Car ROM's? - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm looking to use my Asus Nexus 7 WiFi as a car stereo unit soon.
Would like to start checking out the various Car ROM's.
What is everyone using these days that is up to date on security patches, etc?

Anyone?
I can't get a 2013 N7 yet. So I'm stuck with my 2012 N7 for a while longer.
I am unable to download Timur's ROM/kernel because it's no longer available.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/37755-timurs-kernel-usb-rom-most-popular-thread-on-rootzwiki/page-479
Currently on an AOSP ROM that's not working well with things I need it to do.
Really need a kernel that works well with fixed car stereo applications.
EDIT: I did locate Timur's 4.2.2 ROM, the last produced for N7 2012.
The filename is:
cm-10.1-20130817-USBROM-grouper.zip
It's hosted at a couple different places. Just google the filename.
Would still really like a newer Lollypop/Marshmallow ROM & kernel though if anyone has suggestions.
Otherwise, I'm still in my beginning stages of Googling everything about anything.

I don't know what you mean by car ROM, but I've been using CM13 for a while now and it's quite reliable

I'm using Autodroid 1.2 with oxydo-revamped kernel. It's Kitkat 4.4.4 which is by no means new but still newer than Timur. I'm overall very satisfied. I have a slight but annoying compatibility issue between Sygic navigation app and Slimrom nature of Autodroid (traffic cameras are not displayed correctly on navigation screen). The same problem I face on my phone, which also runs a Slimrom based ROM.

Thank you. I had heard of Autodroid but thought it was only for the 2013 N7.
And I do love me some SlimROM!
I'll Google it up at some point this afternoon.

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[Q] CyanogenMod + Android Wear

