yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Aw, come on guys, dun' be hatin'. Plus, this thread was initially meant as a discussion thread for developers (which I do mention in the OP with big red letters). So please, keep

it

down to a minimum. If you must argue, do so over PMs or don't do it at all.

This is a project, like many others (but as it isn't even pre-alpha, it doesn't really deserve a thread in the development section). Sense has been ported to all from Samsung, HTC (yes even HTC phones need Sense ports, sillies), Nexus, to Windows Mobile (Leo anyone?) devices, and our Xperia S is here to (hopefully) fill a hole in the 'Sense on 2012 Xperia' thing.

Now, back to business:

I just realized something huge. But not as huge as the One Mini's /system partition is. It's like over 1.1GB!

Just to remind you, the stock Nozomi system partition is 0.99GB.

No wonder I've been getting errors all over the place, symlinks can't exist with files not existing. xD

Welp, time to start deleting HTC and carrier cr*p... (Who the heck wants foursquare, facebook, twitter and dropbox integrated into a system ROM? If I'll want it, I'll download it. If I don't, that's just another reason to hate HTC and the carrier. And, of course, to root :P)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZACHARiAS_:
sweet. but: sony does also have that as system app. sad but true. so it not be carrier. and also, beware of carrier roms. it might bork the port. are you using a carrier rom, or a international rom?

anyways, that crap you mentioned might be connected to blinkfeed. just a thought.

overall, how's things going, sensei?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CNexus:
On my SGS3.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
[MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION] ah, so you DID use the M4's ROM as PORT...?

Oh, no wait, the M4 launched with 4.2... So how could you have done it?

You used the M4 kernel with M7 info, but you ported 4.1 from a 1080 to 1 720p device...

I am confused, but magic is said to do that :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CNexus:
No, I used the M7 ramdisk information to port to my S3. The M4 is 720p just like my S3.

The M4 is running 4.2.2, so I used my CM10.1 boot.img with additions from the M7 ramdisk to port it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mr.AnakinSkywalker:
Want an HTC? Buy an HTC. You'll get sense too.

This port will never be finished, and even if it will be, it will not work. Waste of time.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gallardo994:
Are you here to complain? Nobody is denied to give a try.

Powered by GSR with Android 4.1.2 on the board.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
We've been over this already.

This is a developer-oriented forum, not a 'make my phone neat and kewl' place.

The purpose is to teach people, and you only learn through trying. And this is a try.

If, however, you think this is, or would like it to be, a 'make my phone neat and kewl' place, you are better off deleting your account and leaving.

With that attitude, you don't add anything to the value of the forum, you only degrade it.

My sincere apologies to the moderators. And many thanks to whoever is looking over this thread.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
Skywalkerdroid, don't be such pessimistic, porting is a part of xda.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mr.AnakinSkywalker:
Ok, I will not flood this thread anymore with off-topic statements, but let's see if this port will work when finished.

It's not that I don't apreciate other's work, I just can't believe that this port is a winner.

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Neat and kewl' ? But that's exactly what are you trying to do with this port LOL
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
This port doesn't NEED to work. The thread was initially meant to encourage people into trying (and in the end, encouraged me). Its' goal has already been achieved.

And here I am, trying and learning, which has now become the real purpose of the thread.

The work I'm doing isn't to make the phone 'neat and kewl' (or it is, but it's the last thing on my mind). I chose to make a project to contribute back to the community of which I have been a member for almost 2 years now with more than just questions and answers.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mr.AnakinSkywalker:
You need some other people to encourage you? You don't, trust me. You must encourage yourself. But anyway, good luck in becoming a Recognized Developer :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
No, what I meant was that I could encourage other people to start developing stuff, since I know exactly the same or even less than them :P

And I don't want or need a title. Title = responsibility. And I'm as responsible as a potato :3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mr.AnakinSkywalker:
Ok, maybe I'm wrong, if I am, I stand corrected. Now I'm gonna leave you guys developing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Project update!!

