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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
As fast as possible, updating my sources now, pushing Sony sources to github etc..

Then I'll start building and fix issues. I'm hoping to release tonight :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
cant wait till after work today then - no I'm not going to flash omni before work as it's 3am atm
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
Out of thanks for today (most on you). Really appreciated.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
I'm on a thanking rage for the past two days lol
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Great cant wait really:)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
thanks for the heads up that was a really good share.............awesome work bud

Your the man bud.............this device would be dead without you right now. i know others are also helping but on the 4.4 scene you are leading the way on kernels and roms

finally he listens :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Tip: You've got unlimited thanks in Tapatalk/XDA Premium
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
So far, for about 52 minutes from fully charged battery, can report the following:

1)	Battery consumption: looks good drained 15% for 52 minutes, got 20 minutes deep sleep with wi-fi on, several minutes running browser, flipboard etc and several minutes testing turn-by-turn navigation to test the GPS, bluetooth etc.

2)	Data: Work with flawless

3)	Wi-Fi: Work, but sometime need to re-connect (maybe becuase I make the location turned-off?)

4)	GPS: Work and locks fast

5)	Bluetooth: not works yet

6)	ART: worked at first time when enabled, but after reboot it automatically changed to dalvik, and after that it cannot be activated

Applicaltion not work (FC) in ART mode: Tasker

7)	Application not work in both ART or Dalvik: GMD Gesture Control, where usually it not work because multitouch problem, but with this omni kitkat, it detected the multitouch but the command not executed.

EDIT: now it works after uninstall and reinstall via play store and restore data only with TB, seems like dirt restore as I came from CM10.2

8)	Printing: don’t know how to activated, no menu when it opened on Setting

9)	Long press Home button works but the ‘half-circle’ pop-up not centered

10)	Setting menu cannot be closed using back-soft-button, must use Home button to terminate it

EDIT: actually the problem is the BACK soft button which is not functional at all, but now it works after wipe chache and dalvik on recovery

Overall this is great rom, lightning fast (especially with ART).. Thanks!

EDIT: mine is C6833, but no LTE network here so I cannot test : )
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
Just because I'm impatient and don't want to wait until later, did you find a way to get around the device recognition issue mate?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fbfree:
thanks for your report.and i am trying now,one word :fast

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it finaly work ,what an exciting day!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Att lte is also working on my 6806
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Video playback might be fixed too!! :) no not due to blobs, fixed source code I think. Still compiling so will come back to you guys later ;)

+ I might have an idea about bluetooth, but don't cheer to soon! :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
btw.. I open the gallery, tap on video file, and choose the stock video player to play and it plays flawlessly ; )
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sabre31:
Can't wait for tonight to get this rom. Thanks so much for all your hard work.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
Not that this really matter, when it gets fixed, it gets fixed, but I find that i need bluetooth. I need it in my car desperately and all of my headphones are bluetooth... It would be like stepping back to the stone age... I guess fingers crossed..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Tip: You have a minijack :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Also in landscape mode? Portrait works for some videos. That's my experience :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
Aah you are right.. it get frozen in landscape mode.. : p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] spicemaster:
Does anyone know why the headphone playback control button don't work on any of the aosp ROMs? I used stock ROM only on the day I had picked up this phone 3 months back... Since unlocking, i'm kinda bummed having to take this huge muthafluffer out of my pocket just to skip tracks, especially while riding a bike... Seems ridiculous to think losing headphone button functionality would be like losing bravia/xreality/honamicamera or other Sony proprietary stuff,,. I've asked this question on almost every thread.. No one's answered. Hoping GPE rips won't have that problem.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
I don't understand why video play back is such an issue? I only use SW decoder in MX. Is the quality better with HW?...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
well smoother at least and battery life frendlier....

can you play a full hd uncompressed bluray with the software decoder?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
Damn.... I never knew that.... I always used sw because originally if you wanted to boost the volume you needed to use sw for video and audio because they were linked. Now, even though they're not, I still change it....
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
Does netflix work?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Omni doesn't boot up, but still working on 4.4.2 ROM with all working :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shaolin95:
I love your reports...coming from Note 2 where getting reports from Devs was as frequent as seeing Halley's Comet, this is very refreshing :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Today is the day i'll apparently have a heart attack.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
Is this the supersu were supposed to be flashing after gapps to get root?

http://download.chainfire.eu/204
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup, that's the one.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
Just tried and it didnt work !!

Back to flashing boot.img from cm10 to get recovery again
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
This one is directly from Chainfire's thread: http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
Ya was going to post this, this one works !

