yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marvi0:
Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marvi0:
Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Diger36:
You CAN flash factory images through the toolkit you know. You can download them at Google, put them in the correct subfolder of the GNEX toolkit folder and flash away. In order to do that you do have to have an unlocked bootloader and you will loose your root.

Unlocking the bootloader will loose all your data (including under the SDCARD folder (so everything you stored will be gone)!

. Rooting can be done again through the toolkit...

Or you can download a different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marvi0:
Hmm thanks this looks more like my sort of of a thing "different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.", were can i find this please?. Thanks.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] yash_p90:
Hi friends. My girlfriend recently purchased a Ray. We have rooted the phone and now are ready to install a custom ROM. I wanted a review of ROMs from you guys which you have used on your Ray. (Camera, battery life, smoothness, stability etc.)

You can help me by letting me know about the following ROMs

- CyanogenMod 7.2 RC1

- KA11 Ice Cream Sony

- FreeXperiaProject 7.2

- FreeXperiaProject 9.0

- JJ's HYBRID ROM v3

- RayOnium

Or you could just tell me the best ROM for Ray. :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Try it yourself, and please don't post this kind of question again.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] yash_p90:
:confused:

Well I thought xda was meant to share your knowledge and help others!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] PerecFX:
I have tried CM7.2, CM9.0 and Offical ICS BETA ROM V4 Update http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1516750

ICS BETA is the best so far. CM7.2 and CM9.0 is too buggy for me yet. (IMHO)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Yes but not this kind of question. Clearly you post it at the wrong thread. Why don't you put it on the sticked thread above? And again, none is the Best. It comes down to each person's experiences, and it is not kindly enough to compare something that's been done for passion, with silly ranks. If all ROMs are paid version, you could ask such a question. But it is free so it is ethically not allowed to compare them all, it just makes some war (as i have seen it before on X10MP forum). Try yourself and read all the testimonial. Read before ask will never hurt.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
there is nothing bad in asking for help.. Newbies really dont know where to go... ;)

Its just a Kernel or ROM the guy is asking...There wont be anything too sensitive or emotional for Dev if someone helps him choosing a ROM... :)

@OP... Every ROM has its own features... Depends on users choice or features he/she wants... it just takes 15 mins to check a ROM and its features... try each one by one and stay with the one that suits u more...;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Well at least they can read, can't they? Just keeping this thread clean and tidy and minimal of confrontation. I know it is maybe harmless, but i won't bet on it since i have seen it growing to some hatred to the devs later. ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jjdoctor:
U never flashed my ROM... you hate it... Did i ever hate u coz of that?...:D

its just a Phone... not something related to my Personal characters...;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hansip87:
Not hating the ROM mind you, just the theme.. :p And you know me all along since the first mod i popped here, that i kept the theme as stock as possible (at least in rhythm with stock theme), and later you mod the theme for any other. So you knew how much i love sony theme (or too lazy to do a theme of m own) .. :p

Yes it is just a phone and how nice it is if everybody has the same mind like yours. The thing is, majority of human is human, they like to idolize something and when different peoples with different mind comes together, war.. ;)

Ah forget it, getting off topic now.. X)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kizsleg:
Well, all I can say is your not yet ready to install custom rom. Unlike any other brand of phones, Sony has a locker bootloader. You have to unlock boatloader first which will void the warranty to install custom ROM.

I'll give you a tip in choosing rom.

1. Go to each rom's thread, read the rom's description first, see if the phone features that are essential for your everyday usage is working as we all now that each has their own pros and cons.

2. Feedbacks, just read feedbacks. It will give you the idea if the Rom is for or not.

3. Number of post, check the number of post. More post may actually mean that many people are using that rom.

Go find it yourself. It's not easy to give comparison as it may hurt the developer's feelings reading some bad comments about their hardworks.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Azzbreaker:
In real i like this topic ... i was reading many things around any Rom ... same with kernels and that's good, what we all together can speak about them all in one place. Coz if u can see, each time when any Rom will be updated, makers did new Topic about it, well why we can't talk about things like that, like new Rom's in one place? For many Dev's it will be nice place too, coz they can see what ppl's like, what they want, for what they downloaded for example MIUI and not Cyan.

Iam interested in this topic, coz iam trying to find balanced Rom, just needed app's in it, everything is working and smooth ... and thats my question of the day, what Rom and kernel(also baseband) draining battery not so fast?

