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[ROM] BitTrix gingerbread beta 06 - Updated 18-Feb-11

UPDATED 18-FEB-2011
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beta 06
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update to gingerbread 2.3.2 - Compiled from AOSP, CyanogenMod, other online sources and I wrote/tweaked/swore a bit too. Coding with gingerbread is like playing a nasty game of whack-a-mole.
now compiling with updated toolchain optimized for tegra / cortex-A9 processors
includes Clemsyn's kernel (Pershoot's works too)
includes gapps and working 3D maps
removed most of the overt CyanogenMod graphics and branding to avoid confusion with their official builds
reverted memory naming: internal storage is emmc, removable sd-card is sdcard. Sorry for the flip but this is the future for tablets. Apps should be reading the mount points properly regardless of the device type or naming scheme.
USB connection (via UMS) mounts to /sdcard and no longer makes the fs unstable (I hope). If you don't have a removable SD card then ADB still mounts to internal storage.
bunch of behind-the-scenes code and framework optimizations for stability, smoothness. Still not as fast as froyo but waaaay better than beta05. YMMV.
Special thanks to the real devs and gurus: clemsyn, gojimi, pershoot, rothnic, roebeet
This will probably be near the end of my involvement with the 2.3 codebase. Tablets like this really need the architectural changes in honeycomb (3.X+) especially real SMP. Also when looking for performance tweaks I keep running face-first into the fact that the PROPRIETARY nvidia drivers {spit on the floor} make their own superchip look like a Z80 on a hot day (yes, it's a Zilog reference. yes, I'm old). Also... There's only one of me.
INSTALLING: READ CAREFULLY AND OBEY.
save the bittrix-beta...zip to your internal memory
use CM .8 and install the zip
when the install finishes, stay in CM... wipe data/factory reset, clear cache, clear dalvik, stay in CM...
install the zip again. Failure to do this means wifi won't work unless you flash a standalone Clemsyn or Pershoot gingerbread kernel.
reboot.
USE NOTES:
First boot may ask what startup to proceed with - either will do - i pick "startup wizard" (it doesn't run the wizard, but you have to pick one...)
The system will feel a bit slow the first time as the system is busy parsing/precompiling the java files. Things get much faster as you use it.
Google app framework is installed. Your best install for the individual apps is to load them yourself from the market. The first-time app picker is hit/miss.
Market won't show installed apps until you buy one.
Camera is borked for now.
This should be considered as an experimental build, with all the usual disclaimers about turning your tablet to slag, crossing the streams, starting a game of global thermonuclear war, etc. It's not an official CM release. Editing the source and messing with the module packaging feels like I just leaned a bit too far down the rabbit hole. Please be patient with me, I have a day job.
Changelog:
19Jan initial release - Compilation from 19Jan CM7 git
21Jan beta02 - new merges, updated kernel, fixed: USB, Angry Birds
22Jan beta03 - newest CM7 base plus first source edits! framework text now displays "tablet" instead of "phone" in spots, fixed camera orientation. Set screen dpi to 120 (match actual panel) from 160.
23Jan beta04 - x-y screen metrics and scaling. Some text should appear visibly sharper now if rendered correctly. Removed cell & phone system files. Internal memory is now /sdcard, removable memory is now /sdext.
PC should now see both internal partitions over USB cable. pull-down menu (drag down the top statusbar) has soft buttons to toggle wifi, bluetooth, location, and sound (CM7 feature).
24Jan beta05 - fixed mount points, changed framebuffer timing to 70Hz, no more cell signal indicator, UI fixes, added "never" screen timeout option, enabled dock settings (can't test, I don't have one, YMMV)
18-Feb beta06 - update to 2.3.2.
without further ado...
beta06:
link to beta 06.43f: http://www.mediafire.com/?kcw19h91tw21wfk
RELATED LINKS:
Updated kernel: Clemsyn now supports gingerbread with his kernel builds. Support for most TLA and FLA is included. In the event of issues you can just reflash the bittrix beta. They're at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895825
Updated kernel: Pershoot is cooking up some amazing kernel goodness - I think I saw eye of newt and a stick of dynamite in one of the .conf files his thread is at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903505 - he provides the extra functionality modules as separate files, so the more adventurous among you can roll-your-own (so to speak).
Official CM7 Betas: GoJimi's official CM7 beta is going strong. It's mostly from the same codebase and will give you the same look and feel. If you're at all squeamish about trying new builds I recommend using it instead. it's at post#18 in this topic... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10733279&postcount=18
VEGAnTAB: is migrating to a gingerbread base. It's XDA forum is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884103 and GoJimi also runs the projects website at http://vegantab.gojimi.com/

Oh now THIS is gonna be GOOOOOOD.....
Downloading now!

And I was about to go to sleep.....

Hey thanks. Any way you can provide known issues? Is wifi, bluetooth, the g sensor, camera, adobe flash etc working? Also, do you have quadrant scores and screen shots?

Got it flashed. Seems VERY fast.
So far I've noticed the following:
1. Camera is sideways
2. No audio on speakers until I plug/unplug headphones.
3. Phone APKs appear to be loaded? I'm showing a little cell phone signal meter.
4. Wifi works fine.
(more to follow)

anlog said:
Got it flashed. Seems VERY fast.
So far I've noticed the following:
1. Camera is sideways
2. No audio on speakers until I plug/unplug headphones.
3. Phone APKs appear to be loaded? I'm showing a little cell phone signal meter.
4. Wifi works fine.
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video please!

