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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hotrodnc:
Bugs?

So far I have seen many reports of bugs in the 6.2.B.0.211 build. Laggy 1080p video, battery life issues, stability issues, etc. There is also the problem with not having CWM to do nandroid backups and recoveries, which is a major turn off. So far I have seen very little reason for me to upgrade to JB except for the newly refreshed apps and RAM resource improvements.

I have an LT28at flashed with the generic 6.1.E.3.7 firmware, is there a good reason for me to update? It doesn't seem worth the time to me.

Also, for those of you who have taken the jump into the world of JB, how would you rate it? What bugs have you found that would be noticeable? Also is there a forum already for the discussion of JB bugs and potential fixes?

Sorry for the long post, had a lot to say. I was really hoping that by the time they released JB for ion they'd have fixed any of the major bugs, but it looks like that was just wishful thinking.

<Potentially disappointed, hoping for the best>
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jtr165:
Weirdly...I didn't need to exclude baseband when flashing from the latest international ICS to 'h' JB on my lt28at...the phone prompted immediately to download network settings, and APN was auto-configured...the only thing i needed to do was enter mobile networks in settings, and switch to LTE(preferred)...which wasn't selected as default...I do, however, have very spotting LTE coverage in my area, but i'm definitely seeing the icon from time to time, and speed tests line up with that...

EDIT: by the way, every time i've flashed any rom...it takes a few boots before the battery settles down...I drained 30% from a full charge just messing with settings after the initial install of JB, but after a few reboots...seems no different than ICS so far...which isn't great, but w/e...

only bugs i've noticed is with swift key...any time the phone is restarted, swift key is no longer the default...and isn't even selectable until i go into input settings and enable it again...not sure if that is Sony, or something with swift key specifically...it received an update minutes before i flashed to JB...i didn't even use it before the flash...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lingo2012:
Jb is great no doubt its just the battery issue, drains really fast.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hotrodnc:
Yeah I usually give my phone a week or so to settle before judging battery life on a new ROM. Battery life is definitely going to be a deciding factor in this update for me, during the school year it's nice to be able to last the full day without needing to plug in and charge. There's a couple months before that though, so I can always go back to ICS (though not exactly ideal) if battery life isn't what I need it to be.

BTW, doesn't the default android keyboard have Swype capability? I think they call it "gesture typing" or something like that. And are you having the issue just with Swype or is it with all custom keyboards? I currently use the Google Keyboard (great keyboard by the way, I highly recommend it) as my default keyboard and it'd be a pain to go back and reset it every time I do a reboot.

EDIT: Swype/Swiftkey...same sort of thing. I get them mixed up :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ernesto-galdamez:
Hello, can you help me? I cant do it on my Xperia Ion lt28at i posted pictures like 5 posts before i cant get it to work
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luisoman2000:
ok let's see:

You are running a rooted ICS with cwm recovery right? if not do that first.

Afterwards, download and flash spectre's rooted JB room via CWM.

Power down your phone using vol+ and power key

flash JB kernel from JB ftf (you could also flash the baseband along with the kernel but dunno if it will work)

Restart phone

?

Profit
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ernesto-galdamez:
I thought my phone cant be rooted cause of the booloader lock status
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spamam1:
Pleased to report, all went well. Thanks again =)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luisoman2000:
WRONG.

You have the lt28at right(at&t US version). I have the same and i can root and flash without issues. The thing is, we can only flash roms for locked bootloaders(We cant unlock our bootloader) but we can root and install CWM. If you want to flash non rooted JB just download the ftf and flash using flashtool(Excluding baseband).

Question: is there LTE where you live?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ernesto-galdamez:
Luisoman2000, can you guide me to do that? im kinda new at Android this xperia is my first android phone and i dont know how to do that of the root and install CWM, if its not to much to ask i have the flashtool and the tft for the JB that is in this forum what else do i need?

For the LTE question i dont have LTE.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luisoman2000:
SURE. since you are new we will leave rooting and cwm out.

Here's what you need:

Flashtool(you have that)

Jellybean FTF file(you also have that)

Now flash the firmware but make sure you dont tick on wipe data, cache and apps log(to keep your stuff), or wipe to do a clean install.

Also, DO NOT EXCLUDE ANYTHING FROM THE FLASH(Dont tick on exclude kernel, fota, etc like you did last time).

When the flashing finishes disconnect your phone, turn it on and voila!

Segun tus fotos cuando flasheaste solo le metiste la baseband a tu cel, por eso siempre te salia ICS. Volve a flashear sin excluir nada y ahi si vas a tener jellybean.(Translation: pretty much what i wrote above :D)

LEt me know how it goes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ernesto-galdamez:
Wow, Muchisimas gracias!! intentaré nuevamente con esos pasos que me diste y te aviso cualquier cosa.

