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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwarner:
Hi all,

I recently went away with a few friends for a short break and used the opportunity to upgrade one of the guy's firmwares from Resurrection Remix 1.6 to the latest RR 3.1.3. He had been very happy with the ICS version of RR (which I had installed last year on a similar mini holiday) so wished to try a JB version of the ROM.

Unfortunately he is now experiencing a few issues - notably heavy battery drain (which I suspect it true of all JB ROMs on the SGS2?) and most importantly fairly frequent total device hangs (which a battery pull is required to restore functionality).

I would try the ROMs myself and make my own choice, but I no longer own a Galaxy S II so don't have this opportunity. This is why I am asking for help in the forum here! The requirements are:

1. Very stable - I don't see him often so can't chop and change ROMs. This is by far the most important requirement!!

2. A generic JB user interface - e.g. running Nova, Trebuchet etc - as this is what he is used to with RR 1.6

3. As good a battery life as is possible with JB (although this is not as much of an issue as stability)

Bloatware is not a real issue as he doesn't run many apps. Extra functionality / hacks / overclocks etc is also irrelevant as they will not be used.

I will be seeing him at the end of next week, so was hoping to have a few choices by then.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Go completely stock or see this thread. :rolleyes:

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarcoLLapsE:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1847600

try Chameleon, its near perfect for ur desires
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwarner:
Thanks, but as I already mentioned, I cannot try out any firmwares myself as I no longer own the device! I thought it would be a good idea to ask the community as you guys have more recent experience than me (I sold my SGS2 last August)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwarner:
That does look about right! Thanks for the recommendation!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
How about reading through all the discussion and development threads of different custom ROMs, and see what users have to say? :rolleyes:

This is a best rom thread in disguise mate. Sorry, but thread reported. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Thread reported. Against forum rules. No exceptions. Expect mods to close it shortly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonny:
Thread closed as its a Best ROM thread
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
Welcome to the unofficial CyanogenMod 7 nightlies​

These are automated builds (via a buildbot). The releases will co-inside and the build start time is at 03:01 UTC every

sunday

night or on special occasion and should be uploaded soon after. If at anytime the builds are not there, then there was a problem building the ROM, and we will have a look at it ASAP.

These builds are compiled from the latest CyanogenMod repos and device repos on device, kernel and vendor files.

Initial install

Make sure you have a partition layout with a system partition >= 150MB flashed.

Such as this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40574525

And remember to wipe data/cache

(These steps need only to be done once. Later updates can be just flashed over an existing installation without the need of a wipe)

And as always: I take no responsibility whatsoever for raging, screaming, crying, frustration, failing, confusion, dead kittens, etc.

You need to have a custom recovery installed in order to flash these builds
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
CoolrunnerII - for his tremendous work on CM7 and the accompanying kernel

astarasikov - for his work on bringing lk and a custom kernel to kovsky, he laid the foundation from which we all profit now

poussevin, Elibl - for their awesome work on the custom kernel

BrianXP7 - for his dedicted work on the CM7 port

cyanogen - For starting this great project

Google - This wouldn't have happened without the releases of Android from you

Let me know if i omitted you and i will add you here asap.

Visit us in #xdandroid and #cyanogenmod-dev on freenode
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
reserved for future use
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
if you are interested you can see what exactly has changed in the bootloader here:

https://github.com/milaq/lk_htc_kovsky
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] CoolrunnerII:
The values with 0x in front are allways hex.

Are these changes done to reflect the current partitions in use, or are you actually making a change?

If you change these sized will this impact the kernel? As far as I recall a mtd device usually has a fixed partition table that is coded into the driver.

I guess if you change this in the boot loader you will have to reformat the partitions and reinstall everything. (I still haven't wiped my data partition after installing the SP3DEV rom in early 2012)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] CoolrunnerII:
I have gone through most of the commits, and I think you have moved this project quite a bit forward.

I am a bit worried about changing the partitions. It would mean that people would have a painfull time going back and forth between your builds and mine. A solution could be to move my build to your partition table and then just force the issue on everyone. I am not sure about the pros and cons of your new table. Why did you change them?

I do think you have broken the auto backlight. When you set "auto backlight" to true in the overlay you turn on the software auto backlight. This needs to have a light sensor interface, but noone has implemented a light sensor output from the kernel. I decided to just do the auto backlight in the driver to save time, but if you feel like it you could create all the stuff that is needed to output the values from the lightsensor to the system, and then the android system can read the light-sensor and set the backlight. This would also make it possible for apps and other software to use the output from the light sensor.