1. Also noticed that camera orientation is incorrect.
2. Micro SD properly mounted in /sdcard now.
3. Internal storage is now in /emmc
4. Settings properly shows storage for internal and microsd
5. Can't mount storage on pc
6. Can confirm that 3d Maps is working.
7. Haven't been able to get Quadrant to run completely
8. Wasn't able to restore Angry Birds from Titanium Backup
9. No fancy power off screen animation
First time using Cyanogen Mod, so some of this may already be known.

Legend, thanks!! Giving this a crack now
Edit: As stated in the first post the drive mappings are different - external SD is /sdcard and internal sd is /emmc
This has implications for Titanium Backup when you try to restore your USER DATA (user data only, don't restore system data)
Copy the contents of /emmc/titaniumbackup to /sdcard/titaniumbackup using Root Explorer or similar.
Titanium will now see all of your old backups.
Rockplayer wont play movies in Hardware Decode mode. Software decode mode is jerky.
Coming from VEGAn 5.1 I find this rom a bit laggy
Flash not working on the sites I tested - www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/
It's a great first effort and still worth booting up to see it. Might go back to TnT Lite for a bit

bittrix said:
Here goes... My first (successful) attempt at compiling from source. This is Cyanogen Mod 7.0.0RC0 compiled from the latest sources as of this evening. It's a real-live taste of gingerbread This uses Bekit's 2.6.32.9 kernel and brings things up to Android 2.3.1
Use CM .8, wipe data & cache, and install as update. If you're installing over TnT Lite: failure to wipe the user data will give you never-ending tap n touch keyboard FCs.
You'll need to install the market (see below).
This should be considered as an experimental build, with all the usual disclaimers about turning your tablet to slag, starting global thermonuclear war, etc.
It is important to note that my role in this is "guy who compiled other people's source". I am nerd, but neither guru nor dev.
without further ado...
http://www.mediafire.com/file/y3iq7jr956t14tb/update-cm-7.0.0-RC0-Harmony-KANG-signed.zip
Update: very cool new google apps installer **INCLUDING MARKET** choose the CM7 Tegra builds from
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps
WORKING: Google Maps including 3D tilt and coarse (network-derived) location, navigation, speech input, wifi, full market (looks full - YMMV) cool pull-down status bar (like Vegan but thinner), remembers date and time on power off, sleep/wake appears to work, Flash (install from Market)...
ISSUES: Angry Birds won't install, sound may need plug/unplug or widget toggle, no file transfer to PC via USB (won't leave debug mode)...
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Regarding the Angry Birds not installing issue - something in the crypto loop device probably isn't working for apps that try to install to SD. That's what Android tries to put on /sdcard (or /emmc in this case? not sure how this gets handled with the changed mount points). Could also be crap in /emmc (specifically, in the .secure or .android_secure, whatever it's called directory) from a prior ROM install that needs to be deleted. Or using a kernel that's not compiled with all the right options (make sure you're using a kernel that's known good from other installs - clemsyn or pershoot's kernels, or the kernel rothnic compiled for Vegan 5.1beta should all be good).
Also Roebeet, Rothnic and Gojii all dealt with the sound issues on TNT Lite and Vegan, so might be worth asking them about how they resolved that.
Not sure about the USB sticking in debug mode issue, you'll have to dig around and figure that one out.

reminds me very much of zpad clean 3, which i love but has auto brightness missing.
however, it seems as if cifs isnt built in. is there a cifs.ko i can insmod in this rom?
Sent from my UPC300-2.2 using Tapatalk

rcgabriel said:
Regarding the Angry Birds not installing issue - something in the crypto loop device probably isn't working for apps that try to install to SD. That's what Android tries to put on /sdcard (or /emmc in this case? not sure how this gets handled with the changed mount points). Could also be crap in /emmc (specifically, in the .secure or .android_secure, whatever it's called directory) from a prior ROM install that needs to be deleted. Or using a kernel that's not compiled with all the right options (make sure you're using a kernel that's known good from other installs - clemsyn or pershoot's kernels, or the kernel rothnic compiled for Vegan 5.1beta should all be good).
Also Roebeet, Rothnic and Gojii all dealt with the sound issues on TNT Lite and Vegan, so might be worth asking them about how they resolved that.
Not sure about the USB sticking in debug mode issue, you'll have to dig around and figure that one out.
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Thanks! Knowing where to look is my biggest problem. I really only started this so I could make my USB GPS work in the car, and expect the real devs will be along shortly with stuff that's not so experimental. This is literally the first working OS I've ever compiled

I have installed it and very nice. I am coming from vegan and robeet is really nice and will help. they are working on a new platform right now as well.

Time to start playing.
Thanks for the link!

roebeet said:
Time to start playing.
Thanks for the link!
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LOL ROE i was just talking about you..... Yeah its pretty nice Iam at work so i cant play with it but so much but can you make it faster quad scores like 1045. the gapp functions is sweet as well. Plays movies a little choppy but i have to see once i load everything up. USB/sdcard2 detection is good money.

The update.zip is completely ripped out, which is actually quite nice from a modding perspective.
Some of the reported issues are things gojimi / rothnic had dealt with on the VEGAn build, so the fixes might be similar. As for me, I'm all about packaging. Right now I just want to look at this and get a feel for it.
I'm assuming that the big issue is lack of hardware acceleration? I'll know for sure once I test it - this is again something that gojimi wanted to work on once he had his Gingerbread rig setup.
EDIT: Yep, video acceleration is not there. Sounds like this is all still "alpha-code" stuff, so keep that in mind. Just nice to see this next step, but definitely not a replacement for your Froyo build (yet).

