Newbie Need Help..got my TF101 rooted..now what? - Eee Pad Transformer General

Hello, Im new to this and was able to root my TF101 build .27 with oneclickrecovery V0.4, which installed SUPERUSER v3.0.7
Wanted to install the EOS 4 JB because I read this is very Fast and Stable. This is what is important to me, hence the root.
Now how do I use this and install the ROM?
Is there a youtube or link that someone can direct me to?

Have a look here:
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33773
You will need to update to TWRP 2.3.2.3 (highly recommended) via GooManager

THank you for the link. I tried to install easyflasher but I think when I installed oneclickrecovery, it installed Rogue XM Team which I think is my flasher (instead of easyflasher)..when I rebooted with VOL_DN & PWR, then VOL-UP, it went to Rogue XM Team instead of easyflasher.
So can I just download the ROM into my SD Card and use the menu from the Rogue "install from .zip file"?
Is this the method?
I know Im half way there but need guidence for finish the rest. thanks for your help.

hipertec said:
THank you for the link. I tried to install easyflasher but I think when I installed oneclickrecovery, it installed Rogue XM Team which I think is my flasher (instead of easyflasher)..when I rebooted with VOL_DN & PWR, then VOL-UP, it went to Rogue XM Team instead of easyflasher.
So can I just download the ROM into my SD Card and use the menu from the Rogue "install from .zip file"?
Is this the method?
I know Im half way there but need guidence for finish the rest. thanks for your help.
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I'll alleviate some of your confusion lol, Rouge XM etc are recoveries (that are accessed via holding vol down and power) Easyflasher is a program that runs off your pc and allows you to install a recovery (like Rouge, TWRP or CWM). Easyflasher also works as an unbrick tool (if you do something wrong and mess up your tf101 easyflasher will restore it back to stock)
When using a recovery you need to place the rom on your sd card (some recoveries will only allow flashing from internal or external sd card's not both, but in the case of rouge it access both) then wipe the device (this will get rid of data etc, so if your going to make a back up this is the time) and then wipe everything except for battery stats (it isnt necessary to wipe everything but im not using the same recovery so i cant remember what the options say on rouge so just wipe everything for now) then flash the rom with "install for .zip"(and anything that goes with it i.e gapps or another kernel----- depends on the rom your using) and then just to be safe wipe the devlik cache again and reboot.

hipertec said:
THank you for the link. I tried to install easyflasher but I think when I installed oneclickrecovery, it installed Rogue XM Team which I think is my flasher (instead of easyflasher)..when I rebooted with VOL_DN & PWR, then VOL-UP, it went to Rogue XM Team instead of easyflasher.
So can I just download the ROM into my SD Card and use the menu from the Rogue "install from .zip file"?
Is this the method?
I know Im half way there but need guidence for finish the rest. thanks for your help.
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I would STRONGLY suggest switching to TWRP. Rogue will work for now, but if you flash updates to this ROM, the new file structure for 4.2 will cause your /sdcard/ to end up in the /sdcard/0/ directory, and after another flash it will be /sdcard/0/0/. You can move the files, but IMO TWRP is much better anyway (it can flash from internal and external storage).
You can install GooManager and choose to install open recoveryscript from the menu, or you can use the dd command and a terminal emulator to install TWRP:
First, download the twrp blob from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/tf101
Rename the 2.3.2.3 blob to TWRP.blob
Method 1
Open a terminal emulator.
Code:
$ [B]su[/B]
# [B]dd if=/sdcard/TWRP.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4[/B]
# [B]reboot[/B]
It is important to just do a reboot, if you reboot to recovery immediately it WILL NOT update the recovery. Upon reboot, you should see a progress indicator at the Eee Pad screen. Feel free to reboot to recovery after this (even before it boots).​

I strongly recommend reading the post by Fredurco in the link he provided. As a matter of fact, read the first three posts. These are the most detailed instructions for any ROM I've ever seen and believe me, I've seen more than a few. Take your time and just follow those directions to the letter and you will be fine.

frederuco said:
IMO TWRP is much better anyway (it can flash from internal and external storage).
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I agree, rogue can also flash from internal and external, but twrp is the best, I need to update PERI to include it...

Thing O Doom said:
I agree, rogue can also flash from internal and external, but twrp is the best, I need to update PERI to include it...
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Yeah, get crackin!

Thanks everyone for your help. Got it updated to eos4. Is there another ROM that is fast and stable?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app

hipertec said:
Thanks everyone for your help. Got it updated to eos4. Is there another ROM that is fast and stable?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app
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Nothing as fast, eos3 in my opinion is the stablest custom ROM I've used but I can't move away from eos4, plus when timduru release the cornerstone build my tablet is gonna get some major use.

hipertec said:
Thanks everyone for your help. Got it updated to eos4. Is there another ROM that is fast and stable?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app
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JoinTheRealms said:
Nothing as fast, eos3 in my opinion is the stablest custom ROM I've used but I can't move away from eos4, plus when timduru release the cornerstone build my tablet is gonna get some major use.
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I agree! EOS 4 IMO is the most usable and stable 4.2 build. My biggest complaint with the CM10.1 build was the touchpad disable was not working. It is still a great ROM otherwise and pretty stable.
As far as 4.1 ROMs, EOS 3 is solid, and so is the CM10/PananoidAndroid hybrid.
I am definitely itching for some cornerstone love!

I use liquidsmooth currently, and it's my new favorite, since everything works. I haven't found or noticed any bugs, which is rare.
EOS4 is also good, but I just don't like the feel of it oddly. Very well built and worth a shot though.