Apart from these two issues I think this can be a great improvement for everyone using the phone.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
the partition table used in the new version of lk consists of the following (rounded real world values):

system: 150mb

data: 290mb

cache: 16mb

boot & recovery: 10mb

i think we could squeeze even more out of the partition table by shrinking boot, recovery and cache to 6mb. kernel and recovery really don't need that much and cache isn't used at all (only for recovery logs, etc. as we store all cache data on the data parttition). we could allocate all gained space to data then.

the partition table gets initialized by the b/l and is used by kernelspace drivers and userspace. so changing any values in lk gets picked up by it.

of course if one changes the table, he/she needs to reformat (read: reinstall) the rom. data which resided on the respective partitions can be backed up prior to the b/l upgrade via recovery and be restored afterwards with no fuss at all.

i changed the tables because a full gingerbread build uses ~135mb atm and i wanted to have a complete build at hand with all languages and hi-res assets included. we could get that lost data partition space back by squeezing some of the other partitions in the way i mentioned above.

i guess you're right :/

although, we could either write a custom driver to export the luxvalues the standard way and read them via ioctl through a sensorlib or export the raw values via sysfs (there's a switch in the boardconfig that allows us to use a sysfs export for reading the values in userspace).

either way the backlight could (and for convinence, should) be controlled by the android system as you mentioned it.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
WI-FI

Hello Milaq,

I flashed the latest nightly and think this is the most fluid experience which I have seen on my Xperia. I just see that I have no MAC address and every time I connect to my router, my laptop is loosing connection. The phone stays connected and works well. Any idea if these circumstances might be connected and what went wrong that I do not get a MAC address in the phone? Will try more later. Thanks
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
i am unsure whether wifimac address export is possible with the current kernel.

maybe we can come up with a generated mac address like we did with the htc hd2.

when i have some freetime left, i'll see what i can do.

cheers
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] CoolrunnerII:
You can read the address from the file /sys/class/net/wlan0/address

CRII
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
it seems like the wifimac is to be burned into wl1251-nvs.bin.

furthermore there seems to be a calibration tool out somewhere to write a (custom) mac address to the nvs.bin.

if we knew the bytestructure of such nvs-file (with the mac address included) we could insert it manually on bootup via a small c util.

alternatively we could reload the wlan iface and set the mac address we get from the sysfs manually (via ifconfig)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
WI-FI 2

Dear all,

I have more feedback. I forgot to mention that I use the MAC filter on my router to prevent other devices to access and I have my SSID on "invisible". So when I try to connect, it will not find the network SSID which was previously stored. I need to remove the MAC filter safety setting and then the phone connects (despite the hidden network). Somehow, the router goes crazy and the computer looses connection (Debian 6.0.5). The second I noticed is the battery. It drops from 100% to 1 in less than 5 minutes usage. Finally switches off...maybe some advice from you? I flashed the LK embedded kernel as mentioned on first page.

But it is really smooth and absolutely acceptable for a daily driver. Hope we find some solutions :) Thanks so far !
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
WI-FI 3

Hi Milaq, CoolrunnerII and BryanXP7,

I continued to try this ROM as I thought there had to be a way to make it work. I removed the MAC filter in the router; added the SSID in the phone manually. The phone connected and I found the MAC address in the routers station list. So I added this MAC address manually to the white list, activated the MAC filter again and voila, all works now. I also charged again completely and hooked the phone up to my Bose sounddock (via bluetooth) and stream internet radio right now. Works all really well (no market tested, I installed all apps manually via adb). I keep you posted if you are interested....will try VPN now since I am living in China.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Marcintosh:
Sorry if this would sound noobish. I have been using another device ever since I modified my website. Anyway, how did you get the speed to 652 Mhz in a NAND ROM? Did the kernel get an update or something? I would like to overclock mine. It has been a really great phone. I only stopped using it for a while because I had to test different screens to see how it works with my device.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hello, nothing sounds noobish as we are here to share upon questions. The real experts discuss and provide a ROM which we could not do ourselves. Anyhow, I followed the instructions flashing the LK embedded kernel and ROM. Overclocking is in the performance settings. Have been playing with it for one day and also battery seems to stabilise..nice weekend :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Marcintosh:
Thanks. But is there any other way in backing up the ROM? I wanted to use the new bootloader, but I know that would wipe the internal memory. I'll check the recovery if there are any options in backing up and saving it in the external storage.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, welcome. I think it is like the Nexus One times when you changed the partition to flash ICS or JB. You just "backup" on the SD and change the partition (blackrose in Nexus case, here the LK..). If you want to restore your old backup, you need to return to the old partition. This is what I did in the past. There might be cleverer ways though. BTW, I always work with two different SD cards to keep my backup safe.....
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Marcintosh:
I just flashed the new bootloader and overclocking is still limited to 614 Mhz.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, I just checked my settings and my max. is 652MHz. No clue what to say; did you flash the latest nightly 20130506? Are you also on the latest recovery? I used the xperiod-toolbox-linux to reflash the recovery. I also used the toolbox to format all.....

