashing fsync_on.zip from the KitKat KatKiss ROM (https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2592890). I can confirm that it works for KatshMallow as well. Alternatively, you can manually delete /system/etc/init.d/02fsync. This fix doesn't stop the random reboots, but it prevents corruption of your system and the resulting bootloops.

The random reboots were caused by the play store app. I had installed the latest version at that time from APKMirror; apparently, the app had auto-updated, starting the problems all over again. So, I did a clean install of the Katshmallow ROM, went through the installation of microG again, but this time I installed "Google Play Store for microG" from NanoDroid's companion F-Droid Repository (https://www.nanolx.org/fdroid/repo). Unfortunately, the random reboots now started straight away. After several more reinstalls, I finally extracted the play store app (Phonesky folder) from the NanoDroid-microG ZIP file (the version I used was 18.3.20180920, but I'm not sure how you can download older versions from the NanoDroid website), and copied it manually to /system/priv-app (+ set permissions the same as other apps in this folder). I also created empty files named com.android.vending, com.android.vending-1, -2, and -3 in /data/app, hoping that this will prevent auto-updating of the play store app. So far, my tablet has been running for 3,5 days without a single reboot. Fingers crossed!

My advice: If you don't need the play store (e.g., for apps you paid for), don't install it!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
Thank you I'll give the 0.42 a try
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] timduru:
Seems that doze mode is killing the service that keeps the value in memory.

The settings should be actually "sticking" though, as in they are still applied and the previous level are still set appropriately.

It's just the K.A.T app that is not in sync after it has been killed.

I'll see what I can do .

it used to work, but maybe something got broken at some point.

I'll see if I can reproduce but I don't have a free microsd to test at the moment, it'll take some time.

No problems for me , I see other networks fine, and wifi level seems to be the same, I have full signal here.

Could depends on the wifi band frequency your wifi is on maybe.

Try adjusting wifi regulatory domain in Wifi => advanced settings, or changing the frequency your network is on.

Works fine for me.

I think marshmallow has a longer hysteresis / tempo though,

ie it takes a few seconds before considering adjusting the brightness value after an ambient light change

in order to prevent flickering changes.

Doze and other optimizations mode definitely helps imho :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
I d'ont get it, is the PERI tool 0.42 suppose to install TWRP? Because I just used this tool, and when rebooting recovery with hoho boot, the tablet just reboot normally, and if if boot by pressing vol.down+power I get a weird screen, telling me "cold boot in 10sec if no input detected". And just before that, I can press vol.up and into a weird recovery, team Rogue., a CWM-based recovery v5.0.2.8.

Will I be able to install your KatKiss-6.0_021 with it?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] timduru:
double post.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] timduru:
No, as indicated in the 1st post.

if you have CWM, then just flash TWRP from CWM for your model :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2434422
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
I'm starting to think I need eye check, or maybe english lesson, my apologize.

So I can flash the TWRP even if I already have CWM 5.0? It will delete CWM?

I just tried to flash the ROM with CWM 5.0 and I got the error status 7.

EDIT: Yes! I'm on TWRP, thank you! Just have to make a backup and try to install your ROM!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
All right, so I think this is the place where you give feedback, let's go:

-thank you, amazing, so far the ROM runs smooth

-I have 2 battery icons, one shows the battery empty, the other is correct (in option tab, the battery indicator you can disable is the real one, not the "wrong")

-keyboard set to QWERT by default, can't make it to AZERTY

-minor issue running 720p on Youtube

-ugly default wallpaper (lol)

-taking photo is "upside down" (I mean revert)

I was not able to wipe dalvik cache, as the cmd window was always showing UP, but my tablet booted fine
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] timduru:
As far as I know you have an SL101, so see my reply in the SL101 thread pointed earlier,

that will be changed in the next versioin.

read post #2

did you flash the SL101 compatibility pack ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
AZERTY is OK, thank you

For 720p youtube, I launch the video, I get lag, then I go a few seconds back, lag again, but if I wait about 10seconds, everything goes smooth, so all we need is to be patient (at least in my case)

Yes, I flashed the compatibility pack (in order : Wipe data, flash ROM, flash compatibility pack, flash SU, flash Gapp, but couldn't wipe dalvik and cache)

For the battery issue, if you release a fix, will we have to wipe data and install a new ROM?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] maxlaz:
Today i flashed lollipop and i have full level and excellent signal power when i am at two meter from WiFi ap.

