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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] husky69:
Is formatting /system manually required when flashing weekly 4.6 over 4.4 as well? From what I understood from that note on slimroms.net I thought it needs to be done when coming from stable?

Please point me to the right direction, I wouldn't like to run into troubles during upgrade from 4.4
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
Well, its written

so you have to format system via recovery. I think its because there will some files left when not doing so.

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Banwell13:
I have a problem with the phone vibrating for notifications and not stopping since updating to latest build. Anyone else have this issue?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] 3x3cUt0r:
You formatted the system partition manually before installing the last weekly?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] peddarson:
New build works well. Is the gapps bug is sometimes annoying. The workaround didn't work for me. Though the fc happens only once in a while.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] husky69:
Same here. Play Services got updated, but FCs didn't stop - intervals got much bigger only.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] kufikugel:
Clear data and cache of Google play services...reboot
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Poesini:
Latest build I have some issues but aside of that, its good:

- Any type of lockscreen just doesnt work. I press the power button and it goes to desktop without noticing any lockscreen.

- Only back button works, the rest dont work no matter where I put them or what I set them to

Running with Pimped Kernel
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
I use pattern lock just fine. What do you mean just back works?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Poesini:
I also use pattern lock and I can set it up, but when I lock the screen and unlock it, it just goes to the desktop without asking for pattern or such.

And I mean that I press the onscreen Home button or whatever I set it to and it doesnt work. It doesnt do anything aside the animation of it being touched.

Using 4.6 weekly 3815 and Pimped Kernel 0415
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Doubt it's a kernel thing but full wipe and stick to stock and test.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] bong0x00:
Hi Sir. I just want to ask on how to improve the front camera? I really want this rom rather than stock based as i'm using this from my S3 days.. but the front camera is noisy,, do you have some tips or 3rd party application? i need a good front cam as my girlfriend really love to use my phone for here selfies. Thank you :D
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Noisy as sound or dirty image?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] bong0x00:
dirty image when using the front cam... its pixelated
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] peddarson:
I use the Google cam. The quality improved a lot by using Google's app
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] DAddYE:
[MENTION=3877985]prbassplayer[/MENTION] quick question what is the status of the camera button? I feel very very sad in not being able to use it :'(
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] peddarson:
I always use this button for a while now. So it works pretty good
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] DAddYE:
Even when locked?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] nektogron:
Picture always freeze when start camera with h/w button(

xperia z1 c6903

SlimKat 4.x

Pimped Kernel
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] bong0x00:
yes.. it rocks.. but i need timer for the front cam. so i'm using the stock app with rom
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
No it doesn't. Driver is being stubborn. Same problem as always once it initialize you won't have an issue till you reboot.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] peddarson:
You mean when the screen is off? Nope, that doesn't work. But in my view it is a good thing
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] nektogron:
Thank you, m8 ;)

xperia z1 c6903

SlimKat 4.6 (weekly)

Pimped Kernel
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sumedh123:
M on stable release of slim rom. I can't see send n receive data notification for internet, though I can use my internet. Can anyone guide me.

Thank u.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Sorry not following. What's the problem?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sumedh123:
I can't see if data has been sent or received. M talking about the 2 small arrows which comes on signal bar.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Fechinator:
In latest weekly i have the Problem that often everything except navbar and statusbar isnt responsive.. Touchscreen dont work in between there.. After reset its fixed for a while.. Has someone an answer??
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
This is a aosp thing and we aren't putting it back.

I've been running weekly for a week 0 problems. Stock kernel? No Xposed mods? Next time it happens grab a logcat.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Fechinator:
I've been running weekly for a week 0 problems. Stock kernel? No Xposed mods? Next time it happens grab a logcat.

Using xposed gel settings.. Ill try it without this Modul
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [Fenix]:
The only thing that makes me go back after flashing this rom is the camera that freezes at first launch... also is there a way to take pictures in 16:9?

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] DAddYE:
Try to disable GPS location on camera app.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
What is gaming like on this ROM?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [Fenix]:
Never enabled it
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] hoitzi.flo:
No problems with gta San Andreas on highest quality.

Sent with my Z1
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] bong0x00:
Worth trying :P will never regret
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
I will try it.

Used Slimbean before with the S2 but always locked up due to the crappy processor

:good:
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Lol smdk4210 has to many revisions and a lot of them weren't winners
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Very true, great phone though.

