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[TouchPad Development] Dishe:
Loving this rom, so far it has breathed new life into this old hardware.

I'm finding that some apps don't appear in the Play store, oddly. Antutu benchmark, for example. And some have a notification says "this app may not be optimized for this device", and these are apps which have worked correctly before on other roms and devices older than the Touchpad. Some games especially, such as classics like Fruit Ninja and cut the rope worked on tablets even older than this (I have a slow-as-molasses Viewsonic G-pad running Froyo that can handle those games no problem, yet somehow they freeze at the loading screen on here).

Is it possible the Play Store is configured incorrectly, like maybe it is fetching the wrong versions of these apps? I know that the build.prop is supposed to dictate what the Play Store shows as compatible, and sometimes it helps choose different versions of apps depending on what you have (phone vs tablet, new vs old hardware, etc)... Has anyone else had this issue before and is there anything anyone can recommend I try? Or is this just how it is for everyone? I'd like to point out that some apps run super smoothly and perfectly, even some games, which surprised me. It seems to be specific ones that just lock up and sometimes make me restart to get the system working smoothly again.
[TouchPad Development] nestaISright:
Evervolv 7.0.0p1

I am using tptoolbox_v42 and all the files above here. But I get "incompatible GAPPS/ROM versions 5.0/5.1" I did a complete Data Reset.

Thanks for your help.

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I am using tptoolbox_v42 and all the files above here. But I get "incompatible GAPPS/ROM versions 5.0/5.1" I did a complete Data Reset.

Thanks for your help.
[TouchPad Development] mythgp:
help

Download a TP Toolbox Compatible TWRP FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-2.8.3.0-12-23-14.zip

I haven't been able to download it. Can you help me download the attachment below? Only 6.7m. Thank you very much for your support!
[TouchPad Development] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The TP Toolbox can only flash an specific Android ROM and recovery. It can not be use to flash anything else.

That process is from 2011, it is 2020 and everything has change.

If you want to flash any ROM quick and easy just follow this link:

https://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/general/hp-touchpad-optimize-android-swap-t3901773
[TouchPad Development] bsorli:
Wow...my HP Touchpad running Evervolv 7.0 perfectly. Retired my TP years ago and got tired of my Samsung 4 Tab lack of updates motivated my recent TP update and clean install replacing 6.0. This build works perfectly. Amazing and all the apps I use regularly (Youtube Vanced, Gmail, Firefox and Daslane....missed my password manager software and now it's back).

Amazing for how old my TP is and still kicking! Thanks, Sorli....
[TouchPad Development] unmesh59:
Touchpad with WiFi sitting on the inductive charger as a digital photo frame is my use case! On the other hand, it is laggy with ev_tenderloin-7.1.2-nightly-2017.11.03

Are you running some other build or have made tweaks?

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Take a look at this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/general/hp-touchpad-optimize-android-swap-t3901773

It will set up the tablet as a Laptop or PC same as WebOS.

After is set up that way, the Tablet will be the perfect streaming device, videos in 1080 can be play easily and other many uses.
[TouchPad Development] unmesh59:
Thanks much!

A year ago, I had created a swap file of unknown size using Automatic_Wipe_All_and_Create_Android_with_Swap_Partition.zip

Can I just install the optimizations from All_Files_Evervolv_7_1_2_Nougat.zip?

Also, what does installing the toolbox into /boot achieve?
[TouchPad Development] HP_TOUCHPAD:
Some users like to re flash the A6 battery chip settings and makes it convenience.

it is not necessary at all to have toolbox in /boot and is better not to, as it takes a lot of space.
[TouchPad Development] unmesh59:
Running with the 1728 kernel but the UI still feels laggy. The "Simple System Monitor" app shows the cores idling along at around 4% with a few spikes and RAM utilization at 600MB

Also, my access point is reporting a link speed of 72Mbps but speedtest.net shows download speed of 7Mbps. My Internet service is 100Mbps so I don't know if this is a limitation of the HP's wifi implementation.
[TouchPad Development] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The Tablet can be setup in many ways and a lot of Apps be loaded to it. To be able to compare apples to apples is best to list how the Tablet was set up and the apps in use.

