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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
It is updated now.

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Updated :

Added Cm 13.0 ROM

Added Z3-S ROM

Added Dual Boot Discussion

Reshuffled thread. Thanks to [MENTION=3506348]Toledo_JAB[/MENTION]
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DeadXperiance:
CM13 installing failed

I have check md5, all match .I followed all step asCM13 wiki

all process of installation is goes true as instruction but at the end I got error

Symlink: some symlink failed
E:Failed to install /sideload packge.zip.

I downloaded rom again and tried but same result.

what is the problem? please friend help me
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] JOVICAMPEK:
This ain't the right place man, go to cm13 thread, it may also have an q&a thread so ask there. This is just an index of the roms available.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] badcoder:
whats diff between mesa kernel vs mesa kernel hybrid......?

- does mesa hybrid eat more battery ....?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] badcoder:
How to check MD5 mate......???? please help:confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tylerciggy:
I don't know if it is too much to ask, but can you put a mark on those JB and KitKat Roms that doesn't need a custom Kernel ? Some of us have those phones with unlockable bootloaders and can't flash those sweety-juicy roms :(

I still don't know what kind of rom to flash (Ginger, ICS,JB or Kitkat), Whatsapp is now a pretty heavy app, it feels slow and that's pretty much what I use my Xperia Mini for, to Whatsapp and use the Camera and hear music (it has a pretty decent DAC)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] JOVICAMPEK:
There is the stock based roms section, most of them work on locked bootloaders. With a locked bootloader you can only use GB and ICS. If you only install whatsapp both will remain smooth for daily use, use GB if you want a more fluid experience or ICS if you want a better interface and more features. Cheers
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tylerciggy:
Thanks for the answer, that explains a lot of things.

By more "fluid" experience, what do you mean ? Because if GB is the fastest, I don't get what is the benefit of ICS.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] JOVICAMPEK:
It's generally prettier, more refined than gb, has more support for apps (which is important I guess), things like that.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Grof87:
Does anyone have a working link for 4.1.B.0.587 tft file for Xperia Mini? I can't find a link that's still working.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sweetlemon:
Do you mean ftf file, factory firmware? You may download that files by PC companion and convert the firmware files to ftf by flash tool and flash the factory firmware by flashtool.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Grof87:
Yes, I meant .ftf firmware. Ok, if there isn't a working link I might give PC companion a try.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Grof87:
Unfortunately PC companion doesn't recognize my phone (tried reinstalling it, using admin mode, installing it from the phone), maybe Win 10 is the problem. Tried the ''repair software'' option from the companion however it also doesn't work, it returns an error that it couldn't get phone info (after I turn off my phone and plug it in while holding the volume down).

If anyone has a working .587 ftf file please post it. There's no other way for me to update the phone (Google Play isn't working on this version .431)

EDIT:

found this http://d-h.st/3F0 it seems to be the only working link to download .587. I'm currently downloading it and will report back if it works.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kevinarol93:
Hi, I have an old Xperia Mini Pro SK17i, so I just want to know if since the Jelly Bean 4.2.2 roms are compatible with both bootloaders ( unlocked and locked ) or just with unlocked? ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
Just with unlocked.

Only GB and ICS ROMs for Locked Bootloaders.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MasterChief2:
Hello!

Yesterday I bought Sony Xperia Mini ST15i phone for only 10$ with all original equipment. Now I see there is a lot of good ROM's for Xperia Mini altough is 6 years old. I unlocked bootloader and I installed CWM recovery. I tried CyanogenMod 12.1 and 13.0 and phone is slow. Sometimes it's working good, but sometimes, when opening some apps I can see lag/slowing and sometimes it takes time to open some apps. Maybe it's because of SD Card, because I installed on Class 4 SD Card, but I see it's recommended Class 10. Currently I don't have Class 10 SD Card to try and I won't to buy it because it's same price as phone..

