I have a rooted KFHD 7" (2012 model) and I have 2nd bootloader and kinology flashed in it. It's getting glitchy so I am intending to remove kinology and try another rom, and I found Chameleon OS in a thread in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414026
It says it is for KFHD, and I can probably figure out how to remove kinology and flash it from the threads in here, but I have an issue figuring out which file I should download. I'm still a new member so I can't ask directly to that thread, but I can't figure out the download links that are attached. I am supposed to find my device from their site's download list but I only see Kindle Fire (otter) and I'm getting the feeling that this is the previous gen so I don't want to mess with my kindle too badly, I had already bricked it once.
If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it, thanks!
I found the Tate builds. http://goo.im/devs/ChameleonOS/roms/tate/
I really really really don't recommend flashing this ROM for a very simple reason. Look at the dates of those ROMs that are posted. Since that time period there have been a ton of bug fixes and we are on kk builds of android now and the kindle runs faster now too. Not putting the ROM down but if those are the only flashable zoos for the ROM then they are quite dated.
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Hmmm, you think I shouldn't? I noticed now, I was going through the comments on the thread and it does indeed seem somewhat dead. It's a shame cause it looked like a really nice rom. Well, I really need to replace Kinology though... I liked it at first but it's getting really, reaaaally glitchy right now... It delays in really simple stuff for no reason, I'm leaving on purpose at least 2GB of the internal storage free (since I've noticed it's going really slow when I put too many things in it), but it's still quite annoying.
I plan on buying a new tablet eventually, but at the moment I'm saving money and keeping an eye for any offers...
So what rom do you think is best? I really messed up the first time I tried to flash a rom, so I'm somewhat scared of trying it again (I do have a factory cable though if I brick my kindle). I want a rom that lets my KFHD run smoothly and I need the kindle reading app to work, either from KFHD's launcher, or from the app icon (since in Kinology I need to get back to the original launcher to open books)
I started looking for other roms... Came across this. Seems decent, it looks like it's getting updated pretty often. Any ideas? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355103
I haven't tried that ROM before, I stick to cm 11, but I have heard that ROM is pretty good, go for it.
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Can I ask you one more thing? I still haven't made enough posts to be allowed to post in the development forum, so I can't really ask them in the thread. How exactly do I pick the latest stable version? I'm not a tester, so I don't want to accidentally come across a glitchy version, but I want the latest that I can get. Both in Chameleon and in this one, I am not quite sure which version I'm supposed to download and flash... there are so many...
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I started looking for other roms... Came across this. Seems decent, it looks like it's getting updated pretty often. Any ideas? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355103
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I've tried this one, and I can never get to boot past the boot animation. I prefer CyanogenMod as my ROM of choice.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11<<<
I couldn't even fj d the downloads, I ran into a folder with all the Devs folder and didn't know which one was the dev to choose from there...
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I've tried this one, and I can never get to boot past the boot animation. I prefer CyanogenMod as my ROM of choice.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11<<<
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Does it work smoothly? I need a rom that lets me use my kindle as a normal tablet on the most part... Oh, and something else. If I run CM, do amazon apps still run in the background anyway? Does the kindle reading app work properly? Is it even installed or do I have to download it from the playstore?
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I couldn't even fj d the downloads, I ran into a folder with all the Devs folder and didn't know which one was the dev to choose from there...
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I am not quite familiar with all the terms you used. I dunno what you mean "fj d" and I'm not sure what you mean by "dev" either... Sorry Don't worry about it though, I'm thinking of going for plain CM since it seems too much of a mix up to get involved with less well known roms... If I decide to flash this one I'll go ask in their thread, I'll reach 10 posts soon so I'll be able to
Fj d was my autocorrect failing at the word "find".... Devs means developers(aka the people that make and port ROMs).
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Oooh. Hahaha, silly me, I could have figured out devs >.<
Yeah, I came across this too, I browsed through them and there was one saying "pacman" I picked that and then "tate/" but then there were far too many options. A folder saying "nightly/" another saying "release/" and another one saying "stable/". (I would have sent you the direct link but the site won't let me post outside links just yet...) And each folder has a bunch in it, so I can't figure it out. Actually I'm not quite sure what nightlies are so that's my biggest problem. Especially this folder has too many files...