BTW, I changed my WI-FI to WEP and all works perfectly. VPN did not connect though but will check L2TP now.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi BrianXP7, you are right. On my Nexus 4, I stay on a ROM usually for weeks before I jump to the next nightly. Here I had nothing to loose so I kept on trying. I was so fed up with the WM which was on the phone...I will keep on to feed-back here as I really appreciate what you are doing for our old devices :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] mm2236:
With special thnx to milaq ,

could you please put some screenshots of your rom???

What works and what won't work?

what about the battery life?

thnx for your great work, dude !
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] XtriFe:
I want to try this but I have a question, do i have to partition my SD card as follows ?

Partition sizes for latest release

Quote:

system: 148480

data: 314368

boot: 6144

recovery: 6144

cache: 6144

If so, does that mean i have to leave the SDcard on while android boots ?

This is quite different from other nand builds ive tried before if thats the case.

Thanks in advance
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Marcintosh:
No need. Those are the partitions automatically created to your internal memory by the bootloader.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] XtriFe:
Thank you. There's a problem then, whenever I flash the zip using the recovery, I proceed to restarting the phone, but at this point, after showing some commands, etc. (as normal) the phone then either hangs with a black screen or restarts and vibrates.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] milaq:
can you make a high-res screenshot of those messages? or access the bl initlog via serial console if you have access to one.

we could tell you whats wrong then
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] XtriFe:
Well the text doesnt stay on screen long enough for me to take a picture, although it might be possible to take one anyway. But as I was trying and failing, i would restart the phone, did it a couple of times and at some point it left the text on screen, so thats what I was able to take a picture of, It goes from the green text to the black screen with the blue led lights (which were also turned on, first pic). I can confirm thats what it always shows, after that, the green text sort of disintegrates and I'm left with a black screen.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hello, some ideas from my side since I tried a lot the past days.

Did you use BryanXP7's tool to format the newly flashed partitions? I would recommend.

I also formatted the SD to FAT32 on my Debian before I used it to flash the ROM.

I also flashed again the recovery with BryanXP's tool.

Then I still wiped when in recovery. I know it sounds crazy but you seem to have some old files from your former ROM in your system. There are hidden folders in the SD for instance...

Good luck :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, will do next time. I used the Disk Utility 2.30.1 tool.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi. I also managed to understand my WIFI problem (two weeks trying). there seems a conflict in my router when I activate the vpn (I am in China) on the Debian. I can connect to the router but do not get internet. Rebooting the router resolves the issue. I was basically barking up the wrong tree for a week.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi BryanXP7, I am not Chinese :) ; just working abroad for 12 years and the past 7 in Asia (China, Taiwan, back to CN Dalian). Without VPN, you are somehow limited. Stay where you are in US and try to maintain a job to pay your hobbies. Here, all is different but no need to explain you.

I have not seen any Error messages. I just see them when I tried to "tether" my Mobile connection. You basically just loose access to the net. I stream internet radio a lot (btw, works perfectly with my Bose Sounddock), and there, the stream does just stop.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
No reason to apologise; you can't really tell from a few posts....anyhow, heard about this genius bar (in Big Bang Theory) so enjoy your time there.

Quickly for the WIFI (we could also continue to discuss in your thread); I have no issues at home since I stream music and this seems to keep the connection alive. I used the phone at work for internet calling (sipgate) and noticed there have been connection losses. I will try again this week.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, so more feedback after a few weeks of usage. I think it is all quite ok (did not try the WEP though); the only thing which creates trouble to me that the phone does not keep the time properly (always running late, e.g. 30 minutes in 3-4 hours). I also tried different ROM versions but always the same. Anything I can change in the settings? I increased the min / max frequency and use "interactive" governor.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, I know that one as I am using it for years; this is also the reason why I know the deviations so well :). My point is I can not use the calendar or alarm since the times drifts...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Saulis:
I've experiencing time offset problem then I have charging mobile while "stay awake" is ticked in developer settings and phone is put to sleep manually. I need to untick this option while in charge, and problem did not ocours.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, I downloaded CoolrunnerII's ROM and flashed the boot.img. Right now, for a few hours, seems to keep the time as it should. Let you know more tomorrow. It can just be Kernel related (I believe).

Update, was ok after one night. Time perfectly kept....

Update2, after a couple of days still all fine. I had one freeze while charging/sleep-mode and WI-FI on but recall that this was mentioned somewhere before....
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Sizer18:
I tried this ROM Yesterday

it is all OK

but Battery is Drain

and it is slow
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] XtriFe:
indeed. Im not very informed on these things but, taking this into consideration (phones age and dated components) why arent we trying to get eclair (2.1) or even donut (1.6) to work on it instead of gingerbread ?

