yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
UNFORTUNATELY!!!! i cannot help for a day or 2 as my lcd just burned out :( nothing to do with rom, i must have nipped LCD when i put the new digitizer into the phone, As soon as im back up and running i will be able to help again,, think ill go cry now and hope someone buys me a new xperia s to cheer me up lol

I will be back.... fortunately i work in a mobile phone / computer repair shop, so my boss can fix the lcd :)

see you soon guys / sorry i cant really help at the moment

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is your bootloder locked / unlocked???

also could you test something,

install v8alpha from this post https://hotfile.com/dl/150393702/de01b5a/Championswimmer_V8_beta1.zip.html

after install you may need to pull the battery as it sticks at xperia logo

after you have done that and have been through setup,

reboot back to xRECOVERY and try installing stockbase.... (DONT DO FACTORY WIPE!!)

if stockbase passes, reboot phone and go back to xrecovery and install the NEWEST V8 which is here (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25183173&postcount=1785)

Hope that sorts it for you, otherwise im completely stumped lol
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Very bad news wo88les :-S hope your x10 will be repair!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
U should be able to install v7 then go straight to v8 final (without stockbase). Thats what I did it worked fine
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] BS_Artist:
That's what I tried last. Didn't work for me. For some reason, none of the zips for this ROM seem to be working with my device. I just re-flashed Oodie's CM7 ROM, which I was using before, and that is up and running again. But honestly, I don't see why the zips shouldn't work for me if they worked for so many others.

And just to be sure, I rechecked my bootloader status, and it IS unlocked.

*sigh* I really wanted to try this ROM, too bad I can't get it working...

Thanks for your suggestions, guys. I'll keep checking back to see if anything new comes up. :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Flash v7 main then flash this:

http://www.mediafire.com/?qkzjmhtfimii1j4 (its v8 final)

Did u get v7 working or any other version?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] BS_Artist:
That is the v8 file that I have. And nope, I couldn't get any of the versions working. Well, I only tried v7, v8beta and v8final. But with all of them, including the stockbase.zip, I'm having the same problem. The zips cannot be flashed (installation gets aborted), there's the error that says

"E:Can't chown/mod /system/bin (no such file or directory) E:Failure at line 24: set_perm 0 0 0777 (and there's a bit more I don't remember)

Insstallation aborted."
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
That happened to me when i did a factory wipe, make sure you dont do a factory wipe from v7 :)

When you install v7 do you get any error???
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
What kernel are u using pal?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] BS_Artist:
That's just it, I can't install any of them, I get the same error I mentioned in my previous post... :(

I'm using DoomKernel 6 (FS verison, since I can't boot up with either of the overclocked versions)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] bodomfan:
Weird bug keeper recieving duplicate txts about 4 of the same msg.how to fix?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Not too sure pal can u recreate the problem and post the whole logcat? (i may not be able to help much myself but Tof or champ will prob be able to shed some light)

Edit: doomkernel for stock-based roms?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
What/where is the xperia s addon? V8 is the last zip
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
OFF TOPIC!!

Just to let yous all know, came into work and did a quick test with a new LCD :D doomkernel showed up straight away :D ill get my boss to fit the lcd and i should be able to continue testing this evening woohoo :D

Also i may be able to have a flash on tonight to see if i can help get a TUT written for install direct from stock 2.3.3 if you want :D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] championswimmer:
@bsartist

go to recovery

format all partitions except sdcard

install v7 main
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
maybe I didn't understand: before installing v8 alpha xperia s I must be on a stock rom installed? Can't I just flash it over another rom?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
You're right... First flash stockbase.zip

Then boot

Let the system starting

Once on homescreen reboot in xrecovery

Then flash v8final.zip (the last test release for now)

Then you can flash other addon and don't forget Wifi modules if needed.

Then you can boot and use the rom.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] whmgreen:
Is it still recommended to flash stock base after v7 then flash v8? thanks...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Do you have a link for this stock zip please?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dus1b3p5l5c2uti

Stockbase.zip :D

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Quick question for you or TOF :D ok my wife has the NEW Xperia mini pro with screenshot built in. The screenshot option is identical to your rom (press power button, click Take Screenshot)

My problem, If im in a game I.E Draw Something, if i press to take screenshot, the screen is black so i only get a screenshot of the black screen. When my wife takes a screenshot, hers goes black for a second then back to the image behind and it takes the Screenshot, is there a way to make it take the screenshot or do i need to get another screenshot software......

