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[TouchPad Development] lippy lipkowski:
I have never had disconnect issues with any of these 5, 6 or 7 evervolv roms. That is because i have 4 meshed Ubiquiti 2.4 gigahertz N nodes.

I am reporting this 9-18 flash seems to have better wifi throughput.

Downloads are faster. Web pages are loading faster it seems

These XDA pages were taking a VERY long time to complete loading until i fkashed the 9-18 FYI

Nougat seems pretty good so far

You rewl flintmon!

Amore! Kudos!

Thank you sir!
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Drat, there's goes my streak. All three were disconnected this morning.

Going to try and flash them with 09.18 today if I get some time.
[TouchPad Development] rfoster2009:
I slapped the 18th build on and let my TP stew overnight and so far, it's hopping right on whichever network happens to be in play; be it my home or my office wifi, it's connecting without missing a beat at this point!
[TouchPad Development] AlwaysLucky:
Did you happen to grab a catlog? I'm just curious.

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The issue was was not caused by the AP being used.
[TouchPad Development] nevertells2:
How many adaptors do you have around your house? What is the make of your main access point?

NT
[TouchPad Development] stenosis:
I did a dirty flash from 6.0.1, of 9/11 and worked awesome. Then flashed 9/17 and things didn't work so well. Icons would not show up, no keyboard, and other weird stuff. Tried another dirty flash of 9/18, still no joy. So clean flashed 9/18 with stock gapps and back to land of happiness!!

Flintman, you are amazing! Thank you for the service you're providing! So hard to believe my five year old tablet (not even designed for Android) is rocking the latest version. AWESOME!!!
[TouchPad Development] Epanosian:
I downloaded latest TWRP (...FLINTMAN-TWR...0-09-11-16.zip), installed (reboot/recover, install/....

rebooted and tried 1st Sep 18 version then Sep 11 version, no difference, it stays on 'Patching system image unconditionally.....' forever. it also shows: Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.

Thank you,

EPA.
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
First things first, you must be very clear and concise when trying to solve a problem. Try to avoid generalized terms.

1. How long is "forever"?

2. Are you clean installing? Dirty flashing?

3. Did you sucessfully increase system partition via tptb?

Be as specific as possible. It will help get you running much more quickly and smoothly, as other have the info they need to help you out. :)
[TouchPad Development] Epanosian:
1. How long is "forever"? = 10 hours

2. Are you clean installing? Dirty flashing?

3. Did you successfully increase system partition via tptb?

I will try 2 and 3 and will post the result. By the way, does it mean Sep 6 version could be installed without 2 and 3, but others require those steps?
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
Step 3 needs to be done for all the 7.0 builds. As for step 2, that depends sometimes. If something is stuck that long on a dirty install, then you would really need to try a clean install (wipe dalvik, cache, data and system, then install).
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
While the Sept 18 build is more reliable at keeping the wifi connection alive it lost it over night and it will not reconnect on it's own... I have to manually force it to reconnect.
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
No unfortunately, I was pressed for time all day. I check them quickly when I came in around noon, and rebooted all three on the way back out.

Just got back in now, (11pm EDT) and all three are good. I'd like to install the logcat app and if they are down in the morning I can grab the results.

I would like to install 09.18 on them tonight, however I'm a tad beat. We'll see after I hit the showers...

_Dan

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Along with what [MENTION=833788]rebel1699[/MENTION] has stated above, please go back over the OP, and also read over post #54.

The partitions are very important for this version and needs to be done a certain way. If not you're not going to acheive satisfactory results.

_Dan

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Is it possible that your ISP re-booted your modem overnight? That's what happened to me last night... I was streaming on the Roku and it crapped out. I still can't figure out how that would affect my router, but hey, with bit & bytes you never know. :)
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
I checked the router logs, no ISP disconnect occurred from the router.

I'd be ok with the wifi disconnects if it would simply auto-reconnect when it drops.
[TouchPad Development] Mikec23:
powerline adaptors

I have a British Telecom (BT) setup with BT Homehub 5 (Avantis under the hood) Dual Band ADSL Router and 2 BT Mini Wifi 500 Home Hotspots (Shenzen Gongjin). I have WPA2 running and have split the two bands into separate SSID as the Xbox in the house sulks otherwise.