I'm just wondering what the reason is.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Sizer18:
Excuse me

Any one of the Android Rom longest battery life ?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Taranis:
Flashed 6-24 nightly and works quite well (smoother) comparing to nightly from February, I think. :) Key mapping is a little bit weird :D

Thanks Kovsky CM team! :D
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] ashwin1234:
Latest nightly doesn't work (0708). Stuck in lockscreen with no slider and only emergency call option. Happens right after pressing the android. Trying out the 624 now

Edit: same problem with the 0624. I am running the phone without a SIM card, it seems to glitch at the connect to wifi screen and skip straight to the lockscreen without any way to unlock.

putting in an old expired SIM card doesn't work either, still says no SIM card and stuck at the lock screen without a way to unlock :(
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] snuk182:
how do you guys install all these nighties?. any of four latest versions worked, with random reboots or freezes brfore the cm logo.

I'm performing the installation on a top of existing coolrunner's latest cm6, is that wrong?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] snuk182:
oh. cm7. missed the correct key

will try from scratch, thank you.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Seduce:
Hi,

the download link seems to be down...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Alvin Satrio Wibowo:
bro [MENTION=1594835]milaq[/MENTION] I look at the download link, you keep uploading this rom even I see the latest is last uploaded on 2014-1-30 23:55 are you still continuing this rom and keep you develop? if yes, then I will try this rom .. because no one else had made ​​this rom for x1, and you're the only one who keeps uploading this and I believe the rank "Recognized Developer" and I Look for the rom you've developed a corpulent in other HH .. and could you give a screenshot and the changelog so I can see what's new :) Thx before
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] manolog3:
I have download the latest ROMS. After I install the ROMS (from clock work mod recovery) reboot it stacks on sony ericsson screen. Do you know why it doesn't load the rom?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] firdausmbois:
Hello milaq.

I tried to download your rom on mlaq's net it shows EMPTY

is this an error or really unavailable anymore...
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Taranis:
I'm wondering if CM7 development has stopped totally and are there any commits to CM7's source code.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] attisa:
Hi there!

I'm working on a tool ( Elite Rom Manager that is a CWM tool) for X1 that can easily be used to port ROMs from other devices. It is completely my work and uses different and unique ideas. It takes me huge time (more than one year).

I use it for myself and I port near 100 ROMs for my old X1 including Miui, lewa, joyos, mokeeos, etc.

It is completely noob-friendly besides it has some advanced features!

I develop it for myself use but If there exists any interest, I will release it!

I hope it reactivates X1 development sections again!
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Taranis:
[MENTION=4131739]attisa[/MENTION]

I believe such development does not make sense in this case when X1 can't handle the one of the lightest ROMs ever (CM7). We need to fix battery drain issue or WiFi disconnecting.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] attisa:
You are right! CM7 is a little heavy for X1, but in my tests, some of CM7-based Roms such as Lewa or Ligux are lighter than pure CM7 and with better performance on X1.

For example antutu benchmark in ligux Rom or ever miui is better than CM7 on my X1!
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Taranis:
Please share your flashable ZIPs if you could :)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] attisa:
I have a tool that flash (I mean port) ROMs!

you can easily download any ROM that uses the same kernel as CM7 (for example Miui Rom that is for HTC desire) and flash it through my ELITE ROM MANAGER!

You can see its user interface in the picture!

go http://xdaforums.com/xperia-x1/development/tool-elite-rom-manager-easy-rom-porter-t2836670
[General Topics] phonebroken:
play.google doesn't work on bluestack. bluestack seems pretty easy to use, but link to basic guide please? how where to dl apps, etc. or can sms be sent to bluestack. all basic stuff needed
[General Topics] phonebroken:
hasn't anyone tried bluestack or should i ask in another section?
[General Topics] Sanjay:
Did you install it properly,reinstall again and check foe better internet and then give a try..

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

SENT FROM MONSTER ! ! !

HIT THANX OR I WILL JUST

CRY...

---------- Post added at 04:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:15 PM ----------

for basic info google it,you will get..

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

SENT FROM MONSTER ! ! !

HIT THANX OR I WILL JUST

CRY...
[General Topics] phonebroken:
umm.. well it gives the msg that play.google doesnt support this device (probably because it's an emulator) -- did you even try it.... ?

also how to hide other ppl's sig? too much noise.
[General Topics] Card83:
LMGTFY:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1571308
[General Topics] phonebroken:
thanks, if anyone knows the best guide out there for this, please link. this one only covers this one problem. i feel there's going to be more.....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dobie62:
Loving the new blue Kuban :good: