yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia SP General] TTMaster:
- Update frimware

- use towelroot. Attention: used without internet connection

- Install Supersu

Enjoy your new frimware rooted

KERNEL 207 flash for Recovery

MEGA
[Xperia SP General] Silver Wx:
Just i want to say thank for sony... just test this rom... I'm on .205 and i flash the .207 kernel... simply up by 25% fluidity and speed of my phone !!!!

With interactive-noop... impresive O_o !
[Xperia SP General] inspirearun:
No improvements in camera quality or memory management from my side. I couldn't see any changes now.

Towel root is working

[IMG="ram xperia sp"]http://i.imgur.com/Nm8tzHQ.png[/IMG][IMG="xperia sp build no"]http://i.imgur.com/SozCwxi.png[/IMG]
[Xperia SP General] TTMaster:
Frimware Xperia_SP_LTE_(c5303)_12.1.A.1.207_Orange_FR.ftf

Mediafire
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
Done update:D
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
This is jus bug fixes, the one imoprtant I think is the ram management (again), the GPS bug (stay on when used an app with it, like maps)...

One change I can see in the screenshots is the NFC icon, is back! xD... also, the operator is showed in the notification bar as all JB for newer phones (E1 e.g.)

Also, there's a new kernel.... signed Jul 8 (towelroot says taht works on any kernel build before Jun 3 :/) let's hope we can root yet

Now... just branded phones get the update at this moment, right? hope star roll put for umbranded too
[Xperia SP General] MixoMaxoViper:
@up

Any changes?

RAM,Apps?
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
i just notice NFC icon has showing up when first boot..
[Xperia SP General] soham93:
Just asking, you still have root after flashing the kernel?
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
If he rooted before the .207 update then he should

Because then the system changes where already done and dont need the kernel hack or something
[Xperia SP General] D-SHEL:
Try to disable Stamina and ALL powersavers (yes, full stop/delete all), disable GPS, reboot phone, enable GPS, open your app.

Endomondo works for me with Google Maps on x.205 :)
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Just flashed T-Mobile AU(the worst thing I did in my life, it doubled my amount of apps with bloatware :P) firmware and I don't see any change whatsoever. No change in smoothness, no change in anything. Ram management is the same, maybe GPS is fixed(I don't use it so I don't care about it).

So looks like a bugfix that ends our phone software support.

Also, about the NFC icon - it's very easy to customize as it can be set via a file in /system/etc(I don't remeber the name of that file, it's customizationsomethingsomething). It's like branding build.prop :) Some values can be set with that, like default language, NFC icon, fast dormancy, preferred network mode, turn on or off the network data on first boot, etc etc

EDIT: The values can be set via /system/etc/customization/settings/config.prop
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Rooted,Deodexed,Zipaligned Rom on the way..

Expect it soon:)
[Xperia SP General] Hamidreza2010:
Perfect

:highfive:
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
never try somehting like that, I guess I'll do it next time need GPS.... when happens (not all the time) I just disable GPS, enable again, reboot and disable GPS again, and problem solved....
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Uploading the rom..

Changes i found-

Little bit smooth and transitions are faster..there are less redraws in home launcher..

Rest of the things are same..wonder what they changed ...
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
Is the app installation bar fixed:D
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
In my rom-yes..
[Xperia SP General] Hamidreza2010:
thanks

and what about ram management and install bar app in stock 207 ?
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Install bar app i didnt

Check...but i fixed it before checking lol..i have just installed the rom so ram is good.

After 15 min 287 mb free.
[Xperia SP General] raditzava:
Is 207 in the build still experiencing baseband unknown??
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
In my phone i didnt experience.flashing via cwm...lets see now..
[Xperia SP General] raditzava:
Cool :D I try it now :)
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
Please ppl, can't talk about ram management just with 2hours of use, neither 'smoothes' and all that things, wait a couple of weeks....
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
Is Viber fully operable with this update? And what about wifi?
[Xperia SP General] Hamidreza2010:
you surly fixed?

do you tested in stock 207 ?
[Xperia SP General] tomgv:
It's not fixed in stock 207, but i think it's not big deal.
[Xperia SP General] Rajeev:
He asking the question bro. Not telling he fixed that..
[Xperia SP General] 某龙兄:
:crying:

baseband worry

View attachment 2880365
[Xperia SP General] raditzava:
Still baseband unknown :(
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Its here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2835579
[Xperia SP General] raditzava:
Thanks dipesh :D
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Yes, if it's flashed via incorrect recovery in a incorrect way. For example, I always flash partition images from stock ROMs via recovery and I've never experienced baseband issues.

