[ROM][MM 6.0.1] [ KatKiss - KatshMallow #033 ] [MultiWindow]

timduru · Nov 9, 2016 at 7:00 PM

KatKiss ROM

MarshMallow 6.0.1 Release
Asus TF701

This rom is an aosp based rom with my own additions on top of it.

The main motto of the rom being Kiss. Even though the Meerkat mascot could give you a kiss, it stands for Keeps it Sweet and Simple
Which means that just like the other K.A.T stuff, the rom's main goal is efficiency, speed/responsiveness,
while not adding bloated features that will slow things down

DOWNLOADS:

Latest Rom Version: KatKiss-6.0_TF701T_033.zip | Mirror
Gapps: OpenGapps ARM 6.0 Pico
(if you want Now on Tap use the nano version, and activate Now on Tap from google now settings)
Latest SuperSU: SuperSU stable

Install Instructions:

Rom Main Features:

Included KatKernel Main Features:

ChangeLog: http://public.timduru.org/Android/KatKiss/6.0/ChangeLog.html
Rom Source: https://github.com/timduru (branch katkiss-6.0)
Kernel Source: https://github.com/timduru/tf701t-katkernel
Credits: Original banner concept by i9apps, Bootanimation by mgeniusm, original drawing by BBF, tetsuo for his contributions, Chainfire for SuperSU
And thanks to Lopburi for the tf701 donation

WebPage
How to report
What to include in the report

Disclaimer: The usual

Use at your own risk, I won't be responsible for any damages caused to your Transformer or to yourself.
In most cases if something breaks, flashing a rom on top should fix it.

XDA:DevDB Information
KatKiss-MarshMallow, ROM for the Asus Transformer TF701

Contributors
timduru
Source Code: https://github.com/timduru

ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Stable

Created 2016-11-09
Last Updated 2016-12-28

timduru · Nov 12, 2016

Tips

First Install
Make sure you do a format /data the first time you install the rom
(backup your internal storage first if you want to keep something)

The first boot after a rom flash can take a few minutes as ART is slower than dalvik to optimize the applications, but is faster after the 1st time.
(First boot takes ~4-5 minutes without gapps and 10+ minutes with gapps)
Also keep in mind that after a fresh install, it might take a bit of time to get up to full speed as media scanner & google are checking/scanning and restoring stuff.

Wallpaper Modes
Different Wallpaper modes have been added in Settings => Display
** Normal (regular android mode)
** Disable System Wallpaper rendering (set as default)
** Disable Wallpaper service

2nd setting will prevent the wallpaper being rendered by the system making things faster and also freeing resources
That's the recommended setting you want to use if you are using a launcher that has internal wallpaper rendering
The Default included Launcher3 has internal rendering
For Nova: Go to its Settings => Desktop => Wallpaper Scrolling => Force, then set a wallpaper.
(You will see a black wallpaper if you're not using a launcher that can do internal rendering, If wallpaper is important and that you want to keep your current launcher, then switch back to the 1st setting)

Graphic artifacts
Video thumbnails shows green for certain type of videos

Bluetooth audio devices
For bluetooth audio devices that have "phone audio" capability you need to uncheck the box in the bluetooth device settings.

Hardware keyboard layouts
More languages have been added in the default asusec keyboard
Set the keyboard layout through Settings => Language & Input => asusec => setup keyboard layouts
These also allow live switching without reboot with ctrl + space

Global Key Override/Shorcut Mecanism
Available in Settings => Dock => Add Key Override Actions

This will allow you not only to redefine function keys assignment, and other special keys actions,
but you'll also be able to assign global macro actions / app launch to any key + Meta key combination (shift Left or Right , ctrl..)

You can also add multiple actions to one key combination, simply click again on the "+" button for the same key combination.
For example if you want to assign to one key combination a list of action to run before going to bed for example, like: turn wifi off, Bluetooth off, mute sound, and turn screen off, you can do that

Note that starting multiple applications with one key is kinda a miss and hit for the moment due to some mecanism in android that seems to prevent applications to start too close to each others.

timduru · Nov 9, 2016

Multiwindow

Multiwindow allows you to split the screen in 2, 3 or 4 panes
you can switch an app back and forth between multiwindow mode and regular mode while it's running

NavBar:
- To switch between full screen and split View you can use the

NavBar Buttons
The app that currently has the focus (or the latest used app if you're on the Desktop) will be used for the main pane (left and/or top depending on the mode and rotation)
And it will lay the remaining most recently used apps in the rest of the available 1-2-3 panes depending on the icon you click

- If you press a multiwindow icon again when in splitview mode, it'll bring the focused app back to fullscreen mode.