Hi,
I have a samsung galaxy express i8730 with cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4).
Does cyanogenmod work with android wear?
Sebastiaan
sebastiaann said:
Hi,
I have a samsung galaxy express i8730 with cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4).
Does cyanogenmod work with android wear?
Sebastiaan
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So far i know it works
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I have an S4, and I haven't gotten mine to work on CM 11. I mean it does, but not very well. Gonna switch to a TW rom tonight.
S4 running CM11 and no issues with my LG g watch. Everything comes through with no disconnects.
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sebastiaann said:
Hi,
I have a samsung galaxy express i8730 with cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4).
Does cyanogenmod work with android wear?
Sebastiaan
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I'm using CM 11 (4.4.4) on a S4 with Android Wear. No issues that I can see so far.
On Nexus 5, anything other than stock doesn't work well. Watch disconnects too often to be usable (bluetooth stack is dodgy on aosp or CM).
The fix is to flash Elemental kernel. Problem solved. This kernel is available for both aosp and CM.
Even in stock rom, if you flash another kernel, like franco kernel, the watch becomes unusable.
Again, the fix is to flash Elemental, with gives you the added bonus of enabling screen calibration for nice poping colors.
It took me time to discover all this. And frustration.
lost network connection
Hello I installed cm 10.2 through flash recovery. Onti my galaxy ace 2GT I8160 was gingerbread 2.3.6
Now its team conja jls361 if ive looked in the rite plce i still have iemi number and can recieve messages
But when i try and send or call it say no network ive been on to 3 my provider and they say its the phone
Please could you help with thi ive read it happens alot with this release of cm.. Would installing cm 11 sort it out im a newbie to being root ive already soft bricked it once so can see it being a bumpy ride so all the help i can get the better thank you
Also I looked at the build list and the radio and boitloader are unknown the biitloader has been like that when i got the phine that's bootloader not biitloader or bout loader dam key pad lol
My kernal is a i8160xxlk8 or it was I dunno if it still is
Connecting, running sync loop
Latoc said:
On Nexus 5, anything other than stock doesn't work well. Watch disconnects too often to be usable (bluetooth stack is dodgy on aosp or CM).
The fix is to flash Elemental kernel. Problem solved. This kernel is available for both aosp and CM.
Even in stock rom, if you flash another kernel, like franco kernel, the watch becomes unusable.
Again, the fix is to flash Elemental, with gives you the added bonus of enabling screen calibration for nice poping colors.
It took me time to discover all this. And frustration.
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Any ideas for running CM on the galaxy s3? Android wear will not switch to connected, shows, "connecting, running sync loop". Most functions work OK but the watch is dying terribly quick. I know the moto 360 battery is supposed to be iffy, but I should get more than 4-5 hours....
Garrett 77 said:
Any ideas for running CM on the galaxy s3? Android wear will not switch to connected, shows, "connecting, running sync loop". Most functions work OK but the watch is dying terribly quick. I know the moto 360 battery is supposed to be iffy, but I should get more than 4-5 hours....
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I don't know about s3, but you should try a few kernels and see what works...
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Latoc said:
I don't know about s3, but you should try a few kernels and see what works...
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Well,
I tried a different kernel and still same issue. I flashed a TouchWiz based rom and it WORKED. Shows "connected". Battery life on moto 360 also vastly improved. Went from dead at 3:30 PM to 45% at same time!
I'm on DarkCM(11) for the xperia z1 and can't get it to work either.
Tested on my brothers stock xperia and that worked just fine. Il try downgrading to stock as well. :'(
If anyone gets CM on the z1 running with android wear please let me know.
I have a Oneplus One CM 11S works great on my old Gear Live and my new Sony Smartwatch 3
I read that MOTO 360 has (had) issues ?? Maybe the watch not the phones OS
Hi. My first post here and very New to all this. I have Samsung S4 with cm11 just got an Samsung galaxy gear2 neo and now i have to figure out how to get it to work with cm11 ? Can some body help
TechieInAK said:
I'm using CM 11 (4.4.4) on a S4 with Android Wear. No issues that I can see so far.
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Sorry for bringing up an old post. I wanted to check in on your Android Wear connection to CM ROMs. I have a Sprint S4 (jfltespr) running CM12. I will be getting a LG G Watch R in a few days but someone else on our ROM thread was having issues with his Moto 360 and the CM12 ROM. Have you experienced any issues not connection or remaining in a sync loop?
Has anyone else experienced Android Wear issues with CM 11 or CM 12 on S4 phones? Particularly jfltespr?
Cant speak for the S4 but my LG G3 has had nothing but issues with my G Watch R since I flashed CM12. I reverted back to CM11 (recent build) and its working great, never disconnects. With CM12 it would disconnect at least 10-20 times a day its unusable.
I just installed the Google Play Edition Lollipop on my GS4 and it paired perfectly with my ASUS ZenWatch. Lollipop AOSP is AMAZING and i am so stoked it works so great!
Garrett 77 said:
Any ideas for running CM on the galaxy s3? Android wear will not switch to connected, shows, "connecting, running sync loop". Most functions work OK but the watch is dying terribly quick. I know the moto 360 battery is supposed to be iffy, but I should get more than 4-5 hours....
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"Connecting, running sync loop" is just a different message for the same thing - it is activated on some ROMs(?) apparently when you have Developer mode enabled. But it works the same, and this message in itself doesn't indicate there should be any battery drain.
Of course something in the ROM might be causing this problem - a logcat from the watch would help in that case, but my guess is you just need to let everything install, settle down and then reboot both devices, and the drain will be gone...
My Zenwatch works perfectly with my Oneplus One running the latest CM11S. Having bluetooth on all the time does drain a bit more battery, but that's it.
I am having an issue with google wear (zenwatch) completing some tasks:
It fails to launch a phone call from google wear (my watch simply says "try again using your phone")
It fails to launch google play for music (it gives the same error as above)
Setting reminders using google keep (same error)
Text messages sent from android wear are NOT working.
Starting navigation on my watch using voice commands works.
Other basic apps appear to be working as well.
So far I've only noticed the above listed (maybe a few others) google apps and dialer that fail to launch when initiated from the watch, I have tried another dialer to see if that was the issue.
Anyone have any suggestions or insight on what I might be able to do in order to get google wear working 100% with this ROM?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mine works well
I have OnePlus One with CM11 and everything works quite well so far with my G Watch R