Thanks!!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ernesto-galdamez:
LUISOMAN!!!!! I finished with the flash of the device and it works like a charm lol, MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS POR TU AYUDA!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luisoman2000:
No hay problema(no problem).

Now read up a bit about rooting, cwm and that kind of stuff. Enjoy Jellybean.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kumbangdesa:
I'm going to stick with leak 204 rom for now..For averyone had using stock 211 with root and having problem with battery drain, I'm recommend to using Greenify..I had using it for a month and it very helpfull to save our battery juice ..:o
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 0000alex0000:
took sony/sony ericsson 2 damn years to fix the stupid facebook contact birthday bug in facebook inside xperia. #sonysux

...well at least that's the very first thing i check when i got ion's jelly bean

the rom is overall a bit smoother than ics, but i don't know why the application menu is very laggy.

However, gotta say the overall experience is getting better, thanks to google android, not sony.

sony somehow destroys the smoothness of project butter due to its badly optimized applications
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
Don't crap here. I'm very sure Facebook for Xperia was working in ICS. I get spammed who's birthday is today in the lockscreen. The overall experience in better, thanks to Sony, who rewrote all the kernel and upgraded it to 3.4. Thanks Sony! You did a wonderful job!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bwyan Benton:
Im back to ICS. Cant go anymore without root. 2 issues i noticed with JB tho. First theres no more notifications on the lock screen when i get a text message and 2 the camera quick access from the lock screen always resets to SCNAuto. I hate auto!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 0000alex0000:
FACEBOOK CONTACT BIRTHDAY BUG IN FACEBOOK INSIDE XPERIA. make it bigger so that you can see :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
There's no need to act like you won a war. Sony made this update awesome plus the already horrendously stable ICS ROM, Sony really did a great job if you minus the 1080p video recording

Go back ICS, install CWM, flash the rootable JB ROM. It will work for locked bootloaders. The lack of notifications in the lockscreen is normal. You're suppose to pull down the taskbar.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bwyan Benton:
I don't wanna pull down the stupid task bar tho lol....i want my notifications right there like before...this is a step back.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 6thsurvivor:
Yeah, new lockscreen is a joke. Why the hell isn't it possible to hava my desktop background on the lockscreen - it has to be separate. And after unlocking it has this strange desktop refocus, why can't it just unlock like the old one? :/ I wonder if it's possible to flash a 4.1 lockscreen to this.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hotrodnc:
Can we get some screencaps of the new lock screen? Also I think there are custom lock screen alternatives...not sure what all is involved but I'll do some research and return with my findings.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
U can set the lockscreen-wallpaper to the same as ur desktop wallpaper
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 6thsurvivor:
I'm unable to make 2pixelperfect same crops - lockscreen wallpaper is possible to set only from the lockscreen menu, so i crop a omage once for a wallpaper, and 2nd time, in a different menu/app :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ujjobbagy.attila:
Yes, here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jtr165:
about 24 hours later, and battery life is at least as good as it was with ICS, possibly a little better...

yeah, the xperia keyboard features that gesture typing, but i hate those kind of things...swiftkey is just a ~$2 after market keyboard on the play store. I don't use the gesture input for that either, but it has much more customization than any of the stock offerings...it used to be better, its getting 'heavy' now, but still ok imo...

also, that bug went away...after a couple boot cycles its kept swift key as my default board...i did do a simless boot, which for whatever reason seems to remove a lot of bugs these Ions end up getting...

I'd say go for it...so far battery life isn't worse, and seems to even be on the better side...also..just little things like turning on wifi (it'll now connect to a known network in about 2 seconds, if that)...gps not giving that ridiculous prompt every time you turn it on...much better notification shade options, etc...the Ion's hardware does seem to struggle less with JB so far than it did with ICS loaded with apps...

only thing i'm lost on is dismissing an alarm after its snoozed haha...sometimes the notification says 'tap here to dismiss'...but other times that isn't there, and you can't turn off the alarm unless you go into the menu and reactivate it again...then turn it off..weird...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dioxx:
Hi friends,

I need help, i have an e612f that i flash an 6610 firmware, works so much good, then i rooted, unlock bootloader and install cleanROM from flatski. Is an amazing firware, but i thinked that was time to change to another, then i choose MIUI. I do the right stuff (wipe data/cache, format system) and the CWM says me that finished, no problems. After it and and before restart, i flash the new kernel from flatski (0.70) and restart.

Phone started MIUI, but it shut down. Every time.

I thinked that the problem could be the kernel, then i flash the 0.23 version. Same shut down happens.

Then i think that the problem could be the firmware, and flash the last Cyanogen build (20130623) and the gapps (20121011). Then restart, and cyanogen keep the boot animation running... running... running... much more than 10 minutes.