Then i flashed MM. In the same position i have not full power and only good signal power.

With lollipop i can see more then 10 WiFi. With MM only 4.

It seems less sensitive on my tf101. I tried to change WiFi domain but i got same result
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] HectorAguirre:
Same here, weaker WiFi signal
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] timduru:
Okie, there were a few differences in the SL101 compatibility pack V1, try the new pack : KatKiss-6.0-sl101-compat-V3.zip

Use Compatibility Pack V5 from the 1st post

It'll require both the new SL101 compatibility pack and KatKiss V022,

so you will just have to install normally like any rom update: flash all 4 zips everytime without wiping /data.

Use Rom V022: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65564701&postcount=140

1) Try to flash this and reboot: Tim_KatKernel_123-t1_MM6.0.zip

2) If that doesn't help, just to make sure in case something is cached, run this in a terminal and reboot:

su
rm -fr /data/misc/wifi/*

(you'll have to setup your wifi networks again after that, this is normal)

Let me know the result.

Do only step 2 if it doesn't improve after step 1), but keep it separate from step 1)

that way I know if it requires the cache cleaning or not.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
Unfortunatly, I'm no used to update ROM, the 4 zips you mention are

ROM + compatibility + Gapp + SU ? Anyway I don't plan to take pictures with my tablet, it's not an issue for me.

The weaker WiFi signal is kind of strange, from the spot where I use my tablet (4.0.3) I get a weak signal, whith 6.0, it tells me "no signal" but if I scan once, I can find again the signal, so it is not an issue for me too.

Actually, the only thing bothering me with this ROM is the Youtube app (HD issue)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] doppelhelix:
Nice. I have a strong signal now. Without wiping.

Thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Theo Andreas:
Me too.Its working much better.Thanks Tim,for all the work you are doing for us and the tf101.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] xbs:
If you don't mind using an older version of YouTube

Remember to disable automatic update in Google Play.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Ludantes:
Wow, thank you, much much better, however audio is slighty not sync with video, but at least, no lag or freeze
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] maxlaz:
Thanks Tim.. Step 1 resolved WiFi problems

Now signal level is OK.

:good:i
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] inkygs:
I downloaded the rom, supersu and gapps from my pc to my tf101 and then installed them following the instructions exactly, and although the new rom seems to be working well (wifi, email, app store) my tf101 no longer will communicate with my pc so I cannot download photos etc. onto it.

Any ideas how I can get round this?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] timduru:
New Version #022

New rom version available: KatKiss-6.0_022.zip

ChangeLog:

- Brightness: Allow to set offset below 20 in low light & adaptive Brightness mode

- Brightness: Add more steps for low light conditions in adaptive Brightness mode

- Brightness: Allow user to decrease further in manual mode

- Brightness: Increase number of steps in manual mode

- Brightness: Add more precise steps when reaching level lower than 20 in manual mode

- Brightness: React faster on level changes

- Add System property to disable the Dock Battery icon

TF101 KatKernel 123:

- wifi: reuse data nvram path (fix low wifi signal for certain chipsets)

- handle dock keypress wakeup option

KatKiss-6.0-sl101-compat-V5:

- Disable Dock Battery logic and icon (requires KatKiss >=V022)

- Fix upside-down camera

- update with KatKernel 123
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Copix:
Hi,

I want to ask you about a problem that I have with this ROM. I have been not using my eepad for a long time and last week when I tried to use it again it got suddenly stucked and it rebooted. In the rebooting preocess it gets the dog picture and keep in this state all the time so never really reboot completly.

I wiped everything from the recovery and installed the ROM from the begining again but the problem repeats. I can use it for a couple of minutes until it stuckes and reebot and remains in the reboot continuisly.

Any idea how can I solve it?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] MatteoB92:
Have you flashed GApps?

If yes, you'll have always this problem due to the NEON instructions, read the last pages to find workarounds.

Inviato dal mio LG-H815 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Copix:
Thank you Matteo. I didn't notice it was de same problem.

Finally I just didn't flash gapps and runs with Aptoide lite, Sky tube, etc.