The root of the baseband problem is that everyone uses dssmex recoveries, and they are updated, so they don't support set_perm, they only support set_metadata. And every stock-based ROM repeats the same mistake of using set_perm in the updater-script, so permissions aren't set correctly, so baseband issues occur. Also some symlinks are missing, so WiFi MAC issues occur.
[Xperia SP General] jenci8888:
(Still waiting Revice update from SUS, I live Hungary, Carrier is Telekom)

(I don't need Root. Will wait for 4.4 kitkat to enable root...)
[Xperia SP General] Hamidreza2010:
Really? :D

Ok i think he said fixed bug
[Xperia SP General] dima_vrn1:
No, do not fixed :(

And proximity sensor during call is too slow :(
[Xperia SP General] MH-Droid:
Shame on sony:-S

They haven't even fix installation bug :D they are just releasing this updates not to give us kitkat..

It was just for fun dudes ;)
[Xperia SP General] TechnoSparks:
You have broken the rules of xda. I am a minor here. :mad:
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Report it and edit your comment ;) (remove the quote)
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
Could anybody be kind to answer are viber and wifi fully working in the new update?
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
I just read about the new firmware release...I think it's official now. We absolutely won't get official kitkat to our phones....that 4th 4.3 build will be the latest firmware version Sony gives to us. I'm not 100% sure about it, but watching the facts......it's true. If you want kitkat on your xperia sp, just pick one of the custom roms laying around....as for me, it seems I'll stay to stock 4.1.2 firmware. The phone flies with it and it's completely bug-free.
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Exactly cm11 is only a few nightlies away from being more stable than stock and it already has inferior multitasking and ram management is way better than stock...
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
I think there are 2 possible endings of our phone support:

1. 99% chances - Sony gave us the .207 to fix the remaining bugs and end the support.

2. 1% chance - Sony learnt from mistakes, understood that they failed to deliver KK and they are preparing to give us Android L.

One more thing - point 2 is a joke with sarcasm over 9000.
[Xperia SP General] HorNy555:
Yee.. Lol... Sony trolled us good on last day of the year....
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
Sony liar
[Xperia SP General] bartmw:
More than year ago Sony promised upgarde to Icecream for Xperia Play, guess what? Never happen, they given not working beta, blame phone and end of story.

Here again, promised upgarde and didn't kept a word.

I can understand if there problems or other difficulties but let us know at least.

For last ten years my phone used to be one of Sony Ericsson one. Always happy with support and service. Now when is only Sony something gone wrong, I thing rid of Swedish approach makes things worse.
[Xperia SP General] Gamer R:
The reason why didn't Sony release the update is because....

maybe they have started the the New Year Party a bit too early and are down with a hangover :D
[Xperia SP General] HorNy555:
Seems legit ;) :P
[Xperia SP General] deemanthax:
yeah...

good guess.... :laugh::laugh:
[Xperia SP General] Patrol619:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2013/12/31/a-new-years-message-from-sony-mobile/

Now it is sure that we won't see 4.3 today. This post also clearly shows that they don't give a **** about SP - they mentioned only Z series phones...
[Xperia SP General] Pulsa:
Deleted
[Xperia SP General] kaushal9119:
A very happy new year guyzz.....n I think v shudnt expect mch frm sony nw....d year has almost ended n sony stil wants to say make.believe
[Xperia SP General] the_helix:
WTF Sony! SP not even mentioned! :mad:
[Xperia SP General] AnnaDee:
It is released??!?

/talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-SP/When-are-we-getting-the-latest-update/td-p/496141/page/49
[Xperia SP General] adryanodej:
good news !

take a look over here :) http://postimg.org/image/j6lk36wxl/
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
Did you guys get a notification???
[Xperia SP General] adryanodej:
what notification?
[Xperia SP General] xHundek:
Nope. Still nothing...

