[Q&A] [ROM] [MM 6.0] [ KatKiss-Katshmallow ]

[Theziggy]

Thanks for all your work on this ROM.... A noob here, am using the KatKiss Lollipop v030 and it is the best. Have tried to install KatKiss Marshmallow v009, seems to be slow as i suspect am doing it wrong, here is the steps i did using TWRP 2871.

1. Full Wipe = success
2. Flash KatKiss Lollipop v009, flash super su, flash gapp (in that order) = success
3. Wipe cache/davlic = success
4. Tried to change data to f2fs with twrp 2871 = not allowed or error or failed
5. Reboot to system = tablet booted to marshmallow but very slow even though i let it optimize for an hour and a
half.
Questions:
1. When should i change the data from ext4 to f2fs? Is it before step 1 or after step 1, step 2?
2. I also see some post that i should unmount, how to do that and in which step should i do unmount?
3. Maybe TWRP 2871 is the culprit?
I update TWRP by flashing the latest TWRP(zip file). The problem now is the latest twrp(2872) is an img file.
Will that img file be flash to update my TWRP?

Have returned back to KatKiss Lollipop v030. Sorry for all this troubles, this tablet is my only computer and you made it very fast. Helps me with my studies. If someone can help me?

1. After step 1
2. The new version of the ROM checks to see if system is mounted or not - so you don't have to worry about that
3. Most people are using Kang TWRP - there is a zip file for 2.8.7.1 zip file.Here
2.8.7.1 should work fine. are your TWRP versions KANG?

 

[ewanlintek]

Thank you very much for the reply sir
Am on Kang TWRP 2.8.7.1
Will try again and will change data ext4 to f2fs after step 1
How will i check the ROM if mounted(if mounted, i will unmount it?) and when will i do that?

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

iam having problems installing Katkiss 6, i have carried out installation instructions, installed Kang Twrp and converted files from ext4 to f2fs,
after install i try to reboot and just get a boot loop, must have done something wrong
geb789

 

[Kerberos1984]

iam having problems installing Katkiss 6, i have carried out installation instructions, installed Kang Twrp and converted files from ext4 to f2fs,
after install i try to reboot and just get a boot loop, must have done something wrong
geb789

You only may convert /data, if you convert /cache or others you'll bootloop

If you did convert the other partitions, convert them back to ext4

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

thanks for reply kerberos1984
i changed files back and tried to reinstall 009 but still got bootloop

 

[UndisputedGuy]

Reposting here since it seems better suited in a Q&A thread

1. How do you access Google Now? Swiping up from the home screen doesn't seem to work

2. Right click to go back doesn't seem to work despite enabling it in options

3. WiFi also seems to turn off during sleep despite the setting telling it not to. Strangely this is a problem I had on KatKiss Lollipop as well

Of course, I haven't done a full wipe, just a factory reset so understand and accept if the problems are through there, but I was just wondering if this was the case for other users as well

We don't make mistakes, We just have happy accidents.

 

[MPSmart]

I am back on 009 with format data and factory reset on extf4. Auto rotation works fine. But 009 was very slow. Flashed kernel 3. Now it is working great.:good:

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

trying to flash marshmallow, i have wiped all data,cache as per install instructions and using kang twrp, i just get a bootloop, could it be that the wipe is not working and data is left behind, if i flash lollipop it works fine, any help appreciated

 

[ivan.stoltz@gmail.com]

trying to flash marshmallow, i have wiped all data,cache as per install instructions and using kang twrp, i just get a bootloop, could it be that the wipe is not working and data is left behind, if i flash lollipop it works fine, any help appreciated

Hey Geoff I'm not sure what all you've done but I've had the same thing happen to me when flashing roms it's usually because of an incompatible setting somewhere try wipe cache and system as ext4 file system and data as f2fs after that install the rom supersu and marshmallow gapps in one go and see if that works

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Hey Geoff I'm not sure what all you've done but I've had the same thing happen to me when flashing roms it's usually because of an incompatible setting somewhere try wipe cache and system as ext4 file system and data as f2fs after that install the rom supersu and marshmallow gapps in one go and see if that works

