yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
hopefully [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] will work with me on getting the cm-12.1 port i'm working on booting on this devices.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
What currently is keeping that from happening?

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I also see the same thing when rotating in ub reader. Crash and burn! This is an issue.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
I used ultimate dynamic nav bar to fix this. Something about when the nav bar disasters causes this. But withe the app I mentioned it keeps a little notch on the corner can't even tell it's there downloaded from xda.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Yep, there is a problem with navbar.

Adding qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to build.prop also works.

I noticed SuperSU update affects some apps, Titanium Backup for one, you need to open SuperSU > settings> mount namespace separation uncheck and reboot.

Added qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to build.prop rebooted

Tested with ub reader and clash of clans both rotate without crashing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Vampirefo, I feel stupid here. I added the line to build.prop and rebooted. The same issue exists. I added it as the last line of the file and the tab boots fine. What am I missing?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
Try setting the DPI to the devices default DPI I'm having a similar issue with sf crashing when rotating the lock screen on my cm-12.1 build, it seems to be related to the DPI.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Didn't help. Interestingly, it only happens when you rotate the device clockwise. When you rotate it counter clockwise it works fine!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
I just want to throw this out there and it might not apply to you personally, so please don't feel offended. We should be grateful for all the effort [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] has put into this rom (I'd extend that to any other devs who are trying to help tweak it). I don't think he even uses the tablet himself any longer, and he's doing a BIG SOLID to all of us who benefit from the work. Let's all be be respectful and not ***** and complain and remember to thank the devs who are making the effort on our behalf. This shouldn't have to be said, but a few ungrateful, difficult people were a problem in the past and sent the devs packing. Those folks are the minority, so it's up to the rest of us to be cool and remember to support the devs that are helping us.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
You aren't doing anything wrong. It only worked turning tablet in one direction changing direction crashes it weird.

I should have turned tablet both directions before posting my ideal. Oh well live and learn.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
So your cm will be ready test soon?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Thanks for giving it a try. I thought I was losing it! Don't feel bad about a fix that didn't work. That is why we give it a try and we all learn by it. It is really weird. I tried a few other tweaks, allowing 270 degree rotation and such, and the DPI change suggested. But it is just not those things.

We will find it eventually...........

Thanks!

Freddy999
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Not sure what it is in the rom but with ultimate dynamic Navbar running it fixes it just tested on ub reader I can turn 360 no problems

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2270198
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
You may have the answer then.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
It worked until I opened a book. Then it died. See if it does the same for you. There is a good solution, use a different book reader!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Works for me could be that and the combination of rotation control app?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Could be. I will try to see if i can duplicate it. Which rotation control app are you using?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Rotation control that's it from play store
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
I will give it a try. I bet it has to do with the 3d rendering. In UB Reader the page rendering is done with some 3d effects. I also bet the Clash of Clans is using 3d rendering routines too.

I will let you know what I find. We might be being handed a clue.

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Try this if you have time. Undo all you have done, take out the rotation control program and the udn. Then go to developer setting and check disable hardware overlays

On mine all works including the stock lock screen.

The only problem is booting. You have to hold the device vertical or the lockscreen screws it over before you can get into Dev settings to check the box. There is no way to make that persistent through the boot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
On mine it was limbo that kept crashing everytime the nav bar disappeared. Installed udn and problem solved.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
I am convinced that the problem is somewhere about the HW overlay system which I believe was changed between android 5.0 and 5.1.

And after that much, I am out of my league!

But I know the rotation thing is fixed without any outside programs if the simple blank is checked. I bet one of the devs here can tell us a better fix.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
I am interested system needs to be less than 1.5 GB, I am sure it is, default ares 8 is 2.5 GB, I reduced that to 1.5 GB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thew-tab:
What are the chances of have this fantastic rom ported over to the nextbook ares 11, it improved this tablet so much, I would love to see what the ares 11 could be, [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION], an amazing job on this rom, much appreciated:good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Masterchief2017:
Clash of clans Works. Haven't tried rebooting it tho
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
It would probably work, with some modifications. I don't have access to that tablet though.