Wow bit Great work!!
Cant wait until some of the issues are ironed out which I am sure will be done very quickly with the dev team we have working on this device!

any screen shot or something? Eager minds are waiting..

Congrats on Compiling Your First ROM
Congrats on Compiling Your First ROM! I love seeing others trying there hand at compiling. You can learn a great deal about the Android system and how it operates. That being said. This is not an official release of Cyanogen Mod 7.0.0. We should be careful when posting our non Official releases of CM7 as it can cause confusion for the uninitiated.
Here is a link to the Official BETA 1. http://vegantab.gojimi.com/download/update-cm-7.0.0-Beta1-Harmony-signed.zip
This Official ROM still has alot of the same issues as the original ROM but is using the proper kernel, etc. This is brought to you by Bekit and Scepterr and the rest of CM development team (myself included now... though I haven't done anything as of yet.... just got my Development Machine up and running).
Also for the time being until I can get the fix into CM7 this will fix the speakers so they are on at boot. Install it like you would any other app. There is no launcher link to this app... it starts at boot fixes audio and then kills itself till the next boot. http://vegantab.gojimi.com/download/audiofix.apk
Again... Congrats to the original poster for compiling cm7! hopefully we will see you join in on our development discussions!

roebeet said:
The update.zip is completely ripped out, which is actually quite nice from a modding perspective.
Some of the reported issues are things gojimi / rothnic had dealt with on the VEGAn build, so the fixes might be similar. As for me, I'm all about packaging. Right now I just want to look at this and get a feel for it.
I'm assuming that the big issue is lack of hardware acceleration? I'll know for sure once I test it - this is again something that gojimi wanted to work on once he had his Gingerbread rig setup.
EDIT: Yep, video acceleration is not there. Sounds like this is all still "alpha-code" stuff, so keep that in mind. Just nice to see this next step, but definitely not a replacement for your Froyo build (yet).
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One thing you could start looking at is merging in the performance pack considering that cyanogenmod is at ~2400 quadrant without it. I am curious if there would be any change if you can get it working with CM.

rothnic said:
One thing you could start looking at is merging in the performance pack considering that cyanogenmod is at ~2400 quadrant without it. I am curious if there would be any change if you can get it working with CM.
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Yep, I start throwing stuff in there to see what sticks.
There's no /lib/hw section -- I wonder if that's a 2.3 change? EDIT: Never mind, brain fart.

AOKP - Requests for development (Th3Bill's rom)

Well guys we have a pretty good chance to include everything (...what is possible) we ever wanted on our Atrix...
in an other thread th3bill (the dev. behind AOKP milestone 6 port) opened there were alot of request for features on the next builds, th3bill offered to open a discusion which include all requests in one place.
** Th3bill, we love your work and your willing to do for others. your private time "wasted" on porting and developing is not ovious and we do appriciate it. keep on the excellent work and again a major thank, us - the users.
since nobody did it so far i'll start:
i whould like the next build to include:
1. call recording option.
2. video call option.
3. webtop interface?
4. google music.
5. led color control in order to customize notifications.
6. o.c kernel.
7. some other cpu governors.
8. google's android jellybean featuers? espacially build-in voice recognition.
things to fix (what i've noticed):
1. video cam - known problem.
2. browser issus (fc when changing ls and portrait).
3. edit custom brightness levels (fc).
4. can't change signal and wifi colors.
5. also battery bar won't show up.
6. wifi direct won't work.
7. wifi hot spot works and immidiatly stops(maybe it's just my device).
-By now your port is the best rom my atrix had so...big thanks !!!
-I know you working too hard already (DON'T FORGET TO HAVE FUN !!, i wrote all of the things i think can be added. with or without them it is still almost perfect.
guys it is your turn now...make some suggestions for improvement:

Hey Everyone!
I'm sure most of you know me by now. Those of you who do not, I am NOT the type of rom porter who gets upset by questions/requests/PMs. Just understand that I build 3 builds of MIUI (Photon, Atrix, Infuse), 2 builds of AOKP (Photon, Atrix), 2 builds of Paranoid Android (Photon, Atrix), as well as help Jokersax11 with various projects, including our Kitchen Sink. That being said, it might take me a little bit to respond...but I will.
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toomaiv said:
Well guys we have a pretty good chance to include everything (...what is possible) we ever wanted on our Atrix...
in an other thread th3bill (the dev. behind AOKP milestone 6 port) opened there were alot of request for features on the next builds, th3bill offered to open a discusion which include all requests in one place.
** Th3bill, we love your work and your willing to do for others. your private time "wasted" on porting and developing is not ovious and we do appriciate it. keep on the excellent work and again a major thank, us - the users.
since nobody did it so far i'll start:
i whould like the next build to include:
1. call recording option.
2. video call option.
3. webtop interface?
4. google music.
5. led color control in order to customize notifications.
6. o.c kernel.
7. some other cpu governors.
8. google's android jellybean featuers? espacially build-in voice recognition.
things to fix (what i've noticed):
1. video cam - known problem.
2. browser issus (fc when changing ls and portrait).
3. edit custom brightness levels (fc).
4. can't change signal and wifi colors.
5. also battery bar won't show up.
6. wifi direct won't work.
7. wifi hot spot works and immidiatly stops(maybe it's just my device).
-By now your port is the best rom my atrix had so...big thanks !!!
-I know you working too hard already (DON'T FORGET TO HAVE FUN !!, i wrote all of the things i think can be added. with or without them it is still almost perfect.
guys it is your turn now...make some suggestions for improvement:
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Enhancements:
1) Call recording, I need to play around with this rom some more...see if it has the capability...maybe I can pull from MIUI...can't guarantee, though
2) That will be tough until Moto gives libs
3) Loki and I have talked at length about this...we're trying to figure out a way to do it, but it will take a hybrid kernel and a lot of work. Not that we won't TRY...
4) This will be in the next release
5) Have an app in mind that I can include? Beauty Aroma is that I can include almost anything
6) I am working with Jokersax11 on making some that are compatible with our base. I know that some are kinda compatible, but not all....
7) By governors, I am assuming you're talking about some form of setcpu?
8) I have the apps on my PC...well some of them.
With respect to fixes, 1 and 2...those won't be till Moto plays nice with me and gives me drivers for ICS.
3) I need a logcat on this one please
4 and 5) Not too sure about these ones. I'll try them with my phone if I get a chance. If you can logcat, that'd be great
6) I think this is an ICS thing. Don't know that any of them do Ad-hoc at the moment
7) You need to forget whatever network you are near if you're connected...and make sure that wifi is ON before beginning tether
Sorry if I am a downer on some of it, but I would rather be honest with everything I tell you all. I have much love for the Android Community

