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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Memethecat:
Anyone had trouble restoring data?

I'm about to come from Opensemc 4.2.2 to this update (alpha 1).

I've got everything backed up on oandbackup, TWRP advanced data restore is another option, as is titanium.

The reason I ask is I've seen fc's and other bad behavior caused from restoring data after a major ROM update.

Anyway, if anyone can tell me which method they used and if it went OK I'd be grateful.

We're very lucky rayman has stuck with our SXS ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Its because KitKat is new OS and JB apps aren't supported when u restore.. U should have made a backup from Titanium backup, install fresh and restore data of that particular apps u need.. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Is the sound problem fixed ? I'm downloading

sent from my lt26i running android 4.4 by RaymanFX
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chackel:
Just flashed, no sound with Apollo...

// EDIT: Google Play Music works, so everything's fine for me. :)

// EDIT 2: After playing music in Google Play Music, now Apollo works too...strange :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DrDeeXS:
Guys,try out Vplayer. Video seems to working fine for the most part on that particular player.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] piyush95:
can someone mirror the rom..i'm not able to dwnload...?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oscar96:
Can't find Google now integrations D: am I idiot? XD

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xPeriaGUY666:
Make sure you enable that option : long press on home screen > settings > activate google now

Now you should see it by scrolling left in the launcher ;)

Sent from my Xperia S running amazing 4.4 by RaymanFX !
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] revan17:
Is it just me and my install or this rom is not smooth/fluid as compared to opensemc 4.2? Scrolling, animations, etc.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] airwolf1544:
It is you. The rom is fluid as hell.

Gesendet von meinem Xperia S mit Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlechMann:
Hi!

Is there any way to get Stock Cam on HW Cam Button??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lordoftheriffs:
It's not. Statusbar lags and landscape lags
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Status bar lags for me too but I fixed it by installing cm11 theme from play store and now it's smooth as hell lol you should try it

sent from my lt26i running android 4.4 by RaymanFX
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dobodu:
4.1.1 gives 11335 with 3d = 3687

One again nice work Rayman.

Envoyé de mon Xperia S en utilisant Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlechMann:
Hi

some states now from me:

- graphic: SEMC Boologo showing sometimes while starting apps.

- VLC Player crashes Phone to reboot

- Stock Video Player crashes Phone to reboot

- Vplayer is showing the testvideo, but with overlaying the SEMC Bootlogo. This is kinda psychadelic effect. But not useable at all.

- Testvideo was recorded with stock camcorder at 1080p HD. this works good :)

- MX Player wont start cause its not compatible with the android version...

EDIT: This is really strange... Always at starting XDA App the SEMC Logo shows :P This didnt happen at Alpha 0.

Anyone else got this ???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Yeah I'm getting this

And YouTube is not working anymore even on low quality :(

Edit: after second reboot YouTube is working and in HD YEAH BABY

thanks rayman you're the best :D

sent from my lt26i running android 4.4 by RaymanFX
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oscar96:
This was for me too in last release but now if I long press and choose settings I get this

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] heross:
Nice to hear. :good:

I hope you get the problems of your kernel all under control before develop 5.0. ;) Things that brought me back to Sony-stockbased again and again: offline-charge, USB-charge, charge-warming, fastcharge with working MTP, lower Voltage)

good luck for exams.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlechMann:
Jo, Rayman, how are the chances for getting HDMI and Video playback in next releases???

Thx 4 your work!! You are the man!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] heavens dragon:
before flashing the rom

format /cache

/system

/ data

also try fastboot the kernel separately from rom zip file and flash the rom again
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] entermetallica:
I love you RaymanFX!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Brontok:
i tried all those things as always but no result.. i only haven`t tried flashing the kernel on its own
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
Just wait, enjoy a cup of tea, and the second boot will be done ( second boot takes quite some time, 15minutes +-)

Any boot afterward will be normal.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
thanks alot RAYMAN sir,i respect you and your works.i own xperia s and maybe have to use it for more 5 years or more,so you are the last hope for these legacy devices having more than enough power.THANKS again :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] red-Tequila:
You made it bro!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnaMajhol:
Awesome as always Rayman :)

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frantisekz:
Thanks Rayman, it works great !

If anybody is going to try art ... don't do it. You'll get nothing but FC's :) Was trying to get latest pa-gapps work, but it doesn't.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Brontok:
your`re sure that the next boot will not take that long , 100% ? sorry for asking but I don`t want to flash it once more and to face the same thing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] javiol:
good work , smooth and fast ROM
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Downloading...

Thanks man you ROCK :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
[MENTION=3463426]RaymanFX[/MENTION]: I see that kk_blue-cm is newer and more up-to-date regarding your commits. Wouldn't it be better to use that rather than the one stated in the OP (my puny brain is half-asleep writing this, please forgive my mistakes)?

