Root Tamasek's unofficial CM11 v50

[funkylogik]

yeah tapa runs on my phone with ART. Ill try it on the tab when the wife gets off it lol

 

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yeah tapa runs on my phone with ART. Ill try it on the tab when the wife gets off it lol

Tapatalk is running just fine on my setup. Using Pro.

EDIT: And just for further data, I'm using PA Gapps modular micro as I do on my Nexus 5 as well.

I don't use ART on my phone because you aren't going to notice any speed improvements on the N5.

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah true. N5 is rapid anyway. I really notice the difference on my i9300 and grouper though. I dont understand why stock grouper doesnt have the option

 

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Version 57 is up now at the link in the OP. Can't find a changelog. Will dirty flash it shortly.

 

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So far seems really nice, but haven' spent much time with it. Settings are rearranged some, but for the life of me I can't remember enough of all the settings I didn't get around to exploring before to know if there are a lot of new ones here or they are just arranged differently. lol.

One ting is, having switched ART, rebooting after flashing is painfully slow because, of course, it does the whole reloading apps each time. I'm used to my N5 where I can do an entire nandroid, wipe, flash and reboot in a few minutes.

 

[funkylogik]

Nice one thanks for the heads up bro
Did a dirty flash wipe gapps?

Lol whats even more annoying about ART is like today when i flashed something as simple as a SuperSU update and had to go through the whole "android is upgrading" :banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[funkylogik]

I cant find Slim Pie
Ugh v50 wouldn't boot so had to clean flash it 😠

 

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I cant find Slim Pie
Ugh v50 wouldn't boot so had to clean flash it 😠

Luckily, dirty flash worked fine for me, but dirty flash can be a crap shoot. At leat with Titanium backup it doesn't take long to rebuild. I've never used PIE controls, so I don't know the answer to that.

By the way, it is always safest with a dirty flash to reflash Gapps.

 

[funkylogik]

Thanks mate. I couldnt find pie so im just sticking with v50 for now. I use expanded desktop and pie and slim pie is just the best. So responsive.
Im gona beta test the new Ground Zero rom on my s3 later and if i like it ill be putting it on my n7 when it drops. Ill review it on here

 

[funkylogik]

Whoa just flashed Ground Zero v5 and on ART with Franco it's perfect! Really fast :beer:
Boot animation is excellent but don't flash this if you're scared of evil clowns lol
I'll maybe write a review later but it has all the Tamasek's features and more. Think it's based on SlimKat repos. It has a choice of Slim Recents or Sense Recents. The sense one is really nice :beer: recommended

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah this is my new favourite grouper rom. Sorry Temasek 😸 :beer:

 

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Yeah this is my new favourite grouper rom. Sorry Temasek 😸 :beer:

I did have to go back to Temasek v50. Got this really odd bug of the home button wouldn't work. I might try a clean install.

Unfortunately I have Tilapia and there are just fewer options out there. I'm not entirely sure why just having a 3G radio should make a big difference between Grouper and Tilapia, but clearly devs seem to think so.

Right now I'm using MultiROM to evaluate XenonHD 4.4.2 and re-evaluate Slimkat (which I only looked at quickly once before). I like the options I see on Xenon and may try that for a while.

 

[funkylogik]

Take it you couldnt find slim pie on v57 mate? :beer:
Im loving GZ. dont think they build for tilapia though
Aparently slim is bad on the n7

 

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Take it you couldnt find slim pie on v57 mate? :beer:
Im loving GZ. dont think they build for tilapia though
Aparently slim is bad on the n7

Nope. As I say, I've never gotten into PIE controls myself. I tried them once on PA and they drove me crazy. I probably didn't give myself long enough to get used to them. I confess I tend to be that way. Not necessarily resistant to change, but if something isn't really intuitive to me, I tend to drop it quickly.

 

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So I'm back on Temasek v.57 for now. When I reflashed it the problems I was having went away.

I tried XenonHD 4.4.2 and I really like it. It has a wonderful array of setings. At the moment screen rotation is broken and it does portrait only, which is probably a showstopper fpr me, but I'm keeping my eye on updates. It also seems to have romoved PIE, just FYI. However, considering how many really good ROMs are available for Tilapia, as soon as this gets rotation back, I think it will become my ROM.

[ROM] XenonHD-4.4.2 Build 4 (24.03.14) *Truly Stable, Fast & Buttery Smooth* - xda-developers

I also stumbled on a new (like last week) Tilapia ROM that seems promising. It is still too beta for me, but worth watching. I *think* it even has PIE.

[ROM][4.4.2][Official][OSE Rom][tilapia] - xda-developers

I wish the Tilapia ROMs weren't all (or so it seems sometimes) based on CM. I would love a good Omni-based 4.4.2 ROM like Dirty Unicorns.

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah im not a big fan of CM. im keeping an eye on Team OctOs. Theyre building from aosp and using as little CM as possible. Just waiting for it to drop for one of my devices

 

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Slimkat just released a new version (Build 4). I know what I said about Build 3, but I may have not given it enough time or else maybe I hadn't yet appreciiated how few good non-CM ROMs are out there for Tilapia. However, I just tried build 4 with MultiROM and am already ready to make it my permanent ROM. Very stable, has a nice stock feel and a lot of nice features (including PIE for Funky ).

I'll be getting it all set up this week-end and will report back on what I find, but this is a great ROM so far.

[ROM] [4.4.2] SlimKat (tilapia) [STABLE] - xda-developers

 

[funkylogik]

Nice one mate. Does ART work? It's broken in a lot of new builds right now and aparently in slim nightlies. Think CM broke it

 

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Nice one mate. Does ART work? It's broken in a lot of new builds right now and aparently in slim nightlies. Think CM broke it

According to their FAQ, both it and their GAPPS are. I'll test once I have it set up.

 

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According to their FAQ, both it and their GAPPS are. I'll test once I have it set up.

So far, ART is working just fine. Can't wait until the week-end when I have more time to play, but I'm loving this ROM on Tilapia.

 

[funkylogik]

Validus 5.1 for grouper dropped today. Really nice man and now has themes
With Franco this is the fastest my tab has been

 

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Let me know if there's ever a Tiliapia version and I'll give it a spin. I am pretty happy with SlimKat, though.

 

[funkylogik]

Will do mate. They usually only build for devices one of them own but I think they do a blind build if there's enough demand.
Actually I'm fairly close with one of the team who helps with the artwork and I'm pretty sure she has a tilapia...