Gonna make sure my TA partition is backed up and tested.

Then unlock the bootloader, currently running [NUT]'s .757 ROM and TWRP
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Zentac:
I had the same, as well as a large collection of wakelocks, no matter if I used the slimkat kernel or the pimped kernel, location settings for camera or flashed the camera fix (which is HDR related I know, but one will try anything :) ) I also had google now not working.

What I did in the end was full whipe of everything except for external SD, flash slimkat without gapps, log in test everything, then flash gapps this brought on a few problems it seemed, so I then flashed slimkat again after wiping cache/dalvik, and now I am one very happy man :victory:

No wakelocks, camera doesn't lock up and google now works. (the 'google now not available in your country' issue is apparently one that came with kitkat as I see most complaints about it from Nexus users outside the US)

One more thing about the 16:9 question, that is purely software, your sensor is 4:3, so anything not 4:3 will be cutting off pixels.

My next stop is Pimped Kernel, but I am a bit hesitant... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [Fenix]:
I'm not sure what I wrote [emoji28].. I meant that, for example, with the stock camera, if i shooting photos in the album i will see them in full screen...but with AOSP or Google camera the photos in the gallery are smaller than the screen...

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Because we show all the photo lol. Zoom in and you will see what you see on stock :p
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
I installed the latest weekly. I enabled root access to adb and apps, in developer options as mentioned in the fasks

But titanium backup tells me it is not possible to optain root access. What did i do wrong?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
I presume flashing the baseband from a stock ROM is what controls the radios for 3G and LTE?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Assuming your not using another kernel, kill tibu and reopen.

It's a layer in the process yes. Sadly I haven't found a way on doing this without flashing everything from 4.4 drop lol. When I get full network access I need to update to stock Sony 4.4 then reflash Slim (still running 4.3 baseband) .
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Before I go ahead unlock the BL and everything, does this ROM support 3G, H+ and LTE?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Why wouldn't it?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Sorry now I understand, I misread your answer in regards to the baseband. My bad.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] 3x3cUt0r:
So, it's recommended to update to stock 4.4 and reinstall slimkat?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Can't say, I haven't had a chance to do the 4.4 update. That being said my phone umber shows as unknown in status (phone calls works just fine for me) and location is wonky for me. I haven't debugged it till I do a proper update lol
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
Just flashed newest weekly.

Again rock stable solid build. No bugs/problems so far.

Before weekly build 4.6 I tested latest general stock and latest T-Mobile stock 4.4 ROMs. Every thing works fine for me, even LTE with latest build 4.8.

Added by Edith:

About "unknown" phone number in phone status, I think it comes from the provider. After a clean reflash and 1st system boot, a popup shows my number and is then shown in phone status, when the popup doesn't show then its unknown. Or can it be because of stk.apk?!?

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
Hi. Is there a way to make walkman and album apps from Sony work on this ROM? And the stock kamera with all the add ons from xperia.

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
I don't think so, take a look at this link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2460877
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
Does the xposed framework work on this ROM? In particular mode the callblock module?

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] 3x3cUt0r:
xposed works, but you have to try the module yourself.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
Hmmm, now i have some issues with camera. The camera opens, and block. I have to kill app, then camera doen't even open it says camera not accessible.

If i restart the phone, then app opens again, but blocks again.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Common guys stop posting about the camera this isn't new, it's been reported many times and I've answered accordingly.

Sony apps won't work on aosp AFAIK, probably because they need bits from Sony frameworks. So unless someone hacks it up doubt we will see it working on aosp.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] B1nny:
The problem is that it's just the camera in general that's buggy. As you said earlier, the camera driver is just being an obnoxious little b*tch who doesn't want to listen all the time.

How that has to be fixed, I have no idea, but it's not just 3rd party camera apps.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Obviously it isn't just 3rd party camera apps it's the driver lol. I have no clue honestly. Could be kernel could be frameworks_av but I have no idea
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
I installed perfectly clear camera app and now camera works again

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] ekanix20:
Just installed latest weekly, smooth as hell.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Backed up the TA 5 times and did the dry run restores. Yes I am paranoid.

Then I will unlock the bootloader later this evening (Currently on NUT's .757 ROM)

Put the ROM and gapps on the sd card and reboot into recovery.