Nightlife are autobuilt every night and can (and usually do) contain bugs because it's just a build of the latest commits made to the source code. I would go with stable or release. The files usually are dated in some manner. If it us in the filename or listed next to the duke somewhere I recommend just grabbing the most recently dated one. If you get cm11 then just grab the m7 snapshot from cm's site.
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Ooooh, I see. Makes sense that they're buggy, that's all they talked about in PacMan's comments... It's all about new bugs they get with nightly versions. I'll wait a bit longer in case they answer to me there about which is the latest stable version, cause now they say there's a 4.4 version too and I'm feeling pretty dumb not being able to see it (I'm afraid it's one of the nightlies, not a stable or released one) and I'll probably test it out and if I don't like it I'll go for CM 11.
Oh, hey, that tablet UI patch that you've made... it doesn't go as far as CM11? What are the differences, I couldn't find any screenshots..
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Ooooh, I see. Makes sense that they're buggy, that's all they talked about in PacMan's comments... It's all about new bugs they get with nightly versions. I'll wait a bit longer in case they answer to me there about which is the latest stable version, cause now they say there's a 4.4 version too and I'm feeling pretty dumb not being able to see it (I'm afraid it's one of the nightlies, not a stable or released one) and I'll probably test it out and if I don't like it I'll go for CM 11.
Oh, hey, that tablet UI patch that you've made... it doesn't go as far as CM11? What are the differences, I couldn't find any screenshots..
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It doesn't work with CM11. Tablet UI was removed in Android 4.3 I believe.
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Oh really? But why? That doesn't sound too smart... what's even the point of removing it, tablets are getting more and more popular, it's a "must" (In my opinion at least..)
It was googles decision, and it was removed in 4.4, my patch only worked for cm 10.1, there was a cm 10.2 version not made by me but it wasn't public so there's no links to it. Hopefully someone will recode 4.4 to have that feature added back in, I miss it too because I hate using two thumbs to reach for the softkeys.
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I'm used to using both thumbs, on a 7" screen it's easy(ish) anyway, but it'd be a nice change not to have to do so. I think I'll go for 4.4 anyway though (yes, I still haven't flashed anything, only updated TWRP cause mine was outdated), to see what's new there.
I don't think I've ever seen what's past 4.2 in my devices. My cellphone can barely be called a smartphone, and having kindle as my first tablet is making it quite difficult. I think I'll go for something somewhat cheap but Samsung next time, Galaxy Note 8.0 seemed good, the resolution could have been better but I can live with that. It certainly seems to have more potential than my good old kindle.
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OK, I'm a n00b to this forum, so I can't post in the development forum yet. So I guess I'll ask here.
I have some questions about HoneyStreak.
Is everyone's screen in HoneyStreak kinda off? (See image below)
Is there a way to make the font larger?
How come everything is so tiny? (fonts and icons and everything)
What launcher should I be using with HoneyStreak?
Will a different launcher make a difference with the icon/font size?
Is the answer to all of my questions just that its a Beta release of Honeycomb, and that they are working on all of that? (or is it supposed to be like that? or did I mess up my install?)
1. Yes.
2. Yes, but you lose the HoneyComb Google Apps if you do that (you can bump the screen density up).
3. See #2.
4. Stock is probably best.
5. Not to my knowledge, but I could be wrong.
6. Yes.
Most of this has been covered in the HoneyStreak thread. I know it's a bit to read through, so I'm not annoyed; just saying you could probably find the answer to these questions and more on there if you're willing to put some time in.
Honeycomb isn't ready for primetime on the Streak 7, yet. This is more of an early beta, but it shows a lot of promise. Once AOSP drops, it ought to be significantly better (though that may not be until Ice Cream Sandwich). Keep watching.
Thanks Zandar, once again.
It is definitely a very promising beta. I can't wait until it's ready for prime time. Until then, I think I'll go back to the stock ROM, but rooted. I don't see too much advantage to StreakDroid, so I'll just wait for HoneyStreak.
That's exactly what I did. StreakDroid doesn't have functioning bluetooth, so that was a no-go for me. Try Gingerbreak for rooting stock 2.2.2; easiest root I've ever done.
I got excited when I saw a post about GingerStreak, but that's for the Streak 5. It kinda stinks having Gingerbread on my old phone and Froyo on my new tablet. LOL
I guess no one is interested in working on a Gingerbread ROM while Honeycomb is in beta. I don't blame them.
