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[Sony Xperia ZL] TheTofu:
If you'd like you can get walkman equalizer from ports such as this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2059203

IR Blaster is a framework thing iirc but someone has made an IR Blaster app for CM so it probably won't take long for it to become implemented in official builds.

As for Camera, I would think you'd be able to pull the camera app from a different CM-based ROM that has more functionality, I'm going to look into this.

Edit: For some reason black bean had a crappy version of the camera app so I pulled the one I had from a pac zip that was lying around, really the only thing the stock camera has is the fancy auto modes that don't really quite work that well.

Lux Lite won't fix it, you can set custom values for auto brightness in the ROM options itself, Lux seems to just make it a little easier.

There's nothing really in advanced settings yet because we don't have anything worth putting there. All the major customization options are there, they're just under other menus, like always.

And finally, I remember speaker phone working when I had PAC on my ZL.(Currently have BakedBean which runs pretty fabulously)
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
hm, i'm a little scared today-

anyone flashed 2507 nightly? :D

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Do not flash any nightly until further notice
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
so, what is the recommendet build ro flash?

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
U can flash latest build if u want. But u need to do the steps that [MENTION=312638]jug6ernaut[/MENTION] mentioned
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
u mean flash the cm kernel via fastboot?

i'm on 2307 and i'll wait for further notice...:)

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
That's better
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Night lies are safe to flash once again. We are working on PAC 4.3
[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
:D Amazing.
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Very exciting! I have switched to my Nexus 4 as the daily driver since I got 4.3, and I don't know if it's in my head, but the phone is incredibly smooth! All the Xperia ROMs I have used have some stutter here and there, and I am pretty sure the Nexus 4 had that too. I have not seen any stutter with 4.3. Hopefully this will be noticeable on the ZL.

I did install the AOSP 4.3 build on the ZL but went back to 4.2 and didn't have it on there long enough to look for that. I'll have to check it out again.
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
which version is safe to flash? the latest nightly?
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Hey Mithun,

Your Nightlies link on the OP is linking to the wrong URL. It's pointing to nightlies instead of nightly
[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
:| i thought nightlies there were no nightlies for like...weeks lol
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Oh no! LOL Yup, they are there! Just go up a level and go into Nightly (http://pacman.basketbuild.com/index.php?dir=main/odin/nightly/)

I just installed the latest one, 0726, and it doesn't have recovery. It also doesn't have the Pacman boot screen

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Yikes, that nightly did not work well. I forgot to install gapps and that's how I realized there was no recovery (I had flashed the boot.img initially and had to resort to the trusty DoomKernel boot.img to get recovery). Once I installed gapps things were broken, so that's probably my bad.

I ended up throwing Carbon on there since it looks interesting and want to check it out.

Now that I've been using the Nexus 4 again I discovered that there is definitely a bluetooth A2DP problem at least in the 7-08 Experimental build. Not sure if it has carried over, but audio quality is really bad. I don't have that problem with the Nexus (and we finally get AVRCP 1.3! Hello metadata!)
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
dirty flash over 2307 or clean install-

what's recommendet?

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
Unless changing base roms I always dirty flash. There is no reason not to.
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
how did u get in fastboot mode?:confused:

edit:

got it, now restoring nandbackup... :)

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Use the off button under the cover. Hold the side power button and the off button under the back cover at the same time. The phone will vibrate once, keep holding and it will vibrate three times. You can let go then and the phone will be off.

Unplug the usb cable from the phone, hold down the volume up button and plug the usb cable (the usb cable must be connected to the computer). Keep holding the volume button until the led turns blue and you're in fastboot mode. You can release the volume button once that happens.
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
The lastest 2607 zip is still not safe to flash :( when can you revert to the same flashing as 2307 nightlies pls..
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Holy ****. Sorry guys , Guess PAC man build system is Brocken now and I have no internet am gonna go to my ISP and shout at them. Wish me luck
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
good luck! :D:thumbup:

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
no worries. thanks for the hardwork ^^
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
i have a little question:

can i flash the kernel from the experimental build (0708)to have more kernel settings and twrp in the 0723 nightly build?