Sent from my C5303
[Xperia SP General] comscier:
https://twitter.com/search?q="Xperia SP"&src=typd&f=realtime

If it has, people will be tweeting it.

Its seems to be much easier to check over there than Sony's website lol
[Xperia SP General] deemanthax:
nope....:(:(
[Xperia SP General] CaptJunior:
Kindly help me with the stock kernel please?
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
And one alternate ending where Sony give kikat sources for cm development...
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
For me cm11 always been laggy, the latest one I tried was build 20140723 and it was laggy. and there is alot of roms that better than cm.

I still prefer to get an official update from sony.

the latest build from sony is stable and bug free.
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
just flashed latest cm11 02 august nightly

at first it was really laggy but after restoring my apps and using it for few hours it became very smooth and faster then stock in my opinion.
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
is it lag free? I do not like to have delays when switching between apps which is really annoying
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
to me the recent apps switching is much faster then on sony stock,

but i am someone who can live with 20 fps in battlefield 3 so i shall not be surprised if you find stuff laggy xD

but to me this is much fluider and faster then stock

( due note it wasnt like this in first hour after some time and using it normally it goes good and fast ;) )
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
I have to say that it (cm11)won't be as smooth as a de-bloated stock rom

But it tackles some main bugs present in stock ROM I.e

-Ram usage stays between 500-600 mb most of the time unlike in stock where It was using more than 600mb all the time even after using clean master app from playstore

-switching recent apps won't be as quick as stock but when it comes to multitasking the stock ROM always closes apps making it to reopen them again sometimes which cm rarely does

-lesser home launcher redraws than stock ROM. it doesn't redraw the home launcher always like stock ROM does.

-in stock ROM I find it hard to open many tabs while browsing as when I switch between them they always reload the webpage which I find that happening less on recent cm11 nightlies
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
there is aosp roms that fast as stock like Paranoid neXus and AOKP,

for me I think Im wating for wifi fix for AOKP
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
T-Mobile Slovakia just only 745mb....:eek:
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Which aokp you talking about??? If it's the one i released a while ago, then it can be fixed.
[Xperia SP General] igor_anta:
He's probably talking about this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2577191
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Ok. I still think it can be fixed. But this isnt the thread for it. Ill post in ROM thread maybe.

Sorry for Off-topic.
[Xperia SP General] xAD3r1ty:
On-topic:

Well, support ends in what? October / November? I don't really think kitkat is coming out... sony is known for releasing and maintaning devices on older android versions (excluding flagships) .. and since there hasn't been news i don't really believe it will come.

To be honest, i was kinda choosing between SP and moto g, but since i kinda like to game a little and stuff i just went for Sp as it is better overall spec wise..

Now kinda offtopic : Why would kit kat be able to get us a port of android L ? and withouth kit kat can't we port it anyways ? What is the difference? Why does it matter so much, can someone explain me? (i'm serious and curious at the same time)
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
If you have unlocked bootloader, you shouldn't care about official KitKat. It only matters for people with bootloader unlock allowed:no. Basically if we get official KK, apart from Sony crap, we are getting KitKat kernel which gives us a higher chance of L on locked BLs, because it will include some patches. It's still a gamble whether the JB kernel allows us to run L or not, but KK kernel is still better. Ofc users with their unlocked bootloader phones should also care, but less - we will get newer vendor blobs, so there is a higher chance of getting everything to work.
[Xperia SP General] xAD3r1ty:
I see, well thanks for explaining me everything, i actually bought the phone 2 weeks ago and unlocked my bootloader at the 3rd day or so so i'm fine, I hope it comes, but honestly i don't expect it, it's just too much, also if sony wanted to release kk for xsp, they wouldn't give us .207 to make 4.3 more "stable"
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
Right now we are using the 4.3 kernel source for 4.4 roms which works but as soon as you start porting newer and newer versions of android chances of success will decrease and battery life will decrease as well if we need to keep patching the kernel for new versions of android
[Xperia SP General] shadyg:
Any idea when it should appear, the GENERIC 12.1.A.1.207 ? It should have fewer useless programs, and is going to work smoother and I hope :confused:
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Patience mate the update has been released yesterday
[Xperia SP General] shadyg:
I'm patient, but I'm curious if I am kick from Real Racing 3, the latest version .205 it kicks me when he wants. (Is it a problem to me and I should do a fresh installation with Flash tool?)