I think this is enough for me.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] EpicCentr:
Termux

Does anyone know why the Termux app is not working on this ROM? Any workarounds?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] LittleSV:
Google Play Services crash?!

Hi All,

I have got a TF101 with an issue "unfortunately google apps was stopped". I have wiped all data, and installed this ROM version by the instructions. I also installed google apps package (10.0.84 version as the working last one), added the necessary folders. But i am getting exactly the same issue google apps are crashing.

Also the K.A.T cannot install GPS.

Android: 6.0.1

Kernel: 2.6.39.4-kat124-ga627d40 timduru@androtim #131

Build: katkiss-034 6.0.1 MOB31T eng.timduru.20170410.151301 test-keys

Google play services: 10.0.8.4 (430-137749526)

Is there any way to fix this issue? The tablet is works itself, but the owner would like to use google apps (play store, messenger, gmail, chrome also skype and gps)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] thelangosta:
This has been discussed over and over again. Please read back a few pages.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] LittleSV:
Sorry, i have read only the first 10 and couple of last pages not all the 139 pages. Will do then...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] EpicCentr:
The relevant posts start more or less on page 134.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] fernandezr:
I can confirm the rom is still usable

I had a problem when installing this version: After following all the steps, the tablet was frozen on the "Asus Eepad / Nvidia" image that anyone can see when it starts.

Then I realized that the .zip file were not copied properly to the SD card. I checked the md5sum of the file downloaded against the md5sum of the file on the sdcard. As it didn't match, I downloaded again and copied again to the SD card and then, after following all the steps, I got working my Asus TF101 correctly.

I have resolved the lack of Google Apps by installing F-droid and then installing Yalp store. Whenever it is possible, I try to use an open source app from F-droid, and if any is available, I try finding a replacement in Yalp.

Thanks to [MENTION=3951330]timduru[/MENTION], this rom works really good!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] kevin71246:
Hello All!

Yes, I read all the recent posts starting at page 134 :) There is quite a bit of dialogue back and forth on what works, what doesn't, different "Fixes", etc. (Trolls, please! No need to respond to this!) Can anyone

kindly

write up NEW install instructions for this ROM, including GApps working, if that is even a possibility? (Is it?) This is the closest I found: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77905318&postcount=1380

And will increasing the /system partition size with Bigwheelie resolve this? (Or what problems does it resolve? Google Play related?)

Thank you All!!

Eg: (Don't follow these steps, this is only an example!!!)

Prerequisites: Increase /system partition size with Bigwheelie???

1. Format Data partition

2. Wipe everything except SD card

3. Install ROM and SU

4. Wipe Dalvik and Cache

5. Reboot

6. Fsync=on now a requirement? (If so, flash from here https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2592890)

7. Create empty files named com.android.vending, com.android.vending-1, -2, and -3 in /data/app to prevent Google Play from updating??

8. ?

9. ...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] dvdfreak:
I had got this device on the cheap to play around. Installed this ROM without Gapps, all was smooth. I recommend not to install Gapps as the system will self reboot . What you can do is to use ABD to install File Manager APK using SU command line, then use the file manager to install APKs into the device.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cambiasso2:
Unfortunately both kitkass 6.0 and kitkass 4.4.4 become unstable after a short time.

At the beginning everything is fine..

then the sudden boot begin. (without gapps or microg!!)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] GadgetAvi:
Gapps made my dad's TF101 bootloop 4 months ago, I tried to clean install KatKiss again and it worked fine without Gapps.

Yesterday I had some spare time and updated to the latest build. I don't have problems to use a device without Gapps, but the problem is that other apps don't work as well, for example Firefox and Chrome can't run, and many more apps I downloaded from Aurora Store (Rip of PlayStore).

And I'm not talking about google apps such as YouTube, I don't expect them to work without Google Services, so I understand why they don't work when installing from Aurora Store, but why Firefox and Chrome can't work?

If it helps, I use F-Droid to install FOSS apps and Aurora Store store is also available from there.

As an alternative for Chrome (and Firefox) I use Lightning browser and DuckDuckGo.

Cheers.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] kevin71246:
I wanted to provide an update to my previous comment: It took a LONG time getting FWUL up and running on VirtualBox (since it wouldn't run on my laptop) & getting into APX mode, but I finally got Bigwheelie to increase my partition sizes. See this for details on how I did it exactly.

