Now that everything is almost fixed, I'm thinking of flashing the ics on my kindle. But the question is that do you need root access to get the ics working? Because I got the 6.2.2 update and i lost my root access. And is the ics rom working properly? Such as hardware accel. And any bugs that needs to be fixed? Because I want it to be perfectly stable maybe I should wait more.
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Video is only partially fixed. Youtube works, but needs to be in SD mode. Netflix is reported as not working.
HW acceleration is not ready yet. If video is your priority, stick with CM7 for now.
Custom ROMs need root as far as I am aware.
as posted above video is half fixed let's say more of patched but not 100% no Netflix yet but it is more responsive touch wise sound works great I moved my backups to my PC , I'm comfortable enough to make this my daily drive now cm7 is nice on my phone not a tablet, ICS and move on with your life
the ICS build is still way on the Beta side for me... Until the ICS rom has video and sound working as good as the Stock rom, I really don't see the point.
I got the Fire to use primarily as a media device and it currently using the stock rom works quite well at doing that. I don't need a pretty looking tablet if media abilities don't match.
ok
thanks for the information, until the video, bugs and hardware accel gets fixed,
i will just stay on stock rom.
Yes, the video stuff that needs fixed is making me stick with CM7 for now.
Stuff I tested
Netflix - does not work
Qloud - does not work
MX Media Player - works but performance is better in CM7
YouTube - SD works. HD does not.
so i am currently running cm7... and around a month ago... i tried cm9 sneekpeak 2... it did not seem stable enough for me so i went back to cm7... i haven't flashed in a while and i was wondering which of the cm9 nightlys is the most stable at this point and what are the changes made from the sneekpeek 2.... thanks in advance
CM9 is much better now. There is too much to list but you should give it another try. There are two versions, with openGL and without. With allows you to run flash and video that doesn't work on without but the without version is a little more stable and snappy.
Biggest missing item in either build is the ability to run Netflix. If that is important you might want to stick with CM7 a little longer.
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J515OP said:
CM9 is much better now. There is too much to list but you should give it another try. There are two versions, with openGL and without. With allows you to run flash and video that doesn't work on without but the without version is a little more stable and snappy.
Biggest missing item in either build is the ability to run Netflix. If that is important you might want to stick with CM7 a little longer.
JP
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kk... flashing the most current nightly as we speak... but what is so special about integrating Netflix??? doesn't it work like all other apps???
CM9 on NC has improved drastically since those fullofbugs builds FatTire did. Video is still hit and miss because of the lack of hardware acceleration. I know MX Player can process vids through S/W, but don't expect HD.
I recommend you to downgrade CM7 or dual cm7+cm9. Is because cm9 is incomplete/beta and your probably new. You might also want to watch video...so on. CM7 should would be better. But CM9 does not the newer look and faster response. Use the search function in NC forum to find more comparison. There plenty.
I am running cm7 due to hd/video playback and other apps. cm7 is a tad more stable.
I am using the latest non-opengl nightly and the speed and performance equals my previous cm7.2 install.
Thanks
Thank you for all the responses... as of now... i am running the cm9 nightly from two days ago.... my nook does do random restarts and crashes here and there but i am more of a see what this thing can do type of person... i don't play games much and i rarely play videos... i use the browser alot... i just like to play around with different tweaks i find online though i am not a developer (im trying to learn to code [python] at home and then next year i will be working on java in school [im 15]... anyways thanks for all the responses and i am sticking to cm9....
According to the CM website, CM10.1 is now stable for the XTZ!
http://get.cm/?device=pollux
Anyone has tried it?
Stable is the core CM feature set, and not specifically the device. Any official CM device will get a Stable when CM putts down that marker.
In this case, CM is pretty nice but with a couple quirks it seems.
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cjdalessio said:
Stable is the core CM feature set, and not specifically the device. Any official CM device will get a Stable when CM putts down that marker.
In this case, CM is pretty nice but with a couple quirks it seems.
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the stock remote control app is so awesome. you would have to let that go. i use it a lot.
thats like getting rid of allt he sbeam stuff on the galaxy phones to go CM. im a sucker for those thats why i never switched to CM on the galaxy.
if apk for working remote app is available ill switch to CM on the XTZ
There doesn't appear to be much activity on this forum or in any of the custom ROMs for this device. I'm sad that it's stuck on Marshmallow (I know Nougat ROMs exist, but in my experience they were too unstable to use) when Android 11 is about to drop, and that GNU/Linux is not available for it. With the newest builds I can find being from mid 2019 and the Linux kernel stuck on an unsupported version, I just don't trust it to be secure any more, so I'm now using it mostly airgapped, and only on a trusted firewalled network when I absolutely must use the wi-fi.
