yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] MrCrix:
Here is a little review based on Aroma 5.1, which I'm using since the day of release:

Battery: Excellent battery life, especially in Standby the drain is between 1% and 2%. Screen time is also fine as long as you don't keep the brightness at 100% (I found 75% to be enough for outdoor activities).

Screen: So far no ghosting or unnecessary taps, but sometimes I get the feeling that while typing the screen has trouble handling my typing speed. Could be a problem of the standard Xperia keyboard that I currently use, so I will look into that a bit more. Also the screen rotation kicks in a bit too early in my opinion. I don't know if it's fixable by ROM, but I don't want my screen rotate 90 degrees at the slightest movement. My look screens by the way refuses to let me add any addons like a calendars, which was still posibble on previous ROMS.

Speed: Fantastic, smooth and stable. Next to no lags and apps in the background rarely reload. Even the Aroma version is lightweight enough to not bloat your RAM. For even better speeds I recommend users to increasing the speed of animations in the developer options.

Camera: I love the new Slow-Motion and 4k feature. The camera gets warm, but never too hot under normal use (a couple of minutes recording in Slow-Motion). What I don't like, and I not sure if the problem is ROM related, is that some apps take their sweet time to open the camera, especially Whatsapp and LINE. The normal camera app starts within a second so it's probably not iHackers fault.

Sound: Now here I have some complaints. While I love the boost in volume, I noticed that Youtube videos have a lot of cracking and distortion, if you put the volumne between 0% and 20%, which makes it impossible to enjoy a Youtube video on low volume. I believe this problem is due the sound mod, because before (iHacker 4.0), I never encountered this problem. Maybe tuning down the mod a bit would help.

I'm really satisfied with this ROM except for the few minor annoyances that I listed above. I will give 5.2 a try and see if that fixes some of my problems. It would be nice to have a changelog for the new version, because I'm not really sure what 5.2 would add or improve.

It's been asked probably a million times by now, but can I just install the 5.2 Minimal Version with the 5.2 Addons over the 5.1 Aroma Version without any problems?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] tofclaire:
hi, i'm with an 6903 and unlocked bootloader and come from custom rom .108 (trinity rom and kernel) , i have to flash kernel .133 with flashtool at the end of install ?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] reflexr:
No

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[Xperia Z1 Android Development] tofclaire:
i ve album fc... i read few page ago but not find album.apk...
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] reflexr:
http://d-h.st/vOm

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[Xperia Z1 Android Development] tofclaire:
thank you !!! :)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mindstorms54:
Today i flashed ihackers v5.2

I am a UB C6902 user

After flashing,i couldn't install fonts and viper4android's driver

And neither can i access /system/data

It seems like some partitions were locked

What should i do
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] pelan:
un c6906

Hi!, i come from crdroid rom and i have ub, do i need to flash 133 kernel at the end of installation?.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] TbbKillerrat:
Running 5.2 since 5 days. No fc. Playstore is working. Viper is working. No Problem with camera or anything else. All works great. Perfect work.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] iHackers:
Working on iHackers v6.0 based upon the latest firmware 14.4.A.0.157. Will release it in all versions, Aroma, Minimal, Nano, Google Edition along with the Addons Pack. If any requests, let me know.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] iHackers:
Notice

I am planning to make official teams of Thread Maintainers and Testers for everyone's mutual benefit. Who's up for that?

Job Description:

Thread Maintainers: I only get a very limited free time that too on weekends which is clearly not enough to for doing Development, Replying and Helping Everyone Out on XDA and other Personal Stuff altogether. So, I need some people who can handle it in my place. It just includes replying to and helping everyone possible and sending the common issues/suggestions and stuff to me personally.

