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So I took the plunge and bought my self a Gtab, not too keen on blowing ridiculous amounts of money on tech, so for the specs and price tag the Gtab seemed to be the best bet.
Now I am fairly comfortable flashing Roms, I just would like some input from the community.
So whats the most functional and stable rom available currently?
CM7 has always been my go to first base rom for pretty much any phone I have flashed, but I dont quite like it on my Nook Color, its fairly buggy, but I blame the nook not CM7
but Hardware Acceleration sounds nice, and I know that none of the Comb roms have it, but neither do the GB Roms either right?
Looks like Clemsyns V8 is probably the best 2.2 rom out, but how is it in terms of functionality and compatibility with newer 3d games and other applications?
any other input would be greatly appreciated, I just figured I ask before I go on a flash spree, because it usually takes me a couple weeks of flashing this and flashing that before I settle on a rom and I didnt really want to drag this out that long. I just wanna flash, and use until ICS Stable Rom is released.
FrankenTab and Beastly ROMs are FroYo based and should have hardware acceleration, camera and video support. Plus, they are actively being updated. They aren't Honeycomb, and I still prefer VeganTAB 7.1 (even without hardware acceleration), but the FroYo ROMs will pretty much have everything working until a stable ICS version hits.
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I've tried most of them at some point I guess it matters what you are willing to sacrifice. I love the look and feel of Flashback but no hardware acceleration, no camera, more ram used by the system ... (all Honeycomb roms are like that).
CM7 works great and I keep one gtab on it. MX Player has Tegra 2 software acceleration for video and most games and apps work. Has been very stable for 4 months, not buggy at all and looks great.
My other gtablet has landed on Beasty-Clemsyn. It is a Froyo rom, very stable and very fast with full hardware acceleration. I ended up here because everything just works like it is supposed to. Installed the new market, flashplayer, new version of VTL launcher and I really like it. It will hold me over till an ICS rom comes out.
FrankenTab and Beastly
I've been switching between FrankenTab and Beastly myself.
I think FrankenTab looks nicer overall but I've run across less issues with the Beastly rom and so I've settled with that until ICS is released for our G Tab.
Let us know which roms you try and your experience with them.
I am pleased that my FrankenTAB ROM has found its way over to XDA.
I would love to hear any issues users are having since we are actively developing this ROM (currently working on v1.0.2), but I cant help over here yet with an official support thread. If anyone needs help, you can PM me here, or google FrankenTAB and look for the original and most active thread for it on the site that starts with an "S".
Franken Tab is a great rom, I also went through allot of flashing trying different roms, soon the ICS ROM will be around and I am using the pre-alpha so what ever you decide set up for 1.2Bl and the latest CWM touch version. its coming n its cool.
Yup FrankenTab is the first rom I have flashed on this thing, and I am liking it so far.
-great wifi integrity
-fast as hell
-and the included VTL launcher is nice too.
plus having the ability speak with the Dev directly about suggestions and bugs is very nice as well.
If you want Flash to work well are you limited to 2.2 ROMs?
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If you want Flash to work well are you limited to 2.2 ROMs?
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Flash works fine in 2.2 and 2.3 based ROMs. I have it working just fine in VeganTab GE 7.1.
From what I understand, it works (with caveats and quirks) in Honeycomb, and only with certain versions of Flash.
Sadly after messing with Franken and Beastly, I found my self at CM7s door.
Franken had me really really excited at first, it was fast, it was responsive, I only had it set at 1.33ghz, but there were a few issues with both that I found a bit to unstable for my taste.
Will see how CM7 holds me over.
I love 1.09 frankentab. It performs better then anything I have tried but is way behind brilliant corners in bench mark tests. I can't figure that out because it's seems 5 times faster in real life.
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Hello,
I have had my Gtablet for about a year, and I have tried many roms.
FY,GB,HC,ICS,etc. Various incarnations. (Well, only 1 ICS)
From my understanding, Viewsonic, like many companies,
uses various suppliers for components, so the individual results with roms will vary.
And the physical build may vary. eg/ Volume (+) is actually (-)
(this is a reported build difference that my tablet has)
I seem to come back to Froyo roms for many reasons. Base platform OS.
Hardware acceleration. Stability. Etc.
Personally, I haven't found a newer gen rom that works as well as Froyo.
As stated on this and other sites, Be sure you follow the recomended
procedures for pre and post install. usually posted in the OP.
Really get to know and understand NVflash.