If Sony confirms that we do not get KitKat, I will go CM 11.

Sorry for my bad English is not my main language.
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
I think the ones who complaining about kitkat are the ones who bought this phone recently(about a month)..... Like me?
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
i bought my xperia sp 1 or 2 weeks ago.

and i am rocking cm11 on it :p

as long as we have unofficial cm11 i am fine.

locked bootloader can also run cm11 etc

so i dont really think that there are issues
[Xperia SP General] ohmygel:
Is it possible that sony will just release a 4.4 kernel? If we have official 4.4 kernel from sony, is it possible to port custom roms from high-end sony phones?
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Sony won't release the kernel itself. If we have official KK kernel we can port stock Sony ROM from Xperia Z(Sony does that anyway).
[Xperia SP General] feromgar:
No Update = No kernel.

Stop asking this question. The answer is pretty obvious.
[Xperia SP General] MixoMaxoViper:
[MENTION=3862405]SpaceCaker[/MENTION]

Yor roms for SGA is the best,make a new for XSP
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Yeah I remember USR ROM ..... too bad my ace is dead.
[Xperia SP General] MixoMaxoViper:
@up

My too,repaired it,wait few months and then buy XSP and sold SGA
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
I may get a bit off-topic, but will the second microphone and the transparent led bar work properly with c.m.11 (locked/unlocked bootloader)? I've heard that they don't. Also, would the f.m. radio work on locked bootloader if I sideload the app from the stock firmware? Anyways, I bought my xperia sp past April, but I'm not really complaining about the official kitkat release. I think it was more or less expected from a company like Sony. I bought the phone because of its specs. As for firmware support, since it's a pretty popular phone, there's much of it from independent developers.

Sorry for getting off-topic. I just may consider installing kitkat.
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
Leds notification works exactly same like on stock for me and with udisco all 3 leds work aswell

Second mic i dunno
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
I meant the official AOKP http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2577191
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54429281
[Xperia SP General] MixoMaxoViper:
I don't understant one thing-What is new in .207?!
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Build number is the new thing :p.
[Xperia SP General] TechnoSparks:
Mic works after flashing a modified system file. However I personally do not recommend it for daily use, as it makes the second mic always prone to recording which results in echo in calls etc. Flash when needed. The link to the zips is below if you are interested:
[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
hi all

Orange ROM France

Not interesting

I got the update to T-Mobile US (207)

This ROM is really fantastic! :D

I'm uploading a few minutes to complete :cowboy:
[Xperia SP General] MixoMaxoViper:
@up

Any changes?

Of course not build number!
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
the only change I noticed is that the yellow screen that happened sometimes on .205 was fixed
[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
T- Mobile US

Hi all

C5303_12.1.A.1.207_T-Mobile.US

Cases tested

Quickly install and remove programs, it is much better

The peripheral speed of the ROM better

touch command

The touch screen works very well in touch in landscape mode has been improved

Icon display correct charging mode

Performance has been improved camera with flash

Rom has also upgraded the boot speed

Strip lights Calling are shut down soon

Battery performance compared to the 205

bugs

the app installation bar

sensor Calling in Lighting a bit late to act but time off is good

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[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
I 'll put your comment ROM :confused:

I 'm not unemployed 2GB waste your size

Please see your other post :mad:

Senior Manager .. Section SP

Testing the camera in low light and night

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[Xperia SP General] Atsumori88:
still no .207 update here in malaysia
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
No generic ota came right? And chill out guys, don't make it a big issue.
[Xperia SP General] SREEPRAJAY:
Members,

Please understand that no one forces you to use a ROM or Kernel.

If you find issues, please find something which is suiting your needs.

If you have any issues, support it with logs, and sort any issues with PMs and not public flaming.

Please read the FORUM rules. Any violation further would result in infractions and temp ban.