So Ares 11 guys will have to do all the work themselves.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
If you flash this through twrp, it will disable hardware overlays automatically for you, each boot.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911969828

credit [MENTION=4588282]sgatechwork[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52630241&postcount=5
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
It works great!

Thanks as always,

Freddy999
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hiro256:
Thank you for the rom. I am having problem with battery drain though and clicking on the graph under battery view its showing a high cellular network usage??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Our tablet has no cell phone ability, so the high cellular means nothing. Would be amazing if just a rom could magically turn another device into a cell phone.

I would be rich, lol.

This ROM is a work in progress, I am still trying different settings and removing apps, to see how small and yet stable rom I can get.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
I have frozen the phone and messenger apps with titanium backup
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Frozen and deleted

The ones I froze I have deleted before no problems.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] darkensx:
I looked into a sound fix (for other devices with 5.1) that mentions going into /etc/sound and editing to3g file of course this ROM does not have this that I could find. There is some interesting things in /sys/module that start with "snd" bet the sound maybe controlled there?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Longstreet:
I've been looking into the same sort of thing. There must be SOMETHING that performs the same function as the missing file, but I haven't found it yet.

Still looking. I'm thinking it can't be terribly complicated once we find the problem.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
Sound isn't fun, that's what I'm working on fixing in my cm build,
[Miscellaneous Android Development] darkensx:
I thought Volume+ or Viper4AndroidFX Might be an option
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
In those files /sys/module/snd/parameters there is a file "major" with a value 116. I would change it but I do not want to muk up my system right now because I am trying another tweak. But that looks like perhaps the upper limit of the sound????? I don't know but I thought since I will not be in a position to try for a day or two, I would throw that out.

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I uninstalled the phone app. It did not help the battery life much in normal use but i saw less of a drain while in standby. They seem to have no other effect on the operation of the device.

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Vampirefo, I put it through it's paces and that seems to fix the problem in each and every case. The underlying issue seems to be with video memory management and tracking down the source of the fluke is likely very time consuming. Your time is much better spent on more productive things, like the CM12 rom. But in the interest of minimizing questions, did you add this tweak to the rom on page one, or maybe a file to go with it to flash so new folks don't get confused and waste time with the problems that we already worked around? I hate to make work, but it might avoid a bunch of questions from late comers who don't read the whole thread.

(like me many times :) ).

As always, thanks for the efforts! This thing is light-years ahead of where it started.

Freddy99
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Longstreet:
I saw that one as well. Thought it was kinda weird that it had that one value in it and nothing else, but...what the heck, we'll give it a go.

Using Root Explorer, changed permissions to rw, open file with text editor. Change value to 180 (I had to pick something), Save and Exit, back out of Explorer. Reboot and the value has reverted to 116. So I can't get the change to "stick".

I'm not a developer, so not sure what I might be missing. Has anyone tried Viper, as darkensx suggested?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
Anyone want to take a look at my sound fix and try to find out why it kills all sound?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
I added a smaller version of i708q, to partitioning thread, Rom has all current fixes, it comes with BatMan live wallpaper, and uses Nova Launcher, it's a very stripped down version of i708 rom, I call BatVille, it's not for most people again it's stripped down.

You can add apps from playstore, and modify how ever you want.

http://xdaforums.com/android/develo...ux-windows-t3327595/post65626706#post65626706

Using BatVille partition.tbl I end up with almost 13 GB of data space.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Well after today's test, I don't think there is a sound problem, been a long time since I used stock ares8 speaker. So today I downloaded Sound Meter to my cell phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.sound&hl=en

I used youtbe to play https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=rap battle gates on my Ares 8 using BatVille rom, held cell phone mic up to speaker on ares 8 tablet, turned volume all the way up.

Then stopped at Walmart, tested their display model ares 8 same song, results almost the same, the speaker on Ares 8 is just weak.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
i might know the cause of the sf crash when rotating the screen so you won't need the init.d script work around. i have to do some additional testing to confirm.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
This device is powervr?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
No should be UFO GEN7 graphics
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
So not Tegra Mali or adreno? And thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Xposed is officially unsupported, and apparently never will be supported.

https://github.com/rovo89/Xposed/issues/77
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Yes I read about that last night.