I always come back to the C+C rom final version. Beasty, although nice,
wouldn't do what C+C does for me.
I use my tablet as much, if not more than I use my PC, and I can run Splashtop
to access my pc, which is cool.
I do find certain games or apps that wont work, but, I am patient.
No problems with google apps.
It really comes down to researching, and testing, and finding out
the best rom for you and your tablet.
After all, this support, is almost free. Kudos to the devs.
J.
sorry. this is on another post. hope that is ok.
I've been on FrankenTAB 1.0.9 for two weeks or so and so far one of the best Froyo ROM's I've tried. I flashed quite a few ROM's for the 1.2BL but this one seems to work the best for me at the moment.
I just put the ICS rom on my gtab, and it looks great. Installing it wasn't that hard, I did have to switch bootloaders to 1.2. The only issue is I can't get my external SD card to work. I love using chrome.
In ICS, the external sd card is not named the way it is in other ICS distributions...look for /microsd folder instead of /emmc or /sdcard/external_sd like you may be used to.
If anyone is already on BL 1.2, ICS is definitely worth installing. The only two things that I've found that do not work are the camera and microphone but for me both are non-issues.
Hello ive been using my gtab with tnt rom and it runs really good
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Well,
i tried to see if the jellybean could somehow run, and currently it seems to run just as the ICS port that chaos did.
im still struggling with the bluetooth on it, but basically it seems to work, i still am not sure its h/w/egl accelerated.
but it runs, but looks pretty much like our ICS build with pretty much the same flaws and problems, except it using framework from 4.1.1.
im testing gps and other part the next days and might upload but cannot promise continued work on it, since our kernel is still the primary reason for missing camera and proper app switching and performance tweaks of kernel 3.x.
btw, it was based based on desireHD+tf201 builds. libs of DHD and framework from tf201 (got AdvancedPowerMenu builtin)
got problems with 160 as density, then its still with mobile view, 120 works, but very small.
Hi any news on development with port on one v ?
Is that his would be more functional to have a port with the htc ville C2? with HTC Sense
Thx for trying Dexter. How r the odds to improve the port? Same as XXL port?
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Thx for trying Dexter. How r the odds to improve the port? Same as XXL port?
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well,
it goes forward. wifi,gps,compass,sound,vibrator,accelerometer,light sensor ..works..
camera,bluetooth and a fuzzy touch display when scrolling(as seen in other ics port)
I think the mobile view your seeing is the new 7 inch tablet mode. Basically the ui and launcher all look like a phone, while all the apps run in tablet view. I'm mixed on it myself, would be ok with it if the launcher worked in tablet mode. Good job nonetheless and good luck!
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For me scrolling issue is the most annoying. It doesn't let us feel the fluidity of ICS and JB. And, fluidity is the USP of these higher versions. Though I use camera often also, but fluid scrolling is must for me. And, this is our main reason why we want ics on our device.
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For me scrolling issue is the most annoying. It doesn't let us feel the fluidity of ICS and JB. And, fluidity is the USP of these higher versions. Though I use camera often also, but fluid scrolling is must for me. And, this is our main reason why we want ics on our device.
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agree, and that is part of the onexxl rom, but sorry, i do not see it here and display drivers are not compatible.
but important is also that drivers are not native for this device, i might be in better luck porting a OneV rom, when its official.
i tried parts of the nexus one where possible, and still not much improved here.
camera i live without, i got a mobile + real camera beside this one.
So I guess Drew will not release his "build" because you have one now?
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So I guess Drew will not release his "build" because you have one now?
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Lol
I think we harassed him enough on the sgs 3 forum that he is done lying about the flyer
Flyer
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So I guess Drew will not release his "build" because you have one now?
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well, i am trying to port kernel changes to this rom, since chaos kernel compile, disables touch display for me, so im trying to see if i can get better performance on it with chaos work here, but unlike others, i cannot promise it works out. i am just trying for the fun.
i move from the tf201/dhd release to the official ota from nexus , so its odex'd for now, but does boot faster
okay,
i spend quite some time on it, and still no real progress.
media player is not using hardware decoding. and seems unstable when playing games.
i thought i had netflix working, but only upto playing a movie, and it went playing without picture
so for now, i am gonna rest on this work. it looked ok, but i do not accept all the bad flaws of it.
ill post an update, if i continue to look at it. for now i'm back at OneXXL
i decided to upload my work, with the recent changes done. you will find it online soon through this thread here
I've been looking though all different ROM's and still can't see one with a working camera. I'd prefer 4.2.2, but will go with 4.2.1, 4.1.x and even 4.0.x if needed. I just need a stable, FAST build with a working camera.