From learning a bit from my other, kernel-related, project (kernel755), I was finally able to fix the Sense kernel!

It's ON now!

Sadly, I deleted all my work with the ROM zip by accident, so I have to do it all again.

Sorry for abandoning this project, there's just SO much to learn here! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] steryman:
I'm glad to hear that, I've been waiting a lot for this :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Okay, so I have my zip done (again).

BUT, it would appear that I did not in fact fix the kernel... :C

So we're back at the beginning.

Anyone have any expertise with our kernel?

It's like this:

Extract the kernel, and you get 3 files; the kernel (zImage), the ramdisk, and some weird RPM manager thingy.

So you gunzip extract the ramdisk like you would for every phone, but then, you get issues.

What you get from that is this:

logo.rle

init (a file)

sbin (a folder)

And within that folder is the real ramdisk, but compressed as 'ramdisk.cpio'. IN THERE is the file I have to change for this ROM to even begin working (it's called init.rc).

But the issue arises because if I extract it just like that, I

1. Break symlinks and/or

2. Not know how to correctly repack it after editing the file.

Either of these statements could be true, maybe even both.

If you're thinking 'why not just edit the ramdisk while it's compressed', that's exactly what I thought. BUT, the ramdisk file is read-only (and no matter what you do, you can't edit anything inside it, even chmod 777 doesn't help).

If anyone has any idea whatsoever, please, share it. I've been bashing my head with this for over an hour now, but can't find a solution.

Damnit, Sony, why don't you make your ramdisk simpler?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Check this, it will work if you do it that way.

To unpack the ramdisk.cpio, this one is not compressed. Just do cat ramdisk.cpio | cpio -i --make-directories.

And this is not Sony's fault, Sony doesn't do it like that, this is a xda thing to let us have recovery and android with same kernel. (Well, it's Sony's fault if we can use recovery kernel though :)).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Well yeah, we don't get a recovery partition, so we have to mess things up to get a recovery.

So it's Sony's fault :P

(BTW, I thought TWRP gets saved on the FOTA partition. So why do we need to mess with the ramdisk?)

Thanks for this :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
Yes, it's a shame they disabled fota kernel as soon as bootloader is unlocked.

Regarding why in ramdisk, I didn't check in detail, but I presume for the first time installation of recovery on Fota ?

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And thanks for the donation! Much appreciated!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Hey, you deserve it. :3 Sorry it's just a dollar, tho, kinda broke :P

Status update for the Port, thanks to the awesome French guy, we're able to continue. Just gotta finish editing the ramdisk :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] letama:
A dollar is a dollar! :) And the gesture means more than the amount, it very nice to see that work is appreciated.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Wish I had any knowledge to help developing it (and a PC with an Intel processor)...

[MENTION=4275152]someone755[/MENTION] , I can help testing it if you want. Just tell me :)

My hangouts is felimenta97@gmail.com
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Can u post the kernel.

I'll give it a shot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Ookay, I HOPE this is working. That the black screen I'm looking at now isn't a kernel issue, but a ROM issue.

But my ADB drivers seem to be bad, since the computer doesn't see the device through ADB (but it does see something).

Posting the kernel wouldn't do you any good, since you don't have any ROM to boot it on :P

And [MENTION=4204411]Felimenta97[/MENTION], why would you need an Intel CPU? I can easily work this even on my dad's old AMD laptop :P

But look on the bright side, I (hopefully) finally fixed the kernel and I finished my zip-moving. And I got a like from the legendary letama.

This is all I have to say on this:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I heard Ubuntu (the Linux distro I'd like to use) has many problems with AMD... And I proved it... Installed it 3 times... After the first reboot from the three times, the phone wouldn't go past the wallpaper, not even login screen... :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Sheesh, that's harsh... What about Debian? I thought I wouldn't like it, but it's actually even better in my opinion. It doesn't have the pretty homescreen, but you get used to it quickly :P

Also, anyone have any ideas why my adb won't work with this thing? Maybe it IS the kernel's fault and I didn't fix it...?