For example on same Rom what i have now iam tried different options in build.prop

pm.sleep_mode=2

ro.ril.disable.collapse=0

but made one mistake in same day iam changed baseband ... and if before my Rom take for whole night 2% of my battery ... after this moves i got 3%.

Today iam trying new baseband and we will see what i can have then.

Well its good to know about them all, i mean Rom's .. and iam tried many of them, last JJ's rom, MIUI from iriijo and bla bla bla. And all what i can say, they all bugged, GB more stable for now and everything is working nice with repack from 4pda .. for nice view i use Go laucher Ex, its overclocked and bla bla bla. I like it, but i love Torch from MIUI with home button and many small things like that in any other Rom.

Well this topic must live, i hope soon we can read here more info and maybe someone can offer to me, how to make my battery life better, coz my phone can stay without charging just 1 day ^^ and one guy at the 4pda forum got 3 days and 14 hours, used 2g(but it was on), not 3g ... used internet, listened music, used wifi also ... i think even 2 days like that should be perfect, but why i can't do the same ?^^

Sorry if my english isn't perfect enough and sorry for to much words in this answer ^^
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Ridho1:
Rayonium is the best rom for me. :-)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sirkay:
okay...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
The best rom is what you get from the right combination of trick,mod,personalization you can get from the xda developers,if you don't think so use a stock one.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kurosaki70:
for me the best rom is jj's hybrid and ka
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] luuduchoanganh:
Yes, KA11 is best!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] yash_p90:
I would have tried the ROMs myself if it was my phone. Itz not my phone. That is why I asked for help, otherwise I would have never asked.

I have tried all possible ROMs for my HTC Wildfire.

P.S. I have unlocked the bootloader.

Sent from my HTC Wildfire
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] phantom78:
I use stock ICS rom and I edited it on my way ^^~
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Azzbreaker:
Testing new MIUI official one for Arc and ported for ray, looks awesome, cutting some xit now and we will see, but for now everything iam tried, everything is working.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aftashokz:
K11 working fine for me oc 1.6 GHz no problems

sent from Xperia ray 4.0.3
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] manishsingh:
I have mostly tried all the rom's that are out there for Ray and here is my suggestion:

Gigengerbread ROM either of the two given below:

1- Repack by 4pda.ru team http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424121

2. RayOnium.v7 Final Version http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1472043

If you want ICS ROM:

1. [ICS] JJ's HYBRID ROM v3 (New Battery Fix) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1535971

Note: Make sure you install the Email Patch which is given in the same thread.

Let me once again re-iterate that each ROM for Ray is unique and a lot of effort has been put in by each of the developers and I mean no disrespect to any of them. My suggestion is based on my personal liking.

I hope this helps you in making a decision :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] yash_p90:
Thanks a lot.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nerve:
I've flashed KA11 Ice Cream Sony, JJ's HYBRID ROM v3 and RayOnium v7.

The best for me is Rayonium v7 and I stick with this rom.

It smooth, stable and very good battery life (with aire kernnel @1.0 Ghz)

The only drawback is it has too much (useless)bloatware.

I have to delete it myself after flashed.

imo ics roms are smooth but the battery drain very fast (even flash with wifi module patch)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] buguk1010:
i am using a Frankenstein rom :P part KA11, part JJ, other parts from other roms.

works fine with me :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] yash_p90:
"Frankenstein ROM" nice name ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] cyjambo:
Hi all,

I am getting my Ray tomorrow and this question is an interesting one. I will of course try most of the ROMs and choose afterwards, but I would love to hear your opinions.

Peace,

Jambo
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Da-BOSS:
I am confused

I Have my xperia ray locked boot loader and rooted and have GB fw.42 stock with removed bloatware.I have a question. do i unlock my boot loader in GB or wait for an upgrade to the official ICS software and then unlock boot loader? if u don't mind if u answered this:confused: question :Di would really appreciated :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] stebenwulf:
Rayonium v7 if your into GB (Gingerbread)

KA11 if your into ICS (ice cream sandwich)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kurosaki70:
rayonium v7 if your into GB

JJ Hybrid if you into ICS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Da-BOSS:
Thanks!!

thanks for the information guys :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kurosaki70:
ka11 much lag in game
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] duxxyuk:
For someone other than yourself - I suggest you use stock .42 - root it then use titanium backup to wipe out some of the junk apps that SE installed then give it back.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kurosaki70:
but with jj's hybrid i have no lag in game with cm9 too i use base band 66
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mathewgx:
Can you post a link to the 66 baseband ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kurosaki70:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1518356
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mathewgx:
Does the baseband 66 has greek language ?