GingerBreak was an easy root. The hardest part was getting the .apk file onto the Streak and running it - which wasn't hard at all.
Another off-the-wall question for you:
How come none of the ROMs for the Streak 7 are Cyanogenmod based? I'm curious because I've gotten used to a lot of the Cyanogenmod features on my phone and I miss them on the Streak.
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I got excited when I saw a post about GingerStreak, but that's for the Streak 5. It kinda stinks having Gingerbread on my old phone and Froyo on my new tablet. LOL
I guess no one is interested in working on a Gingerbread ROM while Honeycomb is in beta. I don't blame them.
GingerBreak was an easy root. The hardest part was getting the .apk file onto the Streak and running it - which wasn't hard at all.
Another off-the-wall question for you:
How come none of the ROMs for the Streak 7 are Cyanogenmod based? I'm curious because I've gotten used to a lot of the Cyanogenmod features on my phone and I miss them on the Streak.
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There aren't the devs for that, right now. There's a thread over on the Cyanogenmod forums asking for develops and even offering money for a port; no response, yet. I loved CM on my old Droid, but this device simply didn't have the dev support that the OG Droid had (not yet, anyway).
Dont count on no cm devs
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Hey Steve! Thanks for all that you do for our Streaks!! You are the man.
I do hope that recent price drops for the Streak 7 bring on some more interest. The more popular the device the more people will want to work on it.
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Dont count on no cm devs
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First off, I love what you've done for the Streak 7. You're really the only one pushing the device, and I know you're also busy with the Streak 5 (and, you know, have a life and stuff, too). I'm very grateful to have you developing.
That said, you're only one man (though a very talented one). I'm pretty excited to hear that some other devs might join the team. This device has so much potential, and it would be great to see people working to unlock it.
Any other info you can share, or is it all top secret, hush-hush right now?
another noob with question
i am ordering a streak 7 from t-mobile and will have it next week. in the mean time reading this forum and ready to get on honeystreak.
Do i just follow step by step direction in DJSteve honeystreak thread? is there anything i have to do before that, like root, fastboot,....?
thanks in advance,
You'll need to root your device in order to install honeystreak.
I wouldn't mess with the SuperOneClick method of rooting. GingerBreak is the easiest method. Check the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1105165
Since I don't have enough posts I wasn't allowed to post in the development Honeystreak thread (10 posts required) so I figure I'll post here.
I just installed Honeystreak RC2 and so far it's GREAT! Thanks to DJ_Steve and others who made it possible!
My question though is regarding Facebook. I'm unable to find the FB app in the Android or Amazon marketplaces. Is this an issue for anyone else?
I searched for the .apk, but could only find version 1.4, and I know it has been recently updated. Anyone have the most recent apk?
Thanks for any input!
Jeff
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Since I don't have enough posts I wasn't allowed to post in the development Honeystreak thread (10 posts required) so I figure I'll post here.
I just installed Honeystreak RC2 and so far it's GREAT! Thanks to DJ_Steve and others who made it possible!
My question though is regarding Facebook. I'm unable to find the FB app in the Android or Amazon marketplaces. Is this an issue for anyone else?
I searched for the .apk, but could only find version 1.4, and I know it has been recently updated. Anyone have the most recent apk?
Thanks for any input!
Jeff
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Not to provide a non-answer, but the Android FB app sucks. I'd just use the mobile site.
No arguments there. But I do like having the FB widget on my home screen.
Also I figure I'd do my part to help point out any bugs or what-not with the RC build.
Facebook mobile shows up in rc3 and you dont need to be rooted to flash honeystreak.
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If you'd just read the instructions then you wouldn't have asked your question I guess. LOL.
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Facebook mobile shows up in rc3 and you dont need to be rooted to flash honeystreak.
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Facebook mobile and the official Facebook for Android app are two completely different beasts. Facebook for Android does not show up in the RC3 marketplace. I had to push it from my phone to my HoneyStreak 7. Doing that though doesn't allow it to integrate with your Gallery and therefore can't share photos and videos on Facebook via RC3 unless you use the mobile site, which has intermittent issues. I'm pretty sure I could in RC2 as I had Facebook on there working properly. That's an Issue for me since technically it's my wife's streak 7 and she uses it primarily for facebook and surfing the web... oh yeah, and Angry Birds, gotta have Angry Birds.
