yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
I also went through this and here is a summary of how I manage to install this ROM successfully:

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1. Root device

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2333566

2. Backup TA Partition

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42638967

3. Unlock Booloader

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/

4. Install CyanogenMod

https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/howto-install

5. Install PACMAN

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2334047

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As GretaLewd said, please read and understand the instructions for each step throuroughly before starting. If you've never done this before it's not a 15 minutes procedure. Take your time and do it right if you don't want to damage your device.

Re-typing the whole procedure here for you would be redundant and cumbersome since every step involves several different parameters, checks, and sub-steps. I assure you that all the information you need is there. Just follow step by step systematically and in case you come to a halt post your specific question here and people will be glad to assist you ;)
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Nightly failed again.

Latest nightly build failed again :(

Hopefully bluefa1con is looking into this :fingers-crossed: Thanks.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] jsbutran:
After flashing I get message Game Over Insert Coin.. but rom does not boot. Help please.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] survivalist9167:
Added a secondary user and for some reason that user gets my main account notifications in the bottom right. I noticed there are no options on this ROM for assigning administrator rights to users. Am I missing something? Need my 2 accounts completely separated.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Are you saying that's possible in other ROMs?

I thought Android limited administration rights to one user only.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
Can boot into Recovery and do a wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik ?

If this doesn't help and you are really stuck, I think I read somewhere here of someone fixing a similar problem by reversing the ROM to Stock again and installing CM first before flashing PACMAN. I think a reverse is possible with a Sony tool - PC Companion or Flashtool, I'm not sure...

Check it out and good luck!
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] survivalist9167:
I thought that's how I had it set upon Baked, but I guess not.. Brain fart..

But how can I stop user2 from getting user1 notifications?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
Is your second user set up with a different Google account?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Looks like the lack of nightlies for pollux _windy is a bit more widespread. ↑↑
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
It seems that there is a problem the Windy kernel. Let's just be patient for now and give the guys some time to fix it.

We panic only when they say that support is discontinued for the device... LOL
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] survivalist9167:
Yes
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] pangiotis24:
blue the cm maintainer has fixed the kernel problem for windy...
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] bluefa1con:
It should be synced and build automatically when nightly are triggered
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
Update on pollux_windy nightly::

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FreeXperia (FXP239) ran successfully:

http://uploaded.net/f/40gxyr

CM still failed:

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=nightly&device=pollux_windy

PACMAN still failed:

http://pacman.basketbuild.com/index.php?dir=main/pollux_windy/nightly/
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
It seems that we are back on business. PACMAN nightly is there. Cool! I just flashed it ;)

Question: In my previous PACMAN installation (nighly 19.09.13) there was a setting somewhere to invert the volume controls when the tablet was held upside down. I just can't find it anymore. Does anymoe remember where it is? Or was it removed in this new nightly build???
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] KimUyLong:
I can't see the Hidden Navibar Enable fuction in Option :(. Can u add this on next Update :-/
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] mrjayviper:
do I need to always flash boot.img via fastboot every time I flash I new nightly?

on my HTC OneX with partially unlocked bootloader, I need to flash boot.img via fastboot but I can flash the ROM via custom recovery. Thanks
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
No, you don't have to.

Just download the nightly and flash it via custom recovery.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] zoomsk:
Hello, I would like to try this ROM on my Xperia Tablet Z Wifi (SGP311) and have just one question. I am now on stock 4.1.2 firmware because I hate the new 4.2.x "tablet" UI. I have been reading for several days these forums trying to find the answer but I am not entirely sure, so here goes:

Does this ROM allow me to change the UI to the Android 4.1 tablet UI using its Hybrid engine?

That means having Android 4.3, but without the stupid upper black bar; having Back, Home buttons on the lower left side with current time and notifications on the lower right. I just want to be sure and avoid the whole ordeal of flashing, setting everything up and then flashing back to stock. Thank you.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] wan5xp:
Yes you can!
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] hasenbein1966:
Why do you want Android 4.3? Which features do you need that 4.3 has that previous versions don't have? Why don't you remain simply on 4.1 stock ROM and have full functionality?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] zoomsk:
hasenbein1966: I don't need anything specifically, it is just my curiosity. You know the saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Well, it is not my saying. I always flash newest firmware, newest BIOS to everything, use the latest version of applications, try new things, etc. There are some exceptions and official Android 4.2 on a tablet is one of them -- I plainly

hate

that UI. Besides, in 4.1.2 there is always that update notification bugging me that 4.2 has been released.