Thank you in advance.
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I've been looking though all different ROM's and still can't see one with a working camera. I'd prefer 4.2.2, but will go with 4.2.1, 4.1.x and even 4.0.x if needed. I just need a stable, FAST build with a working camera.
Thank you in advance.
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Seems like developers' interest to G Tablet (and to most of old devices) is cooling down day by day. And we ain't gonna get 4.x with working cameras ever.
I tried lots of ROMs and for everyday use (at work and home) stopped at CyanogenMod7.2.0-RC0 BUILD98 REPACK | GTablet | 2.3.7 GWK74 (see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144847 ) with some build.prop tweaks. Not the best ROM ever built, but much better than others. Skype works fine, office software, too, children play some games, bla-bla-bla... The only issue is SOD time to time, mostly after leaving the tab charging for all night long. In the rest - fast and stable enough.
Even when working, the camera itself is so poor that its not really useful for much. However, a hi-def usb webcam works fine with Dirty Bean and gives you a great picture.
Hi,
I've read that KitKat would need less resource compared to JB.
Since there are already ROM's based on JB for the Legend, do you think that a custom ROM will rapidly appear based on KitKat for this phone?
Thanks.
No.I don't think there are any developers left on this forum.
I too believe this won't happen, sadly. JB for Legend wasn't such a good idea, it simply can't run smoothly on that device. But, if what google says is true (about the hardware requirements), then 4.4 could be the greatest thing that has happened to this phone in a while. I still use my Legend as an mp3 player, but i would just love it if it was more functional, so i could use it in some high-risk situations (to avoid breaking my GN4). This could be Legends last chance to die with honor
Personally I have the Baked Blackbean Rom on my Legend (JB thus) and I'm rather satisfied of this Rom (thank you to the team BTW).
It lags a bit and there are some bugs but it allows me to play with the latest versions of the apps (I love the latest version of gmail for example).
Give it a try if you haven't already. The Legend deserves a better end than as a mere MP3 player .
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Personally I have the Baked Blackbean Rom on my Legend (JB thus) and I'm rather satisfied of this Rom (thank you to the team BTW).
It lags a bit and there are some bugs but it allows me to play with the latest versions of the apps (I love the latest version of gmail for example).
Give it a try if you haven't already. The Legend deserves a better end than as a mere MP3 player .
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I'm also using JB on my Legend, but it is not really that stable (don't get me wrong, congrats to the developers, they did a great job), but it just feels too "heavy" on the phone. My biggest problem was the low amount of internal memory - yes, i know you can create a partition on the sd card, but i've never managed to accomplish it. Tried everything, just wouldn't work. So I really can't use the latest app version, as i can have about three apps installed at a time xD
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. The app that launches 10 sec after you put your finger on it...
For the internal storage, I use Link2SD, which actually works pretty well. When I check, it tells me that I got something like 280MB in use and still have 70MB free.
I just created like you said a second partition (using a soft [named Mini-Tool if I remember correctly] in Windows while my phone was plugged in USB) and then using this second partition to install my apps.
Are you interested in trying again ? You have another phone but, anyway...
I've been part of legend community for about 2 years now, never got into full blown deving, rather doing relatively small mods, tweeks and stuff for personal use only (read, cutting my teeth with android).
Activity in legend has unfortunately died over the past 3-6 months and I haven't seen much from our last major Dev zeubea for long time, so unless there is a skilled Dev equal or better than zeubea out there that loves the HTC legend, its not going to happen. Even then given that jb version never really got finished to stable version, I very much doubt KitKat would come anywhere near the level that jb reached simply due to lack of source code for the required harware drivers...
Ya never know your luck in a big city...
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Well, let's hope such a developer exists than...
KK has been ported to the HTC Desire so there's hope
and sorry to hijack, but is anyone willing to test some gapps? Would be appreciated, cheers!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47101145&postcount=204
Ah cool! That's indeed a good news!
Thanks for the info.
KK was said to be optimized for devices with 512 MB+ RAM via Project Svelte. The Legend unfortunately doesn't even have that much.