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im wondering if the facebook app doesn exist on honeycomb. i havent got a native hc device to try it
Hello guys im a developer from the Kindle Fire, I recently released a new type of app called Glazed Mods, in which that served as a place to download all the compatible tweaks for the current rom it was running (Obviously my own Glazed ICS Rom), as well as download updates for it. Well i thought that i might as well bring this rom over to the nexus 7, as soon as i get my hands on one i will release a preview-beta as i have no way of testing this. Enough of that, lets go back to the app, Recently i closed the website it was being hosted on in order for me to update and make some changes to it so it would be compatible, as im going to be porting over my rom to this device i thought why not make the Glazed Mods app available to use both on the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7. The problem is i need a really good idea and design for the overall UI.
You can look at the current ui over at my app screenshots. Cm'on guys give me a really good design idea, and what kind of things to include in it. Would love any help i can get. EXAMPLE, Thanks.
My rom Here
My app Here
Hyperrunner said:
Hello guys im a developer from the Kindle Fire, I recently released a new type of app called Glazed Mods, in which that served as a place to download all the compatible tweaks for the current rom it was running (Obviously my own Glazed ICS Rom), as well as download updates for it. Well i thought that i might as well bring this rom over to the nexus 7, as soon as i get my hands on one i will release a preview-beta as i have no way of testing this. Enough of that, lets go back to the app, Recently i closed the website it was being hosted on in order for me to update and make some changes to it so it would be compatible, as im going to be porting over my rom to this device i thought why not make the Glazed Mods app available to use both on the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7. The problem is i need a really good idea and design for the overall UI.
You can look at the current ui over at my app screenshots. Cm'on guys give me a really good design idea, and what kind of things to include in it. Would love any help i can get. EXAMPLE, Thanks.
My rom Here
My app Here
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I don't have any great ideas or anything to help you, but welcome to Nexus 7! Always good to see a Dev snooping around
Well, I always appreciate a "uniform" look across the device. Google's design guidelines for 4.0/4.1 help out with that- http://developer.android.com/design/index.html
But it's up to you if you want to go for something more unique!
The problem with that is that the app is not all code, its code to launch the website it renders to the device, and download manager. It loads a website as a view, so i have to make a image by image, like the button to download all by scratch which is a big problem for me, and would take lots of time.
I was so excited to get my Nexus 7 a day early. It came today and I immediately started setting it up. Shortly after turning it on, the screen would do things on its own or just not respond to my touches. It did sometimes. Very disappointed. So RMA'd it and awaiting my replacement. (Anyone else hear of this?)
Anywho, while I'm waiting, time to get a plan. I have already downloaded the Nexus 7 Toolkit and plan to use that to get me rooted and a recovery. (Is this the most common method for N7 users?) Also, any input on a recovery? I've been using CWM since I started using Android, but it seems TWRP is getting a lot of attention.
Lastly, the dreaded ROM question. I currently run CM10 M2 on my Nexus S 4G and... eh. CM9 ran great, but been having alot of reboots and freezes on M2. I know it's not stable so I don't hold it against them.
What's everyone's favorite on the Nexus 7?
Things I look for in a ROM, stability and nice tweakable features. I don't OC, never will. I was eyeing up Paranoid Android, but not sure how stable it is. CM10 worries me only because of my experience with my phone so far, but I love CM based ROMs. I've never had much luck with AOKP. Am I missing any big names or great ROMs that I should consider besides Paranoid, CM10, or AOKP?
Thanks in advance.
Best ROM threads suck, even more when they are polls.
You know, its people like you that give xda a bad rep for being arrogant and unhelpful. This isn't a "best ROM" thread. I'm basically asking peoples opinions and experiences ofthe ROMs I listed and maybe some ROMs that are hidden gems .
when my N7 comes; first thing going on it is Paranoid.
no doubt.
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when my N7 comes; first thing going on it is Paranoid.
no doubt.
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Awesome, see that's the input I'm looking for. Why though? What's catching your eye? I seen on their thread that Paranoid isn't the most stable ROM, I wonder the reason for that. Only issues I've read about is people changing their DPI to something the N7 can't handle. What about recovery? CWM or TWRP?
Just my opinion but just try stock for a while. We already have the most up to date technology so why overclock? All games run well except Gameloft games and that's because they don't optimize for tegra processors. I don't change ROMs until the company stops supporting the newest updates.