M
[TouchPad Development] muerte33:
The only application I am having problems with so far on this new alpha ROM is the "Vulkano Mobile" app from Monsoon Media.

It is used to remotely watch TV when I am on the road (Placeshifting).

I have a piece of hardware called a Hava Titanium HD box at home that is connected to my cable box.

This app worked fine on the 6.x Marshmallow Evervolv builds.

It comes up and says "connecting ....." and never goes any further (it does the "locating" portion fine).

I have tried it at home and on the road attached to several networks.

It works fine on my Nexus 10 tablet, MotoX1 phone, MotoX2 phone (all 5.1.1 though).

Here is a link to the app in the playstore:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monsoon.androidplayer&hl=en

I guess I could get someone to try it on a nexus 5x with stock nougat.

I will get back with the results on that.

Thanks again everyone!
[TouchPad Development] NE0HP:
Updated my HP Touchpad from JCSullins 12.1 to Evervolv Naugat

Great work.:good:

Thank you Team Evervolv and especially Flintman for keeping HP Touchpad alive and continue porting latest Android build. I've updated my Touchpad yesterday and upgraded it from JCSullins 12.1 build to this latest Naugat(alpha) build using clean install method. It is working fine except camera as mentioned in this thread. I'm sure we will get more refined and stable update in this ROM as the days goes.
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
I did manage to install 09.18 on one last night.

(8) hours and the WiFi did not disconnect.

Haven't done much of anything else yet, does seem snappier though...

_Dan
[TouchPad Development] AlwaysLucky:
Found the same thing here this morning on both Touchpads :-/ Much more stable connection when using the tablet but after a long sleep it will lose the connection.

Edit: I know it is tempting to blame the router/AP, but in my case I have ruled it out as a cause. Even if the APs in use did initiate the disconnect, it would have allowed the reconnection from the Touchpad. Furthermore, it has occurred to me on multiple routers/APs. I suspect is has something to do with the 3rd party Linux wpa supplicant/hostapd that is being used, but if all I have to do is manually reconnect the Wifi after a long sleep, I'm perfectly okay with that.
[TouchPad Development] chmcarro:
[MENTION=3716175]flintman[/MENTION] thank you for all your efforts with the HP Touchpad! And thanks for adding in the Updater. The issue I'm having with it is it's only showing 6.0.1 roms. Is there something you or I need to do to change the Updater's listings to 7.0.0?

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[/COLOR [MENTION=3716175]flintman[/MENTION], any idea why this boot animation would not load?

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/leaked-android-nougat-boot-animation-t3431576
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
WiFi: With the other two that are still on 09.17, they were good for close to twelve hours overnight and checking them periodically since 10am, they haven't dropped at all today. there's some head scratching.

09.18 is performing well also.

_Dan
[TouchPad Development] chmcarro:
[MENTION=3716175]flintman[/MENTION], any way to reverse the back and menu soft buttons in the Evervolv toolbox?

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In case anyone is interested, I created a custom Android 7.0 Nougat moboot theme. There's a small issue with the gradient, but if you have any feedback on it, let me know.

http://xdaforums.com/hp-touchpad/themes-apps/moboot-theme-android-7-0-nougat-t3466229
[TouchPad Development] nd_sandhu:
Nougat install failed. screenshot attached. please help.

these folowing files were used.

ev_tenderloin-7.0-testing-2016.09.06

FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-2.8.3.0-12-23-14

open_gapps-arm-7.0-pico-20160920

error: incompatible GAPPS/ROM versions None/7.0
[TouchPad Development] measle:
Are you trying to use TP Toolbox to install these? If so please review the initial post.
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
Don't use tp toolbox to install the new recovery, rom or gapps. Use TWRP. That is why we have a custom recovery. Tptb is only needed to resize system partition.
[TouchPad Development] nd_sandhu:
I have followed the same initial post & tried the following combinations.

evervolv.com/get/ev_tenderloi...2016.09.18.zip

evervolv.com/get/ev_tenderloi...2016.09.06.zip

with

open_gapps-arm-7.0-pico-20160920

open_gapps-arm-7.0-aroma-20160920

on

evervolv.com/get/FLINTMAN-TWR...0-09-11-16.zip

evervolv.com/get/FLINTMAN-TWR...0-09-06-16.zip

FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-2.8.3.0-12-23-14

All those files in different combinations as suggested in that first post, i tried. did not work.

