[ROM][testing][mustang] Lineage-16.0 [25 Jan 2022]

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nickveldrin

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I just dug up my old fire tablet with mustang on it and lineage 14.1 and put this 16.0 on it, but it seems like i'm not able to stream videos from my plex library.

I've tried adjusting every option to play back in a variety of resolutions and h264 versions, and can't get it to work.

Has anyone run into an issue trying to stream video or may have an idea on how to fix it?

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Oh, i see it's a known issue with video rendering. I'll keep an eye on the thread if one day it'll get fixed.
 
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klamation

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I just dug up my old fire tablet with mustang on it and lineage 14.1 and put this 16.0 on it, but it seems like i'm not able to stream videos from my plex library.

I've tried adjusting every option to play back in a variety of resolutions and h264 versions, and can't get it to work.

Has anyone run into an issue trying to stream video or may have an idea on how to fix it?

--edit--
Oh, i see it's a known issue with video rendering. I'll keep an eye on the thread if one day it'll get fixed.

Aside from the video issue, how are you liking performance? I have the original 16.0 build on it, which seems pretty decent. It's much faster than my old Amazon ford tablet ever could be.
 

nickveldrin

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Aside from the video issue, how are you liking performance? I have the original 16.0 build on it, which seems pretty decent. It's much faster than my old Amazon ford tablet ever could be.
Yeah its not bad overall. I don't use it much, as it was just a tinkering project to modify the tablet to run android for me. I do need more little plex media tablets to be able to have more options to watch my shows, so if that can ever get fixed, it'll get a lot more use. :)
 

Nazo

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I want to use my device as a tablet for Home Assistant next to the entrance door. Therefore I'm just curious, is this ROM still in dev or is it discontinued?
None of us can actually answer for the author, but it looks like it's probably dead. No new updates in a very very long time and standing issues. Bear in mind this is a relatively oldish tablet that didn't have the best hardware (SoC is a MediaTek in particular -- could be worse, but definitely could be a lot better too) that was officially replaced with a newer model long ago (not sure if there are exploits for the newer ones or not, but I'm betting there are given the popularity and low pricerange of the series.)

That said, for most simple tasks it works fine. I really don't think you'll have any issues just using it as a home assistant. I only use mine for reading and keep it clean and simple and it's still very snappy at simple tasks with a good battery life. As a bit of a tip, if it will be around a lot of sunlight or bright overhead lights, get a matte finish screen protector for better bright light handling. (I'm assuming we're talking about inside. These are fairly cheaply made and not well sealed, so likely would be a bad idea to have outside if you had anything like that in mind.) The current build here seems to be pretty stable and reliable other than the known issues that shouldn't affect what you have in mind.
 
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dd8zc

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None of us can actually answer for the author, but it looks like it's probably dead. No new updates in a very very long time and standing issues. Bear in mind this is a relatively oldish tablet that didn't have the best hardware (SoC is a MediaTek in particular -- could be worse, but definitely could be a lot better too) that was officially replaced with a newer model long ago (not sure if there are exploits for the newer ones or not, but I'm betting there are given the popularity and low pricerange of the series.)

That said, for most simple tasks it works fine. I really don't think you'll have any issues just using it as a home assistant. I only use mine for reading and keep it clean and simple and it's still very snappy at simple tasks with a good battery life. As a bit of a tip, if it will be around a lot of sunlight or bright overhead lights, get a matte finish screen protector for better bright light handling. (I'm assuming we're talking about inside. These are fairly cheaply made and not well sealed, so likely would be a bad idea to have outside if you had anything like that in mind.) The current build here seems to be pretty stable and reliable other than the known issues that shouldn't affect what you have in mind.
Thanks for your thoughts on this. I tried this ROM and come to a similar conclusion. Than I switched back to Lineage-14.1
The tablet is old, slow and the display is not really bright anymore. But it's to good to throw away. I installed fully kiosk browser to show a home assistant dashboard (still in evaluation therefore I didn't buy a licence until now). Also I cut the internet connection for this device. Works like charme for his last days before retirement.
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N230UD

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I dug out my old Fire 7 recently and flashed this onto it. Performs so much better than when it was running Fire OS. Shame video rendering isn't working, otherwise it's perfect for my uses. It lags so much less than when it was running Fire OS, really impressed with it so far.
 
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New Build is Up

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- Cameras do not work for the moment
- Uses pie blobs from fireos 7
- Factory reset from TWRP is required

FYI this is god like. Thank you!..
Amazon have rendered this tablet as a paper weight with fire OS...
It's so quick and responsive.

Being pie I even dug out my gravity box pro license, after installing latest lsposed zygisk.
I can haz customises

Shame video rendering isn't working

I haven't faced such issues? YouTube and VLC.. Where specifically are you facing this issue? Or isit videos that you have shot on the camera?
 
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muzicman82

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HI all,

I've been having a problem with this ROM on a mustang Fire 7 where WiFi will just stop working after some time. Sometimes it'll show connected but nothing works and other times it will just disconnect from the network for no reason and not automatically connect to any network it has saved.

Any ideas? I just wiped the unit and flashed the latest version yesterday and WiFI crapped out while doing the initial setup.

It's definitely not an issue with my house's WiFi. I have dozens of devices and nothing else has a problem.
 
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