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Yeah u can but it won't work I think as nightly does not have linaro components to support the kernel. But there are chances it might work

SECRET: A new kernel is coming. MEOW-Kernel that can be flashed to all android 4.2 builds
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
good to know this secret...:cool:

so i will wait a while.:D

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
hello. im wonderingly how you guys are flashing the new nightlies without losing the boots screen and cwm?
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Mithun has been having issues with his build box lately, he is working on getting that fixed.
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
hehe yes i know. but i saw people downloading the nightlies and thought there was some ways it could be flash ><
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Only 1 way- Tha [MENTION=312638]jug6ernaut[/MENTION] way
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Using it without a SINGLE problem for a few days now. Battery consumption seems to be a little higher than stock, but I will reserve my judgement until later.
[Sony Xperia ZL] compman25:
Well, using a 6506 on AT&T with this results in only being able to connect to Maritime network, it doesn't see AT&T at all. The CM and AOKP roms do the same thing, none of them work with a 6506 on AT&T.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
That's the carrier I'm on and it's very weird, because it says Maritime, but all the apns are Att and it connects to Att lte.
[Sony Xperia ZL] hyelton:
Those Screen shots you posted in the other thread you made confirmed your on AT&T. Its just CM causing it then. But I can go to network scan under stock rom and it show Maritime for T-mobile.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
The thing is on cm the network search is messed up right now. I just saw a commit that seems to fix it. When I get home I'll make a new build an check it out.
[Sony Xperia ZL] dimsler:
I've got a C6506 and when I flash the kernal and then the rom, I don't get any GSM signal at all. Its like the GSM module doesn't activate, baseband version says unknown, any ideas?
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Alright, try this first, hold down the power button and bring up the restart menu, from there switch on Airplane Mode, restart your phone. Then do the same again, this time disable Airplane mode and restart. This should fix it.

If not, flash baseband for your phone separately.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
Ok camera seems to be fixed. I'm building now and hopefully will have an updated build after it's confirmed.
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
By camera you mean just stills yeah? Or is video fixed too?:eek::victory:
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
According to the Z thread, just stills for now. Also camera is not showing up for some in the launcher app drawer.

Will you be around in about 90 minutes?
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Yeah, I went through that discussion. Maybe it can be called upon by other means. The swipe to right from the LS for camera seems to be working I believe?

Its 2 AM here, I dont think I will be around in the next 9 minutes :p
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
HA HA, ok. There will be a new build when you wake up!
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
OK a couple of details for the new build:

Camera works! Still pictures only, no video.

Carrier is now reporting correctly.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
New Build Up

New Build Uploaded

Started a changelog in 3rd post.
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Camera, flash, FFC, HDR all work perfectly. No icon in the app drawer however.

Those who want some kind of shortcut to the camera app, can do this

Go to settings> rom contol> nav bar> nav ring> select app> activity> gallery> com.android.camera.cameraactivity
[Sony Xperia ZL] ATRIXXIRTA:
Does the IR blaster work with aosp? Or is That a dumb question?
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
If you want the icon in the app drawer you can also do one of two things :

1. Remove the gallery2.apk, reboot then re add the gallery2.apk, fix permissions. Reboot again and it appears in the app drawer.