If you tested, can you please suggest me all 3 files working ones?
[TouchPad Development] rebel1699:
Again, STOP trying to install with touchpad toolbox. It will NOT work. You must install via TWRP. That is what he was trying to tell you.

Install new TWRP from existing twrp. Reboot to recovery. Wipe and flash rom and gapps. Touchpad toolbox has not been updated in a year and a half, and cannot install the newer rom/gapps/recoveries.
[TouchPad Development] TheZztalk:
Audio

I don't know if you are all ready working on this but when you listen to music and you lock the screen when the screen comes back up the audio completely stops working until you close out the app
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
I think it's an old google bug as random folks always had this issue in previous droid releases and random devices. the last distro that never dropped the wifi for me was CM9 but at least with CM10 and CM11 the wifi would reconnect when I woke up the display.
[TouchPad Development] FortMax:
Thank you & performance feedback (2016.09.18 vs 2016.09.17)

First, thank you (I guess I don't have enough posts for the 'thank you button'). This has breathed new life into this device. Even though I've been on several other ROMS, this one seems to have really made a difference. Hopefully that's a Nugat thing and other ROMS will also benefit.

Second, giving feed back on the OP items above.

2016.09.18 - I experienced the disconnects described both at home (Simple Wifi network) and at the office (WPA2/PEAP/TLS), but, it ran butter smooth at church (I'm the "engineer"). No disconnects at all. The only difference that I could identify was that using a WiFi scanner, home & office were crowded with WiFi signals, but surprisingly the church wifi was the only one active (Very unusual as I usually pick up others.)

2016.09.17 - Solid at home, no drops, connects to both 2.4 & 5Ghz networks. will test & report on the performance when I return to the office & church in a few days.

>>> .17 version is just as unstable with wifi as .18 in the office - .17 is solid at home.

.18 was initially installed with /data & /cache on ext4, then on F2FS (Full wipe), and .17 was later installed (Cleared Cache & Dalvik only).
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
I have my TP sitting in the wireless charger and for some reason the screen sometimes turns on for a seconds then turns back off and it does this repeatedly at random, is anyone else experiencing this? 18th build and it just started today. rebooting did not stop it.
[TouchPad Development] Dscomputers:
Mine did the same ended up with a faulty usb charger replaced and worked great.

Im on the latest nougat from evervolv my bluetooth still has issues connecting to my phone and bluetooth stereo if it does connect it doesnt route the music to the stereo still plays out of the tablet , i think you guys are working on the camera from what I see in the source code that will be cool to see you have this wrapped in a bow soon. Ive been doing my best to daily drive the rom its pretty stable it does lock up with chrome sometimes but with time I can get it back. Good Luck working out the bugs you guys are awesome! Will download anything new I see checking daily for updated rom :fingers-crossed:

Dilly
[TouchPad Development] 379068:
but this is real here is the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU6FyBXVZ0c

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU6FyBXVZ0c

watch the whole video about the installation
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Battery Charger Problems...:

DISCLAIMER: Remove charger from the AC Power source/socket before attempting this.

If you're using the original 'barrel' type charger try this: It is a two piece design to accommodate different styles of plugs.

Holding both ends twist it CCW and it come aparts. Assemble/disassemble it several times, then try charging your TP again.

I've had (3) that behaved poorly a couple of times. They actually made a 'crackling' noise when connecting via USB Mini.

_Dan
[TouchPad Development] AlwaysLucky:
Wow, you couldn't even make it down to post number 3? I can't make the information any more available... :eek:

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Mine did that once. I found out I did not have it on the stand perfectly center. I hope your solution is that easy. :fingers-crossed:
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
There has got to be a way to get users to read @flintman's OP and your Posts #3 & #54. :)

Of course, then again, I read and re-read, make notes and still mess up flashing devices.

I can send you some nice Arrow Decals to help with Positioning Alignment... <GRIN>

Don't you always want to whine when in the morning the tablet somehow had cocked itself off of the touchstone in the middle of the night and didn't charge?
[TouchPad Development] DonCatoli:
Yes, it could be a faulty wireless charger though it is still charging... it is exhibiting the action of placing the tablet on the wireless charging docking station... only I never removed it.