Also... any prizes for posting a reply with the most screenshots mentions? LOL

Thanks :D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Thank you very much man
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
No problem :D

Also added a link in my signature for all :D

Hope thats ok tof / champ
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Think it's because our screenshot works with cmscreenshot and on mini it must have Sony sreencapture.apk that we didn't manage to make working here ...

not a specialist so I think it's the only reason
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
Just having a mess about with flashing zip's again, i have noticed that for me from Stock 2.3.3, installing stockbase seems to throw up a different error every time so im testing with a different sd card.... I will report back soon :D

EDIT Still the same... different error everytime from stock 2.3.3 which i have rooted and installed doomlords v6

ill keep trying until i find a working method
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] BS_Artist:
Did you mean me, buddy? If so, how do I get the whole logcat thing?

And yeah, I am using DoomKernel v6 (FS) for stock based ROMs.

Hmmm... I did try that, champ, but it didn't work. But I'm going to give it another try now. In the meantime, I flashed a different ROM that I've never tried before, and I didn't have any problems doing so.

However, I find that on that ROM too, I'm experiencing massive lags and frequent random rebooting. Even with that, I'm using DoomKernel v6 for stock based ROMs (the ROM is optimized for it).

Could my problem be DoomKernel? If so, what else can I try?

By the way, my device does not handle overclocking well (at least Doom's on Doom's kernels, haven't really noticed such a thing on other kernels), so I generally use kernels without overclocking.

Cheers, and thanks for your replies, guys.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Download alogcat from play store pal. Recreate the error whilst its running then save the logcat. Then find it and upload it here (u may need to change file to. Zip)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Hey Tof tried that aroma thing would u like me to go to stock then try it? I on v8 anyway
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
To all that flashed v8 alpha and v8 with stockbase.zip :

I really apologize if you can't flash this zip.

I don't think the kernel is related to errors you can have while flashing the zip files.

I'm using doomkernel medium oc and don't have any error while flashing.

Before uploading the zip, so even before that they got test on other devices than mine, I flashed them several times with each time a clean phone ( factory reset every time)

If there are no errors I upload them.

However I think something can be wrong in what I do.

As I'm a real novice in rom cooking, all the flashing zip I uploaded where handly made.

There's a useful tool I just begin to use that can check errors and even sign the zip.

As I didn't use this tool, that may explain these errors.

For the next release, I have no choice to use the tool or it'll take weeks, months maybe years if I do it manually.

So normally flashing errors must dissapear in next release that won't be a test version.

Thanks for understanding.

Ps: don't ask us when final v8 will be release..just can tell we're very close.

Ps2: hope no one got asleep by reading this awfully long post....:D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] championswimmer:
abt screenshot....

when taking screenshot gralloc and 3d (games etc...) are NOT captured... that's because screenshot is not "integrated" in rom...

like...on a pc most screen recording softwares cannot capture a playing video
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
thanks ..but not needed ... It was just to see if it works everywhere without errors.

And "only" 50% of the work is done ... so for now it's totally useless ...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Oh right it looks pretty cool
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
what stock rom are you using?? thats the only other factor i can think
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Stock GB prerooted for x10i ....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
could we get a link also to that rom, maybe that is our issue, im not sure 100% which one i use lol
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Installed stockbase but still no reboot option
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
after you install stockbase, install V8 final then you will have options
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Ah ok it's only after the v8. I thought I still ha the problem
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
It's stockbase.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/?dus1b3p5l5c2uti
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
I'm sorry but still no reboot after v8 installed, now it's weird
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Try to flash this please

http://www.mediafire.com/?mna8182gz6cb3d1
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Oh yes this worked now got reboot, thanks
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Must have screenshot option too ;)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Yes it's here too. Btw the phone is a lot laggy now
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] BS_Artist:
Yay! Finally got it running!

@ Champ, Tof, wo88les, laneyofdeath:

Guys, I think the problem I was having was what Tof was referring to (although I'm not 100% certain) about the zips not working.

I guess that could have been the reason I wasn't able to flash any of the v8 files. I even tried the v7 main zip, but I got the same error (the error was something about not being able to find a directory or file on the system partition).

Earlier today, Champ suggested this:

I tried that too, but it didn't work this time either. Then on a hunch, in addition to formatting all partitions, I noticed that out of the system, cache and data partitions, not all were mounted. So I mounted them all, and tried v7 zip again...

And I was able to flash it! After that, the phone booted up, I completed the initial setup, and the rebooted and flashed v8final.zip, WITHOUT flashing stockbase.zip... IT WORKED! And the phone boots up. So far, ROM is fast, performance is smooth as silk, no random reboots, FC's, WLODs, nothing...

(Been running it for a bit less than a couple of hours since then)

Seems like its sorted, in my case... Thanks to all your help and suggestions! Does it matter which of your posts I hit thanks on? (Noob, I know...)

EDIT: Is there any functional reason for flashing stockbase.zip? Will I be missing something since I didn't? Thanks again...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
I'm happy you finally succeed in flashing this rom ..