2. You can also just install this :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.modaco.cameralauncher
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
What app can I use to test?
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
There are no apps that use the IR blaster specifically. All are Wifi/ IP based. Makes me think it must depend on Sony stock framework. Maybe get the apk from the stock and try out?
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
Oh, then no. If its a stock Sony app. Then it won't work.
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
Thanks >< too much work. just having pac rom daily flashing withdrawal symtoms thats all ><
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
if the latest builds boot and only have kernel issues with them, you could try to do a kernel backup with trickster mod and after flashing the new build you could restore your kernel backup!?

if i'm wrong someone can correct me!?:confused:

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[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
No need to do fancy backups, kernel = boot.img. Just flash one from a good build and keep going :), as long as there are no major kernel changes(check bbqlog for this) you should be fine.
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
what is the milestone rc1 zip about?
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
That's a release or a stable build
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
oh! is it the latest build you've release? should i flash this to replace 2307 nightly 0.0?
[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
Hey guys looks like the kernel/boot.img issue is fixed as of the new milestone build, so the nightlies should probably be safe to flash also. There seems to be a small issue with the hybrid settings tho, may be something i did idk. But the top 1/8th of the actionbar(or top part of applciations) is being drawn behind the statusbar. But ive already gotten word from [MENTION=4922752]mithun46[/MENTION] that its being looked at by the dev team :D. The autobrightness is still wonky, but thats on all custom builds.

Besides that everything seems to be good in my short run.
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
I always have issues with getting PAC to work the way I want it. I do not like that it runs as tablet by default, but I can easily change that back to phone. On the milestone build I find that doing that I lose the ability to set an app to a layout other than 480p, so my settings look HUGE. Not sure if this is a bug or I am missing something (it's most likely me).

I also do not like HALO ))) (at least not yet) but I cannot figure out how to turn it off on this build. Am I missing something or is the option not available?
[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
Try clicking "Reset" from the Hybrid Properties/interface menu.
[Sony Xperia ZL] SHAUN231:
i can not download the gapps it ask me to log in
[Sony Xperia ZL] devilsshadow:
Download the regular CM gapps.

Sent from my C6503
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
New gapps with PAC in black support link updated
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
the gapps download link still points to nirwana... ;)

where did you get that xperia zl device frame for the sceens in the second post, that's beautiful!:good:
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
You have to download slimgapps and this time with corrected link no need to make a account to download. Also my friend made that screenshots. Need em??
[Sony Xperia ZL] Rodrigo Vilhena:
GAPPS link is fixed and working fine!!

Thanks mithun!!
[Sony Xperia ZL] murcielargo:
curious

hello guys .. just wanted to ask if this rom is stable and can be used in a daily basis without any problems and does the camera button and ir remote control work ?... and also does this rom support apps to sd ?.. i really like pacman rom used to have it on my old hd2 so i wanted to flash it on my xperia zl... since the stock rom dosnt let me transfer apps to sd and my internal memory is full and my phone is kinda unresponsive and that is the main reason i want to flash a custom rom and my first choice is pacman.. so if any one could answer these questiosn it would be a real big help... thanx in advance :D
[Sony Xperia ZL] devilsshadow:
Been using this s my daily driver since the day I bought my phone. Works exactly as you would expect. IR doesn't work on any custom rom so far and you'd have to use something like titanium backup to move apps to SD. The camera button works just fine. All in all flash with confidence.

Sent from my C6503
[Sony Xperia ZL] murcielargo:
thanxx ... waitin to check out the sony official jb 4.3 update after that will give this a go :D its good to see the xperia zl getting beautiful roms like this :D ... any ways thanx :D
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
It might take a while for Sony to come out with an official 4.3, you can always go back :)

There's an alpha version of PAC with 4.3 already if you're interested too. That one and CM 10.2 (also based on 4.3) are working pretty good as daily drivers.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Rodrigo Vilhena:
I'll use this one as my daily ROM, excellent so far. Vary fast, stable, and smooth!!

Thakns for good work here!!!
[Sony Xperia ZL] jellydroid13:
I can't find the 4.3 build anywhere. Do you have a link?
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Guys, here's an experimental very early alpha unofficial PAC 4.3 build. Download here. Don't forget to flash gapps after flashing the rom. Includes CWM Recovery.

I found some bluetooth A2DP issues, it freezes my phone when streaming, but other than that it works pretty well. I built a new one this morning but that one had issues installing Google signed APKs, so use the previous build until a working one gets compiled.

