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[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
The latest ROM does mount exFAT cards correctly once more, without any hint of corruption. However, the enforced change of card ID, due to reformatting to FAT32, then back to exFAT again, has thrown out a couple of issues with application access to the external SD. Both OSMAND+ and FX will not allow write access to the SD, however, Titanium and ES File Explorer will. I am guessing that this is an issue with Lineage in general that has only become apparent following the change of card ID (my card was originally set up under CM13). Actually, FX will allow SD write access in root mode, but it will not assign write permissions to the SD upon request, via the Android SD selection dialog, in non-root mode, which it should.

This is frustrating as it was all working perfectly until the previous ROM broke it :(
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] krombopulos:
Hi guys, is that liquid death os still coming to this device?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] DGT79:
Hi [MENTION=7459472]krombopulos[/MENTION]

I am testing it now and have been for some weeks and it is still a way off from being public release IMHO.

But I will say this, I do prefer it over LOS, and I think I could be a fan of it :)

Cheers,

David.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] krombopulos:
Cheers for the reply David, I look forward to its eventual arrival!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
WiFi Region Code Setting Reinstated

Because there are no release notes for this ROM it is easy to miss significant changes / fixes. A case in point is the option within WiFi Advanced Settings to configure the region code and hence open up additional 2.4GHz WiFi channels in non-US regions.

This option was missing in earlier versions of this ROM, but it has since been restored. In the UK I am now able to utilise channels 12 and 13 once more :good:

ROM version: 18th March 2017
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] cavalier90:
I just dirty flashed the 3/17 build. Bluetooth seems a little flakey. BT will turn off, then back on by itself sometimes. I also am not able to pair my logitech keyboard. I get to the point of typing the passcode on the keyboard, and the Sammy says it cannot communicate with the keyboard. I did turn off location scanning. which helped, as BT would not stay on at first.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
LineageOS External SD Card Access ... continued

Having spent a fruitless week attempting to use the official Google method for assigning external SD write access to OSMAND+ and FX, I have finally given up and adopted the same solution that I already use for AlpineQuest.

This involves editing the /data/system/packages.xml file and adding:

<item name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE" granted="true" flags="0" />

To the permissions list of the application, then rebooting.

This grants full write access to all folders of the SD card. The only downside is that this edit needs to be reapplied after each update of the application. Not so much of a pain with apps that are not updated frequently, such as OSMAND+ and AlpineQuest.

Also, because you get full write access to the entire SD card, you are not restricted to placing app data within the /Android folder. This means that it does not get wiped should you ever de-install the app.

I still believe that there is a bug within Lineage concerned with the granting of application access rights to the external SD. It does work with some apps, but not all.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] joejsullivan:
I'm having the same issue.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Posts like this, even when I can't use the info in 'em (as in this case), are so helpful. I religiously update this rom, but often don't really know what has been changed. I'm sure with some digging around I could find out, but life is short. Posting changes in this forum that other users found helpful is extremely useful. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] thompatry:
We are working on getting a changelog system in place. I know it is hard to tell what has change. Just one thing to remember all of us have either full time jobs (Me. Working 68 hours a week.) Or is a full time college student.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Swissola:
Ongoing Google Play Services Issues

Hi there

Firstly thanks to thompatry and the team for making a 7.1 port available for this device. My old 5.1.1 ROM was grinding to a halt having multiple reboot, bootloop, freezes. You name it, it was doing it!

I had this ROM working pretty well at first (initial LineageOS, SuperSU and OpenGApps install). Unfortunately I've started getting Google Play Services issues all over the place and some other strange behaviour, like Play Store crashing whenever I try and drill down to an app page.

I've tried a few things suggested on the net. Such as clearing caches, uninstalling play store updates (roll back was unsuccessful when I tried) and also trying to flash over a more recent version of OpenGApps, none of which have worked. Does anyone have any idea on a fix? I can supply logs if needed when I have a little more time.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] DGT79:
Hi [MENTION=2766700]Swissola[/MENTION],

These are the things you should be looking to do if you are getting these sorts of errors, whilst not bullet proof, through all my testing(Which was a hell of a lot) this method worked flawlessly the majority of the time.