[MENTION=4715675]mrjraider[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5093470]SKA67[/MENTION], please stop your personal Q&A sections inside this thread. Instead sort things through PM if it is needed.

Thread cleaned.
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Excuse me I Just tried to explain something.. I did answerd your pm however i feel that i have to reply here aswel..

I am in no way disrespectfull to others.. Please Let that be clear.
[Xperia SP General] Alex.D76:
Can anyone check if App2SD is finally available in that update? Sony brought that in the newest KitKat update but maybe they put that feature to the low storaged devices as well, I hoped... maybe ...
[Xperia SP General] sanaka:
I have installed build 207 t-mobile us and not have this feature...
[Xperia SP General] ouzqan:
207 kernel

Could you share the kernel for 207 ?
[Xperia SP General] Lorant2:
.207 kernel

Here it is :))
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
Just wait...
[Xperia SP General] rdlegy:
I don't know what to do. Should i wait for kitkat or should i flash a custom rom. The only problem is the warranty
[Xperia SP General] Bruno_Puzoni:
Downgrade to 4.1.2, root, TA backup, recovery, ROM.

If you need to send your phone to warranty just install rooted stock and restore ta partition. :silly:
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Why downgrade?

Why not in 4.3??
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Do a Backup for ur DRM keys. incase something happened restore the drm keys and the bootloader will be relocked.
[Xperia SP General] SpaceCaker:
I had same idea

But just did it and backed up ta before
[Xperia SP General] rdlegy:
I am with Germany customized DE version when i check with xperia update checker and i can't seem to find the ftf. Can someone help me with giving me the steps of making a sure backup or something like that so when i want to move back from custom rom to stock to have no problems. I will really appreciate it. Thanx :)
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
Latest from gsmarena where they said upgradable to 4.4.4 but now its
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
Asking again... :) is Viber fully working with the .207 update...? On .205 there was no audio... I would really apreciate if someone could answer... And thank you in advance! :)
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
It is not always a Sony or ROM issue. I've read some more issues about Viper ;)
[Xperia SP General] tomgv:
Not working viber od 207..no audio.

Skype work good on 207 update.
[Xperia SP General] SKA67:
Viber works audio well for me

207 . (Tmobaile US)
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
:eek::eek::eek::rolleyes::rolleyes:

.201, 205, 207 and..... what ever, they aren't interisting anymore, though :D
[Xperia SP General] Drakomord:
The launcher redraw / phone slowing after some hours of utilisation without reboot (~18-24h) is fixed in .207 ??

Who can confirm this for me please ?
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
nope...same ram management :(
[Xperia SP General] MixoMaxoViper:
@up

For me fixe,but .266 has the best RAM managment!
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
You can't be serious. 12.1.A.0.266 was the worst 4.3 update this phone has reccieved. Full of bugs, a broken bravia engine, and the worst ram managment (about 200 mbs free most of the time) from all the 4.3 versions that've come out as I've heard.
[Xperia SP General] Drakomord:
Aaaaaaand ****. :crying:
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
So if I understand it we have absolute no news? It is already 6th of august and I hoped Sony would give us some information...
[Xperia SP General] Bares:
There is no Sony's firwares for SP that not having those issues, so we need to add small tweak on LMK and Launcher (for rooted phones only for sure).

And you need to add init.d support files for stock kernel.

Please don't ask me how :), find it on this forum, there are lot of nice tutor for it.

OR, you can try Juwe11's script or app (Ram Manager) for eassier way for you, it should fixed.

Regards
[Xperia SP General] Drakomord:
I have eXistenZ Ultra 4.0.0 based on 205 firmware... :/
[Xperia SP General] Farooq95:
LOL this netherands webpage translates to "is investigated"

http://www.sonymobile.com/nl/software/phones/xperia-sp/
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
same meaning...

:p
[Xperia SP General] Jeik:
Just bought this phone,works awesome,screen is hd ; v ;

Btw,does anyone know how to root the C5303 variant?

I looked at all threads,looking for rooting method,but I want to ask you guys,I am on stock 4.3 .201

I never had an xperia,this is all strange to me :silly:
[Xperia SP General] Daniel D.:
Look for towelroot.