72Mbps will be reported if connected to 2.4 band if 5 i use it will be double ( 2.4 for long range from router, slower speed ) (5 band for faster speed but shorter range from router )

The following screenshot is using Evervolv 7.1.2 Nougat ( ROM flash only )

Rom Reducer

HpTp_MaXreme_1836_CPU
[TouchPad Development] unmesh59:
I installed HpTp_MaXtreme_1728_CPU but not ROM_Reducer. No apps have been invoked and the memory utilized is 389MB with the big hitters in the last 3 hours being Android OS (230MB), Google Play Services (48MB), Android System (42MB) and System UI (37MB)

At times of extreme lag, often while running Chrome, I've seen "System UI has stopped responding" messages

Glancing at ROM_Reducer, it looks like I will gain 89MB of RAM but will miss Google Play Services the most since I'm assuming that means no apps from the Google Play store.

My 5GHz APs are AC and the Touchpad won't connect to them for obvious reasons.

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The way the tablet is set up have an impact on usability. Google play services can be use, but not to over do it, it slows down the device.

MicroG works, and using the Aurora store is best for just getting apps and maintaining performance.

Here is a youtube video when I was testing the settings, using Evervolv PIE and the Super Open gapps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9G_nrLR0hc

More videos of what the tablet can do with better settings.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKoir6bzzPU-Uq9UjcRR3hw
[TouchPad Development] unmesh59:
I have pico gapps installed.

Your video shows an amazingly responsive tablet unlike mine and I will make more changes. I don't expect to be using a lot of apps, primarily a photo frame one like fotoo

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] HP_TOUCHPAD:
The best way to use it is without the google apps, look for alternatives and use it as a laptop or PC, install the Apps manually.

I just post this now and I am impress how well it works, only using the Evervolv 7.1.2 ROM and the App for the Wireless camera is just amazing !

https://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/accessories/hp-touchpad-wifi-wireless-endoscope-t4102607
[TouchPad Development] GilDev:
Hey guys!

Just got my TouchPad outside the drawer, I’d like to make a full clean install (with webOSdoctor) of Evervolv along webOS, right now it’s a bit in a messy state with an old LuneOS build.

I’m a bit rusty on all of this, informations are scattered everywhere. In the past I remember using Moboot as the boot manager, maybe Touchpad Toolbox… I’m interested to have an install similar to HP_TOUCHPAD, with that Super Open Gapps, it seems to have acceptable performances (or maybe you have a suggestion to use a better ROM? This one looks stable and newer though).

Anyway, could someone please give me a small explanations of the steps I need to go through to have my dual-boot webOS & Evervolv TouchPad? I would really appreciate any help, thank you! ?
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
I found the TP was not up to the task of running android 7 at usable performance so I gave up on mine, it's a 9yr old tablet...it's far too slow.
[TouchPad Development] GilDev:
Did you use another ROM then? I plan to use it as like a photo frame, poker blinds timer, simple things like that.

I won't really use it as a tablet, I have an iPad Pro for that which is definitely faster!
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
No I stopped using it, another issue with 7.x roms was the touch screen calibration would be off half the time the screen turned on, power cycling the screen reset it up it would happen again.

Security wise it is a security risk to use old droid builds if the device will be online so I stopped using it but if you flash an android 6 rom on it and keep it offline as a photo frame that would work fine.
[TouchPad Development] GilDev:
I see, too bad. Security is not a big concern for my use case indeed. I think I was using an Android*5 ROM at the time and it worked nicely aside from the already slow performance.
[TouchPad Development] mlfc52:
I know this is an old thread, but I have a problem I was hoping to get some help with. With this ROM, when I use either the Wyze Cam app or the Tiny Cam Pro app for security cameras, I can't use the hardware decoder option for video and am stuck with software decoder which is very laggy on the touchpad. I can use hardware decoder on the Dirty Unicorns 8.1 ROM, but that rom isn't nearly as smooth and fast as this 7.1.2 Evervolv Rom.

Any ideas on getting the hardware decoder to work?

Thanks!
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Not much help here, but I did try using the Tiny Cam app a few years when setting up a friend's surveillance system.

Same problems as you're having, very laggy. I never did pursue it to figure out what the issue(s) were.
[TouchPad Development] silverstream:
Question: When I resize my system partition usig tptb, wil I lost my data in the storage partition?
[TouchPad Development] db_white:
Another log

Tried playing a couple of videos on YouTube, then tried some streaming video from Xfinity Tv Go.