1. Wipe it clean and start again, yep you read that right, formatt the sucker and try it again :) - Sometimes a ROM does not initialise correctly the first time, or even the second time or even the third, it is just the nature of these systems. It could be related to something you are installing it and then it makes it go to crap, or the ROM is just not settling down after the initial jolt to the heart and it remains in a bit of a flutter

2. In TWRP make sure you choose every option when formatting the system under advanced wipe. It is important that you get it to start from a clean slate, if not you might just be inherting the problems of the past

3. Then install the current ROM, once installed go into advanced wipe and tick the first two boxes which are Cache & ART related, you must do this right after the install

4. Then install GApps, once that is installed, then proceed to wipe the cache/art again, yep I know seems a bit excessive right? Well no not really because when this methods works almost every time flawlessly, you tend to stick to it :)

5. DO NOT install any SU binaries yet, this is not important for the intiail boot so do not do it yet

6. Boot the system and go through all the initialisation and setup, once that is done, DO NOT shut down yet, make sure all the Google Updates come through via the app store, let the system update all the apps. Once all updates are completed then reboot into recovery

7. Go into advance wipe again and format the cache/art again, typically the first two options

8. You can restore applications at this point, though I would rather you did a full fresh install, this way you can eliminate any corrupted backup data

9. Install your SU binaries now and then go back in and wipe the cache/art :)

10. Wait one week an then do one last wipe/cache, your ROM should be settled by the third to fourth day but just in case, lets wait a week

This should give you a good build :)

Cheers,

David.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
You don't quite mean what you wrote here... "choose every option" could easily be understood to mean wiping storage (where user files are) and even the external microsd if there's one there.

"What should I wipe?" from the TWRP people: https://twrp.me/faq/whattowipe.html

TWRP's default "factory reset" wipe option takes out:

dalvik cache

cache

data

If you *really* want to start from the beginning...

system

(But... this is usually wiped when you install a new rom -- the rom itself making sure there's nothing left of what preceded it by cleaning system out.)

The other sections should probably only be wiped if you're selling your tablet.

(All covered in more length on the page to which I linked above.)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Thanks to everyone who upkeeps and develops this rom. I just downloaded the 3/25 version and -- contrary to minimalist installs of the past -- went whole-hog w/ the opengapps "stock" option. I'll probably be sorry for doing that, haha. The rom seems more solid with each release.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] PhantomAndroid:
SD Card Issue

Thank you guys for your efforts in bringing Android 7.1 to the Note Pro 12.2! I'm loving this rom so far. The split screen works really well especially after a few tweaks to the developer options.

The only issue I'm having is using the External SD Card for most of the apps that are supposed to be able to use it. (Play Music, Newsstand, Flipboard, Pocket etc.) Hopefully this will be able to be fixed in the future!

For the time being, I'm just making sure to keep a lot of extra storage space on the internal drive. :)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] admisi:
Deathly Adiutor help please.

This ROM has certainly breathed new life into my Note Pro 12.2

As a noob, I'm trying to understand the Deathly Adiutor app, perhaps some of you can share the settings you use for both Overclocking and getting the best performance out of this tablet, and underclocking for battery life.

Do I need to turn on the Apply On Boot switch above each menu for them to become active and then reboot and is there any danger of hurting the tablet?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
I concur. There is something not correct with app permissions for the external SD.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Don B:
I'll second this request, though I have looked at Deathly Adiutor a good many times I find all the settings overwhelming and I'm not certain whether to change any of the default settings, all I've done is set everything to apply on boot and was hoping the default settings had been set to optimize the P900:confused:

I'm also curious why the paid version doesn't overwrite the ad version and if it creates any conflict...?

Don
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Drift3r:
What is the 3/25 build list as 310 mb but downloads only 297 mb ? Is it me or is the size not listed correctly in the nightly repository ? Or is it just reporting the uncompressed size ?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] rhricik447:
Not sure of the reason for the size change, but the ROM seems to be fine, running it since Saturday morning. Other than the video-resizing problem that's been haunting this thing (videos still jumping to resize on videos, resulting in getting just the top left quarter of the video panel - just copy in the libstagefright.so file into /system/lib mentioned earlier in this thread and reboot) , it's been pretty stable. WiFi is working well for me, bluetooth stays connected. I use the OpenCamera app so can't answer if camera works, and Antutu picked up a couple thousand points. All in all, a good step-wise refinement on the ROM.

Many, many thanks to Thom and the rest of the brilliant crew that work on this device! Please, everyone, keep in mind these people work on this in their *spare* time after working probably 10-11 hours at their regular jobs (being a retired IT person that worked in both development and management , I can guarantee there is no such thing as an 8-hour workday for developers!) I hope that they get some family time in before sitting down in front of their computers and doing us all a great favor by working on this ROM for us
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] shonkin:
Anyone else experiencing lock-ups while in chrome? Fan of the rom, but this version seems for me less stable. Can provide logs if anyone is viewing 'em...
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
The problem with Chrome on Android is that the ad blockers are rubbish. Firefox with uBlock Origin gives a much smoother user experience with this ROM.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] admisi:
See below
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] admisi:
Just discovered taskbar in the PlayStore, and recommend you try it if you like multiwindows. Uses the new Nougat resizable windows to let you use this tablet effectively as a desktop. Here's an example
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
TWRP 3.1 not upgrading from 3.0.2

[MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION]

Is there any specific reason why I cannot upgrade from TWRP 3.0.2 to the latest 3.1 version (flash from within TWRP)?