Testers: A simple job of posting detailed Reports/Reviews/Suggestions on all builds. Ofcourse, the benefits will include Special Attention and Early Access to all kinds of builds.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] moe111:
any ETA broo ?

any news about Z3 social cam and ultra stamina mode ;)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] iHackers:
Will try to hopefully release all the versions in the coming week, rest depends upon the free time I could get.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Vaith:
I hate when everything is transparent ;_; How to fix it and disable transparency? I want everything like it should be! ie. Facebook Messanger - everything is transparent, I want it white like it was...
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mikailmohammed:
I am up for it.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] biggary:
Im up for testing :)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] azeez77:
Ill be a tester no prob
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] edgaras85:
If I correct, i think you installed glass aps, just delete apps you don't like that are transparent and download them from googleplay. That should fix your problem ;)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] oveler:
iHackers, I can be tester
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] doomtrain85:
Tested on both Nano and GPE, but whenever i flash any of this rom, i lost my recovery and i couldn install it back.

The second time i tried it stuck at boot logo.

I had to flash back stock version in order to get working recovery, any advise for me ?

When flashing this rom, all i do is under Philz recovery i choose clean to install a new rom, is it not enough or i must factory reset ?

Im using Trinity rom before this and locked bootloader.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] eMhaa:
Base on my experience. After install rom in my device, u usually install recovery (again) after that.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] sgaheer:
Loving v5.1 of the rom, just wanted to suggest maybe adding a working share play from the z3 for us ps4 gamers? Could throw it in as an aroma option.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mindstorms54:
I am using C6902

I've reflash ftf version .108

ROOT with easyroot kit

and then flash dual recovery

after doing those

i flash ihacker 5.2 plus ihacker 5.1 additional pack

When it boots, i found that SONY RIC hasn't been killed

i couldn't seen any things in /system/data and neither can i install viper4android driver

what should i do now?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] telx85:
Just and FYI for those who were asking "Can I install Minimal 5.2 and Addons Pack 5.2 over iHackers 5.1 Aroma??"

The answer I found (pending more use) is yes. This is what I did.

*I recently went to an unlocked bootloader* So this will only work for unlocked boot loader

1) Backup everything (Titanium Backup and Nandroid Backup - last is done in Recovery)

2) Copy iHackers Minimal 5.2 and iHackers Addons Pack 5.2 to your External Card

3) Flash iHackers 5.1 kernel using FlashTool and booting device via ADB into Fastboot mode.

4) Reboot into Recovery

5) Wipe Dalvik and Cache (two separate things)

6) Install via Zip iHackers Minimal 5.2 (select only what you want)

7) Install via Zip iHackers Addons Pack 5.2 (Select only what you want)

8) Shut down phone

9) Boot phone

Should load up with all your stuff just nicely the same. Well did for me and I haven't had an restarts or weird behaviour except what is listed below:

Forced Closures:

1) Maps - fixed by uninstalling and downloading from playstore

Minor Annoyances:

1) System is trying to update (says I have 14.4.A.0.133 available to install via computer - still working on fix

Must say it seems responsive, tethering via WiFi works - big thumbs up to iHackers - battery appears to work well.

So far so good. I'll hopefully edit this if I experience anything either untoward or good.

Kudos goes to iHackers for this experience. Thanks guys.

Steve
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Ryuk_Zaraki:
Im up for testing iHackers!

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[Xperia Z1 Android Development] moe111:
Im up for testing

:good:
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Destroyedbeauty:
I am up to it, dude. With all of my caring heart!
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] bobetto2008:
Great news, thanks so much for your efforts!

Any possibility of a black version?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] dstrikersZ1:
Please iHackers kernel based on 157
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mikailmohammed:
Chillax dude he said they are making it.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] telx85:
Does anyone else have editing Gmail calendar event causing a force close?

I'm on 5.2 minimal with add on pack.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] DESASTER75:
... will Exchange work on 6.0 then agian?

Thx,

DES75
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Fiso:
Thanks for the awesome Rom iHackers. Everything works perfectly apart from sound.

I've been noticing my headphones(sony ones) and earphones (all 5 of them) there is a small hissing sound called sibilance. I do know that sibilance is general across all headphones but on this ROM and other .133 roms besides TrinityROM, .108 ROMs and CM (have not tested stock unmodded sony rom) its rather noticable.

