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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Jakee67nm:
I installed Jan 11th rom! Used updated TWRP 9.1 and did a normal wipe... Its Great !! Thanks the wifi shows connected now on the status bar and works fine on thor. Gmail acts up signing in and returns to add another account? BUT there is MyMail and i set it up just fine with my gmail acct! And I installed Simple Calendar....good to go! So far so good! Your the man!! I prefer to not be in deep with google anymore than amazon....

It acts up... see above... but why load the fast rom and older tablet down with google stuff? Its a drag on the tablet and data stream.... I'm also using Brave Browser trying to keep chatter down online and keep this tablet clean and fast! Great Rom ggow!!!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Jakee67nm:
Just checked... in settings my gmail acct is showing... contacts & calendar you installed in rom are updated from my acct just fine!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] mashed_ash:
This ROM is incredible. I loved lineage 14.1 that breathed new life in my 7inch hdx which was literally lying around doing nothing.

But this is another level. The performance for browsing, reading kindle and ebooks is fantastic. Definitely faster than 14.1

The best improvement is with Bluetooth. My jabra elite 75ts just paired as it should and work fine. i didn't need to do any kind of jiggery-pokery which some say was needed on 14.1 (but was still unsuccessful for me).

I misunderstood the pattern lock not working and tried using a pin to unlock but this also didn't work. So at the moment the device has no security protection but that's ok me as it stays near my bedside table as I'm in lockdown right now.

@ggow Kudos... You've done an amazing job!!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] uramisten:
yes! thank you... it looks like its working... still not sure what I did differently .. :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
any news on implementing zram?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
Are there OTA updates on this ROM, or does the each new version need to be reflashed thru Flashfire/recovery?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] wllpwr:
No OTA updates on this one, gotta flash every version manually.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] RussDNails:
Tested Jan 11 Lineage 16 rom on both Thor and Apollo.........flashed along with ARM 9.0 pico Gapps package............in addition to the wifi drops mentioned by others, I could not sign in to any Google apps--kept getting the same "This account already exists on your device" message and would not let me continue. Issue occurred with Gmail, Chrome and Youtube. Tried clearing Google Play cache/storage and Google Play Services cache/storage and rebooting. I could then sign in to one app of my choice, e.g. Youtube but then trying to sign in to Chrome and Gmail took me back to the "account already exists" error. This along with the constant wifi drops makes this rom unusable for me........I appreciate the effort of the developer but it's back to 14.1 for this user!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] igzorn:
Just installed the ROM, no issues so far, donation is sent .thanks ggow
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Buzzy42:
Thanks for continuing to support these! I have an Apollo on Lineage 14 and love it... wanted to test this one on my Thors...

Having some weird issues getting going with this ROM on 2 different Thor units. They both exhibit the same issues after a short amount of time, so I am keeping them together because I feel I can't get past the pretty "initial setup" of the units.

They flash fine, configure fine. I am flashing with Gapps Pico 013121. (first idea is maybe I need to try an older version?)

The first few startups are ok. I can configure them (I set one up with my Google account, one without). Everything is fine, but something goes haywire with screen lock. It shows up on both as "Swipe" even though I did not set ANY lock up. If I click on it to set a screen lock (With PIN), it lets me set a screen lock fine, confirms it, asks me about notifications.... and then it doesn't actually work. If I try to lock/unlock the tablet, it shows the PIN code but it always says I am wrong. (even though I know I used the right code, and it confirmed properly)

I do a factory reset and can get back into the machines.

However, then after one or two restarts, they will boot to the initial lock screen, but then the screen will fade to black after about 1 second. It keeps flashing like this forever-- it won't stay awake long enough for me to unlock, power down, anything.

Again, if I go to TWRP and wipe data, they will work again but I have the exact same issues.

So 1: Is the looping lockscreen on startup a known issue? I see it in posts after the inital September release but doesn't seem to be now. Posts mention "Deleting relevant files via TWRP" but I'm not sure what files those would be?

2: Is there some trick to make sure the tablet either accepts the correct PIN/screen lock code, or just clear it out completely so it doesn't ask me for a PIN or anything, and doesn't think I set up Swipe?