TWRP reports a couple of "not a directory" errors and then fails the upgrade. I have performed similar TWRP 3.1 upgrades on other devices without any such issue.

I downloaded the IMG file from the official TWRP download page, supported by your good self.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] MarkyboyUK:
The same thing happened to me too a few days ago when I tried to upgrade. Thought it was just me having this issue at the time. I haven't managed to install it yet either.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Serpico_One:
Same thing here.

I managed to install it with 'Official TWRP App'.

Cheers.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
Cheers, rather surprisingly, that worked a treat :cool:

This new Official TWRP App should not be confused with TWRP Manager, which never worked on this device.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Johnc5411:
For the little it's worth, I've only ever used TWRP manager and it's worked perfectly aside from the whole reinstall SU after every update thing :)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
ROM 1st April

Installation OK with no particular issues.

ROM still has issues with permissions on external SD. I have also noted a drop in WiFi performance in the last few releases. SpeedTest is only reporting 115Mbps download on 5GHz, whereas on my Moto X Force MM6.01 phone and Win 10 laptop I get the full 220Mbps. A few releases ago I recall getting over 190Mbps with this ROM, so something must have changed for the worse.

Other than that, everything seems peachy.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Adam1422:
April 1st Rom

Great updates...I was really laggy and it would reboot on its own on the prior update but this one is buttery smooth. Just wanted to send out my appreciation!!! Keep up the great work!!!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Adam1422:
Great update 4-01

Great updates...I was really laggy and it would reboot on its own on the prior update but this one is buttery smooth. Just wanted to send out my appreciation!!! Keep up the great work!!!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] flamadiddle:
EDIT:

I'm an idiot. Please ignore.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70267874&postcount=53

EDIT 2:

Yup. The bootloader was the problem. I thought I was already on a lollipop BL, but I guess not.

----

I must be doing something wrong. I've been using one of your CM 13 builds for about a year and just tried to update to LineageOS 14.

First I updated TWRP to 3.1, which worked fine via the official app.

I completely wiped internal media, data, system, cache, dalvik, installed the ROM (no errors), then gapps (no errors). When I reboot to system (I do not let TWRP automatically install its app), all I get is a black screen. I let it sit for 2 hours the first time. Nothing else ever happens.

I've tried the 20170401 and 20170325 builds using pico gapps from 20170404. Fortunately, I can get back into TWRP and flash back to my CM13 so that my P900 is usable again.

What am I missing?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Lonelobo:
Did the bootloader flashed correctly? had that problem also and reflashed the bootloader again with the one from first post, wiped everything, flashed rom + gaps and let it restart.

Somethimes i need to remove my usb cable else it wont boot.^^
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] flamadiddle:
I hadn't even tried to flash the bootloader from the op because I thought I already had a Lollipop BL. And for some reason, that didn't occur to me as a the cause when I got the black screen.

I've now flashed the BL via Odin, then reflashed the ROM. All is well.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
ROM 8th April

5GHz WiFi performance appears to have been fixed in this ROM, I am now getting 208Mbps out of my 200Mbps service. :good:

Not sure about the silly jellyfish boot screen though. Maybe a very late April fools?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] flamadiddle:
Is it safe to dirty flash the weekly updates (one week to the next)?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
Usually, yes. However, there have been some notable exceptions to this rule of thumb, so you should always have a recent backup to hand.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] kilobulb:
5ghz is working very well for me as well on this update. I hadn't tried any previous version but it's far more consistent and streaming with moonlight now works well as opposed to the drops I was getting with my previous rom.

Should USB tethering be working? I can't see any mention of it in this thread?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Threefifty:
I was living on the lollipop rom for too long so I decided to check out XDA to see if there were any options for my ageing Note Pro. Below and behold LineageOS has been ported. Night and Day differences in performance. Also my WIFI seems to be much more stable.

However, there is one issue I am having problems with. I am trying to set Plex to sync to external storage. However, an error within Plex appears "Location not valid" "The specified file location is not writable and is therefore not suitable for Sync"

While trying to troubleshoot myself I have made sure privacy guard is off. I then went into the App permissions through "Settings > Apps> Plex> Permissions" When I check "Storage" the external storage option inside Plex goes from 59.9GB to 0.00GB and it will not access it then either.

This obviously seems like a permission issue but I am unsure how to go about fixing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If there are any log files I can provide please hint where I can find them.