A bad kernel could also cause bootloops

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

problem is a bootloop, i have omni lollipop installed at present, i would like katkiss 6, i have flashed grimlock kernel,twrp kang,supersu 2.4.6, and still end up with bootloop
quite new to roms and kernels

 

[timduru]

problem is a bootloop, i have omni lollipop installed at present, i would like katkiss 6, i have flashed grimlock kernel,twrp kang,supersu 2.4.6, and still end up with bootloop
quite new to roms and kernels

grimlock kernel doesn't have Marshmallow support yet, don't flash it after the rom
use the supersu listed in the 1st post , ie >=2.54
use gapps from the first post.

ie only flash the rom + supersu >=2.54 + KatKiss gapps.

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

thanks for info , is there a kernel i should flash first that will work with marshmallow ?

 

[timduru]

thanks for info , is there a kernel i should flash first that will work with marshmallow ?

The kernel is already included in the rom.

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

thanks for your help timduru still getting bootloop, looks like i must have another issue

 

[Artemis-kun]

Hi there, has anyone tried using an exfat formatted card with this ROM in the dock SD slot as of yet? In the 5.0 ROM, there was an issue with exfat cards when you closed the tablet, which powers off the dock and disconnects the card, but when you attempt to reconnect to it, the OS refuses to mount it because the 'safely removed' flag on the SD is set, and there is no way on the device itself to fix the flag. You are forced to connect the card to a full computer and do some sort of 'scan and fix' to the card, which never finds any errors, but resets the flag, which then allows the card to mount in the dock SD. The issue does not occur in the 4.x ROM, so I've been sticking to that one because I need the dock SD card, and exfat is my only option, as I store files on the card that are greater than 4gb.

Thanks for any feedback!

 

[KritonK]

has anyone tried using an exfat formatted card with this ROM in the dock SD slot as of yet?Thanks for any feedback!

As mentioned in the first post in the main thread, NTFS & Exfat support have not been implemented yet. If you insert an SD card with these file systems, the system will tell you that the file system is not supported, and will offer to format the card either for data transfer or as internal storage.

Note that using NTFS is also an option, as an alternative to exFAT. This is what I'd been using on Katkiss Lollipop, because i wanted the ability to have files larger than 4G, but something, I think it was TWRP, didn't recognize my SD card, when formatted with exFAT. NTFS is fully supported by WIndows (obviously) and Linux, so it is a valid file system for transferring data between the tablet and these two platforms. (On MacOS I gather that NTFS write support is not officially supported and off by default, so exFAT is probably a better option for transferring data between the tablet and that platform.)

 

[Artemis-kun]

As mentioned in the first post in the main thread, NTFS & Exfat support have not been implemented yet. If you insert an SD card with these file systems, the system will tell you that the file system is not supported, and will offer to format the card either for data transfer or as internal storage.

Note that using NTFS is also an option, as an alternative to exFAT. This is what I'd been using on Katkiss Lollipop, because i wanted the ability to have files larger than 4G, but something, I think it was TWRP, didn't recognize my SD card, when formatted with exFAT. NTFS is fully supported by WIndows (obviously) and Linux, so it is a valid file system for transferring data between the tablet and these two platforms. (On MacOS I gather that NTFS write support is not officially supported and off by default, so exFAT is probably a better option for transferring data between the tablet and that platform.)

Serves me right for not reading the first post fully, d'oh. Reformatting 128gb to ntfs is a lengthy process, though, and when I tried it before, I noticed a definitely decrease in read/write speeds, though maybe it was more imagined than not.

 

[KritonK]

Reformatting 128gb to ntfs is a lengthy process

Does the TF300T support SD cards larger than 32 GB? I was under the impression that it doesn't. Or is that a limit only with FAT32?

 

[geoff@geb789.plus.com]

will this rom be ok to flash on me301t

 

[Artemis-kun]

Does the TF300T support SD cards larger than 32 GB? I was under the impression that it doesn't. Or is that a limit only with FAT32?

Not a limitation of fat32, it doesn't max out until 2tb, though fat32 doesn't allow for file sizes over 4gb. Additionally, the tf300 is spec'd for the sdxc standard, which has a maximum of 2tb as well. Generally speaking, sd readers aren't locked to a particular maximum size, they're limited by the standard.