When i overwrite the build.prop and reboot the device, all i get is a black screen.

I wonder if i should just copy and paste the build.prop details

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Stupid me i think cause of hte black screen could be cause i forgot to apply permissions ffs

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Yup forgot to set permissions when copying over build.prop!

Running with data now

Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Ah, classic mistake which i've done myself around 86 times :p Such a tiny mistake with huge consequences.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
i know lesson learned!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] railman88:
Any nice "for dummies" guide how to get the new build.prop in there? :) not getting my adb-commands right
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I guess you can manually replace it with a file explorer and reboot? (Remember to set the right permissions)

Or use ADB, but I'm not that good at it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
7-zip app then use it to edit archive without unzip contents then can flash away or as suggested root explorer and paste new build.prop in /root folder.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Reb0rn:
ADB is pure skillz :D

Only time I've used it is with my nexus 7.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
I used ES File Explorer, enabled root and mounted /system and pasted the new build.prop and set permissions and rebooted :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup, that's also the way i do it. Caveman style.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
anyway to get kitkat to read/write to sd card ext4 or ntfs?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
i am currently running carbon rom can i flash this rom and gapps with cwm with factory reset without flashing the boot.img ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
that's what i did and worked flawlessly, just remember that you need to set phone to airplane and apply build.prop
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
this is after you flash the rom to get the data working correct ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
I just unzipped the rom download and moved the build.prop file to the system folder, re zipped and flashed it. Done in one shot.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
sorry for all the questions but what is the best way to do this ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Depends if you're on your computer or not.

If you're on your computer:

- Download ROM

- Open it with WinRAR, but do not extract it

- Go to /system/build.prop and swap it out with the "functioning" build.prop

- Close the window and transfer it to your Ultra and flash it.

If you don't want to do that:

- Flash the ROM

- Once it boots, enable Airplane mode (from the notification center)

- Go to /system/ and replace the build.prop with the other one using a file explorer (ES File Explorer, Solid Explorer etc.)

- Set the permissions to 6-4-4 (RW-R-R)

- Reboot
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
worked like a charm - thank you very much !
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
This right here was a very helpful little post.

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I still need to sit down when i have an hour to kill and figure out how to root... Not as simple of a procedure as i've been used to.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I think something might be wrong with me. I wrote a full guide for the twentieth time this week.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48428387

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BTW: I must say, Sony is on a roll this week. Just received an update to the Movies app. I haven't checked it out yet, but I'll do it now.

UPDATE: Holy shait. We got (customizable) subtitles now, WE CAN PLAY THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND, and there are other cool stuff :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
wow.... thanks for the help... wow...

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Just have to decide how important bluetooth is to me... All my headphones are bluetooth and i use the bluetooth audio and hands free when im driving...

Also, this is just a fix, how long do you think it'll be before we have a new build.... will probably have to wipe then....

Wonder if it's worth the wait...

Wonder if I have the ability to wait..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Ha ha, I did it all on my phone. Used Root Explorer.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
better wait for BT fix.. sony rom is not bad, you will not see much different in speed.

if you want custom taste you can try latest CM10.2, it is fast too.

well I have 3 nandroid backups, sony stock, cm10.2 and omniKK.. just need few minutes to get everything restored with TB

I jump from one to another when get boring hehe..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
So you backup all the apps with their data and restore it when you install a new rom? I used to do that but doesn't it cause problems sometimes?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
yes I did (with ZU and other phones like s2 and note 1). and about problem that may caused I am not sure.

Sometimes I need to uninstalled an app that has problem with new ROM and reinstall from playstore and then restore only the data to make it work, but it just 1 or 2 apps I used like Tasker, GMD gesture
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
I might pass on this rom unless it can read ext4 or ntfs, cause .257 reads it just fine. I tried it awesome rom just useless to since my sd cards are formatted to them. Can't find any app that works like ntfs mount.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
You're getting me scared, can you educate me? I have a 64gb card will it work?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
Well i formatted my card 64gig ext4 and it works on stock recent sony rom .257 but with omni it just tells me to mount. So it doesn't recognize
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
So why not copy files to pc, format, and copy back?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
Why do all that when ext4 and ntfs is better than fat32? Also why should i revert when .257 4.2.2 reads it just fine. Kinda stupid if the older os can read it and the latest cant?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] REAVER117:
Well I'm sure Sony licenses NTFS drivers, and you could manually mount EXT2/3/4. But I'm in the same boat as you, 64GB NTFS microSd card.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
I think mine is still formatted to fat32 from 2 phones ago when cm10 could read anything else.... What difference does it make?