Or maybe I deleted too much stuff from the original zip and now I'm getting revenge :I

This kernel thing is taking longer than the whole port process :c
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I read once that, from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2, the drivers get screwed up, so you need to install them again, but doesn't make much sense to me... :P

Regarding Debian, no thanks... I am not a hardcore developer, so I'd rather features/looks than simply a just-work Linux... I'd dual boot, but I'd like to have it most as possible when using it...

Since I installed Windows 8 on my PC and have most Honami stuff on my phone, I can't go back to something simpler :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Well let him work and fix then u may try later..after the fix for testing.

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Asked for the kernel to help in fixing it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I know :P I asked to help testing, finding bugs, etc, after he fixes what is needed to...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] steryman:
Hey I know you already said it's a rom and not a kernel problem, but in the future if you want to reach that file and edit it and make it still work, you can try the same method letama's repacker tool for dual booting roms uses, or the manual way he posted, that way you can edit for example semc.init.rc or whatever it's named and then repacked as cpio and zimage, the cpio is the ramdisk. I'm sorry for my way of explaining, but I've just woke up and I'm not at home so I can't tell you the exact steps. Just take a look at letama's dual boot topic, he explains how to repack in his first posts. Good luck fixing the problems. As soon as I get home, I'll be able to help you(I have linux) :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Okay, followed letama's guide to the letter. Hope this works now :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Feels awkward re-opening this thread again.

But nevertheless, I need your help!

I have a port on my hard drive (and phone, ofcourse), but, as always, it refuses to boot.

Now all up until right now, I thought my ROMs were the cause of me not being able to use ADB on the kernel logo/during teh boot animation. Turns out, there's either something wrong with all my PCs or my phone.

So let's try this again, shall we?

This time, the port device is a T-Mo HTC One X. Should make things go a bit easier...

Now I know the kernel I did is done correctly, but the ROM has a lot of bugs. Alas, I cannot decipher them without proper ADB working.

I ask for anyone's help. If you believe that you can help with providing me logcats, I'll help provide the community a new ROM.

Shoot me a PM or just write it down in this thread, I'll PM you a download link.

Anyone is welcome, just please be sure you fit the requirements.

Cheers!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] steryman:
I'm now reinstalling my Ubuntu, so I'll be able to help you with compiling too(well, I'll have to get the tools again, as I wiped everything). I'll try to help you with logcats when I'm home(I'm a student) and not busy :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
I don't need compiling, this is winzip porting :P

But if your ADB works well (even on the boot animation and the bootlogo), I could really use some help...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nisu4717:
I would like to help.

Why cant u try htc one s c2 as a base.

Both hav same chipset
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
The screen resolution isn't the same ==> the port process would be extremely difficult.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nisu4717:
But sl has higer rezolution.so using one s c2 as a base will lock rezolution low.

Is t mobile htc one using snap dragon.?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Yeah, that's exactly the problem.

The image doesn't stretch and even if it did, the image would be really, really bad (pixels everywhere, yo).

Basically what we need is a 720p HTC phone and people who would help with all the bugs. We don't have anyone that knows logcat errors and how to fix them... :I
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Hi.. I am no expert, but i feel like porting from One S is easier than from One X, because One S and Xperia S have same exact specs.. I should also say the tutorial thread wont work without some major modifications to RIL.. If not, u will always end up with a bootloop.. I tried porting a Touchwiz for our device, didnt work.. So started modding the framework slowly and its going good..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
I can't seem to tell you people that I'd need to do a complete rework of every image in the system if I were to port from a different resolution phone...