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I swapped it with the spare that came with the tab, but yes it could be oxidization on the pins. thx for the reminder
[TouchPad Development] middle_road:
Alright, (24) hours on all three flashed to 09.18 and no drops or disconnects on WiFi all day. So far - very good.

Haven't had a chance to try any BT, maybe this weekend.

And dang, I still have to comment, that it is a snappy ROM...
[TouchPad Development] w1ll1m:
I tried a BT transfer from my Mac and it failed. Transferred via WiFi instead. I hardly ever use BT on the TP...
[TouchPad Development] TheZztalk:
Audio crashes

I don't know if you are working on this, but for some reason when you are using a music app and you lock the screen when you try and unlock it, it kills all audio on the device.. app examples Spotify, Pandora, iheart radio, etc.
[TouchPad Development] renardk764:
Good afternoon! I followed post 54 to the letter. However, I'm curious about the the startup time. Currently sitting at 30 minutes and still in the EVETVOLV Rainbow startup screen.
[TouchPad Development] sdemun:
Somethings not right. I would recommend you wipe cache, dalvik, data and sdystem then perform a clean install. First boot should only take a minute or two.
[TouchPad Development] rfoster2009:
Could you explain the specifics of how you flashed the ROM? Was it a clean install, dirty flash from earlier version of Evervolv, or upgrade from different ROM altogether?
[TouchPad Development] Kodes:
I have never used TPTB before, but your post was so eloquent that I had to try a full wipe for Nougat. But something's not working for me.

What am I doing wrong?

1. I've done the "Complete Data Reset" in TPTB (hoping that's what you meant by "full reset of the partitions".

2. I've copied over the exact 3 files you linked to, using "Install Android" on TPTB. "FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-2.8.3.0-12-23-14.zip", "gapps-511-base-20160802-1-signed.zip" and "cm-12.1-20160109-SNAPSHOT-jcsullins-tenderloin.zip"

3. After I unmount the drive, it checks the 3 zips, but fails.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/tptoolbox/bin/tt_izip_check", line 337, in <module>
fip.parse(kvs[o].keu, kvs[i].val)
File "/usr/tptoolbox/bin/tt_izip_check", line 287, in parse
self.cur_finfo.parse(k,v)
File "/usr/tptoolbox/bin/tt_izip_check", line 29, in parse
self.parse_table[k](v)
File "/usr/tptoolbox/bin/tt_izip_check", line 218, in do_cfg_key_value
self.cfg_obj = self.cfg_ftypes_table[v](self. zip_frame)
KeyError: 'ROM'
ERROR: Checking Install ZIP files. Aborting.

I've tried redownloading the files, and recopying over to the device, thinking that it might be corrupted files. Same error though. Did I miss something along the way? Do I need to resize partitions first? (Because I also tried that, but got the same errors.)
[TouchPad Development] tpmusicplayer:
Hello Kodes,

I think you have missed an important point from AlwaysLucky's recipe. Those three downloads should be installed from recovery (the TWRP offered by flintman in the OP).

So, if your touchpad has only tptb and some empty partitions, then you will need to download 3 older tptb compatible files so that the tptb "install android" option works (read jcsullins tptb instructions), then use that recovery to install the new TWRP 3.0.2 from flintmans OP, then reboot to recovery and flash nougat and gapps.

Nb:no need to fully boot the install of old android done by tptb, just go straight to recovery... and you only need that step if you have no recovery boot option
[TouchPad Development] Kodes:
Thanks for the reply tp.

The three files that lucky pointed to are:

"FLINTMAN-TWRP-touch-data_media-SELINUX-2.8.3.0-12-23-14.zip",

"gapps-511-base-20160802-1-signed.zip" and

"cm-12.1-20160109-SNAPSHOT-jcsullins-tenderloin.zip"

These are the older tptb compatible files, no?
[TouchPad Development] tpmusicplayer:
Check jcsulllins tptb thread for list of compatible files. I used jcs-twrp, cm11 and gapps4.4.2 last weekend
[TouchPad Development] Kodes:
Gah... figured it out. I somehow downloaded TPTB v.41.

v.42 works fine. Gah!!!

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While I'm at it, here's a heads up for people.