And you say why do all that? well, because you want the newer rom.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
For some reason omni doesn't recognize it. Says blank card and no option to format should if it couldn't read it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] REAVER117:
NTFS or EXT? What does the terminal return?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sabre31:
Vendors like Sony, Samsung, HTC, etc license NTFS from Microsoft that is why those work. Google does not. You can format your card as fat32 and still see all 64gb of it or whatever size card you have. Only limitation is that on fat32 a single file cannot be larger then 4gb in size.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
Yeah, that was what i thought... so no biggie
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
Ext4 allows for larger file transfers greater than 4gigs.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Good morning,

I'd like to install this rom but now I am with the stock 257... what should I do?

Cheers,
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Root-> Install recovery->Back up TA partition->unlock bootloader->Flash boot.img from ROM zip->Flash Rom->flash gapps.

For mobile data to work edit build.prop.:

Once ROM boots, enable Airplane mode .

Go to /system/ and replace the build.prop with the other one using a file manager and set permissions(rw-r-r).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] abuihsan:
Maybe you need to read and follow [MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION] 's guide before go in the wild:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48428387&postcount=4

if new with sony/xperia, this thread will be also useful:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446502

then follow/implement the next step below : )
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shingers5:
yea carbon and this will share the same boot.img/kernel.............you may get the hanomi error status 7 but Krab said he would remove that script to get rid of that error

Well 7-zip is so much easier as you can edit an archive without unzipping it. just open archive and drag build.prop into it and save. done

If you use TB then issues arise especially if coming from stock rom as not all are compatible with 4.4 or aosp rom. you can backup with cwm and advance restore only data/sd-ext partition

yea these roms support fat32 format................difference isnt so great that i need ext 4 tbh. but its your choice.

[MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION] has answered that very accurately so you shouldnt have any issues
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mottyengel:
But TB apps with data from let's say this omni builld to a later omni build or to cm11? Would that bring issues too?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Ok, I got 4.4.2 finally booting on my Z1 :) I'm still working on fixing everything:

- Deleted some blob that aren't needed

- Some missing libs are added (still some are missing I think)

- Updated device tree for 3G/LTE

- Wifi isn't working (I think due to some updated blobs or kernel merging stuff) I'll try my older kernel with it's wifi modules etc to confirm.

- Still working on bluetooth and video playback

EDIT: some more updates!

- found something interesting for Bluetooth

- found a fix for my issues after kernel merging

- I'll also try to get the last missing libs compiled if necessary. (Still need to check if there are more mifssing)

But I'm going home now from uni. I'll be home in about 1h but I'll also go to my gf this weekend and student job on sunday.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
For 64gb SD cards, I have a script that is making them readable, but I can't get them to mount r/w, having adb issues with the mounting scripts.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Simply, AWESOME, thank you!!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Hello,

I did the step above but I got an Error 7 when flashing and now the phone restart in loop. I am reflashing the old firmware but which one the wrong step?

Thanks,
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
Use boot.img from different ROM. Maybe carbon or cm.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Use twrp? Or you did that?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
The only way I could get it to work was to completely flash CM 10.2 first... Tried just the boot image but that didn't work.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Thanks but which one?

Thanks, Yes, it's TWRP v2.6.1.0.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
[MENTION=4340984]krabappel2548[/MENTION] hows it going so far :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] spicemaster:
instead of flashing boot.img from omnirom, use boot.img from PAC.

i've uploaded the one i use: http://www.sendspace.com/file/x1gxy0

enter bootloader mode (with blue led on phone)

download and flash the boot image i've uploaded on sendspace:

fastboot flash boot pac43.img

fastboot reboot

enter recovery (cwm)

flash omni

flash pa-gapps-odex

flash supersu

power off phone (cwm> advanced > power off)

remove sim card from phone

(to avoid reboot loop)

turn on phone, setup google account, etc

download build.prop from few pages back using wifi

replace the one found in root/system folder (use root explorer or other file manager)

turn off phone, load sim card, turn it back on.

enjoy your kitkat.

P.S: this boot image i've enclosed is not touch, u have to use volume up/down keys in cwm, latest pac is touch based. u can use this to flash omni or download the latest pac rom to get the touch based cwm.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
spicemaster, thank you! I am trying to download the file but it takes a lot.

