[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] omid220819:
Hi,

I've been using custom roms for a while and reading xda developers forum too,but I haven't posted anything because it doesn't let the newcomers with less than 10 posts to post on DEV forums,and I was lazy to post anywhere else...Anyways...

I just wanted to help those who were reading this forum.I have XPERIA PRO (iyokan) by the way...

I have installed various ROMs for my phone,beginning from Jelly sandwich,which was awesome and used it for a few months for my everyday use without any problems,Thank you Maxio1998(dev).It was based on 4.0.4 but was very close to jelly bean.If somebody looked at style,speed,features,etc would think that it's jellybean.I'd recommend this ROM for anyone who wants a stable,fast,bug free ROM for daily use.

A few months ago I began to install Kitkat ROMS,and I installed a few of them.Including official CM11,Vanir and Carbon.Currently I'm using Carbon 4.4.2 (5.25 build) and I'm quite happy with it.I installed Vanir (7.25) and it had lots of problems including Camera FC when I wanted to capture video,glicy screen,touch problem in the bottom side of screen and huge battery drain.I found a few workarounds for the problems,but I wouldn't recommend to use as a daily ROM.

If you want stable,fast(very very fast) and lots of features,I'd recommend Carbon ROM.But it has one drawback,and that's 720p not working in the latest build for iyokan.But I think it works on Anzu.

As for CM11 problems people are complaining:

1. About battery drain,I confirm offline charging method is working for me.before that I used more than 40% battery from night to 7:30 (around 6 hours) in sleep mode.But after trying offline charging mode (turn off the phone,connect charger,after battery image appears turn the phone on.) I have more than a day and night of heavy use.My phone is more than 2 years old,and considering it's old battery,I'd say that's great...

2.About video camera,in newer builds 720p video capture works,but it FCs,then you can install google camera from play store and your problem should be gone.I f you are on old builds you can use VGA mode and use video capture,but with less resolution.

3.About capturing image and nothing happening,disable KMS and restart.It solves the problem.

4.For those who want to change their ROM and try different ROMS and want to solve the hassle of reinstalling apps in every rom,with their data and saves etc,I'd recommend Titanium backup,as it works with all the roms I've ever tried.

5.For partitioning SD,I used the "Multi tool Partition wizard" to partition my microSD into 2 FAT32 partitions,and I've been using it for ages without any problems.My microSD is class 4 and a few years old,but it works great...

Also I use Link2SD app,mounted my second partition,restarted and everything works fine.I shold mention that Link2SD woked with all the ROMs I've ever tried (unlike mount2SD).

I'm planning to install AOKP ROM (7.31) for my iyokan,but currently I don't have time.I'll try and report back here,because there isn't in thread for iyokan,as one of our friends mentioned before.So I'll let you know.

If you have any questions,I'll be glad to help you.And press thanks if it was helpful.

And I know if some of above are not related to CM11,but I tried to help and share my experience with people,and most of the points above are true for all of the ROMs based on CM 11 Kitkat.So I apologize beforehand if you think I'm wrong....