Hi Fred! Dug my TF101 out of moth balls and put on EOS4.
Had some trouble with the drivers, So I ended up using 1 from column A, 2 from column B:silly:
end result, got my drivers, APX mode going, (cross between oneclickrecovery, easyflash, nvFlash, Universal Naked Drivers),
Finally got twrp on and flashed superuser
got twrp-goo manager to update it, Flashed EOS4- saw updated recovery did not stick, finished the flash, updated twrp again, reflashed eos4- saw twrp update did stick this time, and now get to play with the TF 101 all over again!
Everything old is new again!
Thanks Fred! Your post on the TF forum was great, and XDA supplemented what wasn't working for me!! Great teamwork:victory:

Thanks to Fred's excellent tuts, I was able to easily get TWRP installed and rooted (although it did kill my WiFi somehow, which I'm hoping will be solved with a different ROM), but have a dilemma:
Not to hijack (didn't see the point of starting a new thread about the same thing, but I will if you guys want me to) but which ROM will give the best video performance? I'm not trying to do 1080 stuff or anything naive like that, but I would at least like to be able to watch some of the lower quality 720p stuff (NPW's releases are very good) without stuttering or syncing issues.
Note: I'm not trying to do everything with this tablet and overall I'm VERY satisfied with the overall performance and wouldn't even be tinkering with it at all (I've had it for over a year on stock ICS) if I didn't travel a lot and use it to watch movies on the go. I only use this tablet for gaming, surfing, movies and lots of document viewing (PDF, MSOffice, etc). I don't care about GPS or the camera. I have a phone for that. However, I don't have the time or means to be constantly reflashing this thing because WiFi drops out every 30 minutes or something like that.
Basically, I'm looking for the ROM with the best combo of:
- Stability
- Respectable HD-ish video playback
I'm not a total Android noob. I spent many hours tinkering with my old Nook Color back in the day, so no worries there. I'm just looking for reliable video playback on the go. I've been looking at Android Revolution HD to preserve the ASUS File Manager and things like that, but really haven't seen anything definitive about video playback improvements. I'm open to moving up to JB, but its not a burning desire or anything.
Thanks!

LongbowFoSho said:
Thanks to Fred's excellent tuts, I was able to easily get TWRP installed and rooted (although it did kill my WiFi somehow, which I'm hoping will be solved with a different ROM), but have a dilemma:
Not to hijack (didn't see the point of starting a new thread about the same thing, but I will if you guys want me to) but which ROM will give the best video performance? I'm not trying to do 1080 stuff or anything naive like that, but I would at least like to be able to watch some of the lower quality 720p stuff (NPW's releases are very good) without stuttering or syncing issues.
Note: I'm not trying to do everything with this tablet and overall I'm VERY satisfied with the overall performance and wouldn't even be tinkering with it at all (I've had it for over a year on stock ICS) if I didn't travel a lot and use it to watch movies on the go. I only use this tablet for gaming, surfing, movies and lots of document viewing (PDF, MSOffice, etc). I don't care about GPS or the camera. I have a phone for that. However, I don't have the time or means to be constantly reflashing this thing because WiFi drops out every 30 minutes or something like that.
Basically, I'm looking for the ROM with the best combo of:
- Stability
- Respectable HD-ish video playback
I'm not a total Android noob. I spent many hours tinkering with my old Nook Color back in the day, so no worries there. I'm just looking for reliable video playback on the go. I've been looking at Android Revolution HD to preserve the ASUS File Manager and things like that, but really haven't seen anything definitive about video playback improvements. I'm open to moving up to JB, but its not a burning desire or anything.
Thanks!
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I guess I am not sure what is causing your WiFi stability issues. I have no problems with the EOS 4 ROM and WiFi. It never drops out on me. It is perfectly stable, and I can play 720p H264 23.94 FPS mkv files with no issues using MX player.
Before I ran EOS 4, I was running the ParanoidAndroid/CM10 Hybrid ROM and it was just as stable and fast.
If you are having WiFi issues, did you do all the wipes (Cache, Davlik, System, Factory Reset) before flashing the ROM? If not, then that is probably where the WiFi issue is (settings from your previous ICS ROM still present on the data partition).

Disregard the bit about the WiFi. I disconnected and reconnected to my network and all is well.
It sounds like EOS4 is the only ROM that is still consistently updated. I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.
Thanks!

LongbowFoSho said:
Disregard the bit about the WiFi. I disconnected and reconnected to my network and all is well.
It sounds like EOS4 is the only ROM that is still consistently updated. I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.
Thanks!
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EOS4 and the CM10.1 No-Name are the only ones getting regular updates.

Thanks for the quick responses. EOS 4 is installed and process of redownloading all my apps. Now I just need to test out some video. I'm testing it without the OC kernel first, just for fun.

If you wanna see more in-depth which rom is better, I recommend a little app called Antutu benchmark, it'll give your current setup a score depending on how fast it does things like 3d renderind, sd card reading and battery performance

I might be in the minority with this opinion, but after some tinkering I'm not all that convinced that EOS is any faster than the stock ROM from a general usability standpoint (even with the latest KAT kernel), but the video is definitely improved, so I'll keep it as my "daily driver".
Thanks for the help, guys!

