Pipo M9 Pro - Finless 1.5 ROM

[rrileypm]

Don't worry, there will be continued RileyROM support for the M9 Pro. I may enlist Bob's help on some things, but I've already learned a great deal more from Bob's example.

I've already been playing with the KitKat firmware for the U8, and I'm excited to be moving forward with future Pipo releases. They definitely have some challenges to overcome with the M Pro/HD series. I tried to port the U8 to the M7 Pro, which is a very close cousin to the M9 Pro as far as hardware goes, and I haven't been able to boot yet. Looks like I'll have to wait for Pipo, like everyone else.

[Kastrup]

To my query regarding KitKat for the M9Pro, Pipo replied there there are no plans...
/Kastrup

Don't worry, there will be continued RileyROM support for the M9 Pro. I may enlist Bob's help on some things, but I've already learned a great deal more from Bob's example.

I've already been playing with the KitKat firmware for the U8, and I'm excited to be moving forward with future Pipo releases. They definitely have some challenges to overcome with the M Pro/HD series. I tried to port the U8 to the M7 Pro, which is a very close cousin to the M9 Pro as far as hardware goes, and I haven't been able to boot yet. Looks like I'll have to wait for Pipo, like everyone else.

[RaderCad]

Testing tun.ko etc....

No problem, Bob.

We are both really busy in our own areas. Thanks for all the help. I'm on it!!!!!!!!

I will be testing the VPN part of this (tun.ko etc....) tomorrow.

I just got the Finless 1.5 ROM back in with the aps/utils re,re,re-loaded........


Thanks for all the work you guys do.....

[colinabroad]

To my query regarding KitKat for the M9Pro, Pipo replied there there are no plans...
/Kastrup

Who told you that? See my post #54.

[Nordo]

I would personally like to thank Bob and Randy for all the hard work they have done on ROMs for the Pipo M9.

Regarding the M9, it would be nice if someone new could be the new doctor.
We all know that Bob prefers working with TV sticks because that is what he is in tune with at the moment, and Randy is more in tune with the smaller Pipo tablets than the M9.
And to top it all off, they both have a lives that do not revolve around Pipo ROMs (surprise, surprise).

I'll say it again - THANKS GUYS!

And Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!

Response from Randy:-
I'm in tune with the latest firmware for any Pipo tablet. I was laying off the M9 Pro for a while, since Bob was involved in his own ROM. Don't worry, you have plenty of support.

[RaderCad]

Testing tun.ko etc.... part 2

From Finless
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Copy these 2 files to /system/lib/modules replacing the ones that are in there.
Make sure ES File Explorer confirms the copy and does not give an error.

Reboot

Now install Android Terminal Emulator.
Run it and at the command line type lsmod
It should list all modules installed into the kernel and tun and md4 should be in the list.

Now try your VPN.

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Well that went just swell.
Lots of different commands out for the various flavors of linux/unix.
Lots of small things have changed with Googles implementation of unix/linux.

After much frustration with the mount -o bla,bla,bla,bla...... I went with the little Mount/System rw/ro apt Free on Google play.
I really have to start using my bluetooth keyboard.

The making a backup directory in /system/lib/modules went well, after running Mount/System.

moved the original files to the backup directory

copied the new files to the /system/lib/modules directory.....

no error messages, operation complete.

rebooted and low and behold the copied tun.ko didn't show up under the lsmod command?????
It shows up when I went there with es file explorer???

ran the tun.ko installer apt (free on Google play) and then it showed up in the lsmod command????? Something ELSE is going on here.....

Tried my pay VPN service and it worked.....

VPN is back to where it was prior to implementation in the ROMS.....
I have to run tun.ko installer prior to using OpenVPN free.....

[Kastrup]

Anna @ Pipo customer support.
Seems to be contradicting information ...
/Kastrup

Who told you that? See my post #54.

[Nordo]

Anna @ Pipo customer support.
Seems to be contradicting information ...
/Kastrup

Always take Anna's responses with a pinch of salt.

[Nordo]

Desktop Icons Disappearing

I'm currently on Finless 1.4 ROM.
(waiting for a micro SD card so I can backup before I install 1.5).

When I turn my tablet on, I get two rows of icons at the bottom - first the OS icons (Home; Return; Vol up; Vol down; etc), then on the next row, the shortcuts to Apps; Camera; Browser; etc.

However, when I move off the desktop then come back, the bottom row (the OS commands, as I call them ) have gone!
The only way I can get them back is to power off and re-start the tablet.

Does anyone have this problem or can tell me how to get rid of it?

[rrileypm]

Try swiping your finger up from the bottom.

[rodentkj]

Does anyone have this problem or can tell me how to get rid of it?

Been discussed many times.

It's the hidden status bar option Pipo added to the latest firmware.
Swipe from the bottom of the screen up and it will come back.

"- to hide the status bar, press the last button on the right from the status bar From the hidden status bar to show it again: slide from bottom of the screen to the top."

[Nordo]

Try swiping your finger up from the bottom.

What absolute legends you guys are!!!!!
It's funny how something so simple can completely toss you at times.

Thanks Randy and Rodent.

Have a great Christmas.

[andreim]

Thank you for this amazing firmware

Hi guys,

First of all I want to say Thank You Randy and Bob for this amazing firmware.
I just installed and created users for my kids .

I noticed that it is a problem with the hided status bar. The swiping is working fine for the owner (main user). On the rest of the users as soon as the status bar is hide it will not appear on a swiping.

I don't know if it is a problem with the modification done by Bob or Randy or it is a bug from the original Pipo firmware.

Thank you again,
Andrei

[rrileypm]

Pipo does not support multi user. We just turn the feature on for your use. I have the same problem that Pipo does with trying to fix it. I simply don't have the time right now to dig deep into the firmware to find all of the fixes. There are lots of known issues with multi user.

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[mrleezh]

hi there! just some user feedback. it seems our tabs are formatted as fat32 so it can be read on both mac/windows. however, this seems to be a problem when we are transferring single files bigger than 4gb (BR movies and what not). is there anyway to overcome this on the tab? especially when its internal memory. i know for the sd card it should not be an issue. i just tried transferring and was prompted that error. so just wanna let you guys know in case others face such a problem too =)