I read on this thread the system was randomly rebooting due to small partitions & running out of space, so that's why I went the Bigwheelie route. Besides increasing partition sizes, its a nice script that after done, it automatically installs TWRP & stock ICS, ready to flash your custom ROM.

Once that was done I tried flashing this rom (KatshMallow), along with SU of course,

& Gapps

.

I can confirm the issue still exists with larger partitions.

This really is unfortunate because like other users posted, so many other apps rely on Google Play/Services. Besides the obvious like YouTube or Chrome, a lot of 3rd party apps I'm assuming don't work because they use it's APIs for In-app purchases, etc.

Anyways, I then reinstalled this like others:

No GApps

. I had hit & miss performance. Sometimes its so slow it's nearly unusable, other times its fair. I tried several CPU governors with no luck. Also, it's been a PITA finding Google alternatives for everything! Fdroid is very helpful to download opensource apps. DAVdroid from there, for example, is useful to tie into your calendars (like Gmail calendars, etc); I'm using Simple Calendar to display this. It's actually a very nice replacement for Google's calendar.

Question: Are there additional things people are doing to get great performance out of this ROM (installed with NO GApps)? What are you all setting your MIN & MAX Cpu freqency at? Also, anyone find a good mod to increase the volume?

Let's keep this thing alive! I REFUSE to put something in the garbage can just because Google says I should!

Update: "DOWNLOADS: -> Sound improvements & gps quick fix : K.A.T App" from OP fixes the volume issue. I swear, doing a "project" like this (reviving an old tablet) is like the black hole!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] EpicCentr:
That's odd. My tablet has been very stable since I reinstalled it with microG. My uptime is more than 20 days now, and battery performance in standby mode is definitely much better than before.

---------- Post added at 06:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 PM ----------

I think there are two different reasons why some apps don't work:

- some apps need Google Play Services: I guess Gmail, Google Calendar, YouTube, but also apps relying on Google Cloud Messaging for push notifications;

- some apps include NEON instructions (incompatible with TF101) in recent versions: Firefox, Spotify, Google Translate, Google Maps, ...

Here's a list of versions that work for me, with microG installed. I didn't test all versions, so I don't guarantee they are the most recent ones working.

- Amazon Kindle: 4.24.0.27

- Google Calendar: most recent version at time of installation (6.0.2-213980666-release)

- Google Drive: 2.18.392.02.32

- Firefox: 52.0.2 (see post #1073, https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71688451&postcount=1073)

- Gmail: most recent version at time of installation (8.9.23.215020111.release) (Note that you need to give it permission to access Google Mail in App permissions!)

- Google Play Books: 4.4.9_RC07.213889590

- Google Play Store: 11.7.11-all [0] [PR] 212093029

- Google Maps: 9.26.1

- Spotify: 6.5.0.1816

- Google Translate: 4.4.0.RC01.104701208

- YouTube: 12.34.54 (Note that there is also a NOGAPPS version, see post #1348, https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77329140&postcount=1348, but it doesn't work if you install it after installing microG). Do not install the latest version, it seems to cause reboots as well.

You should be able to hunt down these older versions using Aptoid or APKMirror.

Feel free to add to this list!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] GadgetAvi:
Thanks man, but it's not recommended to use old / outdated apps, in terms of security, always use the latest software...

That's why I was sad to find out that Firefox is not available on F-Droid anymore... Mozilla is a FOSS organization, it should support FOSS Repos just like they support package Repos on Linux.

I think having a Goolge Free device is a good thing for privacy, I can't do it on my Note 9 because I do need google, but on my old tablet, I can absolutely do everything with Alternative apps. (as I described in my previous comment).

Cheers :fingers-crossed:
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] dvdfreak:
Youtube alternative is Snaptube. I had been able to run full screen video no lag when i have a strong Wifi signal.

I also wonder why some said the system will reboot where i have no such issue on my set.

I also refused to retire this otherwise great hardware from Asus
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] 0sA:
To run the latest version of Chromium try this one non-neon version:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-10-1/development/app-chromium-m56-optimized-tegra-2-t3550210

I am using this one and it's working fine.

YouTube alternative - I am suggesting NewPipe from F-Droid.

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 6 przy użyciu Tapatalka