And happier that you like it ....:p

For information stockbase.zip is usefull if you come from another rom ... as you flashed v7 before, you could flash v8 without any doubt, without missing something ....

Enjoy this rom !!

PS: you can thank whoever you want wherever you want ... ;)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] championswimmer:
to all the people.involved in helping each other over the last 2-3 pages on this thread.....

always remember...never to give up on an unsuccessful attempt.... the.best thing about trying and trying again...is that every time you try, you learn more...

the more learn, the more you can help yourself as well as help others....

tof37 is an excellent example....i bet 2 months ago he didnt know half the things about android that he knows now (same applies to me)... the more we read, the more we ask, the more we share and the more we.help each other...the more we learn...

and who knows each one of you is a potential android developer in your own rights

so happy flashing guys....

i am running busy...but a little surprise will come along with v8 (tof has got a brilliant installation method up and running)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
There's still a problem: the zip notificxation bar with brightness control is not compatible with the screenshot band reboot zip linked before. It makes the power button not working
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Reflash the zip you download (v8screenshotstockbatt)

Different framework and jar files ... that's why it's not compatible
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Thats true pal we all learning all the time eh?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
The Rom is amazing, new installer looking great too, the few bugs I've found are in things I don't / probably won't ever use.

Oh and champ :-) new LCD in now and no flicker on your kernel at 1113MHz :-)

What else can I say but keep up the amazing work team

And thanks haha

Sent from my x10s v8
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
Yes allready done, but the modified status bar is better than stock one. Is there no possibility to make it working?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] championswimmer:
we actually do not know which lines specifically TEAM and th_jap have edited in various jar files....(the rom from where that status bar is taken)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony84:
ah ok. but it would be nice if you'll be able to make it ^^ no pressure just an idea :D because the status bar like this is wonderfull
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] bodomfan:
Bug with equalizer bass control goes back to 0 if exit and go back to equalizer
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
Same here. Bug confirmed :-)

Sent from my x10s v8
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] championswimmer:
delete system/lib/soundfx folder and copy the one from v7
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] bodomfan:
Do I reinstall Rom after copying from v7?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] 3Dota:
no ... u don't need to reinstall the rom
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Time Machine:
i'm using v7-update-1a and every once and then i get all my messages deleted when rebooting the phone, anyone else have this bug?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tof37:
Need Help please

Hi all !

I need someone you know how to use searh option (obviously nearly everyone here :p )

Seriously, I need that someone provide me a list of all kernel for stock based rom (for our device of course) that needs wifi specific modules.

I don't have time to do it cause I actually working to make a wonderful v8 final release with surprising suff ;) won't tell more about it for now :p

Thanks a lot
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wo88les:
I may be wrong but I am sure there all in champs Sig, in his kernel post these are a few which have been tested, search never works properly for me hehe :-) I'll have a poke about to see if I can see more though

Sent from my x10s v8
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] laneyofdeath:
Are these any use Tof?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35558
[Epic 4G General] n756gkj:
Providing an ontopic receptacle rather than continuing to create offtopic noise in other threads ...

EDIT: Now if we could just get people to stop arguing that their offtopic posts elsewhere aren't offtopic, but that the discussion about whether they are on/off-topic is ... boggles the mind.
[Epic 4G General] GuestK00145:
This need to be redirected to the general section
[Epic 4G General] brooksyx:
Easy fix for battery life, just delete exchange.apk. I just set all my exchange emails to forward to my gmail and delete the exchange apk and now my battery life literally lasts double.
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
what app you use to delete? and i agree this needs to be moved to general
[Epic 4G General] harrybozack:
How does one do that?
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
there is a app that allows you to do that but I can't remember the name it is like sdx or sdk
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Es file manager....root browser and mount system go to the /system/app and delete the exchange.apk

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0
[Epic 4G General] waitforit...:
Try Juice defender

Juice defender worked wonders for me.

3g usage in CM9 is hard on the battery. Juice Defender limits radio usage. Big improvement.
[Epic 4G General] brooksyx:
I just used root explorer, but any file that allows you to edit system files will work. I didnt actually delete my i just renamed it to exchange.apk..bak but deleting it will have the same effect.
[Epic 4G General] diablo311:
I agree in this one my battery lasts 2wice as much
[Epic 4G General] RyleyinSTL:
How does deleting the exchange.apk improve batt life? I would assume if you don't have any exchange sync accounts that it shouldn't be doing anything??
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Thanks for getting this moved/started here in General. I was getting tired of all the battery complaints and pictures of battery stats stuck in the development thread. Hopefully something good will come out of all this and a set method to get decent battery life AND still be able to use our phone.
[Epic 4G General] brooksyx:
Well check your battery stats. For me it was always running and was on top of the list for usage.
[Epic 4G General] RyleyinSTL:
Yes, but I would assume that is because you had exchange accounts that you were syncing? The reason I'm looking for clarification is because your post made it sound like just randomly removing the exchange.apk would improve batt life. I would assume that this would be only if you were actually using it to begin with.