Great again!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
You can use QuickIMG if you don't want to use CMD (terminal) to flash the boot.img.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Thanks! It is possible to have the boot.img uploaded somewhere else? I can't download it now...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Give me 2 minutes. I'll update this post with a new link in a couple of minutes.

UPDATE: http://d-h.st/4bz
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Thanks!!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Done.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sev7en:
Thanks to all ^_^ It's rebooting now...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I'm also flashing Omni now :p I was planning on waiting for the next build, but heck.. why not just do it now :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
dito.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I'm all flashed and booted up now. Just noticed that i have to re-root using SuperSU, so no big deal. That launcher though... Incredible annoying with the keyboard :p I'll just use Nova either way, but it's just an observation. I'll take it out for a spin now!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
which boot.img did you flashed?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
Was anyone able to find a script to enable sd card on kitkat? It isn't registering
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] :
That keyboard issue is fixed with a Google search update from the Play store.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I used the boot.img from Pac. I posted the download link right above your head.

My (5 year) old SD card is working just fine here.

Yeah, but i'm using Nova now. Much better :cool:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
sorry i was referring to a formatted ext4 or ntfs sd card
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] REAVER117:
Have you tried Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Ah, i see. That's a different question :p

BTW people; do you guys know if there is a Xposed module or something that can modify the nav.keys? Right now it looks like this:

I would like to move the back and multitasking keys a little towards the middle (like in the stock rom)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] velvetmxo:
they don't support 4.4 yet
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Reb0rn:
There are a couple of modules that can change stuff a lot.

GravityBox works. I use it too have access to pie.

Xplode I think has 4.4 support too.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Thanks, i'll take a look at GravityBox :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
Hm I have a black screen after replacing the build prob I set the permissions rw -rwr-- it booted up with the normal build.prop
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
It should be RW R R
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
Aaaaaaah
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Easy mistake to make :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
too late to flash it again and restore everything
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Just reflash the ROM itself and you'll be fine.

TOPIC CHANGE: People, IF i choose to go back to stock, which boot.img do i flash before i restore?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
can't enter recovery after that. back on cm
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Wait, did the "bad" build.prop ruin everything for you now? You can't even access recovery? :eek:That shouldn't happen.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gbohm:
jap strange isn't it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
Just the "boot.img" from your clockworkmod backup folder.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Got it! Thank god i had a backup :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
'Course you do. Lord not having a backup? Impossible! :P
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr. Droid:
I made the same mistake forgot to do the permissions

I just went into fastboot, flashed the pac boot.img, rebooted into recovery flashed the omni again and fixed it afterwards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I just flashed it (since i need something from my backup) and QuickIMG says:

Flashing, please wait...

sending 'boot' (20480 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.373s]

writing 'boot'...

FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)

finished. total time: 1.376s

Done. Please check log for errors.

Any ideas?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
If you were on 14.1.B.2.257, I uploaded the kernel for that here: https://db.tt/K4MCxMTn

It's an FTF so gotta flash with Flashtool. You may also have to reinstall custom recoveries.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Hey hey hey... i'm not sure what's going on right now, and if it's even possible, but i just booted up in recovery and restored my stock Sony ROM while being on Omni. I didn't even flash a boot.img. Is this real life?

It's currently restoring data :confused:

EDIT: It boots fine and i'm back on stock. I'm confused.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ChillyChan:
Yeah me too. Thought we'd need to flash back to stock boot. Maybe we don't. What I'm unclear about is do we or do we not need to flash boot.img when changing/restoring ROMs? Back on my HTC One X with dev unlock, I needed to flash boot images when switching back from AOSP to stock. Maybe Sony is different?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
If you format system and data from recovery you can just restore a nandroid backup mate... No need to flash another recovery first before restoring the nandroid. The Kernel and recovery will get replaced by the one in the nandroid backup. :good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
Yeah. I jump from stock to cm all the time without fastbooting anything. Only time I fastboot is when I screw up my recovery somehow.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yeah, i didn't even do that. I just booted into recovery and restored. I thought we had to flash a boot.img each time we'd jump from one base (stock) to another (AOSP,CM), because of kernel...stuff.. Clearly we don't!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
Loving this ROM, the sensors don't seem to work, also I am going to try another gapps that can sync browzer bookmarks also the screen unlock doesn't work either I turned it off but it keeps going to it and must swipe to unlock and on very reboot android is updating - anyway still a great ROM !!!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pedal2themedal:
The kernel is in the backups bro. If you do a full restore, it will always be restored to.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Logic. Thank you :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
I always format system and data first... I've had some freaky results restoring nandroids without doing that.. ie google play services errors.