Also , I have KA11 with 62 baseband. If I flash the 66 baseband I will lose my apps and settings ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Gabrech:
I think the question would be:

"I want my girlfriend's ray to be smoother, but I do not want to be flashing it all the time or she'll get mad eventually"

Same problem here, I am quite spending my time in finding the right rom to flash, and I'm looking for a rom with battery life, smoothness and everything working (flashing FXP every two weeks is beginning to kill my time / couple ;) . I was thinking of flashing Flykernel + Ultimate HD (ICS) but do not know if this is a good choice. Any clue to get a good AOSP / Stable / Battery friendly rom ?

thanks for this thread !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ™ God ™:
Man Stop Bumping Old Threads Please

You Make Xperia Ray Android Development Trash
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Gabrech:
With the title of the thread, I haven't noticed this was in Dev. section. This has nothing to do in dev, you're right.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Rizal Lovins:
Lol :p

This thread maybe help for someone like OP

But this thread wrong section, You just make new thread on general Forum, or contact moderator to move this thread

Ok back to topic

You can install All ROM for Ray, one by one, you will have see & feel ...

if all ROM don't you like, just try another mod like Mod Themes, Mod Camera, Tweek, etc ...

Cheers ;)

Note : Please don't compare ROM

Best Regards

Rizal Lovins
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] keunhuvac:
Hi!

I tried to mode framework to get % battery display (circle), but i cant push it back to /system/framework folder because i cant remount. I got this error:

E:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted.

Here is framework mod, hope it works.

Warning: im not try it yet so i dont know it causes bootloop or not.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wrhaaayku2rvmvv

I want to use push command so that the framework-res.apk will have correct permission after push back to system.

OK! Dont try it. I just replaced new mod framework, new icons with %battery show in statusbar, but got bootloop. May be problem with permission?

Now, how to restore stock one?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kazuni:
push it to sdcard, then do this:

adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system

# dd if=/sdcard/my_file_to_push of=/system/my_destination_file_location
# sync
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] keunhuvac:
I used this:

adb shell

su

mount -o remount rw /system

cp /sdcard/download/framework-res.apk /system/framework

Now need to flash preroot image to get phone works?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] keunhuvac:
I found this:

E:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb root

adbd cannot run as root in production builds
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kazuni:
no need, after you pushed the file to framework, you may restart your phone.

I recommend using dd as you do not have a risk of setting the wrong file permissions.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
I am at a loss, i am at a point where my phone is no longer bound by the laws of logic.

I was running Passion 13.1 ICS

two days ago for some reason i woke up and my phone was asking for a password to decrypt the phone, i though this was weird being that i didnt encrypt the phone.

so i setup ODIN and flashed back to Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick pre rooted w/re-partition checked.

it passes and reboots after reboot i get

"E:Cant mount /dev/block/mmcblkop1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(no such file or directory)

but it will reboot into android

so i booted into android setup adb and copied over the fs tools (Parted, e2fsck, mke2fs, resize2fs tune2fs, and sdparted)

i found that in /dev/block/ the partition files were missing completely so i created them using

mknod /dev/block/mmcblk0 b 179 0
mknod /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 b 179 1
mknod /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 b 179 2

i can see them there but when i try to partition them using

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkfs ext2

it returns

Error: Error opening /dev/block/mmcblk0: No such device or address

so i tried a shot in the dark i tried to write zero's to it

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0

it returns

/dev/block/mmcblk0: cannot open for write: No such device or address

so i rebooted my phone, when it came back up i opened an adb shell and to my surprise the fs tools and the files i created in /dev/block were gone it was like it factory reset it self on reboot.

were i am at now is hardware failure unless the collective minds here can see something that i missed?

i really

really

REALLY want to save her she has been an awesome phone.

any help would be appreciated
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Dude that sucks. You are I think the 3rd or 4th person to have this happen to. I do also believe that most of whom this happened to (at least in our forum) were running Passion (different variants though). In the Cappy threads, it was CM9 or Doc's. Seems it is totally random when it happens, but I am seriously considering going back to something else unless I get another phone.

Might want to check here for a workable solution.