My question is what is the best ROM for this phone (ROM which is fast, stable, without bags, lightweight; I prefer AOSP versions of Android)? Is there TWRP for this phone? What is the last version of CWM for this phone?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
MDPI section has only one partition for CWM and Kernel. So most kernels are packed with recoveries.

I think the best ROM for you would be CM 9.1 or CM 10. 9.1 is fast and stable with minimal bugs. CM 10 is similar but has one off bug or two.

Use nAa kernel with those ROMs for maximum performance.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aminima:
I have also an Xperia mini, which is 6 years old. I tried some ROMs and decided stay with this configuration:

the latest ExMIUI ROM which is based on ICS, and the mesa hybrid kernel version 4.8. These combination gives me a smooth experience with this device. everything works (except bluetooth bug which is resolvable by an app called bluetooth fix repair). And battery is so so. I found mesa kernel has better battery and ram management. It supports OTG! and Swap! just install a swap script to create a 64mb swap file on the /cache partition, so as you have more ram.

You can also move lots of apps to /system/app, because we have a lot of free space in there which is not going to be used. No need to get the latest versions of apps, just try to find the older versions, because they are smaller, faster, and better for our device.

QiuckPic 4.0 for image gallery. Hi-Q mp3 recorder 1.5.9 for a really good voice recording. Google Maps 5.7.3: it's small and functional. Blacklist plus (if you care about that things. It's just 140 kb!), Opera mini 7.6 !!! it's too small and the best browser for this tiny device!. also lightning+ browser is very good. You can find some of them in apkmirrir.com or other archives. just google.

Mesa kernel:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715679

ExMIUI:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2173080

Swap script (from rage kernel thread):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31230492/scripts/11swap2cache.zip

Best file manager I had ever (mixplorer):

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1523691

Support for Android emojies in ICS:

I personally merged the Roboto-Regular.ttf with noto fonts from some where. Just download the attachment and replace the font in /system/fonts

To add emojies in texts, install Smart Keyboard Pro, and add Emoji as a second language.

Beside these things, you can try some other tweaks to have better performance. I liked this combination:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2294916

Bluetooth fix repair:

go to google play.

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about the bluetooth bug: Our devices does not support modern bluetooth devices such as laptops, so when you pair with one of such devices you will have a boot loop by enabling bluetooth at the next time. when happened, you should go to recovery and wipe dalvik-cache, reboot, then start that bluetooth fix repair, and apply the fix. It flushes the pairings created by the device. remember this program is free for one time only. you can buy the unlocker or you should be careful NOT TO PAIR with modern bluetoothes.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MasterChief2:
Thanks both of you!

I will try and test your recommendations.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jayen:
Hello karandpr and comunity :)

Thank you for taking the time to create and maintain this thread!

I'm a total newby when it comes to updating roms :P

I have a Sony Active with the original firmware and I want to upgrade it to the best current rom and Android version that is still compatible with ANT+.

I use this phone primarily for running, MTB and hiking with the endomondo and wikiloc applications.

I need to upgrade as endomondo support for the old android isn't great and it often crashes now plus I need control to install apps in the SD card.. for obvious reasons lol.

I sow this android 6 rom (https://legacyxperia.github.io/) but it says it's not compatible with ANT+, can you recommend me the most up to date stable Andoid/ROM that does support ANT+?

Thank you very much!

Best regards

Jayen
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
Hey ,

I think Ant+ Kitkat worked fine .. .try legacy xperia CM11 ...

Overall Kitkat used to be best ROM for active.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jayen:
Thank you for your time :)

I'm afraid I've just been looking at the link to C11 (LegacyXperia) and on their website they say "NOT WORKING: ANT+ (we lack proper support for bluedroid stack)" for all there releases (bottom of page):

https://github.com/LegacyXperia/local_manifests/wiki/CM11.0-kernel-3.4-status

Also readying the thread for the "BeanStalk - Legacy" version you list for Kitkat, I see people were asking for ANT+, but the developer said at the end of the thread this in it's regard: Nope no ANT+, this project is dead until we don't have proper ION support...

I see that here Mike (LegacyXperia) discusses the issue and back in 2015 a user (rohanmartin) in his last post at the bottom of the page said there was a patch now and he was going to update his CM12.1 roms but I can't find him on here, nor more discussion on the subject :(

https://github.com/LegacyXperia/local_manifests/issues/158

FIREWARE form SONY:

I'm on Official Sony Android 2.3.4..... But I've found out that Sony did update officially to Android 40.1... but I've never got the notification, probably because I don't have enough rom space... Maybe if I flash it and install manually?

I'd still need to get rid of Sony's apps (mostly junk lol) or move them to the SD card (Currently they are blocked so I'm stuck with no space...).

Maybe someone has a edited official Sony Rom removing this or making it possible to override the passing of certain apps to the SD card?

Thanks

Jayen
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
Just flash a stock FTF for Active. Backup all your data using Titanium backup ...

I have actually a ROM which is basically stripped version of Stock ROM and offers more space for installing apps.

You can try that after upgrading to ICS ..

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-mini/development/rom-kernel-radium-1-0-t2943690
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Is there any new unofficial ROMs since last year for this device ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
Nope. 2011 devices had memory constraints. The PlayServices App has swelled a lot in memory.

You either need alternative memory methods like link2SD or mount the system on SD card.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Oh blast, no way to remove the playstore ? I don't use it anyway, F-Droid gang represent...

Everything I want is a new up to date FOSS system to start anew from after all the failures that happens with my current SM-G531F piece of crap literally crumbling into dust a bit more everyday....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
You can use a KitKat+ ROM without Gapps.

I would really recommend LegacyXperia.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2545367

Download links: https://basketbuild.com/devs/LegacyXperia

Though don't expect any support. At this point you are on your own.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Better than nothing, at least I'll get a working device for the time being, thanks for the support, also, former Fluorescent Feather ROM guy here (the best and most lightweight yet) would you recommend me AOKP KitKat or Legacy CyanogenMod 13.0 ?

The one you find being the best for a mango.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
I would personally recommend CyanogenMod 11.0 which is CM Kitkat. Kitkat had best performance and balance.

I have no idea about AOKP.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Guess I'll have more than one to try then, I really disliked Lollipop as an OS tbh, so there's no way I go back to it... By these words tho I get that 13.0 has a bit of performance issues heh.... One last thing, the Mango had a bit of a camera issue only solved by the CyberShotMod, now though I wonder, is it somehow fixed for any version above JellyBean ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
Dunno about camera. Performance issues were fixed in Kitkat versions and above.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Okay, I've made my choice, I'll go for LegacyXperia CM11

One last question, the tutorial for installing it states to have ICS 4.1.B.0.587 ftf flashed, however, the last ftf available for the mini pro is 4.1.B.0.431, is this really important or the former will do ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
.431 was not bad but .587 fixed lot of bugs and had akaik had superior baseband.

The good news is I have backup of firmware for mango and satsuma

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/3a8wuhmud95m3/587_Firmwares
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Well awesome thanks ! This is FTF ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] karandpr:
Yes.

Mango FTF is in zip file.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Incognito493:
Awesome, thanks like there's no tomorrow, and happy new year to you dude !
[Galaxy S III General] damithadka:
I may have not poste much but I used to modify Galaxy S3 thanks to you all...

Now moving to Xperia ZR

I have flashed all most all the roms you guys have posted but personally i prefer following..