I presume Slimkat comes with it's own kernel and I don't need to flash one in recovery before flashing the ROM and gapps?

If I have to install a custom kernel I guess i use say the Pimped kernel, reboot into recovery and do a full wipe and then flash the rom and gapps?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
The only thing i miss on this ROM are che beautiful camera effects from stock kamera like timeshift or motiomgraph. Forma che test ROM is 1+

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] ekanix20:
Correct sir, enjoy slimkat.

Cheers

EDIT: You can format system manually just to be sure :)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Whoop whoop cool :)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] blcistheking:
I have a couple of noob questions that I hope someone would be willing to answer to help me decide to switch from a Nexus 5 to a Z1.

I'm currently using Slimkat on the N5 and absolutely love it. Everything works as expected and I'm able to customize it to fit all my requirements but the battery life leaves much to be desired, which is why I would like to switch to the Z1 since it has a bigger battery and a microSD card slot.

How is the battery life using build 4 of Slimkat on a Z1?

Would getting say 6 hours of screen on time doing web browsing using firefox and watching videos store locally on the phone as well as from youtube be possible?

Also, I've read some parts of this thread saying that the camera has some issues. I'm not a photographer and don't take a lot of pictures other than when I'm selling something, is the camera on this stable enough for that purpose?

Can the led flash still be controlled by a torch toggle?

And can the camera button be reconfigured for another use, such as waking the device?

I deeply appreciate any responses I might get because I would hate to spend more money on a Z1 just to get a device that doesn't fit my needs, I already compromised with the N5 (overlooked the subpar battery life and lack of storage space for development support, roms & kernels) and now regret it and I don't want to make the same mistake twice.

I have moved my question here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52287018 so mods please delete this post if it is inappropriate to be here.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] B1nny:
Personally, I can't get 6 hours of screen on time with this device, I get a maximum of about 3 to 4 hours. Automatic brightness that is though.

For an occasional picture the camera is stable enough and overall I'm not experiencing a whole lot of weird issues. Other than that, yes the flash can be used as a torch and the camera button can be used to unlock the phone. (That may require some attention, but you can do it)

In that regard the Xperia Z1 should fullfill what you want perfectly, except for the batterylife.

I'm personally considering to move away from the Xperia Z1 though, due to the lack of interest by developers and the rightout ridiculously bad updates by Sony.

That's just my personal opinion though, make sure to ask other people as well.

Also, I think this belongs in the Q&A or general section, you may want to consider making a thread there to prevent cluttering this development thread.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] blcistheking:
Thank you very much for replying, I posted it in this thread because my question is rom specific since I have no interest in using any other roms, although I guess it'll be safer to move it.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
I can reach around 8hrs screen on time when I only use phone for internet reading and some chats. Of the battery is empty after 12hrs then.

I make no changes to the ROM/kernel except deactivated stuff I don't need.

The camera give good enough pictures. Somehow I have the feeling that the Google camera app is making better pics.

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Bad updates by Sony? Sony's firmware is probably one of the best I've ever seen. Only problem is they are slow at it lol.

As for battery life no 2 devices or users are the same so asking questions about it is a waste of time.

Camera driver issue is, sadly present on all aosp roms for rhine family. Once it initiates you won't have issues with it again you reboot.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] B1nny:
The software is great indeed, but the latest KitKat updates are pure horror. The camera works very slowly, random reboots, just things that shouldn't be there.

As for the battery life, I totally agree.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
The KitKat release for Sony plagued by reboots? I'm confused... Now I really want to update, ugh I need a decent connection :(
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] B1nny:
I've had a few, yes. Even crashed on me once and scared the cr*p out of me when it wouldn't take up in the morning and didn't respond to my charger plugging in. After messing around with trying out different key-combinations it did eventually start to charge again, still, annoying.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
Never heard or had any reboots nor crashes,

Well I want to know this now too. Will reflash to stock 4,4 tomorrow and see it for myself.

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] ezuk:
Camera FV-5 from lock screen?

Hi guys,

Is it possible to somehow set Camera FV-5 as the camera that slides in when the phone is locked with a PIN code? (You know, slide right to see a camera)

Thank you :)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
I think you need to set fv-5 as default camera app. Then it should work.

I flashed stock 757 and it's true my phone had a few random reboots already. Dunno where its coming from. The reboots happend on locked bootloader and unlocked.