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JT's Pure Gingerbread from Twitter

Just installed, but no gapps and no recovery or reboot option, just shutdown.
So far sensors seem to work- rotation, proximity is a little slow after pulling away from face
Call volume is much improved
GPS turns on, have not been able to get outside to test for satellite lock yet
Wireless will not turn on - no foce close, just wont enable
Data works - downloading New Market to try and bump gapps install ( no PC available for adb at the moment)
Will post details in a bit
MMS sends, have not received reply yet
Still unable to install gapps, any ideas?
Very fast and very vanilla
Ha, I'm stuck at work too! Really looking forward to seeing how it runs. I'm sure you can flash the gapps package jt has in his CM7 thread. And if your drivers are set up on your pc you should be able to adb reboot recovery.... hopefully.
Did you ask JT if you could post the link here? You think there might be a reason he is only posting on twitter and not here?
nunyazz said:
Did you ask JT if you could post the link here? You think there might be a reason he is only posting on twitter and not here?
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Oops, did not think about that. Will remove link until I hear back...
No lock on GPS
Received MMS
Very nice so far, but restoring back to CM7 until I can get to a PC with adb to install gapps
Is there a way to get to the new recovery? Not the three finger salute one that is
AuroEdge said:
Is there a way to get to the new recovery? Not the three finger salute one that is
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Since it is vanilla Gingerbread, the only option to recovery is three finger, although I did not try to install ROM Manager, so it may work to boot straight into recovery.
I odin'd the cw4 from Jt's CM7 post, but still got errors about not being able to mount /system, so I guess there are still file system differences between CM7, Gingerbread, and Froyo.
I had to odin back to stock, flash CM7, then restore my backup.
With the limited time I played with it, it performed spectacularly aside from the previously mentioned issues.
Once I can get gapps and a working recovery installed it could easily be a daily driver for me.
AuroEdge said:
Is there a way to get to the new recovery? Not the three finger salute one that is
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If you have JT's .zip file for installing CM7, when you tell CWM (red) to Install Zip from SD card, and choose the CM7 zip, it will auto-reboot you into CWM blue.
from there you can easily flash any of the new CM7 roms, including MIUI, OMFGB, and of course the CM7 zip that got you into the blue recovery in the first place.
Also, put JT's gapps .zip file onto your SD card and flash with thew new CWM after you have installed the rom. shouldn't need adb to install that.
I noticed yesterday that his release has Dev Tools which includes the Terminal Emulator. So I ended up just rebooting that way
AuroEdge said:
I noticed yesterday that his release has Dev Tools which includes the Terminal Emulator. So I ended up just rebooting that way
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reboot recovery?
Did not think about that, I am going to re-flash it later this afternoon from scratch to try some GPS fixes also...
Does anyone know if this project is still being worked on? I haven't seen any mention of it from JT since the original tweet.
I would like to use this as a daily-driver if it's stable enough.
AOSP Gingerbread isn't really a project, it's plain Gingerbread as Google released it. Not really a whole lot to work on after it's Fascinate ready.
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Does anyone know if this project is still being worked on? I haven't seen any mention of it from JT since the original tweet.
I would like to use this as a daily-driver if it's stable enough.
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Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195355
Everything seems to work so far...GPS, MMS, data, wifi, sensors, etc
JTs vanilla GB is very light and very fast. This is GB as Android intended it to be. Nothing more than an OS really. No FB contact integration, appears no video or does not play avi, video recorder without 720p record.
He has released a second version and added a few things.

[GUIDE] - Root with RazorClaw/Recovery installer (All TF)