The 20160924 pico gapps won't install. Faults out with the error "Updater process ended with ERROR: 2. Error installing zip file 'open_gapps-arm-7.0-pico-20160924.zip"

The 20160916 version works like a charm.
[TouchPad Development] Gborg3:
I did a dirty flash of 0918 over 0911 with cache/dalvik wiped and after 20+ minutes at Evervolv boot animation gave up was very happy happy I backed up through TWRP first. Should I have been more patient or should I slightly more cleanly install?
[TouchPad Development] AlwaysLucky:
That's kinda excessive. Cache does not equal RAM. The general rule I use is about 5mb per app installed, and even that is a little much. Unless you are going to have more than 40-50 apps installed, there is no use increasing it. If you do plan on having that many apps installed, 300mb should be plenty.
[TouchPad Development] cqloveqc:
Thank you very much for the new rom, very smooth .
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
/dev/mapper/store-cm--cache 201568 4336 197232 2% /cache

/dev/mapper/store-cm--data 27511844 6188160 19926152 24% /data

/dev/mapper/store-cm--data 27511844 6188160 19926152 24% /sdcard

/dev/mapper/store-media 998400 376504 621896 38% /external_sd

/dev/mapper/store-cm--system 1290112 667632 622480 52% /system

/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 32240 32180 60 100% /boot

Here is what im running 32GB Model. Notice boot, Pretty full but still able to keep android, recovery, and Toolbox. I don't think the next version we will have room for all that but so far so good.
[TouchPad Development] schwatter:
OK ty both for clearing that.
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Wow... who would have thunk a five year old abandoned tablet originally designed to run webOS would be my first device (Samsung GS6; Nexus 7 2013, Remix Mini) to run Android 7.0 Nougat ? Flintman and the entire Evervolv team... amazing!
[TouchPad Development] ryancell:
This may be a reason for me to leave my stable kit kat 4.4.4 build if this rom gets to being stable and no bugs. Would be ideal for multiscreen with the 10" screen.
[TouchPad Development] jaltman:
Great Job, easy install, very smooth. Faster than 6.0 ever was. Thanks.
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Well just released a 4g alpha build Just built it and right our of the box I had cell service along with being able to connect to https://buyasession.att.com I haven't purchased data yet but knowing that i can connect there i should be good. anyone with a 4g model can let me know how the data is.

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
Flintman, I am currently already using 3.0.2-0. Do I still need to use the twrp in the OP or will I be good to go with my existing TWRP?
[TouchPad Development] flintman:
Yes and no. The new one fixes a error that displays but doesn't affect the install.
[TouchPad Development] heavyt:
Very pleased with the performance so far quite stable, as fast and sometimes faster than 6.0.1, keep up the good work.
[TouchPad Development] w1ll1m:
Dirty flashed over 6.0.1. Not run into any issues yet.

The cpu settings carried over.

I think a beta tag would be better.
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
After updating my TWRP to to the one in the OP, resetting my system to just over 1300 via the TPTB and doing a nan, I did a dirty flash (wiping only dalvic and cache the new ROM and recommended gapps. Didn't seem to take that longer than usal to boot up. Letting it sit now before working it over, but interesting notification: "Android System: Virtual USB drive, New Virtual USB drive detected". Don't recall ever seeing that notification... is that something resulting from MM? The USB icon also shows up on the status bar. Normal?
[TouchPad Development] Youdoofus:
wow!! throwback wednesday now? i remember when this device launched, i was sooooo ticked that every place i looked was sold out of em :( oh well, i have a nexus 7 flo, so i guess im good :)
[TouchPad Development] david_inuk:
It's there today (I mean in the news portal)!
[TouchPad Development] Mchasard:
I m already under 6.0 evervold Please should i change to f2fs ?

Envoye de mon Touchpad avec Insomdroid
[TouchPad Development] Nomad1600:
So I hunted around in settings and under Settings > Storage I see Portable Storage and HP Touchpad listed. Says 896k of 823 MB. There's a upwards arrow to the right which "ejects" the storage. The USB icon disappears from the status bar. If you select the HP TouchPad line again, it gives yo a message you need to mount the storage, and asks if you want to. If you say yes, the portable storage info reappears and so does the icon on the status bar.

I am guessing this is a leftover from the last time I needed to access my touchpad via USB and my laptop.
[TouchPad Development] rphlfjrd:
hi. Im experience some errors w/ TPToolbox when installing twrp, rom and gapps. Im getting unrecognized twrp error. (Shouldve not done a clean wipe. :|)

Any help appreciated. Thanks