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Throughout the forums there seem to be fairly conflicting reports about CM7 for the Touchpad, it crashes a lot, it mostly works, lots of apps don't work, most common apps do work.
Basically, how reliable is CM7?
I don't use too many apps, so for me it would mainly be for:
- Browser
- Gmail
- Google Docs
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Spotify
- Swiftkey (does the tablet version work?)
Oh, and the official Touchpad Bluetooth Keyboard.
Would I get a good experience out of the current build?
Some answers after 5 days using CM:
-in my case, no SOD, but it seems to vary
- dolphin hd (browser) works nicely
- SwiftKey x tablet also good
- 2 random reboots in 5 days
- facebook ok if you use fake gps to Set up your location (otherwise it crashes)
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I have the official hp touchpad keyboard. It works really well once you get it paired. When it ask for the code on the tp put in 0000 then hit ok. As soon as your done hit 0000 on the the keyboard then hit enter. You have to do this really fast while the tp is running the ring on the screen getting ready to pair it. Good luck
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I have had no reboots no SOD no crashes with Facebook no WiFi drop. For me its working great no problem.
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Luda305 said:
I have had no reboots no SOD no crashes with Facebook no WiFi drop. For me its working great no problem.
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+1 with the alpha 2.1, I don't even notice these so called crashes they said with it being an alpha.
Cube1701 said:
Throughout the forums there seem to be fairly conflicting reports about CM7 for the Touchpad, it crashes a lot, it mostly works, lots of apps don't work, most common apps do work.
Basically, how reliable is CM7?
I don't use too many apps, so for me it would mainly be for:
- Browser
- Gmail
- Google Docs
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Spotify
- Swiftkey (does the tablet version work?)
Oh, and the official Touchpad Bluetooth Keyboard.
Would I get a good experience out of the current build?
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One of the most stable "alphas" I've seen, more of a beta. Running Alpha2, a couple times a day I might have to cycle Airplane mode to get wifi back. This seems more frequent if hopping multiple APs. A couple apps you listed have issues;
- Google Docs - current version FCs, had to sideload old version 1.0.4r (search the forum, there are discussions on this)
- Facebook - FCs unless you run a fake gps app first
This morning I had to power cycle it to get touchscreen back, but even so I feel no urge to reboot into WebOS.
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No problems here
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I have been running 2.1 alpha since it was released. The only issue I have had is the common wifi issue. Occasional disconnects but otherwise stable enough to run as a daily driver.
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I received my touchpad the morning of Oct.17. I have been using cm7 exclusively since that evening. No.need for Web OS.
HTC Vision(G2), meXdroidmod Ghost Chili AIO ROM/ICS CM7 theme.
The Google Docs App force closed on me today when i downloaded/installed it.
Camera doesnt seem to work, it also force closes.
Had a few SODth but saw a thread earlier today about installing an ap (softlocker) and its helped thus far.
No random reboots for me. Ive been running CM7 alpha2 since last Thurs
Everything except wifi is fairly reliable. I only have secured networks, so wifi constantly crashes for me. I'd wait for the next release if it was important to you.
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As for me,
1. Market sometimes FC when installing (not a big deal)
2. Wifi drops occasionally and need manual reconnecting
3. Battery drain during sleep, at the rate of around 2 to 3% per hour
4. Scrolling a bit jerky for a dual core 1.5GHz device
5. Facebook FC without FakeGPS
Otherwise everything is working so far. But then I haven't tested everything.
stupidchicken03 said:
The Google Docs App force closed on me today when i downloaded/installed it.
Camera doesnt seem to work, it also force closes.
Had a few SODth but saw a thread earlier today about installing an ap (softlocker) and its helped thus far.
No random reboots for me. Ive been running CM7 alpha2 since last Thurs
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New version 1.0.30 of Google Docs came out today, works great now.
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Im waiting for alpha 3. I ended up removing it from my pad since mine wouldn't stay connected to WiFi for longer then 30 seconds at a time.
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I only got mine last night and got CM7 loaded within minutes of opening it. I had some problems with wireless until I switched mine to channel 6 from channel 11. It ran solid as a rock for a few hours until I shut it down for the night.
Renders all my various size and density photos (all JPG) quickly and very crisply.
Netflix ran good.
Youtube was okay.
My mp4s encoded for my Nook Color were all messed up (played but video was whacky, striped accross the screen, these play great on webOS)
Plays my MP3 without issue (need to move my album art over from my Nook Color)
Quadrant scores are pretty low (low 2000's) only due to the FPS graphics not being optimized (GPU acceleration probably is not finished.)