I'm just writing this quick (somewhat) noob-proof guide, because some people are asking questions still.
Requirements: 8.6.5.19 WW Firmware version (or one with the App Backup application)
Get Root:
1. Download and install RazorClaw app on your device (http://androidroot.mobi/2011/11/14/introducing-razorclaw-v1/)
2. After install run the app, read the info and press "Root me nao!"
3. If successful, SuperUser app should appear in the app list (This needs to be updated via Market link)
Note:
by wolf849
--install option is not working for some reason on TF101G and su needs to be installed manually after temp root .
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Install Custom Recovery (CWM):
0. This comes after rooting, not before!!!
1. Download Recovery Installer app on your device (Link by gnufabio)
2. Install app, run, click to install recovery
3. Device reboots, and if successful, it installs recovery and boots back into OS.
Install Custom Rom:
0.Download the ROM and check MD5sum (always do that) - free programs canb be found everywhere to check. When done, put it on your MicroSD card, not the internal memory (therefore MicroSD card needed )
1. Reboot to CWM you just installed (I used Transformer reboot to recovery app)
2. BACKUP!!! current ROM (click on backup/restore option in CWM) - navigate with volume buttons, power button.
3. When backup finished, choose Install .zip from SD Card, choose the file you have downloaded - wait for the process, then reboot.
4. Done
- More information regarding flashing ROMs, addons can be fount in the Development forum.
If you want to (Do it! ) - Thank (and buy a beer) to all the developers, who made this possible!!!
Followed these steps and worked flawlessly! Running overclocked 1.5ghz on Revolver ROM / Clemsen 21 kernel with my newly rooted B7O SBK2. Smokin fast, no force closes, and smooth as silk. RayMan and his team at Android Root Mobi are great! I was shocked to see the breakthrough in rooting SBK2 devices yesterday. Jumped on it and it's the easiest root and custom ROM install I have ever done (previous experience with Nook Color, Viewsonic Gtab, Acer A500). Installed automatic Airplane mode app and getting amazing battery results. Keyboard doc is performing great too!
jyams said:
Airplane mode app and getting amazing battery results. Keyboard doc is performing great too!
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Can you tell me what app is that exactly? Thanks!
Excelant informatie, didn't know it was SO easy to root (still used to the HTC Hero way) you confinsed me to get root and install revolver rom (mostly for the battery life!) Thanks again
Please tell me I can do this on my EEE Pad Slider.....
Thanks in advance -
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I opened the URL referenced in the OP and saw that the Slider will be tested soon. Please disregard my post.
D
Oh wow thanks! I originally just thought the B70+ can just only be rooted and not be able to install a custom recovery and custom rom too.
This is awesome. It makes my purchase of a TF that much sweeter.
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Can you tell me what app is that exactly? Thanks!
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I use this one, it's great. It extend my battery life almost double.
https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5ibG9nc3BvdC5kb25rdW4zLmF1dG9haXJwbGFuZSJd
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I use this one, it's great. It extend my battery life almost double.
https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5ibG9nc3BvdC5kb25rdW4zLmF1dG9haXJwbGFuZSJd
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Yes, this is the one I was referring to above. It works well for me. When using CPU Spy app, I am getting great "deep sleep" results using Auto Airplane Mode app.
Don't see why you would use that app sinse it's fixed in the new firmware update?
Excellent root guide
Just "rooted" my TF; so smooth I attempted it twice! Couldn't believe it was so painless. Congrats and kudos to all involved. Just one simple question, most likely been asked before so I apoligise in advance; when firmare is updated, does device have to be re-rooted or will it carry over?
I rooted and installed Revolver rom on my B70 a few days ago using this method and did a and factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache before updating the zip. Everything works fine though, but is this the correct procedure? For future falshes: do I need to wipe again in CWM after the zip update? Thanks.
If you're just updating the same ROM no need to wipe. It's recommended of you're switching to a different ROM that you do a full wipe
ZOMG... you guys are freaking AMAZINg. i was soooo disappointed when i found out the B70+ weren't rootable. but you guys saved me from selling this for soemthing else!!! Look for some beer moneys coming your way!
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Don't see why you would use that app sinse it's fixed in the new firmware update?
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Not necessarily. I tested both and using this app gave me another 10% efficiency in battery. This app gives me a fail safe sleep solution no matter what. Been using TF101 in dock since 7am this morning for email, stock quotes, etc. Using about 15 minutes per hour. After bout 6 hours dock is at 94% and tablet at 99%. Maybe the firmware will do that, but this app is gold for me. I have a B7O SBK2 which I rooted on Monday with Razor. Using Revolver and Revolver Parts. Overclocked with Prime kernel. Running 1.5gz with profiles using SetCPU. Milking everything out of this thing possible and it's flawless! I probably will not put on the charger until Friday. Watched an hour of Netflix last night with very little battery drain. With a "performance" profile in SetCPU at 1.5gz, I get a 3350 Quadrant test score. My normal profile is "interactive". Gotta go!! Have a good day.
I get a parsing error everytime I attempt to run the APK. Any ideas? I really want my device rooted.
thanks so much....
immediately root n install custom rom....
xredbeardx said:
I get a parsing error everytime I attempt to run the APK. Any ideas? I really want my device rooted.
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I was having the same problem. Install All the firmware updates first. Then run the App.
- Nikko Benson
Just downloaded it and ran it, succes! Rooted thanks!
ps xredbeardx and nikkobenson, try redownloading it using an other browser on your PC and transfur it to your SD card instead of the SSD.
this is the easiest rooting procedure I've ever used for ANY device. BUT I desperately need to UNROOT my device. I rooted three nights ago, my Transformer 's screen is messing up and I really need to return it to the seller which I purchased it from, but I don't want to do so with a rooted device. PLEEEEASEEE tell me you guys can help me unroot? I have B70 device. Thanks so much for any help you can provide. You will seriously make my year and save me $330
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this is the easiest rooting procedure I've ever used for ANY device. BUT I desperately need to UNROOT my device. I rooted three nights ago, my Transformer 's screen is messing up and I really need to return it to the seller which I purchased it from, but I don't want to do so with a rooted device. PLEEEEASEEE tell me you guys can help me unroot? I have B70 device. Thanks so much for any help you can provide. You will seriously make my year and save me $330
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I'm interested to know this too. I've just bought a Transformer so I guess it'll be B70 or higher, so if something does go wrong, like the device bricks or we need to claim on warranty, how can we go about fixing it? Apparently NVflash doesn't work, is there an alternative? :/