Also, a note for the ROM;

Didn't expect it to run as well, but then again, Rayman will be Rayman, perfecting everything before even releasing alphas. :P

EDIT: And if somebody could please post the kernel (or a link to where it might already reside), that'd be great (this darn laptop only has Debian on it, and all the USB drivers are broken :/)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
I haven't tried it out, but if it is the same as those older builds, then yes, the third boot and afterward should boot normally without the delay.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Brontok:
You`re right..it took about 10 minutes to boot, after that all went ok.. any other boot after that is normal
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oscar96:
This is an amazing rom!! I will use it for a bit,cause I love it!!

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xPeriaGUY666:
OK i finally flashed it and ITS AWESOME !! I can't believe it's an Alpha... Its the fastest rom i flashed on my phone !!! Working PERFECTLY appart the known bugs : video playback & recording ! Keep up good work sir RaymanFX ! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] elkadeho:
had this issue after i (accidently) did a not-so-clean-install, but a clean install did it for me (including data-wipe). hope it helps.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CharlesDicken:
This is weird I'm getting a status 7 in cwm. Saying I need a nozomi or lt26i, which is just an xperia s. It say i got hakari!!!

any fix?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlechMann:
get an Xperia S.... ;) sry, just joking.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oscar96:
Can you link your theme? :)

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Memethecat:
Shouldn't you have the latest TWRP recovery instead of cwm?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] amey_gangal:
[MENTION=3463426]RaymanFX[/MENTION]

I had posted a comment a few pages back and nobody seems to have read it....but I am using alpha0 and video playback works in landscape and portrait mode and the zero brightness bug is also fixed in my phone
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CharlesDicken:
I can't get the father flapping thing to work... got a guide?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
Dude you don't have the zero brigthness bug because rayman fixed it, its not just your phone
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thomassafca.theme.touchwiz.five.free

Here you go

sent from my lt26i running android 4.4 by RaymanFX
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Download goomanager from the play store and install open recovery. Simple as that.

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Change default launcher to the one that comes with the ROM and then long press and settings. You're using launcher 3. You won't get Google settings in it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CharlesDicken:
tried that two days ago, didn't work. Now it works.. what a bummer!

Now, when I try to back up it says "unable to locate storage device"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oscar96:
It looks like I only have launcher3... And it's similar to Google one!

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Okay, this is what I got without installing any launcher.

Go to installed apps and uninstall launcher 3. Might have installed when you restored apps. Or change the default home launcher.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Rangeeshnathan:
Use vlc for video playback

It works on all formats with subs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sagar023:
Any mirrors for Alpha 1? Download stuck at 98% from goo.im. Can someone upload to Google Docs?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SMARTHACKER67:
little issue fixed some are need to fixed

first want to say thank you so much raymanfx

the rom is now quite stable i have installed it

following bugs are present in rom(not want to complaint just want to share it)

video playback not fully working

it took time to start video recording

apolo music player does not play audio

rom interface is laging ,menu transition and animation

some app not working like mxplayer,ucweb,vlc hangs...etc

cpu frequency reset to 1134MHz whenever u reboot the phone

here are some fix i found

for music player you need to play first song on google play music then every music app will play song :rolleyes:

those who getting their rom interface lag is beacuse of the some setting firstly activate the development option

1) tap menu ----->settings---------> about phone--------->continually tap (build number) around 10 times

2)after activating you can find new option in menu called performance-------->tap processor-------->set maximum cpu frequency to 1512MHz (u need to do it always when u reboot) now check the rom will work much faster no lag at all 100% working :good::good::good::good:

for those who missing the original album app and walkman (newest version relesed on 11-dec-2013) if u wish i can upload apk all working fine

album app

http://www.4shared.com/mobile/YUy1LJL6/comsonyericssonalbum_52A120.html

mirror

walkman app(same available on z1 updated version 8.0.A.0.4)

http://www.4shared.com/mobile/AdqwFWnj/WALKMAN__80A04.html

mirror

movies app(not working for me)

http://www.4shared.com/mobile/yRJc214E/Movies_51A212.html

mirror

screenshot:

thankyou raymanfx :good::good::good::good::good::good:

hope soon u will solve these bugs.

this was my first post just complete 10 post so as to post here :p:p:p:p:p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xxDimxx:
Hello,

Since the release of the alpha 1, I don't see the link to download the gapps on the first page.