- To swap the 2 latest focused apps location / pane , long press on the

NavBar Button

- To change focus simply Tap on the app or use the

NavBar Button
That button can also be used in non multiwindow mode to switch quickly between the 2 most recent apps.

Global Actions:
Actions to switch the app between fullscreen / splitview 2-3-4 panes and switch between the 2 most recent apps have been added
so you can bind them to a key / key combination with the Global KeyOverride or long press on navbar button too.

Note: Most apps works ok in splitview mode, but some of them might crash or not refresh correctly sometime.

To manually position an app in one of the pane:
For the moment either reorder your apps before clicking on an auto mode icon,
or you can also activate the default Marshmallow Multiwindow mode to get extra icons to positions an app in a specific pane (activate it in developer options )
Then position the apps with the icons from the Recents screen. (default MM recents icons are for 2 or 4 panes)

timduru · Nov 9, 2016 at 7:01 PM

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timduru · Nov 11, 2016

TF701 version #030b

New rom version available: KatKiss-6.0_TF701T_030b.zip

Let's get this baby rolling

I also got Nougat 7.1 booting but there are still some issues with surfaceflinger crashing, I hope I can fix that at some point too, so that we can move from MM

But for the moment enjoy some Marshmallow

Make sure you read fully the 1st and 2nd post
Especially the install instructions, and what's not working currently.

Also keep in mind that it's still the first version, so things might need a bit of polishing and there's still lots of space for improvements

So far I'd say that it's fully stable and can be used as a daily driver (pending that you don't need one of the currently not working feature of course)
But I've been using it for the past few days with no issues with what I use here.

Note that as mentioned in post #2 there is some kind of graphic artifact / corruption on the google initial setup "enter your login" screen.
I'm not sure what's causing it yet, maybe something with google webview / rom optimizations, it seems to be only localized in that screen, so simply ignore it for moment.

Changelog:

- First TF701T version
- Update to November Marshmallow release

erzherzog · Mar 6, 2015 86 27 18

WiFi doesn't work for me. The list of Networks is empty. Change of regulatory Domain doesn't help.

timduru · Nov 10, 2016 at 10:40 PM

erzherzog said:
WiFi doesn't work for me. The list of Networks is empty. Change of regulatory Domain doesn't help.

What channel are you using ?

erzherzog · Mar 6, 2015 86 27 18

timduru said:
What channel are you using ?

My fritz.box uses channel8 (2,4Ghz) and channel 40 (5Ghz). None of the WiFis can be seen. WiFi did work with cm12.1 before.

timduru · Nov 11, 2016

New version #030b

erzherzog said:
My fritz.box uses channel8 (2,4Ghz) and channel 40 (5Ghz). None of the WiFis can be seen. WiFi did work with cm12.1 before.

Shouldn't be related to regulatory domain then
Did you format /data before flashing the rom ?

EDIT: okie, found the problem, use version 030b below:

New rom version available: KatKiss-6.0_TF701T_030b.zip

UbuntuBhoy · Nov 11, 2016 at 2:26 AM

Any chance you can post a changelog for the not working areas of new ROM uploads. Bluetooth & rotate are deal breakers for me right now, but I do fancy keeping an eye on the thread for when you get them sorted.

Sent from my ONE A2003 using XDA-Developers mobile app

erzherzog · Mar 6, 2015 86 27 18

timduru said:
Shouldn't be related to regulatory domain then
Did you format /data before flashing the rom ?

EDIT: okie, found the problem, use version 030b below:

New rom version available:KatKiss-6.0_TF701T_030b.zip

Many thanks. I'll try and report this evening.

timduru · Nov 11, 2016 at 5:48 AM

UbuntuBhoy said:
Any chance you can post a changelog for the not working areas of new ROM uploads. Bluetooth & rotate are deal breakers for me right now, but I do fancy keeping an eye on the thread for when you get them sorted.

Sent from my ONE A2003 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Full changelog link is in the 1st post
And I also post the changelog specific to one version when I make it available

erzherzog · Mar 6, 2015 86 27 18

I got WiFi connection. Great!
Thanks a lot. You are bringing new life to my beloved tablet.

racer290 · Nov 12, 2016

Thank you so much to support our Tablet with your wonderful Rom. I am just waiting for fix the Bluetooth and Autorotation Problem and then I will give your rom a try. Thank you

hitmancho · Jun 18, 2011 68 16 8

Ooh, yes, thank you for making the effort to modernise our dying device! I want to try this right now, but I use Bluetooth audio quite often. I am sure you will be able to sort it out. Can't wait to try it.