[Q] ROM Manager vs Acer Recovery Installer

So I am getting a A500 soon and been looking into rooting/flashing. I am a complete noob but from what I can tell the device will come with 3.0 which means it will be rootable via gingerbreak apk.
after that, the guides say I will need to flash cwm recovery. most of the guides say to install acer recovery from the marketplace, however there also seems to be ROM Manager which is very popular but I could not find any info if it works with A500.
So which one should I be using? It seems ROM manager comes with an updated version of CWM compared to Acer Recovery Installer. Will ROM manager work with the A500?
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you can not use rom manager..
the acer recovery installer is used to install . thors .Recovery.. its a custom version of CWM. c. its designed for the a500 ONLY.. and its the ONLY one you can use on our device to date..
also after you get the acer recovery installer installed go to tegraowners.com yo get the latest version . i think 1.6.2 of the cwm recovery. you can flash it by putting it on your sd card and use acer recovery installer...
PLEASE THANK BOTH DEVELOPERS AND PAY PAL THEM.. Without them we would all be boring and stuck on stock. PEOPLE ARE TO Colorful and different to be forced to be all alike
If you are android 3.2 or above os . you will need to look at the downgrade to update to 3.2 and above or fallow the post by Timmy Dean. with his back door exploit . this is all due to the encrypted boot loader
Good Luck and fallow all instructions . you will be no longer a virgin soon.. Giggles
Listen to Erica. DO NOT USE Rom Manager. Just because somebody has a newer recovery, does not mean it is meant for your device They are all different.
But,,,, if you want to listen to what the phone guys say, by all means,,, use it. See what happens If you haven't noticed, that thing sitting on the table, is a lot bigger than a phone. And, it has a different operating system on it.
Run the acer recovery, like she said. THen flash thors recovery. You can always go to his site later, and upgrade it. Takes 5 minutes.
Don't wanna sound rough, but trying to keep you from bricking your tab.
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Listen to Erica. DO NOT USE Rom Manager. Just because somebody has a newer recovery, does not mean it is meant for your device They are all different.
But,,,, if you want to listen to what the phone guys say, by all means,,, use it. See what happens If you haven't noticed, that thing sitting on the table, is a lot bigger than a phone. And, it has a different operating system on it.
Run the acer recovery, like she said. THen flash thors recovery. You can always go to his site later, and upgrade it. Takes 5 minutes.
Don't wanna sound rough, but trying to keep you from bricking your tab.
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where can we pick up acer recovery & thors recovery? I am familiar with GB and previous. My a500 was rooted before the camera screen magically cracked and when I got it back from Acer they had of course wiped it and updated it to 3.2 so I was unable to use gingerbreak anymore. Since then it has run horribly. It was slow stock before I rooted it the first time but now it has become almost unbearable. I just finished rooting and need to figure out whether I am going to get acer recovery off the market (is that where or is it in the threads here along with thors recovery??)
Thanks in advance
lanisan said:
where can we pick up acer recovery & thors recovery? I am familiar with GB and previous. My a500 was rooted before the camera screen magically cracked and when I got it back from Acer they had of course wiped it and updated it to 3.2 so I was unable to use gingerbreak anymore. Since then it has run horribly. It was slow stock before I rooted it the first time but now it has become almost unbearable. I just finished rooting and need to figure out whether I am going to get acer recovery off the market (is that where or is it in the threads here along with thors recovery??)
Thanks in advance
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Acer recovery is available in the market. The supplied recover image is ok for flashing roms. so don't worry.
But, if you want his newest recovery (after installing from acer recovery), then aftwerwards, go to tegraowners and get his newest recovery. Just copy the zip to sd, and flash. No wipes needed.
Moscow Desire said:
Acer recovery is available in the market. The supplied recover image is ok for flashing roms. so don't worry.
But, if you want his newest recovery (after installing from acer recovery), then aftwerwards, go to tegraowners and get his newest recovery. Just copy the zip to sd, and flash. No wipes needed.
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I got it installed just now (acer recover) and chose thor's cwr as the boot image. Where do I find *tegraowners*? is it a site? is it a link in the app? on the market?
Thanks!! Trying to figure out which rom to flash now..suggestions?