I know of you and your builds well Th3Bill, unfortunately I'm just now working on my 10 posts, I have flashed everything for Atrix and Photon.
Much thanks
My Phone

log file
3) I need a logcat on this one please
4 and 5) Not too sure about these ones. I'll try them with my phone if I get a chance. If you can logcat, that'd be great
7) You need to forget whatever network you are near if you're connected...and make sure that wifi is ON before beginning tether
Sorry if I am a downer on some of it, but I would rather be honest with everything I tell you all. I have much love for the Android Community [/QUOTE]
Hi,
3+4+5) attached .txt file. (tried to make it shorter as possible.cleared log then did 3 then 4 then 5 and saved it)
7) you are right - worked.
tomer

really???
hey guys / girls,
there is not a single thing you would like to see on the next builds??
***DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE***
SO COME ON AND MAKE A WISH!!!
p.s
i defenetly would like a mod (or better - a buildin solution) that will trick the google play to show me all apps. (not the ones comptible with my specific device/settings).
tomer

toomaiv said:
hey guys / girls,
there is not a single thing you would like to see on the next builds??
***DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE***
SO COME ON AND MAKE A WISH!!!
p.s
i defenetly would like a mod (or better - a buildin solution) that will trick the google play to show me all apps. (not the ones comptible with my specific device/settings).
tomer
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You can try changing the build I'd in the build.prop...but I'm not sure if that would work even...
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium

Just installed latest build an wanted to say thanks for bill's an jokers hard work..
I personally use the car dock alot an the transitions between audio playing and incoming call tends to be troublesome. When calls answered the phone doesn't port it over the USB. Usually speaker/headset and have to redock in call for it to work... also DSP manager doesn't have effect over the USB audio out. Only reason I revert to original moto rom.
That aside best cm9 based rom yet.
Sent from my MB860 using xda app-developers app

Also AOKP states it now supports adhoc.... tried on 2 different setups and no joy...
This is wifi direct I gather..
LS support also varies through various android tasks.
Sent from my MB860 using xda app-developers app

On paranoid android for the atrix when in tablet mode it won't allow me to make the recent apps the Sense htc style one, is there a fix for this?

Question/Report
Not sure if this is the right place to report issues. My luck, probably not. Here it goes..
I had your build 40. worked great!
updated to milestone 6 7b. worked better (yaay)
tried to update to milestone 6 revision. No wipe, same as previous, sent atrix into bootloop. tried few more times, same thing.
tried again with full wipe. Bootloop. tried again. bootloop. flashed 7b full wipe, works great again (yaay).
Just curious if you have any idea why my phone doesn't like the new one. saw in the rom thread a few others had same issue or similar, no answers there as of yet. i'm hesitant it try again unless you can think of something i could possibly be doing wrong somehow. Anything i can send or tell you that could help, let me know. Thanks
As for requests, i prefer Apex launcher over Nova. Maybe include it? it would be nice if i could uninstall Nova also
You Rock!
*So i tried installing again and it works now. not sure what the problem was*

Closer
hi,
not really worked...users didn't cooporate and besides cm 10 (JB) is already here and not bad, so this is closed!!
i wanna thank Th3Bill for his effort and wish you will continue develop for us.
tomer
CAN CLOSE THREAD

Hello
Hello One asks what is the kernel that I have to install

Call Recording and if possible hardware acceleration

paarkhi said:
Call Recording and if possible hardware acceleration
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Hwa is in the ROM under advanced.
Call recording isn't yet supported by kernel. Funny you posted this as joker and I are discussing how to fix now
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium

Problems
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this. If not, i apologize.
I flashed your AOKP build 3 on my international atrix. The ROM doesn't recognize internal and external storage for me. When my phone boots it says that is safe to remove sd card. I used the two options EMMC and SD with or without build.prop tweaks. Also i flash this with FULL wipe (system, etc) The other thing that i cannot find are GApps. Can I use CM10 GApps for this rom ?
Thanks in advance.

So, are there options for an OCed kernel yet?