Is this normal ?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
It doesn't matter, just download the pa gapps, its not a must for op to link to gapps.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlechMann:
Sure???! Tried to play back the recorded vids of your phone???!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alveos:
There is no option menu in apps. When i press option in apps the options from desktop shows up.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chuah1997:
Hmm...seems like this rom is still not ready to use as normal daily rom/? :crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Just one doubt, in alpha 1 it says low power audio. Does that mean we have audio tunelling in alpha 1? Or is audio tunelling only hardware related.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlechMann:
Relates to purposes. Im using it and im satisfied for now.... if u want a full working rom u should use some non-alpha. no probs in basic phone functions here... whatsapp, sms, phone working flawlessly here. just lacking video playback. rest is working really smooth and probably soon will get better.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tania247260:
Still Mobile voip app is not working.Is there any solution to solve the mobile voip problem??????????????????????????????
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NeoXP:
Did you do a clean install of latest version? I upgraded from alpha0 to alpha1 and wiped cache/dalvik cache and maximum CPU frequency is still at 1512MHz.

I use this launcher and am quit happy with it.

Depends on how you use your phone, I use it since alpha0 as my daily driver.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] steryman:
Hey my audio isn't working in alpha 1. I'll try to reflash qhen I'm home.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
[ROM][WiP][4.4] CM-11.0 | OpenSEMC - Alpha 1

You flashed it over alpha 0 without wiping? Does everything doing fine or is there some fc? Does video playback work if dirty flash? I wanted to try but too lazy to reinstall all my app and such :p

Edit: [MENTION=5373700]SMARTHACKER67[/MENTION] did you tried flashing the kernel included in the zip?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NeoXP:
I flashed it over alpha0 and wiped cache and dalvik cache.

Youtube is working, HD also.

Video recording is partially working. Recordings are saved, but when playing I only see a black screen and hear the audio. The playback ends with a green screen and gallery app fc-ing.

Taking pictures is no problem at all.

I have not encountered any other app fc-ing. Since I never use my phone for video recording, I'm quit happy with the rom and use it as my daily driver.

EDIT:

I don't use it, but swiping is not working in alpha1 (in alpha0 swiping caused keyboard to fc).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chuah1997:
Hmm..all i want is just a working video playback..a 100% working Camera, can play audio and working album..also browsing internet,accept call,texting sms,working GPS~ :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NeoXP:
Look at my previous post for camera issues.

Audio, Google play Music, browsing with Dolphin, calls, sms, whatsapp and Google Maps are working just fine.

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:D:D:D:D Great news :D:D:D:D

Sony pushes envelope of developer-friendliness once again, aosp kitkat for various Xperia devices including our beloved Xperia S

:good: for Sony
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
Wow? Xperia s? I thought they forgotten about this once-their-flagship device. Hope that wasn't a typo though. But still, can Rayman use some of those sources to spice up the rom? @@
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xPeriaGUY666:
Yeah i also have a problem with google play music : when i hit play, it doesn't play- i have to wait for like 5 min for my music to play...

Sent from my Xperia S running amazing 4.4 by RaymanFX !
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] piyush95:
Vplayer didnt work in this rom....phone was not responding while playing video...

youtube worked flawlessly...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SMARTHACKER67:
[MENTION=5169817]bamboohao[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4703160]EnneBuikema[/MENTION]

at first

I upgraded from alpha0 to alpha1 and wiped cache,dalvik cache but nothing works for me then i have just coppied the alpha 1 rom in sdcard ,reboot my device cleared data,dalvik,cache and installed the aplha 1 from sdcard . now this is happening help me

btw i installed the rom 3 times but i never got any option of art/ dalvik which u guys talking about
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
I dont know if this will work but you could try flashing the boot.img in the rom zip, it could solve the cpu frequency not sticking issue.

The ART runtime is under developer option> select runtime, but it is quite unstable now so you should just stick with dalvik.

In case you don't know how to get developer option, go to about and tap build number until you see it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bitoyz13:
BS player free works great in playing video with landscape on this build. Btw GoneMad music player also works great, i use this coz i play opus files. thanks rayman, this would be my daily rom for now.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chuah1997:
Hmm...thanks for the detail bro...now i feel more safe to try this rom..will try it later...^^

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Just one simply final noob question..cause i had not doing this thing for long time~..=.= what should i download??except this OpenSEMC-kk-alpha1.zip ...is there any file should i download??== also where's the Gapps?? and what is this two files?? @@ OpenSEMC-BETA2-CAF.zip and OpenSEMC-OTA-v0.2.zip...sorry~ i didn't touch this thing long time ago..@@ so i forgot most of the thing~
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
Heres the link to pa gapps, xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

The alpha1 zip and the gapps zip is the two zip u need, don't bother with the last two zip you mention.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alveos:
Thanks for contact. I know that this one works very well, but i am wondering why the build in one doesnt work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NeoXP:
No typo, look here
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SMARTHACKER67:
gapps full

here are full gapps they include all i have flashed with same they includes all and all working good

http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps/pa_gapps-full-4.4-20131126-signed.zip

seems like site is down and after some times the downloading stops so in such situation just pause the downloading and if ur using the IDM right click and click refresh download address wait till it captures new address then resume download again enjoy
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] revan17:
Looking forward to hearing from RaymanFX concerning this. Hopefully it will help him a little bit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
May be gpu drivers.. But aosp still differs a lot from cm.. Lots of coding in cm.. Surprised they are giving Kitkat rom for us.. :p And since they have provided sources, kernel, device tree.. Its like a strong base.. I think rayman will get the most of it.. :D