In order to get some idea of how much hope there is, I'd like to know if anyone has a guess for how many of these are still in service.
I have one that I play with from time to time but mostly just email. I still have one brand new in a box that we never used as we got it as part of a promotion. I've thought about it using it with my OBD2 connector to troubleshoot the cars.
I got 3 of it, grandparents using 2 of them and Im using the last one for reading and surfing web.
Me! My father bought it back like in 2013 and haven't used it much until last year. Then he gave it to me and I was pumped cause never really had a tabled. I discovered how comfortable are they to read/surf/watch YouTube.
I flashed it with Lineage and later Unlegacy, both at android 7.1. I must say when it functions correctly, it FLIES!! I can watch YT videos at 720 no problems and the pictures look great, very nice colors!
Unfortunately it hangs often, like there's a hidden process of the OS causing problems. It heats the hell out of the CPU and resetting doesn't seem to solve it, but eventually goes away and comes back to normal. It expends like 60% of the time functioning right and the other 40% overheating and hanging up. It also drops wifi intermittently.
Even with all those problems I refuse to let it go. Mine is almost new, and as I said I love how the screen looks despite it's resolution. I wish I could get an stable release in 7.1 so I can squeeze the rest of it's life out of it.
Lineage is not being ported anymore by AndroidAndi and Unlegacy project seems dead as well. Im lost here, if somebody can point me to a stable release I could use for the things I do with it, that would be AWESOME! (EDIT: Will try out AICP)
You mentioned AICP, which I haven't heard of before. Is that still maintained for it?
I still have a working one and use it accasionally for movies. Now I am looking for a "newer" stable ROM, at the moment it has cyanogen mod 13.0-201618 nightly
I don't think there ever was anything stable other than KitKat. I'm using an unofficial nightly Omnirom marshmallow build from early 2019. There are Nougat nightly roms, but I've found them to be too slow to use.
I still have a tab 2. i dont ever use it but its a good backup device. i messed around with it the first time i started running custom roms on androids. i put a couple different roms like cyanogen mod. but went back to stock and havent touched it since that was like 2014. now im trying to run the latest version of lineage os to make it faster and more stable as the stock/custom rom was very unstable.
I just turned mine on and see I'm running slim-4.44 build. Sucks cause lots of stuff doesn't work on it. Netflix isn't even supported.
Is there another rom that can be loaded that's better to get better functionality? I know this is super old hardware. Email pretty much is fine but seems silly to just use this for email. Hate to throw it out because it's in immaculate condition...lol
-Nigel
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I just turned mine on and see I'm running slim-4.44 build. Sucks cause lots of stuff doesn't work on it. Netflix isn't even supported.
Is there another rom that can be loaded that's better to get better functionality? I know this is super old hardware. Email pretty much is fine but seems silly to just use this for email. Hate to throw it out because it's in immaculate condition...lol
-Nigel
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Yes, folks, this is old hardware but its not acceptable to ditch is just because its hard. We'll never move to a more sustainable economy is we can recycle old hardware. They work that you guys do with custom ROMs is awesome as you are doing your bit to not fill landfills. It would be good to know if there is still a relatively recent ROM for the Galaxy Tab 2 that is still maintained.
Hi all, I'm using unlegacy Android based on Android 7.1 and I suggest you to use it
I suggest you to not flash gapps (they're too much resources intensive). I'm currently using it with L speed set everything on performance (don't fuss with ram manager settings because it crashes) and with Firefox preview ( the fastest and most stable for this tablet IMO) downloaded from apkpure
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Hi all, I'm using unlegacy Android based on Android 7.1 and I suggest you to use it
I suggest you to not flash gapps (they're too much resources intensive). I'm currently using it with L speed set everything on performance (don't fuss with ram manager settings because it crashes) and with Firefox preview ( the fastest and most stable for this tablet IMO) downloaded from apkpure
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Hello,
Which unlegacy build are you using for your tablet? There was a build from July 2019, and it seemed to have security patch as of 7/5/2019. Unfortunately, I saw it too late on jenkins, and it isn't available for download anymore (probably because I don't know how to download older artifacts from jenkins).