Sorry for your loss.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dougfresh:
Instead of the froyo build, you should try 2.1 jfd odin package
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
I was thinking about doing this, but wouldn't it make my phone incredibly slow because of the sd latency?

i tried looking for this but i cant find it do you have a link or a copy of the files?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
I'm sure it will slow down but it should boot up and you can load another ROM on there. You do lose your entire internal since it is essentially swapped out for the external. Can't hurt to try with a higher class card maybe.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djquick:
It seems this is happening to everyone running ICS Passion.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Ya but on the Cappy threads it is happening to people on CM9 and Doc's too.

So I am wondering if anyone on AOKP builds are getting these. I posted in the other two threads about this (the one that you were helping that guy yesterday with and the other one) to see what ROMs/kernels they were running, JIC.

Might be a problem with the port of the AOSP code since it is essentially from NS and GNex, both Sammy products though. Anyone in your NS fora reporting this problem?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djquick:
Nope, nobody. And I just flashed from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 2 days ago
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
I flashed GBBOOT-T959UVJFD in an effort to fix my problem, but its just stuck in a boot loop now. is there a chance that the actual physical memory is damaged?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Chances are your internal is completely locked up and without the encryption "key" you won't be able to use it. Since you know ADB, you still might be able to pull some stuff off it and mount to your PC.

Looks to be that you may need to repartition your external in the thread I posted above.

What Bootloader were you on before this all started?

The file I sent you had GB bootloaders included. So to get into recovery Vol- and Power. To get into download Vol+ and Power.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
at this point i don't even care about recovering the internal partition i would like to just format it and start over clean.

It had a GB boot loader on it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
This is what is confusing me, in my mind if a partition is locked and i forget the key or in this case it encrypts itself shouldn't i be able to just fdisk or dd the partition back to cleanliness and format it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big Dog KMc:
When I installed some of the ICS roms (Cant remember which ones, Too many out now) I remember at the very beginning of the post flash setup screens that I needed to Agree to Googles update rules.

I have read that The galaxy nexus and the Nexus S is getting 4.0.? upgrades re-pushed to their phones as the First update in December had a major battery drain bug in it and was stopped.

I have also read that some members reported that They got a "Welcome to your new Nexus....." e-mails.

Could this be caused by an update being pushed to the phone and sense it is a vibrant and not a nexus it is causing these problems??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
I thought the Nexus had ICS already, so i don't think that was what happened. plus i would think it would prompt the user to apply the update or restart the device.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
at this point after reading this thread, i think its hardware failure in my case. otherwise why would it clear everything after a reboot?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
I tried that sans the beer LOL i think i am going to need something stronger.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstas:
Anythoughts on the SGS 2? HERE

or the NEXUS HERE
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hobbie8046:
Since flashing into an ICS ROM I am no longer able to write to my phone's USB storage. I can open it, but whenever I try to change anything it tells me that I do not have the permissions to do so.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
Go to the Rogue recovery and run the fix permission.

After that if you still see the permission error, from settings > storage > format usb storage or you can do the same thing from Rogue recovery. Mount usb storage > Format usb storage.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Marinake:
This is a port of one of the most famous ROMs for Android on our Samsung Galaxy 5 .It have some things from Galaxy Mini , Galaxy Fit and X10 Mini , so it's not my full work.You will see the thanks list at the end of the post.

Version:

Current version is RC1 (Release Candidate) because it's the most stable version I ever got working.

Changelog:

RC1:

-Based on Android 2.3.7 Stock by me

-Updated MIUI sources to new ones

-Centered statusbar clock

-Fixed some stability issues that caused bootloops

-Lag is still present under 650 mhz frequency

-Launcher and some widgets resized

-Smaller keyboard

-Hosting changed to Goo.im

Bugs:

-Some lag

-MIUI icon in status bar is behind the white text of carrier

Fixes:

-To apply themes you need to create "theme" folder into data/system

-To apply lockscreens you can use MiLocker free on Play Store

-To overclock use No Frills CPU Control also free on Play Store

Downloads:

--MIUI RC1--

--LDPI Lockscreens Pack--

Thanks:

psyke83 for CMScreenshot.apk and CMParts.apk

siznex for some Miui sources

MADTeam and XDA communities for testing and feedback
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nightm:
I could not believe it. Fantastic news that MIUI can be ported to i5500. Thanks, keep up good work!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] LoyalCrystalean:
This looks awesome! :D
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] matbarni:
Thanks you soooo MUCH!

Few more bugfixes and I download it!

Keep up the GREAT work!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] dredremon:
keep up the good work mate !! loveyou u can port miui on g5 !