But well I'm not used to stock anymore, I'm missing the slim tweaks and handling of phone XD

Jeez, I will revert back to slimkat.

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] ezuk:
Thanks Gary; but actually, the built-in camera (camera2) is not marked as Default under Settings > Apps... So I can't "unmark" it, and I see no way to set Camera FV-5 as default.

BTW, to anyone reading, this is a very very good ROM.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
Try using gallery.

Gallery > camera folder > slide or open camera.

There you should be able to choose default cam.

But can't you set fv5 to default cam within fv5 settings?

I'm not sure because I'm still on stock 757 but now de-odexed and so far no reboots.

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[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] xneo70:
Does this rom support 64gb sd kards?

I installed a new one, the phone says "preparing sd card" but nothing happens.

The sd card is working, couse on PC it works perfect.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sumedh123:
Yes 64 gb works fine. Quick format it in ntfs, for now your card must in fat32.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] _Garry_:
I got FV-5 to start as camera app.

You have to use Gallery to select the cam.

Just open gallery and press the camera icon, then a popup will show up where you can select camera app. just choose FV-5 as set as default.

Thats it. Now the FV-5 app will be used for the lockscreen camera app.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] ezuk:
Nope... That didn't work for me. :( I was able to use Gallery to select the cam, and I did get the pop up. I chose FV-5 and set as default. But the lock screen (and the physical camera button) still use the stock camera...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] husky69:
I've got a problem to make my (custom) ringtone and notification sound stick - upon reboot both settings apparently get lost, rendering the setting pointing towards "unknown ringtone"

I put my soundfiles on the internal sd into the folders "ringtone" and "notification" (according to several postings in WWW), all of my custom tones are in OGG format and do get recognized by media chooser, thus allowing me to select them.

Any idea what may go wrong here? I had this issue on a different Kitkat ROM, too, but wasn't able to figure out what may be the cause...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] drklaw:
Clear your media server data before each reboot. This was happening to me too. I reformatted my SD card yesterday to see if it helps. I'll let you know. So far no issues after I reformatted.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] husky69:
Hm, that's an idea, but still I wonder why this would be necessary. Besides that, I don't think this will be possible, because I'm experiencing random reboots and complete hangings of the phone, requiring me to force it shutdown by holding POWER HALLO VOL_UP for a few seconds...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] drklaw:
That's probably not related. This ROM's been great for me. But coming from stable I did a full wipe. Did you dirty flash? I had some FC's when I did a dirty flash coming from the stable version.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] husky69:
When coming from a different ROM I did a factory reset, of course, flashed a few weeklies since and wiped cache/dalvik after flashing.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Hi Guys,

Just flashed the ROM which i love just like the Slimbean days.

I have one issue and that is my baseband is showing 'unknown'.

How do I fix this?

Without it I can't get a mobile signal :(

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Fixed :) back.to stock until tonight. Problem was I think that I lost the baseband because image from PA Rom to Slimkat and that is the issue.

Edit: I think the issue is that pa Rom uses boot.img that has a recovery not compatible with Slimkat. I will report back later.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] junesque:
I have the same issue on the ROM's with the CAF changes,

Everything worked fine pre CAF,

I can't flash the latest ROM's until this gets fixed,

Reflashing the older ROM's fixes the baseband and network gets back.

I also flashed stock 4.4 in my attempt to upgrade the baseband for the AOSP ROM's.

Nothing worked yet for the CAF builds.

Workaround anyone?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] junesque:
I tried the boot image provided with the slimkat and even tried to get network with the pimped kernel but still no fixes,

The guy in the post above me is saying that he managed to get back his network on the stock rom, not the slimkat.

My phone is C9602!
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
Back on a stock .757 ROM by [NUT] and baseband is back.

I'll do some more testing over the weekend to see if it was me coming from PA ROM to SlimKat that was the issue.

Going from a Stock to Slimkat which I think will work great :)

Other than the baseband issue I had, the SlimKat ROM is awesome :)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] junesque:
Yeah the ROM is good and I'm experiencing the same thing,

But network is a basic necessity that's the reason this issue is nagging me.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Honestly don't know fine on my device (06). Both of you guys 02?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] sm.vassallo:
What do you mean by 02?

I am on C6903.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] prbassplayer:
Hmm then not sure what's up.