Thanks for any help!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] uramisten:
Well... All installed, google apps, even calendar and all working fine, but after not using for a day, I turn it on. Now it boots up fine to the lock screen.. which shows for about 1/2 a second then goes black, then shows again, then again black.. I can't unlock... and if I try it in landscape mode it does the same thing a bunch of times.. then just boots to TWRP (3.5.0_9-1). I tried the DD fix but then it would only boot to recoevery.. .. and after performing it again its back to the previous problem (flashing on/off), and then back to booting straight to recovery...Apparently I can repeat this over and over.. Any ideas? It all seemed to be going so well :cry:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] HDXgamer:
Thanks for your continuing effort @ggow
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] double-gee:
This seems similar to a known issued after upgading from previous los Version. One had to wipe a special Partition from Shell. Search this thread, could help.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Bwangster12:
I'm having an issue where the wifi will randomly cut out and I can't reconnect. Sometimes I can see the network, but sometimes I can't. If I see it and press connect, it doesn't reconnect. Usually a restart has worked, but not it isn't.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] sarib:
Lock screen Currently not supported
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] sarib:
It is a bug and will be fixed soon btw tapping WiFi drop down menu button (from notification panel) and then immediately tapping on your AP works for me every time 😁 but you've to tap immediatly other wise it'll vanish
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
I am nearly done testing a new version of the compat-wireless driver in order to fix several problems.

The module now loads cleanly first time, no need for forcing a second reload anymore. On the thor device for me at least there have been no disconnects yet and no firmware crashing.

I am in the process of now testing apollo. Providing that goes well then I will make a new release shortly. The new build will only have the new WiFi stuff and upstream updates. I don't want to change too much whilst trying to establish stable WiFi connectivity.

I have a TalkTalk Sagecom Fast 5364 router, it's very basic but gives rock solid reliable WiFi on 2.4 and 5GHz. My previous router was a Asus RT-AC86U, which I returned during the Christmas holidays, it's the buggiest bit of tech that I have ever laid my hands on. After nearly 12 months of struggling with unreliable connectivity I gave up and got a refund.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] 0310:
Hi all,

After flash twrp 3.5.0 and flash rom successully on my hdx 8.9 3rd

After reset boot again back into recovery mode

Repeats all over again

How can i fix it ?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Try this: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unlocked-lineage-16-0-11-jan-2021.4164161/post-83531641
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] 0310:
Oh yes, i fixed it. Thks so much, good rom :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
New Build is Up

09 February 2021

- [info] Dated 08 February 2021

- [fixed] WiFi firmware crash

- [fixed] Initial load of WiFi driver is now succeeding

- [fixed] Disabling and re-enabling WiFi reliable

I have tested these fixes in my network environment and so far no problems on thor or apollo. It will need a lot more testing by our community. Please report back successes/failures.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Buzzpcsos:
Good job !

Dirty flashed this over the January build on my Thor. WiFi seems to be good. Reconnect and disconnect without any issues. Logging into a network seems to be a quicker process and I am pretty sure that I can see more available signals now.

Thank you for keeping up the good work.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Downloading now very, very slow. Maybe needs a second download site.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] sarib:
Can I flash this update over already installed PIE ROM?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Yes, dirty flash should work fine
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
hey my buddy

wifi working fine until now

1 apollo with gapps -->Update worked fine

2 apollo without gapps --> Update worked but rebooted after start automatically and have the twrp bug (need to use the commands again)

@ggow

//i checked the partitions...unknown reasons the fota partition get fully deleted i need make further research... wipe the cache partition take ages too. this is the reason why the bug apears ... the system search the fota partition and not found...can you setup the fstab to dont need this? because we just full with 000000 or do we need this partition layout for the system to work? its just one partition of android 4.x ages and amazon ota.

//

add here

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota /fota emmc defaults defaults

now its time to zram the kernel ;) 1GB or 1,5GB would be fine.

//should use these to not delete the wifi mac and have others trouble with wifi driver

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/misc bs=256 count=1 conv=notrunc

/// found one thing

twrp is missing

twrp.fstab

/misc emmc /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc

should solve the problem because twrp will check it too and not wipe when wipe data.

//report to wifi

the wifi signal lost again but driver not crash...you can reconnect manually in wifi menu (same like los 14.1) i think we cant fix this bug :(
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
I'll add the partition issue to the list.

Can you post a logcat?

I haven't seen a loss of wifi yet here.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
Here we go See attached

i hope its good layout.

happend right now before i created. and before reboot
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
This one looks suspect...