*Update* - Flashed Taboonay. Still very open to suggestions since this is the actual first time I've been able to flash a rom to my tablet. Been able to do it to a lot of SGS1's (mesmerize, vibrant, captivate & SGSII Att variant) but always had trouble with the acer. Since I got it back from acer for broken camera lens it was stock and was to the point it was unbearably slow. Given I had a lot of crap apps on there but still my captivate before it died ran faster than the acer. I'm just looking for a bloatware free rom that's fast, silky smooth. I don't need a bunch of add on animations and crap. I just want it to work & work well ...
Thoughts & ideas appreciated.
. I'm just looking for a bloatware free rom that's fast, silky smooth. I don't need a bunch of add on animations and crap. I just want it to work & work well ...
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Any of the Near stock rooted roms.. is always the best bet for reliability and comparability. With that said i think Thors rom is the fastest. I use the honeylicious icy rom with some personal touches that suit me..
i would say most important thing is.. I see you kinda unclear on the whole rom/flashing procedures.. With that i suggest to go in the dev forums and read threads to post about flashing roms and rom versions.. Nobody can tell you whats right for you..
Good luck and HAPPY SAFE FLASHING...
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. I'm just looking for a bloatware free rom that's fast, silky smooth. I don't need a bunch of add on animations and crap. I just want it to work & work well ...
Thoughts & ideas appreciated.
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Any of the Near stock rooted roms.. is always the best bet for reliability and comparability. With that said i think Thors rom is the fastest. I use the honeylicious icy rom with some personal touches that suit me..
i would say most important thing is.. I see you kinda unclear on the whole rom/flashing procedures.. With that i suggest to go in the dev forums and read threads to post about flashing roms and rom versions.. Nobody can tell you whats right for you..
Good luck and HAPPY SAFE FLASHING...[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the feedback Erica. I already did taboonay and see that it is not quite as smooth as I'd like. I don't know why my tab seems to be slightly sluggish or jittery but it is. I'm dl thors v14.2 atm and will give it a try. Now that I have cwr (or variation there of) installed doing any flashing should be a breeze.
Google date restore after flashing
LAGGY FEELING..
this is something i have had a issue with
after installing a new rom.. during the initial setup.. while setting up your google account you have two options one to turn on google backup.. one is to restore.. Turn this feature off if you do not care about your previous data that google collected.. Sometimes it will load crap back on your rom/device that caused the issues to begin with . it will even load some of the acer apps that the rom developer removed..
i dont use this service from google at all.. I take nanandroid backups with cwm . but for my apps and app data i use TI Backup.. thou its not the most user friendly experience . it required a bit of setup and expects the user to understand there terms.. they have a very good help files on there site if this helps you.. after i reflash a rom one click run of ti i can restore my tablet including all apps there data shortcuts on home screen with widgets and so on.. But im sorry that i cant help you set yours up i dont know enought to do so ..
erica_renee said:
LAGGY FEELING..
this is something i have had a issue with
after installing a new rom.. during the initial setup.. while setting up your google account you have two options one to turn on google backup.. one is to restore.. Turn this feature off if you do not care about your previous data that google collected.. Sometimes it will load crap back on your rom/device that caused the issues to begin with . it will even load some of the acer apps that the rom developer removed..
i dont use this service from google at all.. I take nanandroid backups with cwm . but for my apps and app data i use TI Backup.. thou its not the most user friendly experience . it required a bit of setup and expects the user to understand there terms.. they have a very good help files on there site if this helps you.. after i reflash a rom one click run of ti i can restore my tablet including all apps there data shortcuts on home screen with widgets and so on.. But im sorry that i cant help you set yours up i dont know enought to do so ..
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Have you heard of/tried Rom Toolbox?
Read the description of that app.
its based on the rom manager code. with some added tools it looks like...I DO NOT think its in any way compatible.
AGAIN . THE ONLY RECOVERY ROM MANAGEMENT FOR OUT Acer iconia a500 is .
Acer Recovery Installer.
Thors Recovery Partition..
of course as always adb. (don't ask ) developer.android.com i think is url
I use no add on tools or memory task managers android can do this well on its own..
lanisan said:
Have you heard of/tried Rom Toolbox?
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Rom toolbox, was not made for HC 3.2, It was made for gingerbread. 2.3
Some features work. Some, well,,,,,,,,,
Lag in the screen apps, it is HC 3.2 Can't fix it for now.
Well, it's not smooth as some "phones". It works, so until 4.0 releases, it's what we have.