Pictures don't resize. The chipset might be the same, but as long as the resolution isn't --- It. Will. Not. Work.

abcdjdj tried with a HOX. I did with an HTC One Mini and a whatchamacall it locked Verizon phone from 2011 that got 4.2 and Sense 4...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Probably dumb question but, can't you just copy most of the icons from a higher resolution device and move them to the other framework? Or it doesn't work simply like that with Sense?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nisu4717:
Ya..we should try with one mini..

What worked in ur try..

Ramdisk worked..?

May be op of this thread can help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42865742
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
[MENTION=4275152]someone755[/MENTION] Have u tried this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1707177
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
I don't believe there's a tutorial on XDA I haven't taken notice of.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nisu4717:
Actualy I found 2 tutorial
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] emadtaha:
hpe

Wish u. Agood luck in developing this rom
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Question

How's the progress?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Now I don't know if I'm overintelligent or ...

You'd think I'd be all "yo dawg look at dis work you gotta try it" if I did this. But I'm speaking of issues that I cannot resolve on my own, saying that nothing is ready yet and along come you and ask how things are going...

I just facepalm'd myself so hard it curved my glasses.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] XDA_h3n:
Good luck on getting sense to work as it requires a whole load of stuff...

Have you made sure that your using a ion kernel for jb or higher sense? That what was the problem with the desire HD as HTC only supported it with pmem kernel.

The device they used to port was a HTC one with desire 600/500 system apps, frankly it worked.

Because the structure was unsupported like Sound and Camera they didn't work even when using a port of viper S(same camera driver) it didn't work as it needed a new kernel

Before building sense 5 (if you are) check the following threads (HTC Desire HD, HTC sensation, HTC HD2)

If you can't get jb+ builds to boot use older android 4.0 and below since they use pmem

Well don't listen to me if you do have a working ion kernel

If the kernel isn't sense it will still boot up :D (eg CM kernels)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
To be honest, I think I got further with the more unstable kernel (4.2) than the ICS one.

Though I always get to some logcat errors that I don't understand and can't fix, making all my work useless, no matter the kernel/Android version used...

The Xperia S section doesn't really like cooperation, as it would seem.

(Just another reason my next phone will be another HTC -- S-OFF is working normally again and noone has to port Sense :P)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] XDA_h3n:
Ot: The reason I hated HTC was of the desire hd update shenanigans and moved to the Xperia s but this is more worse in the case of updates... Well I'm on the HTC One , EE did a deal for £18 a month with the phone free :)

You could ask Shaky456 as he's fixed sense 5 on the desire hd which didn't boot. He just requires the logcats.
[Java for Android App Development] Eighthourblink:
Another reason to love XDA - new forums for developing Android Apps.

I have an idea for an App, that would include loading the Google Maps API on the screen. After the map loads, I would like to draw color lines on each street depending on certain conditions. Is this even possible to draw lines for each street? Or is there another way of doing so?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KARZANNAWZAD:
hey guys . i recently installed cm 10 on my xperia s but i did not like and i want to restore to stock rom or pre rooted jelly bean . so can i install stock on custom ? how to do it? and were i get the rom ?

sorry for the mistakes in English grammar . english is not my first language

my phone info

model:lt26i

android ver:4.1.2

cyanogenmod ver :fxp cm 10 unofficial nonzomi

root status: rooted

recovery: cwm based recovery
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
you can get the stock rom back by flashing it via CWM recovery (press volume up when pink LED shows up when booting),

download stock JB from link below

place on sdcard

install via CWM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2320184
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] teerout:
I thought i read somewhere about the voice to text feature not working right on JB roms. Can I get some confirmation on this? When I use it from the keyboard shortcut, i get a quick flash of "google search has stopped."