02-10 13:09:21.905 442 442 E QCOM PowerHAL: extract_stats: failed to open: /d/wlan0/power_stats Error = No such file or directory

I get these errors but I don't suffer dropped connection

02-10 13:09:25.046 827 827 W wificond: Copy constructor is only used for unit tests
02-10 13:09:25.048 827 827 W wificond: Failed to get NL80211_ATTR_EXT_FEATURES
02-10 13:09:25.052 827 827 W wificond: Copy constructor is only used for unit tests
02-10 13:09:25.055 827 827 W wificond: Failed to get NL80211_ATTR_EXT_FEATURES
02-10 13:09:25.060 827 827 W wificond: Copy constructor is only used for unit tests
02-10 13:09:25.066 827 827 W wificond: Failed to get NL80211_ATTR_EXT_FEATURES
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Are you running gapps on your device?

Is google trying to scan in the background and disconnecting your WiFi?

I don't run gapps on my device so may explain this if I'm right.

I'm going to read up about how that is supposed to work.

Even though our wifi driver is much more up to date now it's still missing lots of modern functionality.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
Yes I Use pico gappy now on both Devices since microg not working. I disabled wifi search and find my device.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
I have configured separate trees for building twrp, here's a link to the apollo one:

GitHub - ggow/twrp_apollo

Contribute to ggow/twrp_apollo development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
I nuked my TWRP recovery on Thor while trying to upgrade to thor_twrp-3.5.0_9.1.img. I can't boot into recovery by ADB or power+sound buttons. Without any recovery I can only boot to the system OS to use flashify.apk to flash the recovery. img. It flashes but no joy. No recovery.

Can anyone advise me how to fix this recovery partition? Thanks!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
yes i already look :) i linked to wrong but its missing in both, why you dont use shared twrp? do we have other changes not simply display? br
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
the repo is complete and up to date for twrp, no other changes required.

I use a separate repo for twrp because I build it with this: https://github.com/minimal-manifest-twrp

I'll add the /misc partition on the next twrp build
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
alright.

to report about the wifi.

disconnects happend sometimes all minutes (while browsing) sometimes it last the whole day.

to reconnect i need pull the quick actions menu and pres the wifi button after the wifi reconnects in a few seconds. i look forward to make the device more snappy :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
See OP (and related posts) in TWRP thread. Tether, boot to bootloader, flash recovery image.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Thanks for the advice. When I attempt to flash the TWRP image in fastboot mode, it returns this "FAILED (remote: flashing not allowed for locked hw)" How do I get permission to flash now?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
That usually means your bootloader is locked. To unlock follow the instructions here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/thor-apollo-unlocking-bootloader-with-any-firmware.3463982/post-75284993
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Well I am on Lineage OS 14.1 20190920 rooted. I assume the bootloader is unlocked already. Is this not true?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] R3CP:
Not necessarily, its possible to have a locked bootloader with twrp. The same thing happened to me, I was on Lineage 14.1 with root, but when i tried to flash 3.5.0-9.1 I found the bootloader was locked.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] wllpwr:
@ggow You've really done some amazing work here man. After the Feb 9th build I've had no issues with wifi... As it stands right now the Kindle is perfect for my needs. Thanks for all the work on supporting this 8 year old tablet. :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
So you are saying that a completely unlocked bootloader with root and a functioning TWRP and OS, becomes one with a locked bootloader because I flashed a newer TWRP img? I don't think so. Anything else I'm missing here?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
The older twrp image were signed with bootloader exploit which allowed custom images to run. This is not the same as having an unlocked bootloader.

Follow the instructions I linked previously to unlock your bootloader and all will be good.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Okay thanks. I'll try it, but why one Thor worked fine and another needs this fix. Both had the same TWRP and OS when flashed with the new TWRP. I 'll keep you posted.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
I'm not sure, it might be that one tablet was unlocked and the other wasn't. Let us know how it goes.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
BINGO! It worked. I'm on TWRP 3.0.2.0 and Lineage 14.1. I will try now to upgrade to TWRP 3.5.0_9.1 and Lineage 16.0-20210111. I presume it is safe to do so if I follow this guide.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Sounds like your one the right track, update to latest TWRP first, if your bootloader is unlocked correctly then you should be able to flash the new TWRP via fastboot and check that off your list before proceeding to factory reset and flash the the new rom.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
DAM! No good. Fastboot gives "FAILED: (remote: flashing not allowed for locked hw)"