Then, this morning i decide flash via kdz the stock of e610, because in my mind, if i mess something, the stock will clean and solve. But i can't do it because i discover that i cannot enter in emergency mode.

Now i give a second chance to Cyanogen, it is running until i i stop. I planning let it run for an hour if necessary, or i get an answer.

In mind mind, the problem was the kernel. I'm right? what can i do now? i can using the CWM, this is a good news. Can someone help me? :good:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dioxx:
nice discover!

i get an error in CWM:

E:can't mount /sdcard

but happyfully, i have and external sd to help me. And ADB installed on my computer.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
To be clear, these will only work for AOSP ROMs and the GoogleEdition ROM.

Threw these together for myself. Love having the navbar but it is a pain to add every nightly I flash. So I threw this together. I made two versions. One simply adds the navbar and disables the capacitive menu and back buttons (with them active the navbar becomes nearly impossible to use) and triggers the navbar. Fear not, this mod triggers the in app menu overflow access and for that matter you could then create a menu on the navbar. I couldn't automate disabling the backlight so that will still need to be disabled via settings>advanced>sensors. I also made a version that changes the device DPI from 480 to 360 (my preferred DPI).

Download - AOSP_navbar_enabled.v3.zip

Base version above now allows OTA survival. Will reapply itself after each nightly.

Download - AOSP_navbar_enable_360dpi.zip

Download - AOSP_remove_NAVBAR.v3.zip

Here is the method to inject changed into the build.prop that I used (found here)

On the GoogleEdition ROM it does not support disabling the capacitive button backlights natively so the app from the following thread is needed

[APP] Google Edition ROMs - Disable Button Lights
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] templton:
Thanks a million times for this! I have been missing these! I am running beans rom and after installing getting system UI has stopped, also using nova, any information on getting this going would be great, thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Guess I wasn't clear. This is for AOSP ROMS only. I will edit the OP, sorry for the confusion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] templton:
Ah no no, my fault! I see it right in the first line! I wasn't paying attention or must have been half asleep!! Thanks again though :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
No I want very clear. I added the first line after your misunderstanding.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chris2k5:
Sorry but...How do you install this?

I tried looking for instructions...There are none.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
They are recovery flashable mods. Download, reboot recovery, install zip (no wipes needed), enjoy!

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chris2k5:
The link for the remove navbar mod doesn't work. Does anyone have the .zip file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
It works fine for me on my phone and chrome browser, I don't know why you are having trouble. Try this instead

https://copy.com/JcV4Z <---remove navbar

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rushless:
A fixed navbar taking up space precious on a small display seems Nexus- like. Stop this abomination NOW! :) Instant S4 mini (comparable display space usable for apps).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Of course you are welcome to your opinion!! And in part I agree. That is why I run at 360dpi, that way it has less of an impact on the display. I know it is not for everyone, but choice is the spice of life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnfoam:
Thanks for this. Is it possible to only activate the in app menu overflow without adding the nav bar? It's so much more intuitive to have that, rather than guessing whether or not the menu button will do anything within each app (the whole reason google got rid of the menu button in the first place).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
I wish I knew how!! To be frank, when you enable the navbar and disable the capacitive buttons it activates the menu overflow within apps all by itself. Must be part of the navbar framework. But let me look into it. I MIGHT have an idea but it would be ROM specific, not a general mod like this. What ROM are you running or would like such a feature for?

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnfoam:
Running both the Verizon Google Edition ported rom and Clean Rom. Appreciate it, but don't bother putting time into it if it's ROM specific. What you have posted here already is helpful enough!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
I will try for the GE port, it should be an easy mod. These don't work on stock touchwiz as it doesn't have the needed framework for the navbar. For some reason Samsung gutted the navbar from their source

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnfoam:
Sounds good. Appreciate it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Merry Xmas. I also posted this over in the GoogleEditionVZW thread

Download - GoogleEditionVZW_3dot.menu.overflow.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnfoam:
Thank you my friend, I'll give it shot today!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Oh it works very nice, but there are some cases (like tapatalk) where the menu would instead be within the navbar so this is not a capacitive menu replacement

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] polo79:
Awesome job man. Now I just need to be able to set the physical home button to menu for short press and go full screen (no navigation lights) on long press. Think that is possible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tsukasa Buddha:
I ran the uninstall, but now I have both of them! Running GE 4.7.

ETA: They all worked, except for the double-click home function. Reloaded the mod.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tunatje:
How can I remap the home button when pressed to pull down notification bar down?

And when pressing again(or double tapping)it pulles up?