PS- Solid Explorer and TIBackup can both read/write from my SD card.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
LineageOS definitely has issues with permissions on the external SD. Whether these issues are local to this ROM, all Lineage ROMs, or Android 7.1 in general is unclear.

Two apps that I know to have SD permission issues on this ROM are OSMAND+ and FX.

The brute force workaround for this is to grant WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE write access to each affected app. This requires root permissions and is done by editing the packages.xml file,

each time the app in question is updated from PlayStore

. DO NOT attempt to do this unless you know what you are doing as it can soft brick your device if you get any of the syntax wrong.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] westwallpoma:
Apologies for hijacking your thread, [MENTION=4817899]thompatry[/MENTION] , but given the massive progress made by your Exynos5420 Dev Team, I was curious about the the possibility of building ChromiumOS (see https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os) for this device?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] pberge:
Awesome work on this ROM! I hesitated with installing a custom ROM on this thing, but after getting nougat on my Note 5 I knew had to try this. It truly transformed my sluggish tablet into what feels like a new device. The multi window function finally feels usable and not like it's overloading the processor all the time. General performance feels much snappier too.

It feels good to get back into the custom ROM scene since my last 2 at&t phones have been locked down. I forgot how much time I used to spend in TWRP.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] mario_de:
Nervous

Well, I'm going to start downloading all of the files to install this ROM. I'm WAY out of practice though and I'm afraid of bricking my tablet. Besides the instructions at the beginning of this thread, is there a video or other website to give me the idiot-proof instructions?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
Hey, it's OK to be nervous, we've all been there at some point :)

Where are you coming from? Stock ROM? Which version of Android?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] mario_de:
I'm coming from the latest stock ROM (after having it out for repair for over a year... but that's a story for another day... let's just say it got sent to the United Arab Emirates.. TWICE). I'm downloading and putting the ROM and GApps on my SD card before I take the plunge... just got done with a Helium backup.

---------- Post added at 12:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:13 PM ----------

I'm coming from the latest stock ROM Lollipop 5.02 (after having it out for repair for over a year... but that's a story for another day... let's just say it got sent to the United Arab Emirates.. TWICE). I'm downloading and putting the ROM and GApps on my SD card before I take the plunge... just got done with a Helium backup.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] EspEsp:
Hello!

I would like to use a pppoe connection via usb network adapter. How can I do it? Should I recompile the kernel with option "ppp over ethernet"? I have tried this, but my compiled kernel crashes at launch (also crashes without any changes to config). Also there's no default config for p900 in arch/arm/configs ... So i grabbed it out of the device and used a command like this to compile:

make -j8 ARCH=arm exynos5420_defconfig VARIANT_DEFCONFIG=v1awifi_defconfig KERNELRELEASE=3.4.113

Was I doing it right?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
The first thing you should do is to use ODIN to upgrade the LP bootloader to the one linked from the first page of this thread. This ROM requires the latest LP bootloader to run.

You also need to get TWRP installed in order to get a recovery point. Again, use the one linked from the first page since this is known to work with this ROM.

It has been a long time since I upgraded from stock, but I had already installed SU, installed TWRP and disabled KNOX on my stock ROM prior to flashing a CM based custom ROM directly from TWRP. This would be my suggested route since I know that it works. There maybe a more direct method using ODIN, but you would be best looking on uTube for that.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] mario_de:
Maybe I'm missing something but it seems that I can't find TWRP on the first page. Do you have a link to the version I should use?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Darnice:
OK Need Help With Flash the OS

Got everything done, Superuser and all that, but the instructions just say "Flash LineageOS" OK, how do you do that? Kinda vague there

Have it downloaded and everything but ODIN does not recognize any of the files

Help! and thanks
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] DaveUK:
boot into recovery and factory reset. then flash lineage gapps and root.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Darnice:
Running lolliy pop boot

copied the linage lineage-14.1-20170408-UNOFFICIAL-v1awifi. zip file to SD card

boot into recovery, select factory reset

then select SD card and select the file

So im flashing it from the zipped file on the micro SD card correct?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] DaveUK:
boot into twrp recovery

factory reset

install lineage /gapps/root

once done reboot
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Darnice:
OK, got it, thanks, having not done it can be a little challenging!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] Yemble:
Sorry, the link used to be on the first page, but no longer it seems.

Try here: https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynotepro122exynoswifi.html
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] mario_de:
I'm curious. Will I lose the S-Pen functionality if I take the plunge?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] GTablet:
I am also curious if I will I lose the S-Pen functionality if I take the plunge as well.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Android Development] DGT79:
Yes you will, S-Pen functionality is all part of touchwiz.