* Moved to development thread. *

I would really love to see an option to "Show only contacts with phone numbers" on Contact list settings...MIUI has this option and this is super usefull for me
MIUI SMS app is great too, but it doesn´t show smileys
Thanks

I have a good one! WebOS and Sense style multitasking (with long press home).
Sent from my MB860 using xda app-developers app

Facebook Sync
If this has been answered then i missed it and i searched first .
Is there a fix for the facebook sync
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MB860 running 4.1.2

Life without dalvik, living without xposed

I recently switched to art when my rom, liquidsmooth, released 4.4.4. I just wanted to give it a try for a few days just to see how things ran. Well soon after, I hear the next version of Android will do away with dalvik so I decided to make the switch permanent. My only struggle so far has been replacing the features xposed and the 15 modules i was using. I would like to know if there are others out there having similar struggles or if anyone has given thought to soon not having xposed.
Here's some of the things I've either been able to replace or haven't found an alternative :
* Using app launcher in gravity box assigned to a new softkey for quick access to dialer, sms, etc.
** replaced with sidecontrol
* greenify.
** tried it without xposed features, ended up with uucleaner. Not sure which I prefer
* disable location consent
** stuck dealing with it
* ad blocking (used a couple of modules)
** using adfree now. Not as happy. Seems to break a lot of sites/app functions. Maybe i just haven't gotten it completely configured right.
* being able to keep the navbar shown in full screen mode
** I'm no longer using fs mode. Would like to though.
Luckily my rom includes many of the features from xposed modules. A lot of rom devs have removed these from there roms with the thought that people could install them if they wanted via xposed. I wonder if the same thought process still applies. Maybe xposed will be enhanced to work with art, but what if it can't?

Crappalinks, it's awesome. Has anyone found an alternative? It disables the Tapatalk redirection in external links that seems to delay link handling as they get passed through Tapatalk's server first.

can't live without xposed, specifically gravity box. also, couldn't find a replacement for disabling the pesky location consent. hopefully, the devs will bring art support to xposed sooner than later.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Kravguy Is ART Runtime Significantly Faster than Dalvik ?
or is it just a minor speed boost in launching apps?

The developers of Xposed have already said that they will work on an ART compatible version once Android L is officially released.

raziel123 said:
Kravguy Is ART Runtime Significantly Faster than Dalvik ?
or is it just a minor speed boost in launching apps?
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For the most part, no. I've seen a bit of battery savings, but nothing significant. My main reason for switching was to prepare for the next version of Android. Flashing rom updates is a royal pain now cause it takes forever to optimize first boot. Hoping that will improve.

kravguy said:
I recently switched to art when my rom, liquidsmooth, released 4.4.4. I just wanted to give it a try for a few days just to see how things ran. Well soon after, I hear the next version of Android will do away with dalvik so I decided to make the switch permanent. My only struggle so far has been replacing the features xposed and the 15 modules i was using. I would like to know if there are others out there having similar struggles or if anyone has given thought to soon not having xposed.
Here's some of the things I've either been able to replace or haven't found an alternative :
* Using app launcher in gravity box assigned to a new softkey for quick access to dialer, sms, etc.
** replaced with sidecontrol
* greenify.
** tried it without xposed features, ended up with uucleaner. Not sure which I prefer
* disable location consent
** stuck dealing with it
* ad blocking (used a couple of modules)
** using adfree now. Not as happy. Seems to break a lot of sites/app functions. Maybe i just haven't gotten it completely configured right.
* being able to keep the navbar shown in full screen mode
** I'm no longer using fs mode. Would like to though.
Luckily my rom includes many of the features from xposed modules. A lot of rom devs have removed these from there roms with the thought that people could install them if they wanted via xposed. I wonder if the same thought process still applies. Maybe xposed will be enhanced to work with art, but what if it can't?
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For the feature to disable location consent does app ops from the play store work for you ?
I use this to disable apps getting access to my location
Hope this helps

I still want access on, it's just the popup confirmation every time location is turned on.

Same struggling here but i choose gpe rom, aosp audio is kinda weird, sounds like an iPhone to me

kopeko said:
Same struggling here but i choose gpe rom, aosp audio is kinda weird, sounds like an iPhone to me
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Agree, camera and sound are the 2 pieces of sense that aosp has never been able to match. With viper4android, I can get close with sound, but still not as good.

kravguy said:
Agree, camera and sound are the 2 pieces of sense that aosp has never been able to match. With viper4android, I can get close with sound, but still not as good.
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This is due to the nature of open source drivers versus the closed sourced ones HTC uses for the hardware. It will never match and the OEM ones will always be better

Samsung Galaxy S5 G900W8 What Custom Roms Work

Hello I am new to custom roms
I am working with a Samsung Galaxy S5 G900W8 as a platform for learning
Can the experts here recommend some custom roms
I finally got one to work - however it seems to be for the TMobile version
The install worked - yet without wifi support
If people here please suggest a number of options to work through

I'm on the same phone as you. LineageOS works. I'm using Ressurection remix latest build KLTE. The KLTE bit is what you want for the roms. There are others I've tried but I end up back with the two I mentioned as they offer more functionality. Those are nougat. Tipsy Rom 6.0.1 works if you want marshmallow. So does the RR marshmallow rom. I've got twrp custom recovery installed. And magisk for root. Super user works as well but you won't pass safety net. So use magisk if you use android pay or play Pokemon go.
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Do the custom recovery first if you haven't already. I assume you have because you flashed a rom. If you are using Odin to flash them you are probably flashing stock. Don't do that. Not unless it's the stock for your device and you don't want to be on a custom rom
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You will need Odin to flash the recovery. You can root from the custom recovery. And you will flash roms from the custom recovery on the device.
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys5qualcomm.html
This will give you the files and info you need to use Odin to flash twrp. Lineage and RR have their own sites as well. Super easy to find. Just remember the KLTE. Download the rom right onto the device or put it on the SD card. Boot into recovery using power, home and volume up and go to the directory with the rom zip, select it and swipe to install. Don't dirty flash the rom, wipe the phone first. It will not delete the custom recovery. Once the rom is installed reboot. It will take a few minutes to load. You flash the superuser or magisk zip from the recovery as well. If you do superuser download the app from playing store. Magisk you can find on xda. After all that you are rooted and on a custom rom.
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You can use the recovery to create a backup of your phone too. Usually I'd recommend this but you already flashed a rom that's not working right anyway.