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Mwas.:
It works for me. I actually typed this using it
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] teerout:
the voice to text feature is working now, I screwed some other stuff up and ended up reflashing AOIP, and it is working now. thanks.

guess that's standard protocol though, it don't work, -> reflash...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pegasus123:
hello all, i have rooted my galaxy s4 via cf root, can i update my phone via kies normally?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
If u have rooted using CF ROOT u won't be able to update it using kies

But have to flash firmware using odin as and when it comes

Incase u wanna have kies facility u have to flash stock to unroot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pegasus123:
Thanks for the clear answer!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyming:
Hi, I have S4 rooted via CWM method and have set the binary to zero. i used the USB to link the S4 on my PC via KIES and have received a message to upgrade the latest MEA firmware. Can i just upgrade this method? Will it brick my S4?

Will i loose my root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Even if its showing i dont think u will be able to upgrade as while update it will say device is modified give it a try it wont brick ur device
[HTC One V] fale007:
That is all guys... Why our primo does not have the s-off? all the family Ones HTC have s-off, but this phone no one pays attention.:rolleyes:

The really question is... somebody be working of that? or it never going to be?:crying:
[HTC One V] Seraz007:
Tough question .......;)
[HTC One V] fale007:
is a harsh reality for the primo
[HTC One V] Seraz007:
i agree

there isnt much devving going on as well :(:confused:
[HTC One V] mr_nooby:
I'd say after trying much people lost hopes so no one is probably working on it at the moment. It's very complicated
[HTC One V] Seraz007:
aaand its more complicated for me that Y U NO join hangouts??!!!

Lloir is there :eek: :eek::eek::D
[HTC One V] fale007:
facepalm group and could help? but simply be rid of the OneV:crying:
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Can anyone play Candy Crush smoothly? it seems that Candy Crush runs smooth like butter on S2 but lags on S3 and S3 Mini, and maybe including some other devices
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vriz27:
No problem for me. Only thing is that it consumes much of my battery
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani26:
With CM10, i play candy crash without any lag
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vonuzu:
Turn off power saving
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] anirudhks:
Many may have different opinion , personally felt good

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd

set your display brightness to 75% with adapt to light and set screen filter 48% and see you viewing angles, i felt it has improved for two reasons from .253 the screen calibration has been better and deeper colors along with this layer of filter dulls your screen to give you better colors ( darker / saturated ) try it for yourself and post your best setting for the filter..

Hit thanks if this app helped you :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] demon2112:
Wauww what a difference in colloures
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] kangerX:
Errrmm

Cool app BTW.

Sent from the state where marijuana is not illegal !
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] anirudhks:
true i never noticed it before . infact i am on 4.2.2 unlocked my bootloader so Be2 not working amd stll colors are amazing .. so waiting for actual release so i can lock my bootloader to test the Be2
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] joejoe23:
You backup your TA?

Sent from my C6603
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] anirudhks:
yep backed up coz i dont wanna be on ubl so to test 4,2.2 i unlocked ...
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] -woczarder-:
Wooow. For me, colors look better when you tilt your phone for 80 degrees. I'm on .434.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] anirudhks:
I think the app basically reduces the back light rather than the brigtness
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] techpal:
Great application. I m on .307 and set brightness at 50% adapt to light and screen filter at 69%,looking great on my phone,it does improve colors making it dark and saturated.
[HTC One X+] ariel.buschel:
I have a problem, I can not charge my HTC one x + rom to internal SD.

Can anyone tell me how, I have the bootloader unlocked, and please tell me that recovery is best suited to install.

thank you very much
[HTC One X+] Stephen:
Please see this thread. It should be a good starting point for you.
[HTC One X+] ariel.buschel:
noooo

Nothing, any other solution for this problem?
[HTC One X+] reaper90:
You can't access your virtual sdcard from pc while phone is in recovery, if that is what you wanted to do. You either have to boot up and copy it to your phone or use "adb sideload".

And read that guide again, this time all of it! :P
[General Topics] ryeUK:
I am going crazy or does the Blue Angel have the ability to switich off all the buttons from turning the device on....??

Everytime l out the device in or take it out the case it comes with, it turns on - internet - phone etc.......

Is there a feature on the phone to stop this or a little utility whcih l can run...

Thanks...to all that reply...