I have a P5113 10.1 WiFi, and I'm using unlegacy asop 6.0.1 build as of February 2019 since I couldn't get 7.1 to get pass the setup wizard, probably because of gapps as you suggested.
ME! I still use P3100 model it is fine but it is lagging a lot these days . I'm using slim os 4.4. Anybody can suggest a smooth ROM for the Device.
Thanks
Just received one from my nephew to keep the kids busy... watching yt , uh quietly...
Kept my head busy thinking if any good ROM would be available.
Good to know there are possibilities.
I have one too.
Thanks to Android-Andi it's up and running again.
Thanks again Andi.
Yeah after so many attempts , I have now managed to make it usable.
Previously I was using crDroid rom (marshmallow) with gapps. But it was so laggy that I couldn't do anything ( literally anything). Now after doing some research I have chosen unified lineage OS 14 ( 7.0) from Android Andi's website. I am now using unified Twrp ( not the official one) also from Andi's website. And flashed a custom overclocked kernel. This time I am not using gapps ( very resource heavy). And using "NEW PIPE" for YouTube streaming. And rooted with magisk and flashed "Oxygen OS sounds" from magisk modules. Now I can watch YouTube videos 720p without any lag. This device flies now...??
I have 1
I bought one for a microbiology class because it was cheaper to buy a digital copy and the tablet than to buy the book. It was a new book with no previous editions, so I had to. I never really had to use it for classes again, I prefer a book over the tablet. It has been sitting around untouched for a bit, I think the last time I used it Hulu or Netflix no longer had a compatible app version for android 4. I can't remember how much I paid for it, but I feel like it got slow and they quit pushing out updates not long after I bought it. I decided to pull it out and play around with it. It is not doing much, so if I mess it up by rooting it, I won't be too upset. Trying to find the best way to do this. I have also seen some information about LineageOS.
Ka-B00M said:
There doesn't appear to be much activity on this forum or in any of the custom ROMs for this device. I'm sad that it's stuck on Marshmallow (I know Nougat ROMs exist, but in my experience they were too unstable to use) when Android 11 is about to drop, and that GNU/Linux is not available for it. With the newest builds I can find being from mid 2019 and the Linux kernel stuck on an unsupported version, I just don't trust it to be secure any more, so I'm now using it mostly airgapped, and only on a trusted firewalled network when I absolutely must use the wi-fi.
In order to get some idea of how much hope there is, I'd like to know if anyone has a guess for how many of these are still in service.
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still own one but its slow , not as slow as my old ipad 3 which is useless now
In the name of GOD?.....Hi do you know what's custom ROM is best?slim6 2017
Still using this tablet for surfing, videos with RR rom. Quite happy with that.
Currently running amaces oreo rom for both devices and well, they aren't completely stable with bugs for wifi and video, and it has been a number of years since i moved on from android 5, 6 and 7.
I'm looking for something for 1080p playback, if possible, on the hd+ and solid wifi. With no show stopping bugs.
Maybe android 6 or 7?
Thanks.
Currently running the last Nougat rom on both Hummingbird and Oviation.
No wifi issues on both. HD playback works great on both. Full hd playback plays on hummingbird with issues, oviation however is not able to.
Maybe a MM rom for both.
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Currently running the last Nougat rom on both Hummingbird and Oviation.
No wifi issues on both. HD playback works great on both. Full hd playback plays on hummingbird with issues, oviation however is not able to.
Maybe a MM rom for both.
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My husband ran the last version of CM 13 (hummingbird) with HDMI-out capability for several years before moving on to different hardware. Other than the shutdown issue it performed very well for him with both MX Player and Kodi.
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My husband ran the last version of CM 13 (hummingbird) with HDMI-out capability for several years before moving on to different hardware. Other than the shutdown issue it performed very well for him with both MX Player and Kodi.
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Thanks for the info!
I'm currently running amaces last aosp mm rom on the oviation and fullhd playback isnt an issue on vlc and newpipe for youtube. Just needed to downgrade twrp and install it alongside magisk for root.
I was planning on getting a newer device, which would have better hardware obviously, but i'm reluctant to contribute to ewaste when i have a working device.
i'm keeping the hummingbird on nougat since i don't really need it for media usage.
Both devices still work incredibly well as ereaders, duh, when paired with the fantastic app Koreader. Which is what i mainly use them for.
Thanks and i hope this helps someone.