Just a quick question - what recovery are you using for flashing this ROM? AFAIK the KANG TWRP is the latest one but it has some issues (for me) with wiping caches and sometimes even /system. It can flash a MM ROM no problems, right?

timduru · Nov 12, 2016 at 1:37 PM

hitmancho said:
Ooh, yes, thank you for making the effort to modernise our dying device! I want to try this right now, but I use Bluetooth audio quite often. I am sure you will be able to sort it out. Can't wait to try it.

Just a quick question - what recovery are you using for flashing this ROM? AFAIK the KANG TWRP is the latest one but it has some issues (for me) with wiping caches and sometimes even /system. It can flash a MM ROM no problems, right?

Yes I'm using KANG TWRP,
would be good to have f2fs support at some point, I've added it in katkernel but we'd need the recovery to support it too

should help even further the perfs

About bluetooth I've fixed it .. mostly besides audio

Well it's not the bluetooth that is the issue now but the audio hal crashing after pairing to a device

I only have one speaker to test with though, not sure if it's general to all bt audio devices or not.

But at least now bluetooth HID devices (keyboards..) & tethering are working

hitmancho · Jun 18, 2011 68 16 8

Now, this might be a silly question, but what happens when you try to play audio from the TF701T to your Bluetooth speaker? Does it start lagging, crashing, and not playing any sound? Because if so, I think I might know how to fix it.

I have the issue on CM12.1 and I think people have it on other CM-based and perhaps all custom ROMs. I fixed it by connecting my BT speaker to the tablet and then turning off Phone audio from the device's settings in the Bluetooth menu. I have no idea how it works and why it is happening, I just "felt" I should do it (lol), but the moment I turned that off the tablet stopped panicking while connected to a speaker and started playing music through it with no problems whatsoever. Of course, you probably can't use any app that is on the Phone channel, but I've never used it anyway. I could be wrong about this, I'm not a dev at all, but could you be facing the same issue that no one has fixed yet (I believe?)? If not, then I hope you can find a solution to whatever the problem is

. Maybe I can even use a BT device for calls.

timduru · Nov 12, 2016 at 3:39 PM

hitmancho said:
Now, this might be a silly question, but what happens when you try to play audio from the TF701T to your Bluetooth speaker? Does it start lagging, crashing, and not playing any sound? Because if so, I think I might know how to fix it.

I have the issue on CM12.1 and I think people have it on other CM-based and perhaps all custom ROMs. I fixed it by connecting my BT speaker to the tablet and then turning off Phone audio from the device's settings in the Bluetooth menu. I have no idea how it works and why it is happening, I just "felt" I should do it (lol), but the moment I turned that off the tablet stopped panicking while connected to a speaker and started playing music through it with no problems whatsoever. Of course, you probably can't use any app that is on the Phone channel, but I've never used it anyway. I could be wrong about this, I'm not a dev at all, but could you be facing the same issue that no one has fixed yet (I believe?)? If not, then I hope you can find a solution to whatever the problem is . Maybe I can even use a BT device for calls.

Indeed, thanks for the tip

unchecking phone audio on the device makes bluetooth audio work fine

hitmancho · Jun 18, 2011 68 16 8

timduru said:
Indeed, thanks for the tip
unchecking phone audio on the device makes bluetooth audio work fine

Really glad I could help! I'm curious, though, what could be causing this strange problem? Something with the ASUS kernel and non-ASUS libs (or whatever it could be, I am a huge layman

)? A conflict between hardware and software?

Anyhow, this ROM looks amazing, after you release the next version with fixed autorotation I am going to install this. Starting to backup all my old stuff right now

.

timduru · Nov 12, 2016 at 4:02 PM

hitmancho said:
Really glad I could help! I'm curious, though, what could be causing this strange problem? Something with the ASUS kernel and non-ASUS libs (or whatever it could be, I am a huge layman )? A conflict between hardware and software?

once the bt device is registered it tries to route through the audio hal libs , it seems one of the libs cannot handle that type of stream and crashes.
That's the problem with having very old HAL blobs

need to torture them and workaround all they cannot handle.

Anyhow, this ROM looks amazing, after you release the next version with fixed autorotation I am going to install this. Starting to backup all my old stuff right now .

yeah autorotation and DRM fixed in the next version

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