Lagging Nexus,Problem with TRIM and Questions about CM

Hello Guys,
Just like so many others I experienced a loss of speed with my Nexus 7 2012 Wifi Tablet. Most lags occur if I open apps, and since I recently upgraded to Lollipop 5.1.1 (I manually downgraded to 4.2 after experiencing an unusable tablet with 5.0) YouTube videos stopped running smoothly too.
After reading a lot about it, I rooted my Nexus 7 yesterday (successfull according to RootCheck) with the intention to try LagFix free. But I just get the notification "TRIM is not supportet on following partitions /data /cache"
Why? What exactly does that mean and is there a workaround hidden in the settings? Are there any other apps that effectively speed up Nexus 7? I don't feel too comfortable doing the trimming manually, cause I do not know a lot about programming.
Does it help if I install CyanogenMod (10.2 seems best for Nexus 7)? Is this not supported TRIM a problem if I install CM? And will CM be able to speed up my tablet at all? (I bought it sep 2013 and use it frequently) Or are these lags 'natural' for a two years old device and I should just live with them?
Since - as mentioned - I am quite new to this whole programming and flashing, I'd rather not mess with the software if there is a big change that it's not going to make a difference.
Thanks in advance for your time & answers!
followthesun said:
Hello Guys,
Just like so many others I experienced a loss of speed with my Nexus 7 2012 Wifi Tablet. Most lags occur if I open apps, and since I recently upgraded to Lollipop 5.1.1 (I manually downgraded to 4.2 after experiencing an unusable tablet with 5.0) YouTube videos stopped running smoothly too.
After reading a lot about it, I rooted my Nexus 7 yesterday (successfull according to RootCheck) with the intention to try LagFix free. But I just get the notification "TRIM is not supportet on following partitions /data /cache"
Why? What exactly does that mean and is there a workaround hidden in the settings? Are there any other apps that effectively speed up Nexus 7? I don't feel too comfortable doing the trimming manually, cause I do not know a lot about programming.
Does it help if I install CyanogenMod (10.2 seems best for Nexus 7)? Is this not supported TRIM a problem if I install CM? And will CM be able to speed up my tablet at all? (I bought it sep 2013 and use it frequently) Or are these lags 'natural' for a two years old device and I should just live with them?
Since - as mentioned - I am quite new to this whole programming and flashing, I'd rather not mess with the software if there is a big change that it's not going to make a difference.
Thanks in advance for your time & answers!
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A nightly of CM13, installing Trimmer (also called fstrim) and setting it to once daily and removing journaling ought to fix your prob. I had the same prob before too. Go on Gtrcraft's CM13 thread, he has the steps I told you in more detail.
CM10.2 is a good choice for speed and performance, I've been using it for 3 months and there is no lag.
This is my best setup for Nexus 7 : CM10.2, Fstrim (set twice everyday), Greenify