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I was asking because of an obb for a game
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Ruben Craveiro:
why nit install the v80 instead of v75? can u checj the me176cx thread i found a cause to why boot.img is not booting
[Miscellaneous Android Development] darkensx:
I tried v80 with alpha installer 3.0 results are Same just bootloops only hope is to get CM 12.1 or maybe Omnirom ported otherwise we are SOL For the time being.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
It doesn't matter the version, the dev behind xposed says his tool (Xposed) will never support these devices.

Currently I can't help anyone, we are drinking watching UFC 196, lol.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] darkensx:
Stupid question but has anyone tried to make a custom ROM for this from http://www.android-x86.org/ sources?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] darkensx:
No one? No ones thought to compile android x86 source it tends to support the more obscure x86 platforms and based of aosp I think IMHO most x86 ROMs dell NextBook etc are derived from it if not just tweaked ports..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
you couldn't be more wrong about that. . .
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Why don't you compile it? You seem interested in it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
I can try it, but I probably won't be able to help with any bugs.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zixxorb:
Since the rom was derived from the i708q, is there any other i708q roms (ie cyanogen) that we can port to the Ares 8?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
I don't think so. When i googled "i708q custom rom" or "i708q roms", I get barely any results related to the i708q, and the results I get aren't useful.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
[MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] I was just checking out the iView website and noticed that they have a firmware and bios on the site with 3/11/2016 as the date. I grabbed the firmware but after un-rar'ing it, everything in the folder is dated 11/14/2015. Just figured I'd pass it along in case it actually is some kind of firmware update, which would shock me....but who knows.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
You never know, might be something useful in there, will have a look.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
I haven't seen any development on i708q, if you find some yes it would most likely work on ares.

[MENTION=2704374]zerozed99[/MENTION]

The BIOS is something I don't have, could be useful to [MENTION=4821597]social-design-concepts[/MENTION] might help him get this ROM ported to the devices he is working on.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
The BIOS should only be used for the device it was intended for and would more than likely brick other devices.

You wouldn't flash a BIOS from ECS or MSI on your Gigabyte mother board. . .
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
I've never heard of flashing a bios on a phone or tablet. Is that an Intel thing? [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION]: just curious if you found anything out about the "new" firmware? Is it actually new?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
Baytrail is more PC like than traditional embedded devices, but normally the bios / uefi / firmware, is an integrated part of the bootloader on a traditional embedded device.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Firmware is the same as we already have.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] darkensx:
Attempted to build x86 Android system.img won't flash says it's too large :-\

btw Do we know what kind of bootloader these tablets are using is it uboot or something else? Anything I've ever seen mention the bootloader just says "unknown" lol.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
It's efilinux based.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jpatt:
Vampirefo you brilliant SOB, 5.1.1 is a million times better than 5.0.1. Thank you x 100.

Darkensx, I tried forcing x86 from Jide and screwed up my bootloaded. Needed reset from factory after that. If I were to do it over, and I'm not, I would try the X86 Remix fork from Mad Catz M.OJ.O. designed for phones.

Just curious if anybody noticed online difficulties when surfing while charging? It has nothing to with 708q because I had the same issue with 5.0.1. I just figure it is crappy China hardware components.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
How to remove i708q loading screen? Or replace? Screen occasionally goes crazy and goes black forcing a reboot to get ui back any thoughts.