P.S. there's always one in every crowd
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Just my opinion but just try stock for a while. We already have the most up to date technology so why overclock? All games run well except Gameloft games and that's because they don't optimize for tegra processors. I don't change ROMs until the company stops supporting the newest updates.
P.S. there's always one in every crowd
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Yeah. He's right... I'll get my 32GB N7 today, and the first thing I planned is not to root it... First of all to wait if some of those damage problems arrive (I'm lazy so I don't want to unroot when something's wrong..)... And I'm very happy with stock... Android really grows... And I taught myself to live with the quick settings... So, I see no need. I don't really need colored stuff, or idk.
I recommend you to just use stock for a while and when you don't like it, you can still root it ^^ idk how it arrives (locked or unlocked) but you may want to unlock the bootloader first, before really setting it up. So when you going to root it, you won't lose data ^^
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Yea, that was another idea. If I stay stock, I'll root it then stay stock. Get a feel for the tablet ways before deciding to go with a custom ROM, which looks like is gonna be paranoid so far... but yea, like I said, def no over clocking. That quad core the n7 is packing will be sweet enough. Any recs on which recovery? Are there any big differences that might sway my decision to one?
personally im going to go TWRP on my nexus 7. my SGS3 has it; its an evolution of CWM imho
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You know, its people like you that give xda a bad rep for being arrogant and unhelpful. This isn't a "best ROM" thread. I'm basically asking peoples opinions and experiences ofthe ROMs I listed and maybe some ROMs that are hidden gems .
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I've been enjoying my time on the linaro builds of aokp. Nice and snappy, the best kernel I've used to far has to be Trinity IMO, you can tweak CPU and GPU settings. I just wish it would run in tablet mode, still waiting on a patch for 4.2. As for recovery I've always been a cwm man but recently switched to Twrp, it has a nice interface and lots of options. Oh and BTW the nexus 7 toolkit is AWESOME, within 30 minutes of unpacking my N7 I had it unlocked, rooted, recovery, and super usered. And it does this with one click, you sit back and it does the rest.....that is after you make it install the adb drivers for you.
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I like that twrp is all touch. Any other big advantages? As far as CPU and GPU settings, meh... lol that and I would like something running 4.2 and something that isn't gonna seem like I'm using a 7" phone lol
trying to install 4.3 or higher so new health watch will work. There is so many versions I am confused (which is easy to do) what IS CM 10.2 ? is this the version I need or do I need to use something else and what is the best version of Roms to use. I hope this is not too confusing if so it is because I am confused. Would some one please help me out.
cutting to the chase:
I need 4.3 or higher on my nook HD+.
Thanks
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New age electronics a little fuzzy for me. The install for dummies has the cm11 file site closed.
Is there a newbie install guide for the most stable rom install ? Sorry if my terminology is incorrect. I would like to use a site that has all of the parts needed listed and can be down loaded. I need at least 4.3 or higher. As you can tell I am very new at this and would appreciate any help.
From reading yesterday it looks like cm 10.1.3 is the most stable or is there anew one on the scene.
Careful one
carefulone said:
New age electronics a little fuzzy for me. The install for dummies has the cm11 file site closed.
Is there a newbie install guide for the most stable rom install ? Sorry if my terminology is incorrect. I would like to use a site that has all of the parts needed listed and can be down loaded. I need at least 4.3 or higher. As you can tell I am very new at this and would appreciate any help.
From reading yesterday it looks like cm 10.1.3 is the most stable or is there anew one on the scene.
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I still think cm10.1.3 is best.
What do you mean the install for dummies has cm11 file site closed? Do you mean my install for dummies thread? The links there still work.
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I see that you still prefer 10.1.3, leapinlar, just curious as to why. I mean I ask because I know 4.4 brings things that should be useful especially TRIM for our older NHD hardware which it should certainly benefit from. I just got an 8GB NHD (I have a 32GB microSD for expansion as well) from a pawn shop several hours ago for $10 (had 2.1 on it, then upgraded to 2.2.1 and it seems to work fine overall) and it's got no issues. My Wife and I communicate using YIM (Yahoo Instant Messenger) and that won't work on the NHD (it's a Yahoo issue, not the NHD) so we're migrating over to using Hangouts which is fine as well.