Most stable ROM for WiFi TF101

Title says it all guys blowing of the dust of this thing can anyone point me to the most stable ROMs out there CM10 prefer
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I'd like to know this too. I often have to turn wifi off then on to reconnect.
Team EOS4 & KatKernel are by far the most stable ROM and Kernel combination available from my experience, also it is JB 4.2.2, the latest Android available atm
No wifi issues at all, wifi works after sleep, never disconnects during use for me, and works first time after a full boot, just remember to set the correct wifi location in settings
Team EOS 4, Katkernel here too, make sure you reboot a few times after installing it. follow the guide in this forum, install it like it directs you to.
FULL wipe(cache, dalvik, factory, system), install ROM, cache/dalvik wipe, install gapps, cache/dalvik wipe, install Kernel, cache/dalvik wipe, reboot.
Get Kat apk to boost volume and GPS fix.
I was having systemUI issues, reinstalled everything a few times and now it's running great. Keep it under 1400mhz, 1200mhz seems to work well for me. Nightly 109 was eating up my battery too quickly, 111 is doing better, I hope they can improve more if possible, great ROM either way, I'm very grateful.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app
I cant write to developer threads (including TeamEos ROM) since I didn't write 10 post yet, but...
I love TeamEOS. One and half year I've used 4.1 compilation and now I use 4.2 #112 build....
What can I say? Stable WIFI, fast GPS as hell, marvelous performance.... Try it!
And big thanks for Developers of TeamEos and KAT Kernel. You should be owners of ASUS! or companies like this.
Astania said:
I cant write to developer threads (including TeamEos ROM) since I didn't write 10 post yet, but...
I love TeamEOS. One and half year I've used 4.1 compilation and now I use 4.2 #112 build....
What can I say? Stable WIFI, fast GPS as hell, marvelous performance.... Try it!
And big thanks for Developers of TeamEos and KAT Kernel. You should be owners of ASUS! or companies like this.
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Just reply to a few other threads, XDA has thousands
+1 for EOS4/KAT kernel. No-name is pretty good as well if you like CM 10.1.
EOS is amazing running 4.2.2 with my cpu overclocked to 1400 is amazing
+1
talman26 said:
EOS is amazing running 4.2.2 with my cpu overclocked to 1400 is amazing
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Aye...EOS 4.2.2 (v109) + 1400, very stable, no big issues, suitable for daily drive tab
+1
Team EOS4, Been using it for months and not a WiFi hicup.
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Team EOS4 & KatKernel are by far the most stable ROM and Kernel combination available from my experience, also it is JB 4.2.2, the latest Android available atm
No wifi issues at all, wifi works after sleep, never disconnects during use for me, and works first time after a full boot, just remember to set the correct wifi location in settings
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Dude, I did that update and crashed! I was using Stock ICS4.0 ASUS version and using [recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.8-tf101-repack]. Happens that ended Succesfully, but it did not REBOOT. Bricked at the ASUS logo screen...I don´t know what to do, nothing works. Tried to unBrick from APX mode but can´t run into it. :crying:
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Dude, I did that update and crashed! I was using Stock ICS4.0 ASUS version and using [recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.8-tf101-repack]. Happens that ended Succesfully, but it did not REBOOT. Bricked at the ASUS logo screen...I don´t know what to do, nothing works. Tried to unBrick from APX mode but can´t run into it. :crying:
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Can you still get into recovery? If so, can you flash from the microSD?
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Dude, I did that update and crashed! I was using Stock ICS4.0 ASUS version and using [recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.8-tf101-repack]. Happens that ended Succesfully, but it did not REBOOT. Bricked at the ASUS logo screen...I don´t know what to do, nothing works. Tried to unBrick from APX mode but can´t run into it. :crying:
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That's because your running CWM recovery, I know its not easy to read every thread going, but if I had £1 for every person I've said the same thing to over the past 2 weeks I'd easily have £7.39 by now
Use Easyflasher to unbrick and flash TWRP recovery, then you can flash Jellybean ROMs without bricking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
APX Mode will not show anything on the TF screen, just plug the TF into the PC USB, then turn off the TF, then hold power and volume up until you hear the USB connect sound, that tells you that it is in APX mode, then you can run Easyflasher to unbrick
There should really be a sticky made about CWM, it doesn't play nice with JB ROMs
Team EOS 4 + Kat Kernel = FAST and STABLE :victory:
PS: If you wish to use Phablet UI i suggest you use Trebuchet from CM 10.1
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That's because your running CWM recovery, I know its not easy to read every thread going, but if I had £1 for every person I've said the same thing to over the past 2 weeks I'd easily have £7.39 by now
Use Easyflasher to unbrick and flash TWRP recovery, then you can flash Jellybean ROMs without bricking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
APX Mode will not show anything on the TF screen, just plug the TF into the PC USB, then turn off the TF, then hold power and volume up until you hear the USB connect sound, that tells you that it is in APX mode, then you can run Easyflasher to unbrick
There should really be a sticky made about CWM, it doesn't play nice with JB ROMs
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Ok, but to use Easyflasher I have to go into APX and I CAN´T (maybe driver issue, but I reinstlaled and nothing!
I DO can go into TWRP Recovery (to be straight it´s the only thing that workED) but flashing ROMs FAILED over 5 times. So, to get a lil worse, I was clearing cache and Dalvik and suddenly I miss-touched SYSTEM...and now I think that I did MESS with it. I reboot and I get nothing but [Eee Pad ASUS] screen...not even get to loading dots!!
Last try was LINUX Coldboot...nothing succesfull at all!
I gonna kill myself....BRB!
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Ok, but to use Easyflasher I have to go into APX and I CAN´T (maybe driver issue, but I reinstlaled and nothing!
I DO can go into TWRP Recovery (to be straight it´s the only thing that workED) but flashing ROMs FAILED over 5 times. So, to get a lil worse, I was clearing cache and Dalvik and suddenly I miss-touched SYSTEM...and now I think that I did MESS with it. I reboot and I get nothing but [Eee Pad ASUS] screen...not even get to loading dots!!
Last try was LINUX Coldboot...nothing succesfull at all!
I gonna kill myself....BRB!
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Of course it won't boot; wiping system means deleting the ROM. Just re-flash the ROM now and see if that works. You are supposed to wipe system before flashing a new ROM anyway (to clear out remnants of the old ROM), so it's no big deal.
Sent from my Transformer TF101
zAlbee said:
Of course it won't boot; wiping system means deleting the ROM. Just re-flash the ROM now and see if that works. You are supposed to wipe system before flashing a new ROM anyway (to clear out remnants of the old ROM), so it's no big deal.
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As I already said...flashing ROM FAILED over 5 to 7 times...and I CAN´T get to APX...i´m stucked at NO SYSTEM...just can get to Recovery, but NO flashing!
Try a different PC, or reinstall APX drivers
99% that APX mode does work, either you are doing something wrong, or your PC is struggling with the APX drivers
APX mode is volume up & power from powered off state while already plugged into PC, the only notification for entering APX mode is USB connect sound, nothing will appear on TF screen
I tried EOS4 recently and although the release looks good I experienced so many crash/reboots/freeze that it would make the worst build of the stock ROM look fantastic.
There are lots of update but nothing about fixing the important stuff like reboots, freeze no return from sleep
I would strongly advise on staying with stock ROM at the moment
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I tried EOS4 recently and although the release looks good I experienced so many crash/reboots/freeze that it would make the worst build of the stock ROM look fantastic.
There are lots of update but nothing about fixing the important stuff like reboots, freeze no return from sleep
I would strongly advise on staying with stock ROM at the moment
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Have to ask, what recovery did you use and did you do a full wipe before installing?
I find EOS 4 to be MUCH more stable on WiFi than any ICS ROM (including Stock and stock based ROMs)