Security Updates for Samsung Galaxy S5 (Telus Canada SM-G900W8)
godkingofcanada said:
I'm on the same phone as you. LineageOS works. I'm using Ressurection remix latest build KLTE. The KLTE bit is what you want for the roms.
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Most roms based on Lineage[LOS] should work with any Snapdragon based S5[KLTE] LOS unified the roms a while ago. I use crdroid it has adaway built in super stable..
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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5 (Telus Canada SM-G900W8), and given the lack of support I'm looking at a custom ROM.
Can someone please tell me if any of the above ROMs are getting good security patches?
I believe that there are mitigation patches for the Krack WiFi and BlueBorne Bluetooth Vulnerabilities that were recently disclosed., but most phones will take a long time to get them, if ever.
Any suggestions/input is much appreciated.

SM-G900W8 Best ROM for Stability/Security/Usability?
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I prepher crdroid to RR but not sure if either have kept up with latest LOS changes but I know from Oct article LOS is patched blueboorne was before this.
https://www.xda-developers.com/future-lineageos-14-1-builds-safe-krack/
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Thanks Vortell for the reply, that article is very helpful. Based on your response I think I'll give crDroid a shot.
(Just curious - are you using an SM-G900W8?)
crDroid was on my radar, but when I went to the crDroid web site, and it didn't list the S5/SM-G900x as an officially supported device. I see from the link you provided below references to an up to date S5 crDroid ROM, so it looks like this should be a good mainstream choice.
Other than surfing through tons of (sometimes great and sometimes terrible) YouTube vids any suggestions as to a quick way for me to speed on the mainstream ROMs? Do I need to consider anything beyond LOS, RR and crDroid?
I don't know if something like it is baked in, but from what I've been reading I need to install something like Xposed/XPrivacy. Way too many apps ask for access to identiy, contacts, location and device control that they don't need for me to use the app, and that I don't want them to have. Denying permission is no good, because then the app will die. Other than Xposed/XPrivacy should I be looking at anything else?
My priorities are Security, Stability, Usability, and then Features and Speed. Don't need/want bleeding edge, and it things are working, I likely won't update unless there is a vulnerability that needs patching or a really killer feature I want/need.
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Since both are built off of LOS source code they use should be patched. Also you can make any kltevzw build work with your w8 with right changes to build prop and APN. If my memory serves me right. I think it has all been integrated and built into LOS for a long while though.
Ask the developers for each over at:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development
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Any suggestions as to how I can do this since I'm just a Noob without sufficient permissions to post in that forum?
(Just in case someone from the crDroid project sees it: Props on the really nice "banner page" ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/rom-crdroid-t2860894 ) - very helpful. Suggestions: It would be helpful if there was a line about security/patches as well as a way for a user to quickly get up to speed on changes to know if they need to update. )
Thanks again/in advance for any comment, suggestions, or assistance

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Speed on mainstream rom? If you ment speed up, then there is only tuning the kernel or changing it. There is very limited support for extra kernels now. I think there might be a couple but you need to make sure they are compatible with los. You can also adjust the performance with kernel auditor. Lspeed it's another mod that had options like that. There maybe a bit more but once I got on crdroid my performance was fine. There other thing you can do is try to find updated drivers for the video card.
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Sorry, I guess there was a typo (or auto correction gone wild) I meant to say how can I get up to speed (meaning become informed) as to the differences between the major mainstream ROMs. As I said, as long as it's useable stability/security is much more important than speed. Thanks for the detailed info anyway.
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If you want paranoid level of control xprivacy is good otherwise privacy guard baked into all there if those is pretty damn good. Honestly if you don't have a Sunset device and are concedering using xprivacy for extra protection then you should really use gapps alternative. I forgot the frameworks name. It uses open scource and privacy minded services to avoid Google tracking. Then should only use simple app stores like xda or f-droid which has something called yalp if you want free stuff from Google. Otherwise privacy guard which will limit access to the things you mentioned is baked into all three you just have to turn it on in each. Crdroid has adaway built in if you add extra lists it really cuts down on ads. I also like viper4arise mod so I can increase volumes on my phone and change sounds processing on the fly. Then for the s5 there are volumes boast mods specifically because the mic is quiet.
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Thanks very much for this.... Yalp looks very interesting, I'll check into that further.
Is this the viper4arise sound mod you are talking about?
( https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/mic-volume-gain-mod-s5-t3491483 )
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Here are the extra lists I use for adaway:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts
http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt
https://isc.sans.edu/feeds/suspiciousdomains_High.txt
https://mirror.cedia.org.ec/malwaredomains/justdomains
https://ransomwaretracker.abuse.ch/downloads/RW_DOMBL.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zant95/hosts/master/hosts
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malvertising.txt
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt
https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist
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These are great - thanks. I run a pfSense firewall, and I use some of these on it. One question... is it possible to override list entries either temporary or permanently? I know I've had problems with my firewall breaking certain web pages. It's a real problem on those rare occasions when I really need access to a broken page. I put up with it because ad networks have been a vector for malware recently.
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As for exposed it's great and all but can lead to problems with substratum. It does work great with Crdroid and substratum for me using:bubble upnp, gravitybox. It didn't work though with rr on my note 4 with substratum. Someone reported it worked fine without substratum. Honestly the only reason I like it past what is baked into Crdroid though is to change status bar text colors. Rr allows a bit more statusbar customization to begin with though. I have also read rr is some what problematic on s5. It will however be very hard to get Android pay working on anything but touch wiz based 6.0.1 rom FYI because of safetynet. There is also was to get shealth working but that is very privacy invasive. Crdroid has g+ page if you want you ask them stuff directly. Either way back up your working rom. Sd cards are cheap now. You can always try more then 1. There is even was to use note then one rom on one phone. Read around a bit is kinda fun.
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Thanks for this.... Am I correct that Xposed that it's necessary for XPrivacy? If it's just for color changes, them I won't need it. I'm not worried too much about theme colors... as long as it's readable I'm fine.
As for Android Pay, good to know.... these phones are such security cess pits, that I'm not likely to use my phone for banking or payment of any kind for some time.
Thanks again... I can't tell you how much I appreciate the help.