Cube1701 said:
Throughout the forums there seem to be fairly conflicting reports about CM7 for the Touchpad, it crashes a lot, it mostly works, lots of apps don't work, most common apps do work.
Basically, how reliable is CM7?
I don't use too many apps, so for me it would mainly be for:
- Browser
- Gmail
- Google Docs
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Spotify
- Swiftkey (does the tablet version work?)
Oh, and the official Touchpad Bluetooth Keyboard.
Would I get a good experience out of the current build?
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Browser is meh. But 3rd party Opera is fantastic. Nearly as smooth as safari on ipad.
Gmail is fantastic.
Google Docs is great.
Facebook sucks if you don't install a fakegps app or the older 1.5.2 apk that didn't need GPS.
Twitter's great..
Thats all I know. But I do know that the camera doesn't work (on EITHER of my CM Touchpads) and that each of mine have also had a random shutdown and refused to wake up (without me long pressing the power/home buttons repeatedly)... but that being said... very sweet stable for an Alpha. In fact, I think it's more stable than my phone, also on CM. And more importantly, it's better than WebOS if only for the app selection.
Compared to web os its 100% better some bugs but I haven't booted into web os since the first alpha.
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have SOD's despite the fact that i've tried every work around i could find... actually the last one was probably due to the fact that the work around drained the battery... between that and the wifi i've pretty much given up on it until a more stable for me release. it is in very good shape though. i liked having a netflix tablet for a bit. wish HP had made it 16:9 but oh well.
anyway since you can dual boot i really dont' see any reason for people not to put it on there. Pulse newsreader is so damn cool on a tablet
Nomedias said:
New version 1.0.30 of Google Docs came out today, works great now.
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oooo ill have to check it out. Thanks
Just installed yesterday and very impressed for an alpha build. Only get FCs for market and Facebook but realised that i need the fake gps. Did have to reboot the first time as apps wouldn't install saying i had no space. On the whole i like it and especially adobe reader as its miles more quicker and better quality than the WebOS version. But i do miss the WebOS interface so i can see what apps i'm running and throwing the cards away to close the app.
I have been working on fixing the lag & I\O issues. With the stock rom if I was downloading a torrent the device would become unusable. I can know download at full speed and still use the device. I am even using spb shell launcher and it uses way more resources then stock launcher. I will release the fix in dev section once it is fully tested and tweaked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQqJmkhp-w&context=C34eb2e9ADOEgsToPDskKh0G3vqKDtJ3LlOMwWRTyH
Not sure if this is relevant to this or not but, my wife cannot play farmville on facebook. I have tried most browsers, and cannot get it to go. It freezes or goes very slowly on downloading the game. This is using the desktop version...
Is this different to the ATP tweaks that Saturnde made in developement section? That allows youbto change I/O controller modules. Or is this some new method you've come up with?
Knowing full well the latest CM9 build is still flagged an "alpha," I decided to take my 16GB Nook Tablet for a dive. And I've got to say, it feels more "beta" than alpha, for sure.
That said, for those wondering, here's a list of apps I've found that work:
Google Play
Gmail
Google Voice
Google Talk
News & Weather
Facebook
Browser
Firefox for Android
Angry Birds
Angry Birds Space
Dungeon Defenders Second Wave (medium graphics)
VLC (800x480 resolution or lower w/hardware acceleration enabled)
Features that work:
Screen, Display and touch
Rotation, 0, 90, and 270
Sound, speaker
WiFi
Power, volume, and "n" buttons
Apps that DON'T work:
Netflix (noted in main CM9 dev post), audio no video
Fruit Ninja, doesn't finish loading, get audio on exit then crash
Features that DON'T work:
None discovered so far
Scrolling vertically through Browser, Firefox, Gmail, and Netflix seemed a bit jagged, but again, noted in Dev thread
These are just my results, though. Since it's still a work in progress, of course, your results will vary. All apps (except VLC) were downloaded from the Play store. Sideloading does work. Apps with widgets have working widgets. CM9 installed internal.
Over all, though, it feels very polished. With a bit of smoothing out and a couple tweaks here or there, I'd bet it'll be ready for beta soon enough.
I'm curious to hear what other apps are working. Any suggested apps to try out?