I use the tablet as a backup GPS device on my vacations, so it must be stable and reliable at least to some degree, but why not give some custom ROM a try and figure that myself. For example, I use WanamLite custom ROM on my phone and it has been very reliable -- to the point I can go halfway around the globe, alone, to a big city and completely rely on the device with GPS navigation.

But most importantly, newer version of Android (together with less bloated ROM) might lead to a more fluid experience, because -- let's face it -- Android is not smooth operating system. Various people and reviews will tell you how is everything smooth and fluid on any new device they get, but it is not. So I take anything that improves the device in this area (I am very demanding in this regard).

wan5xp: Thanks for the confirmation, I am now flashing the ROM, but I have encountered a problem. Here is what I did so far:

1) I have backed up my TA partition with DRM keys a long time ago.

2) I have unlocked my bootloader about a month ago, tried CM ROM then, did not like 4.2 UI and went back to stock (flashed through Emma IIRC).

3) Today, I unlocked the bootloader again (nut sure if it was unlocked already, but it didn't hurt either); used command fastboot -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY (KEY was of course my personal key)

4) Downloaded the newest nightly (pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131001.zip)

5) Extracted boot.img from the above archive, flashed as advised on the first page.

6) Rebooted, boot logo was now FREE XPERIA with Cid, entered Recovery

7) Now the problem appeared, when doing Wipe data/factory reset, the /data partition could not be mounted (and thus deleted), which results into /sdcard (Internal) not being able to mount either.

The recovery is CWM-based Recovery v6.0.3.9. I downloaded latest nightly of CM ROM and tried to flash their boot.img (CWM-based Recovery v6.0.3.7), but no go.

I searched over the internet (e.g. here), but found no solution. Even in this very topic this was only mentioned once without any solution. Here it is recommended to try a different recovery, but which one?

Anyone know how to proceed? In the meantime, I will try to figure something on my own. Thanks so far.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] wan5xp:
Try flash stock 4.1 back and then let it boot. Look if data partition loaded or not. If yes try flash boot.img and go to recovery. I also didn't know how to resolve this but it worth a try
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] morphisto:
Problem with last nightly:

Problem with last nightly:

i tried to install the last nigthly of pollux, but it aborted with an error in the pac rom zip file...i tried to download it again but i got the same result. I could successfully flash the nightly from the night before but the last nightly does not work...
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
October 1 Nightly for pollux_windy corrupted

Same here. I think it's fair to say the latest (20131001) nightly for pollux & pollux_windy is corrupted :eek::eek:

---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:48 PM ----------

A few people (myself included) have had a similar problem. I had to install CM ROM before PAC. See for example page 18, post #173 in this thread.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] zoomsk:
I did find your post in this topic mentioning this, but I am just not able to flash a CM ROM, because I can't wipe or mount /data partition. That is why I downloaded the latest CM nightly and tried their boot.img.

In the past, I had success with this recovery. One of its features is that it supports internal storage. I have just reflashed a stock FTF file with ROM version 10.1.C.0.344 (the one supported by that recovery) and am going to give it a try.

I know for certain it must be something stupid like this, because in the past I have successfully flashed CM ROM to my device. I will inform here about any progress I make.

EDIT: And based on what morphisto said, I am going to rather try previous PAC nightly (pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20130930.zip).

EDIT 2: Okay, strange things still happen. It seems, I got it working, but I don't know why (I did not follow the rule "one thing at a time"). Here is what I did:

- Used Flashtool to flash this SGP311 FTF image file (nothing was excluded during flashing).

- Rebooted into the new (old) system.

- Rebooted into fastboot and flashed the abovementioned recovery.

- Rebooted, tried to enter recovery by mashing Volume up... but nothing happened and system booted normally.

- So I transferred all the necessary things to my SD card and noticed that a new CM nightly was

just

released. I downloaded it and extracted its boot.img.

- Rebooted into fastboot again and flashed the new boot.img fike (from CM nightly Oct 01).

- Rebooted into recovery and suddenly, /data partition could be mounted and wiped. So I just proceeded and flashed PAC ROM as usual.

- Everything went fine and I am now doing a basic setup of PAC ROM.

So what helped? Flashing FTF again? Using DooMLoRD's boot.img? Using boot.img from the newest CM nightly? I don't really know.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Corrupted nightly?

I see that there have been 32 downloads of the 1/10/2013 (20131001) pollux & pollux_windy nightly, but only two of us have reported problems with it.