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Xprivacy is great if you trust the school who made it and your that paranoid... At that point though you should be buying a new phone or learning to Port a more secure kernel then Linux. Or at least a security build of it. Outside that the kernel is going to be outdated to one degree or another.
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You raise some good points - and again TRUST is a big issue. I'm not sure that buying a new phone even solves the problem. Ultimately you have to trust somebody, and quite frankly a bunch of passionate hackers looking over each others shoulders is likely more trustworthy than a bunch of corporate scumbags trying to market/sell your personal information. The big manufacturers (Other than Google-and I don't like their phones because they don't have a removable SD Card) are historically poor with support.
Security is often an oversight because the market doesn't value it. (Although all the high profile hacks that have occurred may change things.) "Secure" phones are such a limited market that they are hard to get, have poor support, and are obscenely expensive.
Anyway that's enough philosophy/ranting.
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The least secure part of most Androids is the Google framework though. I use xprivacy on older devices because it's the only reliable way to get control over permissions. The problem is there is to much for less advanced users. Some permissions look invasive but it's just the way Google put the os together. Like phone access is there even if it's just to pause sound for incoming call.
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You raise a very good point about the underlying design. Do I understand correctly that the permission that allows pausing the sound for an incoming call will also allow an application to make a call?! If so that's totally crazy. Again back to my comment about corporate scum bags. Google sells advertising/data services, and they are going to set up the design to be as exploitative as they can get away with. If their system was secure/privacy oriented a lot of the ecosystem would disappear.
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Anyways what I was talking about was gravitybox which I feel outside of Android 4 x is the best Xposed mod. In Android 4.x it's app settings and xprivacy for the permission control.
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I had a quick look.... gravitybox while allowing many interesting customizations doesn't seem to deal with permissions - or did I miss something?
Vortell said:
Honestly adaway is like a firewall though it's linked to domain rather then port. No firewall should use lists like that. They should close off ports unless connections originate from you. Adaway uses an old school method of using what's called a host file to redirect the request to your own phone with no http service at they address set up there are also pretty services thought your own phone that so this aka blockad and dns66 but they use extra services so it's a tiny bit less per effective. All 3 are easy to turn off.
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As I said, I run a system very similar to that on my pfSense firewall (pfBlokerNG) to limit the ad networks as an infection vector. My firewall does all the DNS and NTP for my system to somewhat restrict the number of endpoints my system is communicating with. As I discover restrictions that are too problematical I reluctantly override them or stop using the service that depends on them depending on the circumstances.
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If you care about privacy, get the German Firefox klar or Firefox focus for your browser.
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Thanks for this... Klar looks like a useful addition.
I'm less worried about ad tracking than spyware (unauthorised mic/camera/theft of data/passwords etc.), ransomware and permissions that allow my contacts and cell data to be stolen. I don't like to be accessible 24/7 anyway, so as long as the airplane mode actually works I make frequent use of it--the problem is that it may not work, and there is no way to tell since the cell radio is not easy to audit. I discovered questionable behaviour on my first android jellybean (way back in the day) by putting packet capture on the wifi. That was my first foray into modding.
Thanks again, and in advance for any assistance/advice/comments.

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][10] LineageOS 17.1 for Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 WiFi (SM-T800 - chagallwifi)

Hello owners of Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 WiFi (chagallwifi) SM-800,
Let's save some more devices from the garbage. Here is a build for LineageOS 17.1 for SM-T800 (tested only on this device).
Tested and working so far
Wifi.
Camera (front and back).
Location.
Touchscreen.
All other sensors.
I am not aware of anything broken.
This is a plain build of LineageOS 17.1, with only minimal SELinux policy modifications to make the device work.
If you prefer to use OpenGApps, download signed-ota_update-plain.zip, if you care more about privacy and prefer a degoogled version, download signed-ota_update-microg.zip which has microG bundled in it.
Special thanks to owners of:
LineageOS: https://github.com/LineageOS
Exynos5420: https://github.com/exynos5420
Kernel source.
microG: https://github.com/microg
Guide to building LineageOS with microG: https://gist.github.com/dic1911/407184ee427c50ad0066af643a20254f
microG Mobile Services: https://github.com/lineageos4microg/android_vendor_partner_gms
You are welcome

