[Pipo Project] M6 Pro

[Satbeginner]

Aging with 1.8.2

Hello

I have always used Riley 1.8.2 and i had to reflash it often because of "aging", that means things were going worse with time
just discovered about this new rom, i will ask for help if something doesn't work, i'll try it in the next days
but still THANKS for your work!

Hi,

I had to reboot every now-and-then with RR1.8.2 too, although it worked fine.

Now I use the v1.1 ROM, but with the kernel using the Stock settings, and -for me- this is the best.
All the basics just work, no slowing down, no sleep-of-death, I do not feel the need to reboot or reflash at all, it just works.

Un saludo from Spain,

Satbeginner

[rebootix]

Input lag

Yes i did but still the problem is visible. What i mean about my problem is that when i type fast, sometimes my touch isn't recognized. When i'm typing fast, i tested it again, i typed literally fast on RR 1.8.2, they're all recognized by the screen. I really don't know where is this problem coming from but AFAIK, the touch is within the kernel right?

EDIT: Now i can clearly see that it's kinda lagging, for a second or 0.5 second it stopped and stuck then runs again.

Have you tried setting the screen resolution from "HD" to "Normal" ?
My touch input is only lagging in "HD" mode and when i switch it to "Normal" everything works perfect as it should.
I think the device (cpu too weak, kernel settings wrong etc.) isn't handling the input right when in "HD" mode.

I don't know if it was asked before, but does the camera not work with version 1.1 ?

[spd08]

flashed

I report the following

• when i rotate the screen (portrait) the google search bar on the launcher goes outside the screen, it doesn't get resized, anyone else?
• after the first boot i got an error, a process had stopped, but it never happened again, so it's no big deal
• now aparted and link2sd have trobules in creating and recognizing ext2 partition. aparted doesn't create successfully ext2 partitions anymore, so link2sd fails. riley 1.8.2 was ok on this
• recovery mode apparently doesn't work. there's just an icon but i can't do anything

[rrileypm]

Did you try flashing the included TWRP_Recovery.img? Just flash it separately with everything else unchecked in the flash tool. Don't erase IDB.

[spd08]

Did you try flashing the included TWRP_Recovery.img? Just flash it separately with everything else unchecked in the flash tool. Don't erase IDB.

there's no such file

[rrileypm]

[Pipo Project] M6 Pro

Just download this one:

http://www.freak-tab.de/abdul_pt/TWRP/Specifc/TWRP_M6Pro_KK.img

[spd08]

ok!
twrp flashed and working, sd card could be formatted as well

the rom seems to run smoothly and has also less issues to handle many installed apps

but why the impossibility to format with aparted with ext2/3/4 (fat 32 works, and with 1.8.2 it worked also ext2)?
precisely i do this
-full format sd on settings, memory
-unmount sd
-go on aparted
-create two partitions, fat32 and ext2/3/4
-fat32 completes
-ext2 doesn't say "format complete", instead it formats (apparently) but afterwards aparted doesn't see the card anymore, and link2sd doesn't see it as well formatted, because it can't mount it. once the tablet rebooted while formatting, another time it just didn't to anything (but again, only on ext2)

creating two fat32 partitions works smooth

the sd is also not damaged, since i could format it with twrp, as said, and now works fine

and about the google search bar?

[rrileypm]

I'm not sure...we need to ask Maakie about the search bar and EXT2.

[spd08]

I'm not sure...we need to ask Maakie about the search bar and EXT2.

yes it would be nice
i described a bit better what i did

[maakie]

The kernel doesn't have support for EXT2.
The width of the search bar is probably some variable in Launcher which can be changed.


I'd planned to release a new version with some fixes.

[rvm22]

I'd planned to release a new version with some fixes.

It may be possible to include in the new ROM Enabling SMS.
Thank you very much.

[spd08]

The kernel doesn't have support for EXT2.
The width of the search bar is probably some variable in Launcher which can be changed.


I'd planned to release a new version with some fixes.

and can the kernel get the support?.... in the previous one it was implemented
additionally to the lenght of the search bar, the icons close to the app menu (in the downside of the main launcher screen) are a bit "compressed". it's just a visual thing, but since there's space.....
also, the digital clock is not centered

as said, no big deals, just "nice to have"

one more thing i just noticed
gps test always show "no fix", even if it sees satellites, like agps is not functioning
another gps test app finds my position right (without satellites), but google maps can't find me, it says just "waiting for position", like there's some sync error
and this with the high precision method
antenna is not the best so i've always relied on the google location service
this had already been reported

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?19105-Pipo-Project-M6-Pro&p=252894&viewfull=1#post252894

[Tablettenmann]

What about security fixes?

I would like to direct the focus on the question "who is going to fix security issues in the Pipo firmware?":

I installed the bluebox security scanner on my Pipo M6 Pro (Firmware v1.1) and noticed, that the firmware is vulnerable to the Android Bug #136778484, also called "FakeID" (more info here: https://bluebox.com/technical/androi...vulnerability/ , http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-...security-hole/ ) .

So my question is:

Who is going to fix that vulnerability and implement the google fix into the firmware?

Kind Regards,

TM

[rrileypm]

Based on the articles I've read, this bug shouldn't be present in Android 4.4.2...which is the version this ROM is based on. If you have updated your Google Play Services, it's my understanding that the problem should be fixed. Otherwise, I'm not sure what else you would like us to do.

[Crandy2]

[Pipo Project] M6 Pro

I would like to direct the focus on the question "who is going to fix security issues in the Pipo firmware?":

I installed the bluebox security scanner on my Pipo M6 Pro (Firmware v1.1) and noticed, that the firmware is vulnerable to the Android Bug #136778484, also called "FakeID" (more info here: https://bluebox.com/technical/androi...vulnerability/ , http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-...security-hole/ ) .

So my question is:

Who is going to fix that vulnerability and implement the google fix into the firmware?

Kind Regards,

TM

According to the links you gave, this bug is not present in kitkat, which is what this rom is based on. Maybe you are getting a false positive.

As to the bigger picture, I raised this question earlier. It is highly unlikely that Pipo (or any other Chinese vendor ) will update firmware for security reasons. They expect you to buy a new tablet if you want updated firmware.

To be fair to the Chinese vendors, I would expect that the vast majority of devices referenced in that article will never be fixed.


Randy and his team now have source code for a few models. Whether or not that would let them do security updates is unknown.

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