Nobody else having issues with it:confused:
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
I just gave it a go and here is what I got:

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pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20130930.zip:

Installation ran successfully!

System seems to stable.

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pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131001.zip:

Instatation failed with error:

...

Formatting System

Extrating System Files...

E:Error in /storage/sdcard1/ROM/pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131001.zip

(Status 0)

Installation aborted.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Thanks for this info. I would recommend others do not try the 20131001 nightly because as well as failing, for me it messed gapps, hybrid properties and a few other things :(

I ended up doing a recovery (luckily I had a recent backup) to be safe. I wonder if today's build will work ok :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] morphisto:
Same for me - had to clear cache, dalvik cache and re-install the gapps to fix things...afraid enough to not try the nightly from last night...
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
I'm going to try the latest nightly (20131002) when it's ready - about 1.5 hrs from time of posting this. I've done a fresh back-up just in case the nightly is still broken ;)

I'll report back when I've tried it.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Well, it took a lot longer for the build to complete - but I've downloaded & flashed it - all OK :good: So, 20131002 build for pollux_windy is working :)
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] neuteboomt:
Thank you for testing this out! Two questions, with the latest nightly are the back, home, and recent apps buttons spaced out or close together (like stock 4.1.2) in tablet mode? Also is the animation still the same (apps slide from left to right on the screen when opening or closing them) or is it like PACMAN stable (4.2.2).
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
I usually use Pie controls, so I don't know how the Back/Home/Recent buttons should look :silly: I've just switched off Pie, and in lanscape the 3 buttons appear in the bottom left of the screen with about 2cm gap between them.

I've opened a couple of apps and they seem to open from the bottom right-hand corner and close by sliding right to left (both these actions are very quick though - almost too hard to tell what is happening)
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] pangiotis24:
smth else.do you have sound when you press the keyboard buttons and the home recents/back buttons?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] screamor:
loading cash

Hi folks

I want to reload my prepaid card on the Tablet. It is made via the GSM code. Something like *101*cashcode #. Anyway To enter it in the tab?

Best regards
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
You have posted in the wrong place - your question should be in the Q&A thread.

However - you can access the dialer using these instructions (but NOT step 6 - that is for getting the service menu) : Open Tablet Dialer
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] screamor:
[MENTION=3616704]GretaLewd[/MENTION] no i am using this rom . so i would linke To Know if there is a possibility...
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Did you read the second line of my post :confused:
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] screamor:
OK thanx. However this is for the stock se app. In the contacts app provided with this Rom it doesn't seem to work
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Sorry - having problems editing my post. I guess the instructions only work on stock Sony ROM?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] HitBobLer:
What version of PA is the ROM using? It says 3.97 in the title, but is this correct?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] iggut:
3.99 RC2 is what the latest nightly shows. Works well on my side. I have been running nighties....well mostly nightly lol
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] HitBobLer:
Right, thanks. I was thinking about getting a Tablet Z, but want ed to know if this ROM was actually up to date, or if the device had been abandoned
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] bluefa1con:
This device gets daily nightly

It's far from abandoned, in a way it's updated daily
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] pangiotis24:
For me after the addition of the no shutter sound option on sound section on setting i do not have sound when pressing the back/home/recents buttons and keyboard buttons while i have the options checked and i have unlock sound.blue please tell me if you also have that issue
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] StefanW13:
Hi [MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION]

and at first thanks a lot for that great ROM!

A few minutes ago i updatetd from PAC 4.2 (latest stable) to the last nightly (http://pacman.basketbuild.com/downl...nightly/pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131007.zip) install process works fine so far, (did cache & dalvik wipe but no factory reset) but after first start an error occured: "android.process.acore" was closed.

No chance to do anything. I try ti change to another user and with this (no google account linked) it works fine. At the moment i restore my last backup from latest stable and hope that it will work.

Cause i dont see any problems like mine in this thread i think its all about factory reset. Is there any solution to update without that?

Thanks a lot in advance

PS: Sorry for my bad english, but as you can see its not my native language. Hope you understand what i try to say! ;)
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
I think you have answered your own question :). You have moved from Android 4.2 to 4.3 (latest nightlies are 4.3). From my experience, whenever you change Android version you have to do a full factory reset.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] iggut:
The change of base 4.2 to 4.3 requires a full wipe. Made the same mistake couple times when I started playing with android.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
I just installed the latest nightly (pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131007.zip) and here is a short report:

BUG:

- It's still impossible to recharge the device when powered off. Whenever I tried the system would restart and be very sluggish until a second reboot.