1. XperianZe Rom

2. Miui Rom - Datagutt

3. Miui Rom - iHackers

4. Miui Rom - ZduneX25

Appreciation goes out to all the developers and good luck
[Galaxy S III General] andrewwright:
Congratulations on you're new phone. Have fun. :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] a.cid:
Congrats on your new phone! Enjoy it! :)

[Thread closed as non-development]
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjalloul:
Hello guys,

I have the Galaxy note 10.1 N8000 with original ROM and 4.1 Jelly Bean (No cooked ROM was ever installed) only Samsung's original ROM

Suddenly the device had a blank screen,I pushed the start button but nothing happened, I thought it was a battery issue but i remembered that it was fully charged at night, Finally I tried to Hard Reset from button (Power+Volume Up) and I had the boot screen stuck, and won't start or even taking me to hard reset menu screen.

I am helpless here, any idea?

Thanks a lot...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
One service centre or two flash stock rom via Odin .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 5292312:
Hi,

I'm having very interesting problem - I have smartphone Lenovo P770 with Android 4.1 in it. It runs on official chinese ROM remade by Etotalk.com.

Everything was working fine, but few days ago, internal memory was full, so I moved some downloaded apps (games) from internal storage to SD card.

The day after this microphone got somehow broken - when I call someone, they can't hear me (they actually do, but very very poorly(= very quietly)). When I switch to handsfree, they hear me OK. Also, I'm using Bluetooth headset very often and people can hear me good. Only when I call normally, people can't hear anything.

This is weird, because all moved apps were downloaded, none was built-in. Also, when I record a video, sound is without a problem.

I tried

cleaning the microphone

turning volume of microphone up/down

moving all apps back to internal storage

factory reset

none of this worked. Did someone experience similar problem? Or does anybody know how to resolve it?

Any help is appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarco12:
Hi,

I'm having the same problem.

I have smartphone Lenovo P770 with Android 4.1 in it. It runs on official chinese ROM.

My Phone is rooted so, I returned a cell phone in the initial factory setting.

Now I can record sound and can be heard. Even the radio can listen without headphones.

But still the phone calls not working microphone and speaker.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PRDX90:
Hi,

Maybe its hardware related..just flash the stock official rom for your phone, then try to request help from service centre..
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Electrolight:
I am trying to get rid of that annoying My T-Mobile app and was wondering if there are specific instructions on how I can do that using the ADB taking into account I know very little about this stuff. I don't want to root the phone just to remove one troublesome app.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] txtmikhail:
U need root.. thats the only way..
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Electrolight:
:(... well, that is disappointing. I am on the Jump program and they said that if I root it then they will charge me the full cost and I don't want to pay that much money for what is one of the biggest piece of **** phones in the world.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranthi9s:
Hi, how to take screen shots using power button and +/- like other models.

Sent from Motorola defy XT535 using xda app-developers app
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawwr:
If your device is running ics android 4.0+

Then press power + volume button at the same time,

If not

U can download app for taking screenshots from play store

sent from my Defy (bayer module) powered by Slim Bean 8.1, Jelly Bean 4.3.1
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyorbee:
Hi, is there any way to have more than one widget on first screen of lockscreen? For example I want to have one more under the clock, is it possible?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0adam0o:
There's an app called WidgetLocker that replaces your lockscreen and you can add widgets.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaq1907:
I mistakenly added a few widgets in lockscreen but now I can not disable them. Is there any way to remove lockscreen widgets? I wanna disable all of them.

Found it. Just kepp pressing widget and move it to upwards.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jayrd13:
I have an LG Optimus L9. I brought it brand new from T-Mobile. I now have Metro PCS and am trying to use my Meter Pcs sim card in my T-Mobile phone. The SIM Card is cut down but the phone is unlocked but i keep getting a "Your SIM Card does not allow connection to this network" error. Please help. What am i supposed to do? Thank you.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] txtmikhail:
Did you set up the metropcs apn setting under mobile networks?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] meerez:
You will need to register the phone on your account with metro pcs. They don't allow you to just switch the sims, the IMEI are linked to your account as well. They will charge you $15 to do this as well unless you call customer support and make a big deal of it. 1-888-8METRO8 Is the number. If it still doesn't work then you probably need to carrier unlock it, not sure if they have a free walk through here on how to do it here. Source: I work for Metro PCS. :fingers-crossed:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jayrd13:
I have. Every time i try the "Your SIM Card does not allow connection to this network" error pops up.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] O2mini_noob:
Even though I've only had my device for 2 weeks, I'm already looking for the next model. I find that I'll need the SanDisk WiFi/256MB combo as I want to run the Skype, SJPhone, and Network tools from the SD card rather than use up the precious RAM. At the moment I have the Spectre WiFi card but need some extra memory.