This is an Awesome ROM for TF300T!!!

I just wanted to share this with other owners of the TF300T.
When I was looking for a smooth, fast ROM for my TF300T I had to go thru a few different ones until I found a good one. Well, I found a perfect one!
KatKiss Lollipop ROM !!!
If you have a TF300T, then you gotta try this one!
It runs sooo smooth and fast. It has it's own performance settings so I adjusted to 1500 as the max and it works incredibly well! And of course the Lollipop features are a definite plus!
It's like breathing new life into this transformer pad!
Many of the ROMs only partially work well with the keyboard dock. But with this ROM, it all works!!! Even the pause/play and forward and back buttons works!
So, thank you to timduru and his KatKiss team!
They do such a great job on putting out a quality ROM!
Loochie
Indeed it is an excellent ROM, works smoothly
I dont think the HDMI output works unfortunately. I tried watching a movie on a tv, but it wouldnt read the input, and its the same cable and tv i had success with when using CM10, but otherwise wonderful ROM
Totally agree with you!
I like this ROM too. The only problem I found is that this ROM doesn't support F2FS on /system and /cache partition. It only support F2FS on /data partition. The ROM description doesn't mention this part clearly. I painfully figured it out by myself. T_T
i tried this rom today, pretty good and i appreciate timduru's efforts but it lagged and was slower than slimkat (unofficial) rom. while i prefer lollipop, kitkat still runs faster and because this tablet's hardware is too slow, it runs lollipop really laggy.
lyra888 said:
I like this ROM too. The only problem I found is that this ROM doesn't support F2FS on /system and /cache partition. It only support F2FS on /data partition. The ROM description doesn't mention this part clearly. I painfully figured it out by myself. T_T
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you can't format system and cache as f2fs in the first place anyway
nooktablet said:
i tried this rom today, pretty good and i appreciate timduru's efforts but it lagged and was slower than slimkat (unofficial) rom. while i prefer lollipop, kitkat still runs faster and because this tablet's hardware is too slow, it runs lollipop really laggy.
you can't format system and cache as f2fs in the first place anyway
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Actually you can do this, with the latest TWRP 2.8.6.5.
lyra888 said:
Actually you can do this, with the latest TWRP 2.8.6.5.
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so the recovery is what we use to change file system of the partition?
a very long time ago i used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625580 and it supports only /data
can you tel me what steps i need to do to convert /system and /cache to f2fs too? also does my favorite rom (slimkat unofficial) supports it?
or does any rom support it?
nooktablet said:
so the recovery is what we use to change file system of the partition?
a very long time ago i used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625580 and it supports only /data
can you tel me what steps i need to do to convert /system and /cache to f2fs too? also does my favorite rom (slimkat unofficial) supports it?
or does any rom support it?
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Here is the video instruction:
https://youtu.be/obwJCFzlh4w
I found KatKiss ROM only support /data F2FS format. If I change /system or /cache into F2FS, then the tablet will not boot.
027 clean install works great
Couldn't agree more with Loochmiester!
I've got the latest ver (027) running w/ dock and it is literally a new tablet now...absolutely no lag! The best part for me is that webpages load quickly! They can be scrolled while loading without hanging up, they load faster, and I don't have the app asking to close because it's taking too long. This used to drive me nuts!
I did have to install #nochromo because the default browser seems to loose the rolling scroll feature on tabs that open from links within another tab. i.e. it only scrolls while your finger is on the screen.
Since some people seem to be having issues w this rom, I'll say that I installed it thru twrp along with gapps-KatKiss-5.1_TF300T_20150601 and gapps-GoogleLauncher_20141122. I used no backup restoration of apps.
one issue I have is that wifi stops working after tablet is in sleep mode for a while; dk how exactly long. just cycle wifi and it's good again.
Any chance you have ASUS apps and Dayscene live wallpaper working with this?
I tried a few Kitkats but was not able to get the live wallpaper to work. Hence reverted to Chromi-X 5.4.
Such a small showstopper though but Dayscene is so excellent
I bought my TF300T second hand and instantly installed CM as i didn't want to stick on android 4, it felt slow but i thought it was the tablets fault. After i installed KatKiss the change was really big, it booted way faster and the speed in general was way higher. Yesterday I installed the marshmallow version of katkiss and i think it's even faster than the lollipop one! Be careful though, as of version 0.005b the camera and bluetooth don't work. In his changelog Timduru says that the camera will be fixed on the next update though. I'm so looking forward to it!
I'm evaluating to put a ROM on my TF300T and I see nice talk about this katkiss, but it seems to also have some issues that I prefer to not have.
Will I get some improvements in putting Cyanogenmod 12 on my tablet, is it worth it?
Cyanogenmod is that much slow compared to katkiss?
It works great
moisaal said:
I dont think the HDMI output works unfortunately. I tried watching a movie on a tv, but it wouldnt read the input, and its the same cable and tv i had success with when using CM10, but otherwise wonderful ROM
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I always use the HDMI output since i have this tablet and i installed on the first day katkiss 5.1.1
I've been running KatKiss KahshMallow #009 for 3 days now an I'm very impressed.
I just followed the instructions in th OP even formatted data to f2fs.
Everything I use works great, Bluetooth, wireless, USB, sd, microSD, camera front and back, keyboard/dock. even goes to sleep with out draining the battery.
I use BSplayer a lot an hotspot into my phone for internet as I work FIFO
Haven't tried hdmi as I dont have a cable yet.
I came from CM 12 and that was great too besides battery drain while sleeping I never fixed.
Big thanks to Timduru an crew
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Actually you can do this, with the latest TWRP 2.8.6.5.
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I have had issues trying to install anything later than 2.8.0.0 TWRP. How did you get it installed?
I'm running the next version (katKiss Marshmallow)...it's a great ROM, however, I'm having some serious interference between the Bluetooth and WiFi...
I've never had this before...but now, when I try to stream a video from the Dish Sling...or Netflix, I get constant buffering, because the Wifi is blocked by the Bluetooth.
Anybody else experience this?
Is there a way to update the drivers?
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donaldmull said:
I have had issues trying to install anything later than 2.8.0.0 TWRP. How did you get it installed?
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I had a heck of a time updating TWRP as well...I think the ROM I was on (I forget what it was) was really falling apart...I couldn't open a terminal, or do anything to get TWRP updated...I finally was able to install SSH, and then I did the following...
Put the latest TWRP Blob file on my SD card using file explorer
SSH into the tablet
Used the dd method to move the Blob to the staging block of the tablet.
Reboot (tablet updates the recovery partition from the staging area, then boots).
Then reboot into recovery. Fixed!
I am trying to do this upgrade, but keep getting an error when pressing RCK on my tablet. I have unrooted the device an loaded twrp.blob on it as well, but it keeps coming up with an error when trying to install the "System update". Any help is appreciated.
ibrouwer said:
I am trying to do this upgrade, but keep getting an error when pressing RCK on my tablet. I have unrooted the device an loaded twrp.blob on it as well, but it keeps coming up with an error when trying to install the "System update". Any help is appreciated.
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I had to use adb to flash TWRP and then reboot into recovery and flash the ROM and GAPPS If you go on the TWRP page, they will give you the adb instructions to get it on your tablet.
Been using KatKiss for a while. OEM OS was slow and unstable and the more you used it the
slower it got. Tried CM12, but it drained the battery while the tablet was asleep and it didn't
improve the performance. KatKiss seems stable and is fast. No complaints here.

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