Really annoying bluetooth problems on N6P

Okay so I'm gonna describe my problem as clearly as possible and will hope someone can find a fix for this.
Device: Nexus 6P
OS: Android 6.0.1 (latest vendor & security patch - June 2016)
Bluetooth devices used: Sony MDR 600BT, SOL republic tracks air, jbl synchros earphones, jbl flip 2 speaker.
1) pair earphones/speakers
2) start playing music on earphones/speakers
3) works fine on first run and when screen is off
4) when I switch on my screen to change the song the music stutters for 10 full seconds, then stuttering stops.
5) I change the song and again put screen off, works fine.
6) i put my phone in my pocket and suddenly my phone audio stops skipping??? Wtf???
7) so I change my pocket and put it in my hoodie pocket. (Nearer to earphones - maybe distance is the problem I thought)
8) audio still skips............:crying:
9) put my screen on to change song, audio starts stuttering again like crazy and then stops.
10) I request anyone here to heed this request and tell me how to workaround this problem
Currently running latest android MM 6.0.1 and no improvement .....:crying:
I don't understand one thing - top of the line flagship device and still these problems? Not getting value for my hard earned money. This is wrong.
I tried it with my iPod and it works like a charm. No stutters. No skips. Nothing.
Tried different Bluetooth headphones too in case my Sony earphones were the problem. NO IMPROVEMENT SAME PROBLEM PERSISTS.
TRIED USING IT ON ANY BLUETOOTH SPEAKER THE ABOVE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING AND I AM GETTING REALLY ANNOYED WITH THIS PHONE WHEN IT COMES TO BLUETOOTH.
I'm sorry for agonizing so much. But I hope you'll can understand my problem. And hopefully there's a fix somewhere in the world.
I am having the same issue, and my searches came up with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/bluetooth-audio-stutter-wake-unlock-t3384324
Is this a Play Music issue? I don't have these issues, but I don't use Play Music. usually stream through YouTube or something like that instead. Works on BT Headset and Sony BT head unit in my car.
blackwrx02 said:
Is this a Play Music issue? I don't have these issues, but I don't use Play Music. usually stream through YouTube or something like that instead. Works on BT Headset and Sony BT head unit in my car.
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I can't speak for Zapjack12345, but I notice it with PowerAmp, Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, basically any app that is pushing audio through bluetooth. Audio is fine when the screen is off, but as soon as I pick up the phone, and turn it on to check notifications, things get screwy with the audio
Strange. I just checked with Pandora, YouTube, and IheartRadio and all seem fine with screen off and turning it on, using the pulldown menu, or changing songs. I'm using a cheap set of bluetooth earbuds from Amazon (no-name brand), and am stock with the phone, not rooted (yet) and on June updates. Phone was purchased in May new from Best Buy.
Same issue for me as well. I'm specifically using Amazon and Pandora most of the time. Its very annoying. On Chroma and franco kernel.
What rom are you using? This has been a well documented CM rom issue so any rom that uses CM as a base will and has had this issue since mid-January. Stock and AOSP based roms dont have this issue (from what I've seen and tried).
I'm currently using the 6/15 nightly for OMNIrom and do not have these issues.
As a sidenote, this was also an issue with Android N Dev Preview 2.
uodii said:
What rom are you using? This has been a well documented CM rom issue so any rom that uses CM as a base will and has had this issue since mid-January. Stock and AOSP based roms dont have this issue (from what I've seen and tried).
I'm currently using the 6/15 nightly for OMNIrom and do not have these issues.
As a sidenote, this was also an issue with Android N Dev Preview 2.
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I'm currently on Pure Nexus 5/6/16. Nothing out of the ordinary installed. Tried clearing the Bluetooth cache, as the issue I am noticing was similar to issues that the Samsung S5 was having, but there was no difference.
I am going to look to go back to stock and see what happens, but looking at what OP posted, it looks like they're on stock, and having the same issue.
I am about to throw my phone in the sea. BT seems like it's getting worse and worse with each update. Cmon Google/Huawei. Don't make me lose faith.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
krakerx said:
I am having the same issue, and my searches came up with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/bluetooth-audio-stutter-wake-unlock-t3384324
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I had a little less issues when using the Dev Preview 3 but there was another issue that arised that I hope gets fixed.
If you're using bluetooth when driving around when you lose signal or drop/gain data connection the audio skips for a quick second. Through past testing I've done working with kernel devs on 2 phones, the issue is related to how the hotplugging works for the cores. If only one core is running when the connection drops there is an issue with how the cpu ramps up and/or turns on another core to handle the workload. I thought this regression was pretty interesting seeing as one the things they were boasting about at the Google conference was how android would fix slow downs and issues when losing/gaining network connectivity with N. Hopefully it'll be fixed before final release.
akarol said:
I am about to throw my phone in the sea. BT seems like it's getting worse and worse with each update. Cmon Google/Huawei. Don't make me lose faith.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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You and me both. I am on my 3rd 6P and my BT problems are still the same. If the BT problems were only effecting one particular device I could understand but my Microsoft band, BT earbuds and car all seem to disconnect continuously on a bare/stock phone.
Okay guys. I changed my ROM from Resurrection Remix to Paranoid Android and this issue has been solved. Thank you so much for all your help and answers!
Does anyone else have any updates regarding this issue? Literally wanted to throw my phone out of the window during the morning commute.
Zapjack12345 said:
Okay guys. I changed my ROM from Resurrection Remix to Paranoid Android and this issue has been solved. Thank you so much for all your help and answers!
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Don't use cm based roms
Smallsmx3 said:
Don't use cm based roms
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Yep, this is 100% the reason. It is a CM issue. AOSP roms like Paranoid Android and Pure Nexus don't have this issue. I love Resurrection Remix, but this is starting to bug me. I may jump to PA rom soon...
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Don't use cm based roms
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Thanks. Was about to ask this question. It is a CM issue.
I have had issues with BT dropping randomly in my car on 2 different 6P's. No rhyme or reason, and it doesn't happen often, but annoying when it does. Happened on MM and DP4 currently.
On the flip side, my audio quality went down on my S7E over BT when my smartwatch was connected. Somehow, that doesn't happen with the 6P meaning I can keep my watch on in the car, so I am happy.
Hey, I just found this thread and surprised it took me this long considering I've been having this issue since I got my phone in November.
My 64gb 6P was stock until earlier this week, when I finally rooted and flashed xposed. The issue stopped the day I rooted my phone, and I was thrilled.
After reinstalling most of my apps and getting back into my routine, the problem came back. I've tried booting my phone into safe mode several times before rooting so I'm fairly confident the issue doesn't exist because of a specific app interaction, but I can't figure out what it is to save my life. I might backup again and restore to the backup I made right after rooting to see if I can narrow down the problem.
Other than that, I am very new to this stuff and honestly just thrilled to have found other people having the same issue.
I only experience the problem while connected to my car (2015 Chevy Cruze), and not any other bluetooth device.
Let me know if you guys find/have found anything I suppose?
I kinda have up on trying to narrow down the issue. I tried PureNexus, Paranoid Android, I tried different kernels, different cases. Still kept skipping and jumping, no matter how far, or close it was to my Bluetooth device (car stereo, speakers, home audio system). I went back to stock, no root, no Xposed, pure and simple Android, and I have not had a single issue, it's beautiful.