But, I ask, why would everyone ideally want to have their Legends running Android 4.x? I don't understand why because although Gingerbread is now running on less than half of all Android devices, it was the last OS on our phone to run fluidly and with stability. With JB and above, Google's cramming more and more features into Google Play services, which really brings down the space the Legend has in its internal memory for apps. KK just won't run like Google intended to on this device. I just don't understand why people want the latest and greatest on a ~4 year old device. Maybe you have your reasons, and I'll respect that, but I can't think of any reason why personally.
It hurts to say, but with the Legend nearing four years since announcement, this phone isn't worth being developed for anymore. It wasn't that huge of a hit, like the original Desire or the Sensation. Therefore, it tends to be more forgotten. It doesn't have the computing power of neither of these devices, nor does it even come close to it, so while the aforementioned devices are slowly getting the bleeding edge, we'll be getting it slower, if at all.
It's a harsh reality, but if you want the best experience in Android possible, it's time to upgrade. ~Four years, that's around two two-year contracts. For Legend owners in Canada, your contract should have been up just this past summer.
This phone will always be a classic, guiding HTC through its brilliant design language with the HTC One flagship and its variants. Its legacy is shown on the devices that succeeded it. Unfortunately, I don't believe it has anything more to bring.
Hi Asovse1,
Thank you for your opinion.
You're right when you say that 4 years are an eternity for a smartphone but personally right now I can't afford a new device that would have for example the screen quality of the Legend (which has an amoled screen while even recent phone still use LCD). If I buy a new phone around 99 $ (my budget) I would have a screen with a poor resolution so the change is not worthy.
I have a JB Rom on my Legend and I can enjoy the last version of GMail for example that has really cool stuff. And this version of gmail runs rather smoothly on my phone, so why not ?
The Legend doesn't have 512MB RAM, for this reason he wasn't supposed to support ICS, but it worked, so while it works with the new version of Android, I will hope that a talented developer will build a Rom for this fantastic phone .
Or maybe I can wait just a few days ans see what the Moto G has to offer...
Cheers.
Hear hear, someone in the same boat as myself. Still using my Legend for daily use. I am on CM7.2 stable. Only GPS is not reliable. Tried a lot higher roms, never worked out well.
I am looking into importing a Chinese phone. Nice specs and an affordable price. Only risk is a broken phone within 2 years...
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Hi Wim,
Have you ever tried the Baked one as I mentioned earlier?
I have it on my Legend and use it daily without any problem. And the GPS works too, even if sometimes it needs some time to find itself, once it's done, it works perfectly.
Hello there,
I have great news for all the fans of the Legend: it might get KitKat !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905588&page=28
Let's cross our fingers !
Cheers!
It's been 5 years, any news?
Hi all, just seen a post about OpenKirin for our devices.
For MediaPad 8.4 seems to support SHT AL09 AND w09
I have funkyhuawei for another 25 days so will give it a try this week and give u all a shout:
https://openkirin.net/
Check it out before me if u get a chance (it's my first day at a new job tomorrow so want something stable for journey to work tomorrow)
Let me know what you guys think about it? Have you tried it before? Have you any knowledge on the Devs and their work etc.
Yes you can use the Rom on your m5. Nearly all works some small things are not 100% OK but nothing important. Only Carbonrom has a Tablet version right noe Rest will be added later
I will add a thread with Installation guides and all other needed in the next few days. If you have any questions ping me. I'm the developer for tablets in open kirin
@rcstar6696 I tried the RR OpenKirin Rom. Most things work well, good work
Same problems as phh-treble with bluetooth being a bit weird (same as the bug I logged here https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/94)
Fingerprint works but home button doesn't (phh-treble fixed this with a custom IDC file)
AOSP camera works but the other camera app crashes at launch
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@rcstar6696 I tried the RR OpenKirin Rom. Most things work well, good work
Same problems as phh-treble with bluetooth being a bit weird (same as the bug I logged here https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/94)
Fingerprint works but home button doesn't (phh-treble fixed this with a custom IDC file)
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hmmm on carbon i have no issues with bluetooth but i will test more now. about the fingerprint i didn't get what you mean for me fingerprint works all the time its equal if i enable fingerprint navigation or not. Or do you mean if you enable fingerprint navigation no homebutton possible ? if yes thats a limitation from rr on carbon we use a different implimentation for the fingerprint gesture and both work together. i recommand to use the carbon tablet veriosn for now until we push out tablet builds on other roms
No issues on carbon now.. All working fine..