again, same as before. What can I do now?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] mech_supernova:
This is an awesome and we'll made rom, way to breath new life into an old device, I love it, so far the only thing I found wrong with it is the volume buttons don't work but you can add the volume panel to the notification bar and all is good.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] sarib:
Hi, thanks @ggow for "lineage-16.0-20210208-UNOFFICIAL-thor.zip" just installed, wifi is crashing, getting disconnect/connect automaticly after some time but now network isn't going away ;)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
When you go through the unlocking process, post some screenshots of whats happening
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
What router have you got?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Ok I will post here when I finish.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Here is the screen shot:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
This does not show all the steps from: https://xdaforums.com/t/thor-apollo-unlocking-bootloader-with-any-firmware.3463982/post-75284993

you have got to the point of flashing the signed version of twrp, this is not unlocked. You should have previously generated your unlock code in step 3. You should now be read to go from step 7 through to 9 which will see you run the unlock.bat script for full unlock.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] sarib:
tried with samsung a53's hotspot and 2 routers but routers aren't from international companies so I don't think writing model name can help you, anyway after using more than 12 hours now I flashed january release again problems I faced

1 getting disconnect automatically

2 my saved netwok is visible but I can't connect

3 some times all networks disappeared and some times only saved network disappeared
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Well I screwed it up good now. I'm stuck in the "Bulk mode" and can't reboot in any way. I think I have a bricked Thor 😢 Any advice ?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
unplug the cable, and hold the power button until power goes off
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] bobcat131:
Ok my friend, I got it all up and running now thanks to you. Donation on the way. Keep up the good work 😃👌
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] urigg:
Tried the new rom with mixed results. Wifi seems to connect fine after boot and seems stable, however as long as it is connected, wifi scan seems to be frozen, doesn't see new wifis. Switching wifi and/or turning it on/off may get some new wifi scans, but unfortunately brings back the firmware crash on wifi scan in some parts of my flat.

Have dmesg if needed.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Ok, thanks for the feedback, post your dmesg and I'll take a look.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Glad you got it sorted (y)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
hey my friend @ggow , both of my hdx out the juice very fast now. i did already send a log did you found one error can be the culprit? before dont work wifi ;) but the batteria last long...now use 40% over night...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Hello, I think the drain is because WiFi module is always loaded. Try turning WiFi off overnight and let me know what happens. I don't know if turning off WiFi will be enough because the module will still be loaded in the background.

I'm still looking into this.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] hippooo:
Well, I reverted back to 11/01 a few days ago since heavy battery drain.

Until now I dont know your statement about Wifi and battery was dead after 2days of not using it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Guys, I may have misunderstood the original message, are you saying that you are experiencing battery drain?

Or is everything better with the newest build?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
just wondering. Have you figured out android 10 image yet or zram?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
i experiencing very much more drain like before. i have setup one hdx with gapps and one just use auroa store (nogapps) both with root magisk
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Thanks for confirming, will take a look.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Buzzpcsos:
On my Thor the Jan image had good standby and only lost a few percent of battery level overnight.

The WiFi didn't cause me any issues and let me connect to the internet and home network without problem. I never had any problems with finding my signal.

The Feb image initially looked very promising and connected to my WiFi without any problem but managed to flatten itself completely when I accidentally left it in standby for three days. The WiFi would randomly end connectivity while still showing the full signal icon and then drop a little later with the message "the network is down" or something like that. If I just left it the WiFi would restart after a moment or so and everything would be fine until the next time it chose to disconnect. When it worked the WiFi did seem to have better speed and range although I have no test data to prove this one way or the other.

For the time being I have reverted to the Jan build which seems to be the best for me so far.

Thank you ggow for continuing to support these tablets. I hope the challenges that Lineage 16 is presenting can soon be overcome.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] hippooo:
Well, exactely, so I second that.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] HDXgamer:
I briefly tried LOS 16 on a different device to my usual one but have reverted to LOS 14, primarily so that the camera will work.

Thanks guys, for keeping this project going.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] holeshot77:
@ggow not to hijack, but do you have a go back to stock flash?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
i deactivated the wifi over night but caused 20% loss too :/. I Hope we can have a fast update to not damage the battery because you know the modell is very old and spareparts old too or not available

if you need any logs i will provide.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
No need to flash stock.

Ensure your bootloader is unlocked, flash the latest TWRP, factory reset and flash the new rom.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
If you are worried about battery, then consider to stop using the rom, or go back to the previous version that worked for you.

Do you know what is causing the drain?

If you have any logs which show the issue then that would be great.

I know the power and thermal HALs needs a checkup so that's where I'm starting.