I know, I know, someone will ask "why not use BIG STORAGE?" the reason why I won't do that is because I have a full one year's warranty on my device and should I sell my device in 6 months time (if I find a suitable upgrade model), the value would increase given that there are some warranty left for the buyer.

I didn't jump on the WM5 bandwagon yet or the new WM5 devices due to early undetected issues. Usually after 4-5 months, a lot of the early problems will be sorted by firmware releases. But yes, I plan to upgrade to the WM5.0 model in about 6 months time. But I'm starting to really like my mini :-)

I'm getting 4 hours of continuous video play (not streaming) on my mini which I'm really happy. I have bluetooth on all the time as well.

My ideal upgrade would be the Dopod 818 Pro. All the accessories for my mini can be used with the Dopod Pro. But my main concern would be the CPU speed...I've configured my mini to run the software I need including about 5-6 plugins and a concern would be how slow the Dopod Pro would be with the same s/ware config as my mini.

Second on my list is the E-Ten M600 which I think blows the mini away with the Samsung processor which is much faster than the Intel equivalent. The M600 screen is also amazing and better than any PDA screens on the market today. Only thing is that the M600 is slightly bigger than the mini and doesn't look as good compared to the mini.

At the moment both Dopod Pro and the M600 still have early teethering problems but should be sorted in a few months time. But the mini growing so much on me right now, I may just decide to keep using it and upgrade maybe next Christmas.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Dandie:
The M600 is made of plastic from what I know, but also some of the new HTC devices are completely made of plastic so that might not be an alternative. There is the HTC Hermes unofficially said to be released in the first half of this year which offers UMTS and will be similar to the Wizard.

If you need WLan badly, then I would consider changing to another device, otherwise, I wouldn't give away my Magician. I also prefer Windows Mobile 2003 from WM5. The speed is often said to be slower with new devices using WM5, even when they have a faster CPU.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] O2mini_noob:
That's true M600 is made of plastic but that's not an issue for a lot of people. The thing I like about the M600 is the Samsung CPU (I tested the Samsung 300MHz CPU on the HP rx1950 running WM 5.0 and it was amazingly fast!) and the new tech LCD screen plus it already has working A2DP bluetooth functions, WLAN, and although camera is only 1.3MP but is comparable with the Nokias. The Dopod 818 Pro (Prophet) camera is the best 2.0MP in any PocketPC but maybe let down by poor CPU performance.

WM5.0 will gradually improve within 6 months time as more s/ware developers improve their s/ware to be WM5 compatible. Initial release bugs bugs will be ironed out of the WM5 devices.

The Magician is truly a striking PocketPC handheld no doubt about that. I won't consider any devices larger than the Magician/O2 mini but M600 is an exception (only a few mm longer and thicker). The whole point of a PocketPC phone is to have it small, light and fits nicely into your pocket like the Nokias not look like bricks in your hand :-D

I think O2 Atom, HTC Prophet (Dopod 818 Pro), and the M600 are the closest to Magician in terms of size and cosmetic features.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kta:
On the PPCSG forum people are not experiencing any performance problems with the 200MHz OMAP processor. More clock speed does NOT necessarily mean more performance. Look at the AMD vs Intel scenarion on the PCs for example! It's all about MIPS.

My next purchase will be the Dopod 818 Pro. The camera is amazing, and with a proper task manager that closes programs rather than minimising them, the speed is more than acceptable. More battery life is also welcome!