When i turn down gain using Pimp My Z1 app (which only works with supported kernels like DoomKernel) it reduces it but sound quality becomes really low and gain goes back to normal on boot.

I am not sure if i am the only one noticing this but i thought i would just mention it.

Also this noticable sibilance use to happen when i used to StereoMOD but now it happens regardless of the mod.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] caki25:
I absolutely love this ROM... So smooth, snappy... I have one issue though... The "call" button disappears after a while. Not sure why. I'm using 0px nav bar, ona app as a replacement for it and serajr's Xposed module... Any ideas on how to bring it back? :)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] eddvys:
Do you use Xposed? I had a problem before don't remember exactly what cause it but something from gravity box. Oh ye i see u using Xposed i should read to the end sometome :D just try to disable Xposed for a moment and check is that causing it.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] caki25:
Yep, it seems to be one of the modules... Serjar's hiding of navbar hides the call button as well :D I'll let him know :)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Fladder72:
I am back on 5.1...

Reason:

- Can't install Viper4Android. On installation It has problems with busybox implementation.

- Cant make proper backups with Onandroid Backup. It has problems to detect the bootpartition.

Those problems are not on 5.1 or most other ROMs I've tried
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] TbbKillerrat:
Same Problem with auto hide soft keys. But it's not a Problem from i hackers. If you turn your phone in landscape you can See the call button.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] U5tabil:
Im having problem with the connection, i got almost no signal at all. and i dont have 4g anymore. Is there a way for me to get it back? Im in Norway

Also for some reason i cant sign into google, so i cant get into the store.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] TbbKillerrat:
I habe camera freeze since one Werk in ihackers 5.2. Can take a photo. Than camera freeze. Any solutions?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mikailmohammed:
Clear camera data and see if that helps.

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Download Google play services apk and it should work again. What version are u on?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] U5tabil:
Tried doin a reinstall again. but now i cant get away from the recovery. cause i cant access my sdcard. says it cant be mounted. if i go for the usb mount i can see the card in windows with everything on it. what is wrong?

Can't Mount /storage/sdcard1
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Written:
Try Settings > More > Internet Settings

I generally need this following new installs
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Nyakov:
I am sorry for perhaps stupid question but I cannot find any solid information about "Mods" - Audio Mod Graphics Mod Performance Mod.

What exactly they do?

Is they something special for this rom or I can find them standalone? Is the any links?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] hsnk:
when somebody call me i have force close and i cant answer it! Why? :|

v5.2
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] U5tabil:
Yeah i tried that but the signal was crap. normally i have full signal + 4g in my living room by example, but with this i have 1 signal line and LTE (whatever that means).
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] TbbKillerrat:
4g is LTE. It's only a other Name. Do you usw a speedtester? What does this say?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] U5tabil:
I get connection failed sometimes. i ended up installing a stock rom from sony, then just clean that one up by rooting and removing apps that i dont need.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mindstorms54:
May i ask that where is the file to config the mounting of external Sd?

I m a chinese user, i found that your rom has a little problem with the settings of mounting external Sd

Which caused any path or file with chimese

name under external sd will become ?????

And i figured out how to fix it, just simply add a line in the mounting setting "iocharset=utf8" ,and it will be fine

Like

"busybox mount -o uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,gid=1015,umask=000 -t auto /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/removable/sdcard1

"

Please fix it and sorry for my bad english
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] noteandfound:
I had one Random reboot after the Camera Hanged on 5.1
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] telx85:
*edit* sorry for the rehash of other people's advice

G'day mate,

To fix the Google Play sign in issue you need to find, download and install Google Play Services apk. Once installed you can sign in. Obviously you can't use the playstore to download it so find it on apkmirror.

File should start with - com.google.android.gms - and end in - .apk

As for the connection did you try download your internet and mms settings?