But now that we have two NHDs I can goof off with mine. She's had one for a few years that I get to play with on occasion, I put CM11 on it a long time ago and it's been fine but tonight I made a backup of mine after a complete de-registration (from the previous owner) so it was clean as a whistle, then I simply restored that backup to hers so now we have to "almost" factory-fresh 2.2.1 NHDs to work with.
I remember when we first got the NHD back in late 2013 the stock software was crap and laggy which is why I pushed CM on it as soon as I could (CM10, then later on CM11). Obviously I want to eek out the best performance I can from this device even in spite of the age so, again, I'm curious to why you prefer 10.1.3 - I'm at a point right now where I'd like to install a custom ROM since I can do more experimentation with my NHD that I just got for $10 than the Wife's, so I'm just "on the market" one could say to see what the options are.
I can't tolerate Lollipop so I won't be going anywhere near Android 5.x or CM12 for any reason; I prefer Android 4.4.x at this point but even after all this time CM still doesn't have a stable CM11 build and at this point I doubt it'll ever happen so, since 10.1.3 appears as a stable option I'm considering it.
I'm guessing you run your 10.1.3 from the eMMC and not SD card, but I don't think I've ever seen you say which way you do things. And just to ask: any issues on your NHD with 10.1.3 that you'd care to mention, anything at all? Everything runs smooth and great, etc? Do you use a custom kernel with any tweaks/governors/etc? If you can answer here, awesome, if not that's fine, perhaps the info is someplace buried in another thread which I need to look for.
You've got vastly more experience with the NHD than I do and your guides and your assistance with these devices (and the Nook Color and Tablet as well) are invaluable resources here so thanks for your continuing efforts.
I'm just looking to get the best performance/battery life/etc from this Nook HD, like most anyone I suppose, so any suggestions are very welcome, indeed.
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I see that you still prefer 10.1.3, leapinlar, just curious as to why. I mean I ask because I know 4.4 brings things that should be useful especially TRIM for our older NHD hardware which it should certainly benefit from. I just got an 8GB NHD (I have a 32GB microSD for expansion as well) from a pawn shop several hours ago for $10 (had 2.1 on it, then upgraded to 2.2.1 and it seems to work fine overall) and it's got no issues. My Wife and I communicate using YIM (Yahoo Instant Messenger) and that won't work on the NHD (it's a Yahoo issue, not the NHD) so we're migrating over to using Hangouts which is fine as well.
But now that we have two NHDs I can goof off with mine. She's had one for a few years that I get to play with on occasion, I put CM11 on it a long time ago and it's been fine but tonight I made a backup of mine after a complete de-registration (from the previous owner) so it was clean as a whistle, then I simply restored that backup to hers so now we have to "almost" factory-fresh 2.2.1 NHDs to work with.
I remember when we first got the NHD back in late 2013 the stock software was crap and laggy which is why I pushed CM on it as soon as I could (CM10, then later on CM11). Obviously I want to eek out the best performance I can from this device even in spite of the age so, again, I'm curious to why you prefer 10.1.3 - I'm at a point right now where I'd like to install a custom ROM since I can do more experimentation with my NHD that I just got for $10 than the Wife's, so I'm just "on the market" one could say to see what the options are.
I can't tolerate Lollipop so I won't be going anywhere near Android 5.x or CM12 for any reason; I prefer Android 4.4.x at this point but even after all this time CM still doesn't have a stable CM11 build and at this point I doubt it'll ever happen so, since 10.1.3 appears as a stable option I'm considering it.
I'm guessing you run your 10.1.3 from the eMMC and not SD card, but I don't think I've ever seen you say which way you do things. And just to ask: any issues on your NHD with 10.1.3 that you'd care to mention, anything at all? Everything runs smooth and great, etc? Do you use a custom kernel with any tweaks/governors/etc? If you can answer here, awesome, if not that's fine, perhaps the info is someplace buried in another thread which I need to look for.
You've got vastly more experience with the NHD than I do and your guides and your assistance with these devices (and the Nook Color and Tablet as well) are invaluable resources here so thanks for your continuing efforts.
I'm just looking to get the best performance/battery life/etc from this Nook HD, like most anyone I suppose, so any suggestions are very welcome, indeed.