I also see that some work has been done in the Hybrid Property colors since it's less buggy now :) Although it still took about 5 reboots to get all my custom colors consistently applied. Apart from that here are some minor remaining glitches.

- Option "Adjust brightness by sliding across status bar" is disabled after a reboot even though the option remains selected in the settings

- I still cannot find the option to invert volume control when device is held upside down

- It's not possible to define a custom color for the status bar clock via Settings > PAC-man > Statusbar > Clock, because it is always overwritten by the "Status icon color" defined in the Hybrid Properties after a lock/unlock screen

- After a reboot the battery indicator in the lockscreen always shows "Discharging 100%". The correct reading is shown if charging.

I’m using Phablet UI with status bar always visible.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Build servers dying?

Blue, at time of writing only 2 of the 8 PAC build servers are working. :crying:

With an average build time of 35 mins it will take more than 26 hours to build all the nightlies:(

Is anyone in the PAC team looking into this?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] pangiotis24:
+1 bug:no matter what you have chosen on settings,there is no sound when pressing the home/back/recents buttons
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] bluefa1con:
Some of our servers that were donated by supporters had to be taken out

We accept new build servers if someone has a spare

They cost over 60$ a month each

Few of the servers are our developers personal machines
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
09/10 nightly broken?

Anyone else had problems installing the 20131009 nightly?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] morphisto:
I did not try that nightly - what kind of problems do you have?

Gesendet von meinem HTC One mit Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
Looks like build file is corrupted - fails to install with error message (can't remember exact message). It messed up a few other things so I ended up doing a recovery of a recent backup.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] morphisto:
so same problem as the 01.10 nightly…then i will not try it… .thanks for the warning…

Gesendet von meinem SGP321 mit Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] pangiotis24:
blue please look into the bug I mentioned on my previews post
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] bluefa1con:
I am out of city with only my phone and tablet along
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] pangiotis24:
Ok.when you return please contact me to give you more details about the bug
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] golfinggino:
i downloaded the rom and gapps but when i try to fly it say installation aborted - anyone know why ?

edit...

i tired a few different roms and everyone says error in /sdcard/0/ whatever the rom is (status 7) installation aborted ?

Edit again I searched and think I found the solution to this issue will try when I get home tonight has no one else had this issue ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] morphisto:
latest nigthtly from 13.10 is working again!

Gesendet von meinem SGP321 mit Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] golfinggino:
Just flashed the 10/13 nightly and everything is running great thanks for the update, just one question are you able to change the scroll effect on this rom I prefer how it was on 4.2.2
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
Feedback on "pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131013.zip":

First of all, for anyone new to this thread I want to say that this is an excellent ROM! I've been using it for a while and it covers absolutely all my needs - I know that this is very relative statement ;) I find PACMAN superior to the Sony OS in all aspects and I strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a solid and fully customizable ROM. And please notice that the ROM is still under development and the nightlies still contain some issue.

That said, my top 3 fix wishes remain:

- It's still impossible to recharge the device when powered off. Now when I try it the device runs into an endless sluggish bootanimation loop and the only way to get out of it is to press "Volume Up" + "Power"

- Option "Adjust brightness by sliding across status bar" is still disabled after a reboot even though the option remains selected in the settings

- After a reboot the battery indicator in the lockscreen still shows "Discharging 100%". The correct reading is shown if charging.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
+1 to getting this fixed.

It's basic functionality to be able to charge with power off :( - Please can this be fixed :confused:
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
Feedback on "pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131014.zip":

- Installed successfully!

- Same 3 issues I already mentioned above for 20131013
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] bluefa1con:
This needs to be fixed by the device tree maintainer, pac team doesn't cover device trees
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] francesco.cordella:
Hi all..i've flashed this rom on my tablet z but the usb on the go cable doesen't work..it's a bug or not? It works perfectly on my gs4 and on a tab Z with stock rom..

Gs4 35 edition
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] GretaLewd:
I appreciate these are, strictly speaking, developer forums but many of us are just "Custom ROM users" who have very little knowledge of how these ROMs are built and who is doing what.

So I appreciate your taking time to reply - but it is of no help to me as it means nothing to me.

If the PAC team are providing this PAC ROM then perhaps the team have an obligation, on behalf of us simple PAC ROM users, to investigate a fix on our behalf, or at least tell us who to contact.
[Xperia Tablet Z Original Android Development] LeBoy:
Feedback on "pac_pollux_windy-nightly-20131016.zip":

- Installed successfully!

- No noticeable big changes.