I'm rooted and running a GE ROM

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505G met Tapatalk 4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
I use nova to do that.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tunatje:
Thanks for your answer but I want to use the stock launcher..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lortay78:
I wish so much there was a mod or app that gave us nav bar settings like those in liquid or I'm sure aokp in roms without it like cm. I want to switch places of recents and back, allow long press options and size options. This is a great start but I'd pay a few bucks for those options. Thanks for what you have done here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ruben8448:
In AOKP and others like that you can change the navbar height to 44dpi, 42dpi, 40dpi, etc. Can you change this to 42dpi? Is it easy to do? I wouldn't mind giving it a try but not sure how.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Where is this information stored? I'm using CM and wouldn't mind shrinking the bar a bit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Cm doesn't have that option

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Doesn't have the option to change the dpi? There isn't a file somewhere that can be edited?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Only if you decompile framework-res.apk, edit /res/values/dimins (the lines are obvious), recompile and push to system.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jerryatric:
I love that and would like to know how also. If I could shrink the nav bar like aokp without shrinking everything on screen that would be awesome. On a ge ROM for example.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drumber42:
VZW GS4 No Go

I have safe strap installed on my Verizon Galaxy S4 on firmware VRUDMI1, with Google Edition ROM installed. All this did was change the DPI :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] papstar:
Thanks for this fantastic mod. I manually changed my build.prop, and flashed it after every nightly. However that wouldn't update my build id, so cmupdater thought I was on an old build. This is great!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Created a new version that works a little simpler and adds ota survival ! Simply flash once and all nightlies you flash will restore this mod just like gapps do. No more need to flash at every install. [URL REMOVED]

Edit: Replaced my dropbox link with a basketbuild link. Trying to clean up my dropbox account.

Download - AOSP_navbar_enabled.v3.zip
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kitila:
Hey guys this is not my work just happen to come across it yesterday and thought i would share. (if it should not be here then im sry and will remover) you find out all info here http://www.chameleonos.org/index.php i have been running it now for over 24 hours and must say its nice goot batt,Stable so far and look very nice here are a fre screens. it can be found in goomanger also but the dl is SUPER slow so i will put up a mirrior to the nighlty onen they are down uploading
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Should not be posted here without their permission, or a mods since it isn't your work in any way, if anything put it in general.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kitila:
and i quote from there home page "We will be completely open source and will welcome developers to join us, whether it be by maintaining a device or utilizing our gerrit review. Even if you're not a developer, your voice will not go unheard. We will continually poll our users for the most wanted features and do our best to implement them."

MOD plz move to gen sec
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] IXChicharitoXI:
I like the gecko on the lock screen
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Naddict:
Thread moved as this is not the OP's developed rom, also, this rom is already posted elsewhere...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235486.

And thus - Thread Closed
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raj1691:
I recently installed Liquidsmooth v2.7 on my nexus 4....

Earlier i had the same rom but v2.4

After flashing the new v2.7 all seemed to be working fine but when i tried to open a apk file to install then the "install" option just wont work.

It is there but i cant click on it..I dont know whats happening...I tried updating the kernel but still the same...I switched to v2.4 again....Works fine again...Can somebody pls help
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbo4:
Does v2.7 have halo? If so, disable halo then you can install apk files. Drag the halo to the red "X" on your home screen.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raj1691:
why so

yes,i removed the halo and it worked....thanx buddy :)

So one can simply not install while the halo is on the screen???

or is there something wrong with my phone??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbo4:
It's not an issue with your phone, it's with installing an apk with active halo. I'm not sure why, but there are some discussions in the PA thread.

---------- Post added at 11:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 AM ----------

I found this explanation in the PA thread for Nexus 4, written by bjajjul.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] cchris:
Hi!

I bought a HBH-300 for my PDA2k.

I tried the day it arrived, it worked, I was happy with my luck, and did not use for a few days...

When I picked it up again this week-end something strange happened... I can discover and pair the headset, but once the pairing process is over... I can't connect to the headset... I tried several times... I have soft reset... nothing!

The headset works well, I have tried it with a Z1010.

I am using BT version 1.0.0 Build 3500. I have updated to iMate latest ROM but I am afraid that by using Sprite-back option for upgrade I kept an older ROM...

I've WiFi in the house.

What is my problem? How can i fix it?

Chris
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] mswlogo:
Have you tried reseting the pairing on the headset by holding down the volume up and volume down for 5 seconds.

Are you running Voice Command 1.5, I have seen other apps interfere with headeset behavior and it is random.

You may have to hard reset to get to the bottom of the problem.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] cchris:
Answers

Have you tried reseting the pairing on the headset by holding down the volume up and volume down for 5 seconds.

Yes, several time... no news...

Are you running Voice Command 1.5, I have seen other apps interfere with headeset behavior and it is random.

No...

You may have to hard reset to get to the bottom of the problem.

Ok, I imagined it... Before I do it: am I using the right bluetooth stack?

Thanks,

Chris