Sent from LT26i running eXistenZ UltrA HD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chuah1997:
(y) Thanks Bro..downloading now! :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chackel:
Anyone knows why Media Server drains my battery so much?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ^Reloaded^:
Great News Sony roll out AOSP devolpment of 4.4 For Sony Xperia S

As anyone intrested here are the sources

http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...droid-open-source-project-for-xperia-devices/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NeoXP:
I am facing the same issue, I didn't try it yet but maybe here is the solution.

I just hooked up my phone to my windows pc, and searched for files with filesize=0. Gonna delete those that I find and keep you informed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] airwolf1544:
omfg.. your "news" are 15 months old.. this led me to buy a xperia s.. and 2 months later the nexus 4 comes .. omfg..

Don't remenber me...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] anthony03:
No, just for the Xperia L, nothing new for our Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bamboohao:
That one is kitkat one, look a few post back and you will understand. Though i wish i get the nexus 4 as well...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Aamirx27:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...droid-open-source-project-for-xperia-devices/

This thread has been updated a year ago. I dont think its a KIKAT openSource.. check out the Update here

https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/device-sony-lt26

Its simply updated a yar ago or 7months ago. :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] anthony03:
Guys AOSP Kit Kat is for the Xperia L not for Xperia S !
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chackel:
0k, waiting to hear from you.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NeoXP:
Dunno yet if it really helps, but percentage of battery-usage of mediascanner is decreasing...

Edit:

I also deleted all files in /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SMARTHACKER67:
Have anybody found the audio solution, walkman app do not play audio unless u played it first on google play music
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chackel:
0k, going to try this myself too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
According to their statement in the news, all the devices are working with 4.4.1 with some basic functions they mentioned on them.. And also claim its still alpha.. May be they will or wont update sources for our device, but i guess from that statement they might be working on our device to give atleast a device tree and a kernel.. But sources arent updated at all as they say.. Damn their gimics.. May be Raymanfx and Doomlord will know if there is any support from the company..

Sent from LT26i running eXistenZ UltrA HD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hmzuleta:
It says they haven't committed on the other phones' branches, so I think that implies they will anytime now. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. I'm just glad Sony has been looking up for us, regardless if Rayman has already started. He's the one they should contact for these things.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] piyush95:
For those who have landscape video problems....

try this...

EDITED:-

Use Vplayer(:P)

but then too...sometimes the phone stops responding..

so to avoid that....

1st alternative....check "disable hardware overlay" from developer options..

2nd alternative...

a. go to build prop..

b. Locate this line

a) debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer=3

change those into

a)debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer=2

[now everything works flawlessly]
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Well, I have no issues whatsoever, besides the stated ones (and it even booted up the second time! ^.^).

Those saying it's lagging, it's been said so many times, it's an alpha.

I find the micro-stutters really just nothing compared to the overall performance gain (for people with performance issues, get SDmaid and do every scan and delete all junk, and do the "Optimize DBs". It helps a ton.)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SMARTHACKER67:
can anyone help me out

i tried to change the fonts . i used several apps i give them root access but they are unable to chage the fonts .

anyone knows alternate method .

i used ifonts, myfonts same app worked well on alpha 0 rom .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] steryman:
RaymanFX, I give up. I've tried different things to make it work but I just can't. I don't get its "logic". So, I'll explain you as short as I can, so you can help me whenever you can: after these mount lines:

/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host/mmc0 auto vfat noatime,nosuid,noexec,nodiratime,rw voldmanaged=sdcard0:15,nonremovable,noemulatedsd
/devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host.0 auto auto defaults voldmanaged=usbdisk:auto

the sdcard must be mounted as vfat, not auto, because after that, the system, cache and data are loaded from the sdcard in /dev/block/loop2(system), 3 for cache and 4 for data. But from all these tries, if I'm mounting the sdcard as vfat, the mount lines I've mentioned earlier don't work fine(either these, or something else, I don't know exactly), because apps won't detect the sdcard, and also when browsing to /mnt/media_rw, I can see the content inside(sdcard0, sdcard1, usbdisk, and sdcard0 is empty), thing that doesn't happen normally(if I flash the rom normally, I can't go further than /mnt/media_rw, it says it's an empty folder and everything works fine).

I've also tried to mount mmcblk0p15 in two different mountpoints(sdcard auto, to try make it run just like it would be native, and sd vfat, where I mounted the system, data and cache partitions), but when it's mounting in the second mountpoint, the first one gets unmounted.