YouTube videos appeared to play correctly, but there's some complaints in the log about unimplemented APIs. Tv Go experienced a fatal exception with anUnsatisfiedLinkError, which took down the app.

Hope this is helpful...

P.S. still had a screen freeze in Flipboard with the slower clock, though it seemed to take longer to occur.
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
No, you wont lose any data. After you resize, you can actually boot back into android like nothing changed.
[TouchPad Development] micl9:
Wow

Had 3 TPs back from the fire sale. All gone now, but it's damn good to see the TP is still supported and rocking the latest version of Android.

Great job flintman
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
Google renamed their original Google Experience Launcher(GEL) to Google Now Launcher(GNL) since it has Google Now built-in, is actually powered by Google Search, and can access Now with a simple swipe from the left. If you used GEL before, you should be comfortable with GNL.

NT
[TouchPad Development] GP88:
Great ROM! The TouchPad doesn't show its age anymore :)

However, it looks like I'm unable to log into to my Google account via any Google app. Google Play Services crashes when opening any Google app that requires authentication.

Looking into the logs, it looks like Google Play Services cannot find any webview implementation.

I have Chrome 53 installed, and tried multiple versions of WebView, but always get the same error.

Under settings -> developer options -> webview implementation, there are no options to choose from.

On another device running Nougat, I can see Chrome and Webview as the implementation options.

Any idea on how to resolve this?
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Please provide us with some additional information:

Which version of the ROM are you using? (09.06 or 09.09)

Which GApps did you install?

I'll try it on mine tonight. Should have two tablets going by then. (maybe)

_Dan

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I really need to pay closer attention. Thanks NT! _Dan
[TouchPad Development] GP88:
My apologies for the lack of detail.

I'm using the 2016.09.09 build, installed using the TWRP recovery on the first page. FileSystem is set to F2FS on data and cache.

GAPPS installed were initially Android 7 Stock and Micro (with full wipes in between).

Both GAPPS lead to the same error.

Edit: My other device is a Nexus 5, and not another HP TouchPad
[TouchPad Development] jerryatherton:
There is a new launcher coming out from google. Its being referred to as the "Nexus Launcher". It works well on the Nougat HPTP. The leaked version can be found here: http://www.androidauthority.com/download-nexus-launcher-apk-707338/

First thing you will notice is the missing App tray. It is very nice.. I have it running on other devices also. The .zip version is more complete than the apk version.
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
OpenGApps from the OP? (open_gapps-arm-7.0-micro-20160909.zip)

I'm trying to get around to installing 09.09 on a resurrected tablet. RL items keep popping up. :)
[TouchPad Development] jndrad:
36% used last hours
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
Been running this on the tp for a few days now, and my shamu for quite a while. Been a good launcher so far
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
What app/method are you using that shows 1260?

I'm fast becoming throughly confused here because I made mine ~2GB with TPTB and the DF command under Terminal is showing 1290. Booted it back into TPTB and it is still showing the 2GB for system...

Tried to install DiskInfo from the playstore and it doesn't like the LVM....

_Dan

EDIT: When I rebooted it into TPTB and went into volume resize something about 'Error' or 'repair'

scrolled by too fast for me to catch. Does TPTB have a logfile?
[TouchPad Development] viskon:
Just tried this launcher. And the app drawer.

I just had to LOL when I saw the App drawer. I had the Viewsonic G Tablet, which was possibly the first Android tablet of all time , in 2010 (?). The stock launcher did the exact same thing that this new launcher does. A slide up from the bottom of the screen pulled up the app drawer . Brought back painful memories of that device.
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
OK, went through all my Google apps - no problems. Pushed Apps from Play Store to tablet from PC - NP.

Then I installed Chrome via Push. Went back through all the apps again and no problem.

The version of Chrome pushed down and installed is 52.0.2743.98. Not sure where you got 53 from, unless maybe beta.

And I do not see Android System Webview installed anywhere on mine...

Just saw it under an App called 'DiskUsage'... But not anywhere else.

-=-

YouTube isn't working. Buffers about 1/2 of the video and nada, nothing...
[TouchPad Development] sdemun:
Update on my progress with my 32gb WiFi TP.