Add also Google Drive, Taptu, Teamviewer, and the American Red Cross first aid app to the working list
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Add to working:
Flipboard
BeyondPod (audio and video)
WiFi Manager
Beautiful Widgets (work much better than on Nook Stock)
APW widgets (also an improvement over Nook Stock)
I get continual force-closes on APW widgets (pro version). It installs, and you can put the widget on the homescreen and configure it, but as soon as it refreshes, it crashes. Has been happening for me since CM9alpha 3...
spcagigas said:
I get continual force-closes on APW widgets (pro version). It installs, and you can put the widget on the homescreen and configure it, but as soon as it refreshes, it crashes. Has been happening for me since CM9alpha 3...
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I was using Apex launcher, if that helps. Don't know how APW works w/ Trebuchet as the default.
I also had constant FC's and reboots (with lots of apps) until I ran a Fix Permissions . . . then everything was rock solid.
chrome works but going to the settings crashes the app
timpilcher said:
I was using Apex launcher, if that helps. Don't know how APW works w/ Trebuchet as the default.
I also had constant FC's and reboots (with lots of apps) until I ran a Fix Permissions . . . then everything was rock solid.
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Will try that this evening.
Thanks,
Steve
Continued list,
Tapatalk
GPSTether lite
G Earth
cut the rope
MXPlayer pro
Leo's RC sim
This rom is my daily driver. The first post pretty much nailed the drawbacks. None of them are a deal breaker for me. The wireless tugs on the battery a bit if you don't turn it off before sleeping the device. I can live with that.
Wifi Location (y/n) ?
I still can't get wifi location services to work on 0.5. Can anyone else get it to work? I've been using Mock GPS instead. I really enjoy this rom a lot.
you will need to add these lines to device.mk
Code:
# enable Google-specific location features,
# like NetworkLocationProvider and LocationCollector
PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1 \
ro.com.google.networklocation=1
and this to overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml
Code:
<!-- Component name of the service providing network location support. -->
<string name="config_networkLocationProvider">com.google.android.location.NetworkLocationProvider</string>
<!-- Component name of the service providing geocoder API support. -->
<string name="config_geocodeProvider">com.google.android.location.GeocodeProvider</string>
and rebuild. It works fine for me.
Interestingly enough, the B&N bookstore works just fine.
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Plex
I used to do Plex client on CM7.2, now that I switched to CM9, the Plex app can't even find my server or log in to myplex, let alone get to playing videos.
Wifi Multicast still not working in CM9 0.0.5 so apps using UPNP, DLNA etc. such as
Bubble UPNP,
Skifta
do not work (tested on NT 8GB but believed to also apply to NT 16 GB).
(this was true on alpha 4 too).
The Kindle Fire guys have made some progress on a very similar sounding bug at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23696294#post23696294 but I've not seen any progress on this in the NT space.
epic2000 said:
Wifi Multicast still not working in CM9 0.0.5 so apps using UPNP, DLNA etc. such as
Bubble UPNP,
Skifta
do not work (tested on NT 8GB but believed to also apply to NT 16 GB).
(this was true on alpha 4 too).
The Kindle Fire guys have made some progress on a very similar sounding bug at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23696294#post23696294 but I've not seen any progress on this in the NT space.
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This sound exciting. I am sure our NT devs ( experts ) can pull the same rabbit out of the hat. I hope the cooks have noticed your post.
noob question define "rebuild" What needs to be rebuilt, still on cm7 does this stll apply?
Thanx,
Paul
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Re: [ROM][UNOFFICIAL] Stock JellyBean 4.1.2 V4
Does this ROM not support multi taking? When I played a song and opened another app (agent dash) the song stops playing and when I exit the app It goes to the home page and the launcher reloads. The same thing happens even when I browse.
Am I the only one who has this problem? :\
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deathwarrix said:
Does this ROM not support multi taking? When I played a song and opened another app (agent dash) the song stops playing and when I exit the app It goes to the home page and the launcher reloads. The same thing happens even when I browse.
Am I the only one who has this problem? :\
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it is because of ram lack
jatinrungta said:
it is because of ram lack
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Unfortunately this is case, although depending on what apps you need on your phone you may be able to get a more usable rom by removing things you don't want such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
I have v3 of that rom and have removed a lot of the apps that came pre-installed as I simply don't want them. Also, certain kernels will help, (such as the experimental v8 kernel) and can also be configured to use zram which will help slightly, although it's not perfect. Even with all of the above I regularly get launcher redraws after web browsing or playing a game.
... there's a reason Sony didn't release Jelly Bean on our device.
The good news is that some real progress is being made on various versions of Cyanogenmod, so while Sony may have given up on us, it's not time to go out and buy a new phone quite yet!