BBS is not showing exchange in my batt history, at all.

Of course I don't know anything so that's why I'm asking.
[Epic 4G General] amateurhack:
If you delete that, you lose your ability to sync to exchange, which in most cases means that one would not be able to SEND or receive emails via their exchange account. If I can't send email via exchange, then no one at my work will get it. Not to mention that certain emails would contain certain information that, if sent on a less secure connection, could get be immediately fired, or even possibly face criminal prosecution.

You would also lose the ability for your admins to enforce exchange policies on your device (which they use to protect you from some of the consequences I outlined in the pervious paragraph.)

So, I would say that if you have to use Exchange, be very wary of deleting that file. What may work for one may be outright dangerous for another.
[Epic 4G General] amateurhack:
Now that hopefully we have established that deleting one file on your phone may not be the best way for you to improve your battery life, I say thanks for starting this thread.

Battery life is subject to many variables. Keep in mind when reading and posting that what may be reasonable and effective for one person may not work for another. There's no need to get upset or defensive.

Also, be careful about posting a fix without investigating consequences (like the post about deleting a file.)

And, as always, use at your own risk.

Have a nice day!
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
If you use exchange, wouldn't you think deleting exchange.apk would mess it up? I would just delete exchange and email and install k9 mail.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I use titanium backup to remove

Email.apk (I use Gmail)

Exchange.apk (I don't use exchange)

The drm stuff (I don't stream movies or music to my phone)

Sns (I manually transfer my Facebook contacts to Gmail)

Gallery (I use quickpic)

Trebuchet (I use nova)

I would also delete Google talk if you don't use it.

I also disabled auto sync on email and twitter (I can just manually sync.

Another thing you can do is get a firewall app like droidwall and stop all apps that don't need internet access to function.

Also you can get startup manager ans stop programs from startup.

Also get the supercharger fix made by darkierawr and run the supercharger to fix ram use.

I haven't tested it, but juice defender should fix drainage by data and wifi.

Turn off notification led.
[Epic 4G General] amateurhack:
Yes. Great suggestions. I'll have to check some of those apps.
[Epic 4G General] amateurhack:
I'm using touchdown right now since the aosp upstream on ICS won't work with my employer's exchange settings. Unfortunately it won't work with K9 either as its Exchange 2010.

I've left those files there for now. Since I'm not using them, they don't hurt my battery.
[Epic 4G General] 1midniterider:
It's not always the ROM... User's usage and the features of the Li-Ion battery can contribute to poor battery performance...

http://www.mpoweruk.com/performance.htm
[Epic 4G General] jeffro18:
I run a very similar setup to you, and have been pleased with my overall performance and battery life with cm9. I just stay logged out of google talk instead of deleting it. I would also advise people to disable auto brightness and enable the notification bar brightness control. Then keep your brightness at the lowest comfortable setting durring use.

I saw you advise using the die hard launcher with v6 supercharger in another thread. Any advice on your preferred minfree settings? I have played with a few different ones on this setup and have no real issues, just curious.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Currently running shadow at 1.2ghz. Getting overnight (9hrs) drain of 5% with deep sleep at 98%. Minimal wakelocks and kernel wakes. I get 3-4hrs screen on time with the 1800mah Epic Touch battery.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
What tips do you have for others to get this? I am losing about 1% an hour overnight with wifi on.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
I was too. The only thing I has changed between when it did and didn't was cleared cache and data in the gallery. Was completely unrelated but I was getting incorrect images in albums so I cleared it all. Next overnight tests my wake locks and kernel wakes were mere minutes vs the previous hours.
[Epic 4G General] nimitz87:
not really sure how reporting this in the official ROM thread is off topic when people are talking about what day of the week is the beginning FFS. but thanks OP :rolleyes:

What kind of screen time are you guys getting?

With a large 3500 mah battery I'm dropping about 20% an hour just browsing tapatalk.

I don't have bad battery loss unless I'm using the phone for example I've dropped 10% since posting.

seems android OS is hogging big time?

drops 20% an hour with screen on.

Chad
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
I am staying out of that thread I gots a feeling that the hammer is going to be coming down on some peeps from Jay or PG.
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
I think I read this once before, but I had a question regarding startup processes. I usually used Super Manager to disable apks at startup, ones that I don't need. However, I'm unable to do this in CM9. Am I doing something wrong (ROOT is already enabled via the app) or is it something that isn't possible in CM9?

I didn't think it was possible, but I could've misread something.