Reverted to 09/06 build. Was able to pair 2 bluetooth headsets. But unable to pair a BT speaker. When trying to pair the speaker it kept saying that it failed due to an incorrect passkey. Weird thing is though that it never asked me for a passkey.

After several failed attempts to pair the BT speaker I dirty flashed 09/09 build. The two headsets are still paired and work perfectly.

Tried several more times under 09/09 build to pair the BT speaker and same as before as soon as it starts trying to pair BT in the TP shuts off and pairing of course fails.

I dont currently have any other BT devices to try to pair
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Update to my No.4 TP 32GB w/ the bluescreen problem.

Hadn't Bluescreened for clsoe to 48hours until this afternoon for some odd reason.

Scorched earth'd it with TWRP, advanced wiped it - twice just for good measure.

Convert to F2FS per OP. Rebooted. Flashed 09.09. Rebooted. Wiped Dalvik just for grins. Rebooted into 09.09.

And it came up... And then it Bluescreened on me after about two minutes...

Hard reset. Brought it up into 09.09 then rebooted into TWRP.

Flashed 'open_gapps-arm-7.0-mini-20160909.zip', Dalvik wiped and rebooted into 09.09

Setup Google account. loaded apps. YouTube works. No sound from the speakers but headphones work.

Gallery keeps FC'ing on it though. Need to check out the rest of the Google Apps still.

As I was typing this up, the screen shutoff and it's locked up with a dark screen. Not Blue but it is seized.

Hard reset coming up. (This puppy needs a reset button like on the PC...)

-=-

Next tablet to redo is my dead first one that I rebuilt last night. It has CM7 and WebOS on it.

This should be an interesting exercise... Might take some sort of hoppy/malted type drink to accomplish the task. :cool:

_D.
[TouchPad Development] googlephone:
I use root explorer and it shows 1260 MB.
[TouchPad Development] elginsk8r:
We acknowledge the issue stated, we are looking into a resolution. Please be patient.
[TouchPad Development] googlephone:
Thank you for looking into this issue. Not a critical issue at the moment because it doesn't affect the usage of the tablet.Take your time you guys. are amazing.
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Same here on the two I've got running 09.09 - with Root Explorer. (1260)

I don't get it then. Before my wipe and install of 09.09, I still had my partitions on Ext4, and when I went back into

TPTB it showed system at ~2GB.

I did manage to snap a pict of the error(s) as it scrolled by. --- however I can't seem to attach it in any way, shape or form... "Upload Failed" [i give up]

-=-=--=-=-

Onto other efforts.

Managed to install 09.09 onto Ol' No.1 which I mentioned above.

Nuked the CM7/WebOS, Sized my volumes and off it went. Two strange 'freeze-ups' but that's been all.

Here comes a question that may have been asked and answered already:

Why isn't the LED on the Home button blinking at all? Thought on No.4 it might be hardware. Now I'm not certain.

_Dan
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Yes this correct In marshmallow the max was set to 800. Its the way TWRP updates the partitions after installing 1312 is what you need to set your system partition size too. It doesn't matter how big you make it it all depends on the value i put into the variable. Adding more space to system makes no difference. Ill see if there is a better way to do this but i would have assumed TWRP/Android already looked at that.

http://review.evervolv.com/#/c/21788/ Next release will get that bumped to 1312
[TouchPad Development] AlwaysLucky:
You should be able to flash everything including the new TWRP through the TWRP that you already have installed. But if anything got corrupted or you simply want to start from scratch you can use TP Toolbox like you are trying to do. To use TP Toolbox see my post, guiding you through the process.
[TouchPad Development] olsent:
Has anyone else had issues casting to a Chromecast? It connects, then quickly disconnects every time. I downloaded the Google Cast app and can see the screensavers-- but it won't let me keep a connection there, either.
[TouchPad Development] tpuserhp:
Same issue here on 0909 build. I could not remember whether it worked on 0906 build. I might test it out later this afternoon.
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
I was concerned when you said YouTube was not working.

I am watching an Aquachigger video now on the Youtube app.

I did dirty flash it though, and this is the same Youtube from the 6.x I guess.
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
Casting screen immediately disconnects, but casts Netflix and youtube with no issue
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
BlueTooth on 09.09

Report from the field on units No.1 & No.4

No luck pairing. All I can find right now is my Zagg Keybd, where all my other BT accessories are hiding I do not know.