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I prefer 10.1.3 because I have never had one issue with it. I tried 10.2 while it was still in nightlies and had issues so moved back. Now that 10.2.1 is stable it may be ok. I tried Jon Lee's 10.2 with the tweaked kernel and found it unstable.
And I do run from emmc, but have run from SD with no issues using a good SD.
I recommend against 11 for the HD+ for the very reason you tout it, TRIM. I have seen a lot of HD+ get bricked by TRIM even though the kernel is supposed to be fixed to prevent that. It is just certain models of HD+, others seem safe. I have not heard of any HD's getting bricked though.
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Just tried CM11 (the 8-13 Nightly) and was somewhat disappointed in some aspects; I have a bunch of content on the Google Play Movies & TV side of things and that app won't play any videos at all on CM11, not sure what the issue is and I'm not interested in bothering with it so I'm rolling back to pure stock 2.2.1 for the time being.
I most likely will give 10.1.3 a shot, it can't hurt I suppose and I figure it'll be pretty snappy all around.
Any idea if there are any custom kernels that might function on that (meaning 10.1.3) to allow for more options for tweaking things (governors and I/O, etc)? I'll do more research but for now as stated I'll stick with pure stock since it seems to work ok.
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Just tried CM11 (the 8-13 Nightly) and was somewhat disappointed in some aspects; I have a bunch of content on the Google Play Movies & TV side of things and that app won't play any videos at all on CM11, not sure what the issue is and I'm not interested in bothering with it so I'm rolling back to pure stock 2.2.1 for the time being.
I most likely will give 10.1.3 a shot, it can't hurt I suppose and I figure it'll be pretty snappy all around.
Any idea if there are any custom kernels that might function on that (meaning 10.1.3) to allow for more options for tweaking things (governors and I/O, etc)? I'll do more research but for now as stated I'll stick with pure stock since it seems to work ok.
Thanks for the response...
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Yes, I think the yellow kernel by Jon Lee has a 10.1.3 version. But I found it unstable.
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I also need to know which ROM is best for 4.3+. I have an android wear watch I need to pair. Should I use cm 10.2 or 11? Which ROM of the better cm should I use? Much obliged for your help and assistance.
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So I have been using my Amazon Fire Tablet exclusively lately, and have enjoyed it every bit! I currently am running SlimLP version Slim-5.1.1.beta.0.14-UNOFFICIAL-20160107-1121.
I just recently purchased the same tablet for family, and wanted to go ahead and flash some type of Android to the new tablets, but was curious if there is now a better and stable ROM out there for this device, especially ones that are running Marshmallow. I am looking for something where everything works, is fast, and gives great battery life. Open to any advice on this one!
Thanks!
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So I have been using my Amazon Fire Tablet exclusively lately, and have enjoyed it every bit! I currently am running SlimLP version Slim-5.1.1.beta.0.14-UNOFFICIAL-20160107-1121.
I just recently purchased the same tablet for family, and wanted to go ahead and flash some type of Android to the new tablets, but was curious if there is now a better and stable ROM out there for this device, especially ones that are running Marshmallow. I am looking for something where everything works, is fast, and gives great battery life. Open to any advice on this one!
Thanks!
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- only Lollipop based roms until bootloader is cracked (unlikely)
- all are stable; most simply present different skins
- meaningful performance differences (battery life) are minimal
- read thread OPs for rom characteristics you find appealing
I'm using 'clean' AOSP with xposed to add only the modification i want.
I think this is the best way, but not the noob proof one
So I ended up installing CyanogenMod 12.1, it was super easy to install, everything seems to work so far. I guess I'll find out if my family member mentions anything about the tablet not working if there is an issue. I might take a crack at CM12.1 myself over SlimLP, but will do more research to see what the real differences may be.
I like the Ressurection Remix OS myself, has a different task manager and some other tweaks
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So I ended up installing CyanogenMod 12.1, it was super easy to install, everything seems to work so far. I guess I'll find out if my family member mentions anything about the tablet not working if there is an issue. I might take a crack at CM12.1 myself over SlimLP, but will do more research to see what the real differences may be.
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Of the major offerings (discounting FireOS) Nexus is perhaps the most unique as virtually nothing is baked in. Pure AOSP that you customize to your liking. Xposed friendly; most UI centric modules work as the author intended. I personally favor CM on this device (has everything I want) while using Nexus elsewhere. Have fun!