Pipo M6 Pro RileyROM 1.8 KitKat

[rrileypm]

As I mentioned 2 posts up, we are having problems with our download server. We are trying to fix the problem as soon as possible. Sorry for the wait.

[Nightflier]

As I mentioned 2 posts up, we are having problems with our download server. We are trying to fix the problem as soon as possible. Sorry for the wait.

Now I'm at home and unfortunately I only have an uncompressed copy of the 1.8.2 ROM here. If it's of some help, and I have the original zip at work, I could put it on my server and make it available for download tomorrow morning (let's say in 14-15 hours, my timezone is GMT +2, so "tomorrow morning" might not make any sense to you).

[rrileypm]

The links should be back up by then.

[ade05fr]

Hi everyone,

i would like to know what is the benefit for me to switch from a 1.8.0 to 1.8.2 ?
If i decide to upgrade does all my apps and files will be cleaned ?

I have a m6pro (no 3g)

thanks for your answers :-)

[rrileypm]

1.8.2 fixed some bugs. You might benefit from that update if you experience problems listed in post #1.

[Crandy2]

Re: Pipo M6 Pro RileyROM 1.8 KitKat

Hi everyone,

i would like to know what is the benefit for me to switch from a 1.8.0 to 1.8.2 ?
If i decide to upgrade does all my apps and files will be cleaned ?

I have a m6pro (no 3g)

thanks for your answers :-)

All the apps you installed will be gone. You can back them up with Titanium Backup and restore them after the upgrade.

If you are planning to change to the art runtime from the default dalvik, you may need to change to the 6gb parameter file, especially if you install a lot of apps. If you do that, it will also format the internal sd card , so you would need to back those files up, and restore them after the upgrade.

I've been pleasantly surprised with my conversion to art. I was having one or two sod's a day before converting, my tablet has now been up 120 hours straight without a reboot!

Sent from my M6Pro using Tapatalk

[yuriythebest]

Hi! I'm sure this was answered many times but 43 pages is a bit too intimidating:

1.Will this ROM Work for Pipo M6 Pro 3G?
2. Does this ROM have the option to turn the HD Mode on/Off
3. Does this ROM have any issues/should I use another ROM? Thanks in advance!

[giouncino]

Hi! I'm sure this was answered many times but 43 pages is a bit too intimidating:

1.Will this ROM Work for Pipo M6 Pro 3G?
2. Does this ROM have the option to turn the HD Mode on/Off
3. Does this ROM have any issues/should I use another ROM? Thanks in advance!

1. Of course
2. NO, Kitkat doesn't have this feature
3. Kitkat ROM is the most stable and faster for the m6pro

[yuriythebest]

1. Of course
2. NO, Kitkat doesn't have this feature
3. Kitkat ROM is the most stable and faster for the m6pro

Thanks for your quick reply! Which rom would you recommend that has the ability to turn off the HD mode?

[thorpe1968]

wow

I upgraded from 1.8.0 to the latest 1.8.2 and gotta say its seems like perfection! It was worth it, everything seems fixed and on top of that: I like the slick bootup animation.

Ray..

[Crandy2]

Back to Dalvik from ART

Sadly, I have had to go back from ART to Dalvik. No matter what I did, I would get the "upgrading Android" message on every reboot, then it proceeds to recreate the cache every time. Of course with ART, that can take 30-45 minutes if you have around 200 apps like I did. It wasn't an issue earlier, simply because ART was so stable, I rarely had to reboot.

Toward the end of my testing, I would just flash the stock ram and kernel (after erasing IDB), and after it booted up (but before connecting with WIFI and any google account), I would switch to ART and reboot. The first time it would go through and update 76 apps as I expected. I would immediately reboot again, and it would want to update 2 apps again. Every reboot after that would also want to update two apps. I switched back to Dalvik, and it updated 76 apps again (as expected), I would immediately reboot and it wouldn't update any (which is normal).

Randy, I captured a logcat I can send you if you want to look at it. But there must be some bug with 1.8.2 as it relates to ART.

[prezes551]

ART compatible gapps

Sadly, I have had to go back from ART to Dalvik. No matter what I did, I would get the "upgrading Android" message on every reboot, then it proceeds to recreate the cache every time. Of course with ART, that can take 30-45 minutes if you have around 200 apps like I did. It wasn't an issue earlier, simply because ART was so stable, I rarely had to reboot.

Toward the end of my testing, I would just flash the stock ram and kernel (after erasing IDB), and after it booted up (but before connecting with WIFI and any google account), I would switch to ART and reboot. The first time it would go through and update 76 apps as I expected. I would immediately reboot again, and it would want to update 2 apps again. Every reboot after that would also want to update two apps. I switched back to Dalvik, and it updated 76 apps again (as expected), I would immediately reboot and it wouldn't update any (which is normal).

Randy, I captured a logcat I can send you if you want to look at it. But there must be some bug with 1.8.2 as it relates to ART.

Try to install proper gapps!
Hope it helps
Marek

[Crandy2]

Try to install proper gapps!
Hope it helps
Marek

I didn't go into all my test scenarios, due to the space involved. In other scenarios, I would connect to google, and let it update all the gapps (which I assume would prove ART compatible versions of all of them). It didn't help, I had the same problems.

[rrileypm]

Are you complete sure you have 1.8.2 installed? I thought I fixed that problem.

The trouble was that Pipo installed non-ART compatible apps as system apps. I went and replaced them all with ART friendly versions.

[prezes551]

ART comatipble gapps

I didn't go into all my test scenarios, due to the space involved. In other scenarios, I would connect to google, and let it update all the gapps (which I assume would prove ART compatible versions of all of them). It didn't help, I had the same problems.

I had same problem as you and me helped installing via TWRP pa_gapps-modular-mini-4.4.3-20140629-signed.zip.
Regards
Marek