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ROM appears to be running good other than that so far for me, and is Superior in all senses compared to any others I've used
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
I have been reading your posts on this thread and the others....... You are kidding, right? If you read the threads you will find the screen rotation/crash problem was identified THE FIRST DAY the ROM was on the street and a work around was arrived at, disabling hardware overlays in the developers options. That work around was added to the later versions of the ROM. To my knowledge, and I have had mine up and running 24/7 since day one, there is no other video problem. If you are encountering something new it is up to you to understand what it takes to make it so someone else can duplicate the problem in order to solve it. As far as the i708q boot screen, it is a standard boot animation and there are literally dozens of threads, hundreds of websites, and tens of dozens of programs, many on the google playstore, that can change it for you. Well, since younger members read this I will rephrase what I started to write......................... Why would you waste a developer's valuable time, which he is freely donating to YOUR benefit, with questions that two minutes of reading on your part would simply solve?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
Well I'm apparently still having the video issue and low sound I've read 16 pages of thread I understand the sound issue won't be fixed, and I don't care how many threads are out there nothing in any part of this thread refers to or links to info about this specific devices third boot screen being removed or changed, and it shouldn't be assumed that same procedure applies to changing it as all others, if I knew how I wouldn't have asked. I do believe the intent and purpose of threads like this is to ask questions and learn, rather than being battered by someone making brownie points if you don't have an answer or can offer to lead in the right direction then kindly go screw yourself
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
Tablet stuck at boot screen.

Can anyone help me out? I tried flashing this ROM on my Ares 8. It gave me an error :

E: footer is wrong

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

I figured the zip file was corrupt and deleted it and redownloaded again. I got the same error. I tried it for the third and final time and got the same error. I gave up and restarted my tablet. It's now suck at the "Nextbook" screen. Keep in mind I'm not blaming the ROM author or anything (since the ROM never installed), I know it's this PoS tablet.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Did you flash through twrp?

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The one ********most current version*************
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
I held the power+volume - buttons till I got into Recovery Mode, then I tried to install the ROM via the external sd card. This tablet was rooted a year or so ago and barely used (because it was so slow). I was about to totally give up on it, then I read that this could be because of the memory leak in android 5.0. That's the only reason I tried to flash a new ROM to it. I don't even care about the root anymore or the slowness. I just want it to work. Then I'm gonna get rid of it.

And yes it was the most current version. The one with the upload date : Feb 26, 2016 | 11:18AM
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
If you have stock recovery I think you will have to install twrp recovery
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
How would I go about doing that? It's been a year since I messed with this tablet. I'm sorry for being noobish but I'm panicking at this point.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Look for the thread root remove encryption and twrp recovery nxa8qc116 nextbook 8 here on xda thanks to [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
This one right? I went there first before posting in this thread. Nothing I try there works.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
That's the one. I am a semi_noob myself. Somewhere in the thread I Believe there is a guide for restoring a bricked device. Sorry can't be of more help. But I am sure you will be up and running soon maybe [MENTION=6641818]S5Sickness[/MENTION] can help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
Thanks for your help. I think this tablet is done for though. Oh well.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Can you get to the bootloader volume down and power?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
I submitted pictures of what I have access too from the tablet. I didn't format my data partition or anything like that so I'm hoping there's something that can be done to recover this device :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
R u using Windows to use the adb commands?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
You shouldn't even be in this thread until you have rooted and installed twrp recovery.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
No, since it's stuck in booting loop, nothing happens when I hook it up to my PC via USB.

The device was rooted (checked with Root Checker) and I thought I had installed TWRP but this was months ago. Apparently I didn't install TWRP, I only rooted the device (which I think is undone because I tried to do a factory restore to see if it fixed the boot loop problem, it didn't).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
http://androidforums.com/threads/please-help-unbrick-a-nextbook.890385/

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Maybe wrong thread pretty sure there is a unbrick method somewhere in the root thread

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http://xdaforums.com/android/development/guide-how-to-restore-nextbook-ares-8-t3183262 this one
[Miscellaneous Android Development] geoyou:
Again, thanks for taking the time out to help but still no luck. The links state that TWRP has to be installed (which apparently it isn't and it isn't even rooted anymore because I tried a factory reset). I tried going to the Nextbook download page you linked and they only have recovery images for Windows based tablets.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
Not sure if anyone else is having an issue, but no matter what I do if I reboot at anytime after having chosen not to use hardware overlays the system is not saving my choice I have to manually choose it each time after a reboot or screen goes skitzo as usual and won't save my setting choice, anyone have this issue, did I miss a thread, I could use guidance obi one?