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I had a pending post that I just submitted :) Check the post above
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
can i dirtyflash that alpha version over the existing pacrom?
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
No. Because MySQL database for android differs in 4.2 and 4.3
[Sony Xperia ZL] babylordx:
Alright noted. will wait for the next 4.3 version release by mithun.
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
New Alpha build , includes the backlight fix I've been using on CM10.2. It's not a full fix, but I think it works better than before.

Download 2013-08-09
[Sony Xperia ZL] SafiXS:
Anyone found solution for poweramp external SD scan bug? Or anybody experienced this error too?

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[Sony Xperia ZL] devilsshadow:
Got poweramp and have been using it for a long time with PAC and i have no external SD card reading issues. I have all my music stored on EXT SD and it reads everything just fine.
[Sony Xperia ZL] SafiXS:
Looks like my new 64gb uhs1 sd makes some problems. On stock everything works fine

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[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
Stock can probably read extFat, this rom can not. Reformat to fat32.
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoridersd:
Here's a new build of PAC 10.2. Remember, this is unofficial, unsupported and you will not get any help if you report bugs to the PAC devs.

pac_odin_4.3-alpha-UNOFFICIAL-20130813

This does not include the brightness fix, but the next build will.
[Sony Xperia ZL] bouvrie:
Seems like this rom for the Samsung Galaxy S4, has IR Blaster support. The thread states: "Cyanogenmod has had working code for the IR blaster sitting in limbo on their gerrit".

Would this IR Blaster code in CM be specific to the S4, or would it also work on the Xperia ZL?
[Sony Xperia ZL] TheTofu:
If it's the IR Blaster project that I remember from the Xperia Z Tablet competition, then it should work on the ZL.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2334396
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Something BIG is Coming!!
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnuffdroid:
bigger than the devil?

i guess it's a packman 4.3 based nightly?! :D

xperia zl * pacman * tapatalk
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
More than just a nightly
[Sony Xperia ZL] devilsshadow:
And here I was, eyeballing the CM10.2 official nightly build. Well i'll be eyeballing for this "big" thing instead! Good stuff.
[Sony Xperia ZL] The-Hulk:
Closed, per Op request.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] shivindera:
Great work guys... OP one thing... Don't stop updating this ROM in the future... I love the ROM... Just awesome!!
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
This is my first Sony phone and it's awesome.

Regarding updates, unless there are any bug fixes, we'll have updates at least once per week.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
I just noticed that if you do a clean install by doing a factory reset before flashing the latest build, the camera shows up in the app drawer.

So I recommend a clean install.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
OK, I'm uploading a build with twrp instead of cwm. It has been working flawlessly for me, but please let me know how it works for you guys.

Here it is

odin_PAC_JB_4.2.2-v22.1.0_20130412-apascual89twrp.zip - 202.82 MB

I will wait for feedback, but this will be the default recovery included in ROM if no bugs are detected. By the way the reboot to recovery issue is fixed so you can reboot into it just like cwm.
[Sony Xperia ZL] ATRIXXIRTA:
Will this boot.img with twrp embedded Work with stock based Roms as.well??
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
No
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Nope. Assuming by stock you mean stock Sony?

Does anyone know what happens to earlier CWM backups once this is installed? I cant find them. I am guessing they are deleted?

Backups with custom names, restores, cache and system wipes work fine. So does reboot to recovery. Oh and pressing the VOL DOWN button boots into recovery :good:

EDIT: Looks like OP answered it already :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
The backups are still there, they are just not compatible. They are in a folder called clockworkmod.

I guess you could flash cwm restore, then create the backup again in twrp
[Sony Xperia ZL] ATRIXXIRTA:
Ya you have to restore your cwm backups, then create a new backup with twrp.

Any chance of getting a twrp recovery for stock Sony firmware?