Great news, thanks!
Could you please clarify what you wrote about SELinux? Is it active and enforcing? Is encryption supported?

porcino said:
Great news, thanks!
Could you please clarify what you wrote about SELinux? Is it active and enforcing? Is encryption supported?
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SELinux is active and enforcing, the modifications are because the default SELinux policies in LineageOS contradict with those of the device (probably because the device ones are few years old). The modifications are to remove some strict policies that would break device drivers like the camera and sensors if left enabled.
Encryption is disabled.

minashokry said:
SELinux is active and enforcing, the modifications are because the default SELinux policies in LineageOS contradict with those of the device (probably because the device ones are few years old). The modifications are to remove some strict policies that would break device drivers like the camera and sensors if left enabled.
Encryption is disabled.
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It's great that SELinux is on, and it is expected to have minor cuts in the policies. They are a pain to develop. It has to be a separate project...
What's going on with encryption? Forgive me for a silly question, I just see this feature missing in LOS17 ROMs for other devices as well... Is it something LOS specific?

porcino said:
It's great that SELinux is on, and it is expected to have minor cuts in the policies. They are a pain to develop. It has to be a separate project...
What's going on with encryption? Forgive me for a silly question, I just see this feature missing in LOS17 ROMs for other devices as well... Is it something LOS specific?
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Honestly I don't know about encryption. I didn't care about it while building this image.

minashokry said:
Honestly I don't know about encryption. I didn't care about it while building this image.
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Fair point - it has to be running at all before looking at the advanced features. For the first release it's quite a remarkable result. It would be nice to have encryption on the to do list...
Another silly question: the speakers of this tablet are not very loud. Is it difficult/possible to boost their volume a little?

Will test this out. I had flashed LOS17.1 by @8224Freak, but its SELinux is disabled. Will see if this one works same or better. Does this build contains the most recent security patch?

@minashokry thanks for the build. Camera only works with picture taking. It freezes when video recording is ended.
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@minashokry I have been using your build on my T800 and likes it a lot. In addition to the camera video recording freeze, mic does not appear to work well. I tried some audio recordings but only hear tiny sound during playback. I was wondering if you are planning on updating the build once awhile to at least include new security patch., or this is it - no more update? Thanks again for build this smooth LOS17 rom for the old tablet.

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@minashokry I have been using your build on my T800 and likes it a lot. In addition to the camera video recording freeze, mic does not appear to work well. I tried some audio recordings but only hear tiny sound during playback. I was wondering if you are planning on updating the build once awhile to at least include new security patch., or this is it - no more update? Thanks again for build this smooth LOS17 rom for the old tablet.
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Unfortunately did not get very far using either of these builds (plain or microG). In both cases, I'm unable to read or write to the internal storage on the tablet. File manager does not read any contents of the internal storage, fails to create a directory in internal storage, and can't download/save a file from the internet. The LOS 17.1 by @8224Freak does not have this problem, so assume it's something unique to these builds.
I also found that when I formatted an SD card for use as tablet storage (i.e., as an extension of the internal storage), it insists that the card is not inserted every time I power on the tablet. If I eject and reinsert the card while still powered on (no power cycle) it recognizes it and is okay from there.
Don't know if this is related to the above, but the native camera app insists that I must "Insert an SD card before using the camera" even though an SD card is plainly inserted and recognized by the rest of the system.

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Honestly I don't know about encryption. I didn't care about it while building this image.
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Hello. I've tested your ROM just out of curiosity -- encryption works! This makes your ROM the leader in security! Well done, thanks!
Apart from this... I found a fault with video rendering. At some resolutions the video renders at a wrong scale, larger than the window or the screen. This happens with different websites. I am using Brave browser, which works fine on the same device with LOS-14.1. The same rendering problem is evident in the other LOS-17.1 ROM as well (by 8224Freak). It might be codec related.

Has anyone found a way of dealing with the video rendering fault in Brave/Chrome/Firefox?

What is the link to download this rom? I can't find it anywhere in this thread.

mmaazzaa said:
What is the link to download this rom? I can't find it anywhere in this thread.
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Use the attachments to the first post "signed-ota...zip".

Thank you. Due to the file name I mistakenly thought it was just an update for the rom, not the rom itself.

Tried this ROM again (signed-ota_update-plain.zip), different screen resolutions, different screen densities - still video playback issues in browsers including Brave. The fault manifests itself as the video being zoomed in, so that only a part of it remains visible. The playback freezes for a fraction of a second occasionally, producing a "metal" screeching sound while doing it. In general this ROM feels a bit laggy. So, going back to lineage-14.1-20220107-UNOFFICIAL-chagallwifi, which feels cleaner, much faster and similar to this one has SELinux+encryption working.
Before anyone asked, the same video playback issues just without freezing I observed in lineage-17.1-20220504-UNOFFICIAL-chagallwifi, which is under active development now. The latter does not have SELinux+encryption though.
So, for now, the benchmark is set by DarkExistence for this device.
[ROM][7.1.2][UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS 14.1 - SM-T800
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device. #include /* * Your...
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Just tried this rom, I'm pretty sure the hitching and video playback issues are because the gpu is sitting at 0% utilisation so it's using the cpu for rendering... which would explain things

I downloaded and installed "signed-ota_update-plain.zip". But Google account is not added. There is no Google Play. Thank you to those who will help.
I installed Gapps and OK.

ahmetdamar said:
I downloaded and installed "signed-ota_update-plain.zip". But Google account is not added. There is no Google Play. Thank you to those who will help.
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Did you install Gapps or its equivalents?