Connect to the Wifi and then go to Settings -> Under the heading "Wireless and Network Settings" click "More" -> Scroll to the bottom and click "Internet Settings"

Should fix your issue, I hope :)

Regards,

Steve

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Are you sure you have flashed the right Kernel and done a full factory reset (Wiped cache and Dalvik)??

I had minor fc's because I upgraded straight from iHackers 5.1 Aroma to iHackers 5.2 Minimal.

I'm very stoked with it, highly anticipating the new release 6.0
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] noteandfound:
Any way to solve the camera that hangs after more than 24 hours of using the phone?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] noteandfound:
Here is the screenshot.

It only shows black scene.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] FahmyAbou:
Wipe the data of the camera apps (about three in the apps settings) and the Video, then Reboot.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] amtrivedi:
Why we are having aroma version 5.1 for full download and 5.2 for minimal.

As well i tried to install 5.1 with locked bootloader and album was crashing.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] reflexr:
For 5.2 you can flash the add-on pack. Then it's the full version.

For album fc, read few pages back.there's a download file.

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[Xperia Z1 Android Development] tofclaire:
for album fc , look page 129 post1289 ;) and install apk
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] Aoi_sora9x:
I'm looking forward to version 6 Google edition :D Need to fix that systemui fc error
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] DESASTER75:
Just found some time to play a bit with 5.1:

- YouTube is crashing all the time

- Album is crashing all the time

- XPOSED sometimes crashes, too

- WLAN not working well (even 10cm next to WLAN-router)

- exchange not working well

- mail chrashes sometimes

FYI
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] eddvys:
Dislike.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] JustPlayingHard:
5.2 works alright. No crashes at all!
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] tiunilohmu:
I have random reboots since I used it. I only used the minimal 5.2 version without addon.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] bogdan wst:
Is there a fix for the random vibrations? :(
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] SANTUMIL:
Update. 157 ready via ota, what to do?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mikailmohammed:
Seriously....... Don't update it. V6 is coming soon which is based on .157.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mindstorms54:
please delete this post
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] telx85:
I agree, 5.2 (after installing Google Play Services) works very smoothly. My battery life is also improving since the initial day or two of use.

Had one FC on the camera when I tried to flip it to the front facing one, but starting it up again there was no issue.

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G'day mate,

Please remember to be courteous to not only the developers but also to other people who use this forum, especially this thread.

The reason you don't get a response is:

1) The development team is very busy and they do this in their FREE time, for FREE! Although donations are welcome. :laugh:

2) Unfortunately You aren't the only fish in the sea with problems relating to this Custom ROM.

3) Others would like to help but don't know Chinese (like me :p)

4) No one else has this issue

5) Free-time is something that is a highly cherished commodity

I can understand that you feel neglected and want to have your ROM related issues resolved but please show some understanding for the development team.

Remember this please:

- You are not obliged to use their ROM.

- You can use any other ROM while waiting for a response.

That being said the dev's generally work on the weekend's on this, so most likely if there is a response it will be posted then.

Patience is a virtue mate, when it's free it's kind of expected. No?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mindstorms54:
I am sorry about what I have said.

I think I am to childish

I won't do that again

Thanks for all efforts you have done for us
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] KidRambo:
Did I Brick my new phone?

I really hope someone can help me. I bought this phone new a couple of days ago, (switched from a Samsung galaxy note).

I am very familiar with flashing etc as all my phones have custom roms on it.

I have the c6906 version. I just flashed IHackers 5.2 rom and I lost all signal with my phone. It says it cannot read sim card and my wifi does not work either.

The worst part is that I lost recovery so I cannot even restore anything. I tried all the methods in the previous posts but it wont allow me to install the recoveries.

Did I just kill my phone?

Help please and thank you for your time!!
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] ploopower79:
For starters what firmware did you come from? This ROM requires at least the .108 fw or .133 fw to have working mobile data/WiFi. In the general section you'll be able to find the correct ftf files to flash using flashtool and from there you could reroot and reflash ihackers 5.1 or 5.2
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] palkia171993:
I'm sorry if this was mentioned before. But can anyone confirm if the built-in answering machine feature work? I just tried it a while ago, I record a greeting message, set time, etc. But when another phone call in, after the time defined, my phone show it playing the greeting but the other phone cannot hear anything, also my phone doesn't start recording the message from other automatically. I'm on v5.1 - c6903 btw.