Also, does the IR blaster work with aosp Roms??

Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
That would only work if the previous backups were of PAC and not stock SONY:)

The backups arent there in the Clockwork folder. The reason being, when you flash an AOSP ROM over stock, it creates a folder 0 within which all files exist. Using any file manager, while in AOSP, you cannot go upto that level. 0 (or root if you so wish to call it) is the highest/ lowest you can go. I just realized this.

So the backups are in the Clockwork folder in the root of the SD Card, not in the Clockwork folder within 0. I dont know if I am able to explain this well. Sheesh!!

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This has been already answered. As of now its limited to stock Sony based ROMS only. Though devs are working towards making it work on AOSP ROMs as well.
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
I'm confused :what:

You backed up what to where and then moved what file to what 0?

:D
[Sony Xperia ZL] ATRIXXIRTA:
I know what your saying. Ssame thing happened with my s2. You can still access those backups though. You have to copy and paste your cwm backups from either root, or "0", and paste them into the cwm backup folder that shows up while in recovery.

Basically flashing aosp creates a separate partition for your backups. All the other folders are there like "downloads" and "DCIM," but there's nothing in any of the folders, except cwm backups. Its.hard to explain, but I know what your sayin, lol

SD card = CWM Backups

"0" = all other files
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Ha ha. Alright, I am gonna try again

I was on stock SONY and had flashed CWM. Did backups that were stored in the Clockwork folder. Then I flashed PAC. Now after 4.2, AOSP files are stored in a folder 0 and not in the root of the internal sd. But since CWM was installed on the root, I was able to backup and restore even AOSP roms. With me until now? :D

Fast forward to now. I flashed TWRP while on AOSP. This means it created a folder for backups INSIDE the 0 folder. Thus no longer being able to see one level above the 0 folder, i.e where the CWM backups are stored.

Which would effectively mean, I have completely locked access to all folders apart from the ones inside 0.

Please tell me you understood that :cyclops:

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Yes but thats the problem, aint it? Only the files under 0 are shown in TWRP, windows explorer and all file managers
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
I actually knew what you meant the first time. That was my attempt at a joke.
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Noooooo!! All that typing!! :p:D
[Sony Xperia ZL] hyelton:
I was hoping to want to try this but clean flash and I have NO service! Wifi works just no service went into status and it says RADIO off, IMEI unknown and baseband unknown.. Why does it not work?
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
OK that has happened to me once and never again. Two options

1 select airplane mode on with the power menu, reboot. After reboot select aiplaine mode off reboot again. That should fix it.

2 flash baseband only with flash tool.

The second option worked for me and it hasn't happened again .
[Sony Xperia ZL] hyelton:
Has not happened again even after clean flashing?

Okay, I think Im stuck now I tried wiping data and re do it again but I had to press the reset button phone got stuck on wiping data for 5min

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Got it working! Yay! Thanks!
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
nope, hasn't happened again. Flash the boot image again and start over. If you like twrp, I put a build out with that included.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40247770&postcount=44
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
The same issue exists with other AOSP ROMs too. The airplane mode trick has always worked for me. Does anyone have their playstore crashing randomly? I'll try to pull a logcat sometime

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Does that mean you changed your mind about selling your ZL? :D
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
Gonna give the inverted one a try then :good: Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
Is that the same issue you were having?
[Sony Xperia ZL] anirudh412:
The exact same, yes. I would be searching and it would just close. Tried clearing data and cache for the play store, but no bueno. Hopefully this fixes it.

Did you by any chance update gapps from the goo.im app on the phone?
[Sony Xperia ZL] shivindera:
I am facing a problem.... The audio is not coming during voice call... And its both ways... I can neither hear or speak to the other person... Some help would bee great... URGENT!!!

PS-I did a clean new flash
[Sony Xperia ZL] apascual89:
Phone calls work fine here. The only thing that doesn't work right now is in speaker phone mode. Earpiece and blue tooth work fine