Sluggish performance on SM-T530NU 10.1", Stock 5.02, rooted, how can improve it?

I would just buy a new tablet but no one else makes a horizontal layout android tablet (charging port and nav/home buttons on landscape side), seems this tab 4 line up were the last ones.
Do I need to switch to custom rom? If yes, which one? I need wifi, bluetooth (media), and GPS working perfectly, that's all.
Thanks for any suggestions.
You'll want this one
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262903992685
Original Post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/rom-lineage-7-1-2-sm-t530-t535-updated-t3839260
It's the newest Available and everything works except mic and camera. Hopefully that's going to be fixed soon. Based on Android 7.1.2

Light + Stable ROM for a work phone?

Hi guys,
My LG V20 is my main, and also my work phone. My goal is to have the lightest ROM available while still having a stable feature set (speaker, bluetooth, wifi, etc all working normally)
After a bit of trouble, I finally got 14.1 Lineage OS loaded up and it's definitely lighter but I've been running into issues. People do not hear me well on speaker, bluetooth music play "skips", and now the bluetooth is no longer connecting to devices I've connected it to before.
I'd love to have something that removes all bloatware, but still has the stability of stock. Any recommendations?
I have a H910 AT&T Variant,
My job requires my phone. I mainly use my phone for Skype, WhatsApp, Email, Google Maps + Navigation, Playing FLAC music using High Impedance headphones and Car 3.5mm input, FM Radio, RockRadio.com app/Galaxie Radio(RadioKing) app and 4G LTE data.
I tried AOKP, RR, LOS, Alpha and Super...both ver. 7(Nougat) and 8(Oreo).
This took me a very long time to decide, I also tried older stuff like WETA, etc...
Alpharom Oreo works best for me, everything I listed works fine.
I use the mk2000 kernel, great battery life, with heavy use you need to fast charge sometime in the day.
The only problem I have, the wifi seems to go off when phone is inactive because whatsapp on pc keep saying not connected until you unlock/wake up phone.
But it is so awesome, I love it...
AOSP based roms have problems with audio and dac, it works but not loud and clean, I tried playing with mixer file but no luck.
They are much faster and LOS15 based roms have the second screen working with custom kernel...
Don't worry, it is work in progress...
This is just my opinion, and it suits my lifestyle, you need to try some different ones and see for yourself.
It's funny you mentioned Alpha being the one you like most. I was going through the roms yesterday, and couldn't install some of the Oreo based roms (I'd get an error that the kernel wasn't the correct one, I guess since I was coming from 14.1)
After looking through some, I ended up installing the alpha omega oreo rom with mk2 kernel and it is working great so far (I just haven't tested bluetooth yet).
I've lost all the sluggishness I saw before, especially when using "Ok, Google" to add calendar appointments, etc.
I have the second screen which is also a nice little bonus. Battery life seems to be as good as it's been, as well.
One question : I tried using Magisik to check all the bloatware I wanna hide, but it doesn't seem to do anything? Is there a way I can remove LG and ATT bloatware completely?
i am still using wetarom with weta kernel... since it was well developed and a stock base rom, i found no problem whatsoever while using it... even tho is outdated, no one has successfully hacked my phone yet lol
The alpha install lets you choose what bloatware you want to remove...
Flash the magisk zip right after before reboot, thats what I do...
You can disable whatever apps remain like uber, etc....
I just keep LG Smartworld for themes, LG Health, FM Radio and LG Music app.
I've been trying to get the LG AirDrive to work, it worked some time with older alpha build but it now keeps crashing.
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WETA was/is a great rom but something about running the latest android appeals to me. Great performance/battery life and audio stuff.
So far alpha rom has been working well (still trying to find a safe list of bloatware that I can remove via ADB, or some other way.)
Only issue I'm having, which I also had before, is that bluetooth play (especially in the car, but no exclusively), will sometimes stutter like it's a 90's cd player. Not sure if it could be related to the case I have on the phone at all? I'll have to test it both ways and see what happens
Just run BluReset app included with the ROM (I think you have to select it) it helps but need to do it ever so often, I just use Bluetooth for calls in the car and 3.5mm for audio.

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