I also tried to revert to stock sound mod instead of stereo sound mod but it still give the same result. :silly:
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] KidRambo:
I came from the .108 firmware. I also have a LOCKED bootloader. I even reflashed this firmware using the flashtool and I am having the same issues.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] bogdan wst:
In order to keep recovery you must install recovery (flashable) after you flash the rom and before choosing "power off".
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] FahmyAbou:
Download the stock ftf and flash it via flashtool. Root the phone and install the recovery. Download the dualrecovery zip file, the flashable one and copy it and the iHackers Rom to the phone. Flash the rom first, then the recovery. Now you can be sure that recovery won't get lost.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] JustPlayingHard:
[MENTION=4976309]iHackers[/MENTION] Could you add gesture control and remove navbar. Here more desc

Gesture controls for Menu Home Back and Recents app, customizable gestures anywhere

Have an option to remove navbar so we can use gestures Better

Thanks connor :)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] KidRambo:
I ended up figuring it out, and doing just this!

Thanks everyone for your help. I feel like a noob again!! :)
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] leonsandroid:
Ear piece speaker

Hi can you please disable the the option where the sound comes from the ear piece? It's damaging the ear piece as it is not capable of handling loud noises and sounds when iam on speaker phone and in generally playing music out loud. Except that good rom
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] noteandfound:
+1
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] SamadiPour:
Add Ultra Stamina please
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] F_Spindel:
Super excited to upgrade, but last time I did, it took a whole day diging through different threads and sites.

Could someone please write a detailed step by step tutorial on how to install 5.2 from 4.1. With links to where I should download needed files and how to re-root if needed.

Sometimes "flash" means "use flashtool" and sometimes it seams to mean "install zip" in recovery, very confusing.

Love this ROM, need my (update) fix.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] telx85:
Along these lines, is it a huge deal (forgive the ignorance) to use OTA updates. That would really help out newbs (like me :) ... )
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] kunaal2580:
Anyone experiencing play store issues? It isn't working since a few days..
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] srqrox:
Yeap, an easy fix is to update your Google Services Framework + Google Play Services - wipe cache / dalvik cache (from recovery) and delete hosts file.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] spachal:
Maybe it's a just coincidence, but after update to 5.2 minimal (plus part of Addon) is charging the phone notably slower .. Instead of aapr. 2.5 hours before to 4-5 hours now (from near empty battery to 100%). It was "clean" install (wipe everything), after installation two times battery calibration, charger original 1.8A, solid USB cable .. Anyone else with this problem here?
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mikailmohammed:
Guys I have a small issue I ha e noticed. When someone calls me and say I am listening to music, after the call my left ear phone plays softer than the right. Not sure if rom or kernel related or even app related. Maybe faux. I have the issue in dooms and trinity kernel. To get back both sides even I need to restart my phone every time.
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] leonsandroid:
Random?

First of all kick ass rom! So thank u iHackers. The only thing that gets me is that the phone vibrates randomly through the day. Also it's taking time to charge compared to the stock rom. Any input will be appreciated. Cheers
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] xxx_sunnyboy_xxx:
It's not a ROM problem.

I think it's Dontbelive's Stereo MOD, but I'm not sure...

I have the same issue too with other ROM's but only if the sound MOD is installed.

Or Faux Sound, I use it too.

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[Xperia Z1 Android Development] mikailmohammed:
Yes I have that mod as well. I will ask there
[Xperia Z1 Android Development] reflexr:
Hey, the random vibration is kernel releated. Try to change the kernel an it should be gone.

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[Xperia Z1 Android Development] kunaal2580:
I didn't do all that.. I just removed my Google account, deleted the 'hosts' file from system and restarted.. Done.. Easy fix