First I connected it to another Tablet (No.3) running JCSs CM12.1 - No problem - worked fine.

On both the others the results were identical. I tried (3) times. reboot between tries (2) & (3).

- Turn on BT on the Tablet

- Trip the Zagg

- from the tablets, when selecting the Zagg, it thinks it over for a bit, makes like it's going to connect then turns off BT on the tablet

- Then turns BT back on, but does not see anything.

Wish I could find my other BT stuff...
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
New builds up including new TWRP its a little smaller then the previous version.
[TouchPad Development] just4sc:
Gave me a "Unrecognized/unsupported zip " message for FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch....09-11-16.zip. Do I have to rename it to something else??
[TouchPad Development] silverstream:
Works perfectly well for me

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Battery % indicator is not avail in Toolbox, anyway to manually turn it on?
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
And here I already went and promised my Honey that we'd watch a movie together tonight... :)

I'll have to try this with a Clean Install on the two I've been messing with.

Thanks for all your effort and time that you put into this.

We will have to give it a run and see, hopefully later on tonight.

EDIT:

aha! Mother-in-law called.

Flashed the Fl.......TWRP_09-11-16.zip and it installed without any errors at all.

Corrupt download perhaps?

( I took a camera shot, but still can't upload attachments...)

Might go and try flashing 09.11 over 09.09 --- hmmmm.
[TouchPad Development] just4sc:
I should've read post #54 more closely.....you can't really use tptb to install this....the use of tptb is to prep the system for install (change system partition size)....basically if we already have twrp install just use that to install the new version of twrp (after changing the system partition size)...then wipe system and then install Nougat and appropriate GAPPS...

Question - how long do we have to wait for it to boot up? I'm seeing "Evervolv" flashing for about a minute now and am worried that it's boot looping....:confused:
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
""I should've read post #54 more closely...."" I did that also. :)

My first time it took over 15 minutes for some odd reason.

Second time I walked away from it and went off and did something else while it was booting up.
[TouchPad Development] Hikikomorikruge:
Just dirty flashed the 9-11 build over MM. Installed new TWRP, rebooted into it, flashed Evervolv, wiped caches, and booted. Booted fine and settling in.

Looking pretty sweet. Is there a way to enable a dark theme?
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Just flashed 09.11 on top of 09.06 after resizing the /system partition using TWRP.

I am not sure at all how I did it nor how it worked. But it reverted it back to the 2GB that I had set it to initially two days ago and changed it to EXT4. And then I changed it over to F2FS and flashed it.

Some interesting errors went by.

I snagged pictures all the way through but I still can not upload via attachments.

I may just dump them on PBucket tomorrow with a link and then edit this post.

FYI: Took just about (5) minutes on initial boot up with 09.11
[TouchPad Development] Hikikomorikruge:
To my knowledge a F2FS formated System partition is not supported by Android. Data and cache as F2FS have been working fine.
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
I have a question, what size was your system partition in MM? Was it large enough for Nougat?
[TouchPad Development] Hikikomorikruge:
I had set my system partition to 2GB when I switched to MM so that I wouldn't need to modify it again for other ROMs. Turns out that foresight made the switch to N very easy. :good:
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
That's what I was attempting to have accomplished when I first configured it.

The 2GB I had set as Ext4. Then was changed to 1260 [MENTION=3284807]Installation[/MENTION].

But when I resized it in TWRP it showed 2GB. However I just went back into TWRP and it is showing as

1260 and Ext4. Something is messed up here and I'm thinking it's operator error.

With it at 1260 I don't think it will fly with that.

*SIGH*
[TouchPad Development] googlephone:
For the system partition size, it was set to 1500 MB before flashing nougat rom. After flashing 0906 abd 0909 rom, it was reduced to 1260 MB automatically. After flashing 0911 rom, it was 1291.3 MB. It is still not either the 1312 MB required system size, or the 1500 MB I manually set.
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
As stated before this is Alpha not all features are available let.
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Set your system partition to 1312 reinstall 9-11 build and see what is shows please 'adb shell df' It will not go any higher then 1312 as its set as a variable in Android.