MagicMagicD said:
Unfortunately this is case, although depending on what apps you need on your phone you may be able to get a more usable rom by removing things you don't want such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
I have v3 of that rom and have removed a lot of the apps that came pre-installed as I simply don't want them. Also, certain kernels will help, (such as the experimental v8 kernel) and can also be configured to use zram which will help slightly, although it's not perfect. Even with all of the above I regularly get launcher redraws after web browsing or playing a game.
... there's a reason Sony didn't release Jelly Bean on our device.
The good news is that some real progress is being made on various versions of Cyanogenmod, so while Sony may have given up on us, it's not time to go out and buy a new phone quite yet!
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I know about cm but the ui is not of the taste for most of the users!
jatinrungta said:
I know about cm but the ui is not of the taste for most of the users!
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To be honest I'm a big fan of Sony's UI. My other half has a Samsung Galaxy and although I will say that it feels much more fluid than my phone to use, I'd still rather have my phone, just working better! Such a shame that Sony underspec'd the hardware, but then this is nothing new -- I've had three other Sony (Ericsson) phones and they've all been underspec'd. You'd have thought by now I'd have learned my lesson!
I tried stock 4.1.2 for a month or so and now I've tried padwan for about a week but I can't seem to escape the extreme lag and slow downs. It got so bad that toward the end of these tests I started experementing with different cpu governers, overclocking, memory parameters via pimp my rom and system tuner. No matter what i've done I can't even load up chome without it taking nearly a minute for the phone to become responsive again. It's gotten so bad that I'm actually thinking about possibly going back to an ice cream sandwich rom to see if there is a huge speed boost.
So I turn to the community for advice... I require a phone rom on my i717 that's at least as responsive as an iphone 5 that has decent bluetooth keyboard and a2dp support.
My usual applications that I use on a regular basis are the xda app, facebook messenger, facebook, bacon reader, just reader, google play music, pandora, ingress, falcon pro, google drive, evernote, untapped, dropbox, check, gmail, wordpress, netflix, firefox, aldiko, pocket, steam, pvstar, ebay, getglue, camera, calendar, foursquare, and maps / navigation for trips to places i've never been.
If anyone has any advice for roms, configuration, or anything else i can do to make my phone much faster and lag free, I'd be happy to hear from you!
Thank you!
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cpgeek said:
I tried stock 4.1.2 for a month or so and now I've tried padwan for about a week but I can't seem to escape the extreme lag and slow downs. It got so bad that toward the end of these tests I started experementing with different cpu governers, overclocking, memory parameters via pimp my rom and system tuner. No matter what i've done I can't even load up chome without it taking nearly a minute for the phone to become responsive again. It's gotten so bad that I'm actually thinking about possibly going back to an ice cream sandwich rom to see if there is a huge speed boost.
So I turn to the community for advice... I require a phone rom on my i717 that's at least as responsive as an iphone 5 that has decent bluetooth keyboard and a2dp support.
My usual applications that I use on a regular basis are the xda app, facebook messenger, facebook, bacon reader, just reader, google play music, pandora, ingress, falcon pro, google drive, evernote, untapped, dropbox, check, gmail, wordpress, netflix, firefox, aldiko, pocket, steam, pvstar, ebay, getglue, camera, calendar, foursquare, and maps / navigation for trips to places i've never been.
If anyone has any advice for roms, configuration, or anything else i can do to make my phone much faster and lag free, I'd be happy to hear from you!
Thank you!
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I know its a ways back in the Padawan thread now, but in May or June I referred folks back to pages 355-378 or so. at this time Padawan for JB was just released and many were having these issues. It was also when at least myself were newly introduced to the Trickster Mod. in these pages you will see many of us helping each other through the lag. the results had my phone running better than it had ever run.
to start, disable that ripple effect. that alone you will find is a huge difference. as far as Chrome goes??? its been a while now but something sticks in my head as to they may not play well together. another launcher may help the cause too.
good luck and I hope I have steered you in the helpful direction. you could have posted this there too. Padawan is one of the most helpful threads around.
I'll be happy to check out those pages you referenced when I get home from work tonight, thanks, but the reason I didn't post directly to the padwan forum is specifically because i didn't think it was a padwan problem. This same exact lag and slowness happened on the stock 4.1.2 rom as well both before and after i tried to edit the system parameters.
I KNOW it wasn't this slow on ICS... I just don't want to have to revert because then things like google now integration and such will be more or less broken.
In all honesty, what i'd really like is just a working fast rom with 4.3 or 4.4 with keyboard support... i'd be really happy with that... it just doesn't seem to be happening.
Thanks again!
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