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hmmm on carbon i have no issues with bluetooth but i will test more now. about the fingerprint i didn't get what you mean for me fingerprint works all the time its equal if i enable fingerprint navigation or not. Or do you mean if you enable fingerprint navigation no homebutton possible ? if yes thats a limitation from rr on carbon we use a different implimentation for the fingerprint gesture and both work together. i recommand to use the carbon tablet veriosn for now until we push out tablet builds on other roms
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Carbon for tablets v1 build works well, very smooth.
Still the same bluetooth issue, mouse will not pair. It works perfectly on stock rom. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you troubleshoot this issue
Separately, mouse behaviour is strange on this device on all roms including stock, so I think this might be a kernel thing as Huawei define their own 'mouse0' device.
Do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install Carbon ROM?
Also I was hoping someone wouldn't mind sharing some pictures or creating a YouTube video showing what the carbon ROM looks like on this device.
Thanks
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Do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install Carbon ROM?
Also I was hoping someone wouldn't mind sharing some pictures or creating a YouTube video showing what the carbon ROM looks like on this device.
Thanks
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Yes you need unlocked Bootloader
I can share some screen shots later
I did some, https://imgur.com/gallery/am69TwX
I'm on beta1 for tablet, it feel smoot and stable for a beta, 1080p stutter even on YouTube but it should be solved on beta2 right? I Will try some demanding games too. What's the difference between tablet and generic builds? Just the UI optimizations for bigger screen? ( that's a great thing i hated to have a tablet with phone UI till now!) tyvm i didn't have time to test BT but fingerprint work perfectly for me, even touchscreen precision feel better than stock! Can't wait for the update! The newly announced huawei GPU turbo will be added to treble builds or will be impossible to have it out of emui?
I have some trouble with leanlauncer, installing latest at a glance plug-in fail even after i remove pixel launcher, any idea?
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I did some, https://imgur.com/gallery/am69TwX
I'm on beta1 for tablet, it feel smoot and stable for a beta, 1080p stutter even on YouTube but it should be solved on beta2 right? I Will try some demanding games too. What's the difference between tablet and generic builds? Just the UI optimizations for bigger screen? ( that's a great thing i hated to have a tablet with phone UI till now!) tyvm i didn't have time to test BT but fingerprint work perfectly for me, even touchscreen precision feel better than stock! Can't wait for the update! The newly announced huawei GPU turbo will be added to treble builds or will be impossible to have it out of emui?
I have some trouble with leanlauncer, installing latest at a glance plug-in fail even after i remove pixel launcher, any idea?
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A New beta comes tomorrow hopefully if all goes well
It has a full tablet ui
hello how is going with Carbon? I'm not familiar with Lineage OS, i see a lot of fix on the changelog 'till build number 4, it means it should be more stable and optimized than Carbon at this point or it's just different and it's at similar point? I'm still on Carbon Beta 1 for tablet, everything is working fine beside some performance issue and minor things
Today I installed los on mediapad m5 10". I have to say that developers have done amazing job. Yea, it's not optimized for tablet size, but i don't really care. It looks and works superb for beta.
Bluetooth is a little bit funky if you want to connect like keyboard and speakers at the same time, in that case, bluetooth speakers are disconected. I have found no other issue. Netflix is working, downloading is possible and it's HD resolution.
Camera is crashing, but i never use camera on tablet. Performance is top notch
I was so impressed by this build that I instantly donated, enjoy the beers guys
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hello how is going with Carbon? I'm not familiar with Lineage OS, i see a lot of fix on the changelog 'till build number 4, it means it should be more stable and optimized than Carbon at this point or it's just different and it's at similar point? I'm still on Carbon Beta 1 for tablet, everything is working fine beside some performance issue and minor things
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Carbon is more in Front of lineage and step by step all things get included in lineage. There is no diffrence between in functionallty but carbon is optimzed for tablet usage. One big pro Carbon is Aosp based Lineage is CAF but our device is not supported by CAF but on aosp
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Today I installed los on mediapad m5 10". I have to say that developers have done amazing job. Yea, it's not optimized for tablet size, but i don't really care. It looks and works superb for beta.
Bluetooth is a little bit funky if you want to connect like keyboard and speakers at the same time, in that case, bluetooth speakers are disconected. I have found no other issue. Netflix is working, downloading is possible and it's HD resolution.
Camera is crashing, but i never use camera on tablet. Performance is top notch
I was so impressed by this build that I instantly donated, enjoy the beers guys
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Thx yes netflix works better then stock and we still improve more things to forget emui as fast as possible
About BT i faced some similiar problems and try to fix it if i find some time again