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[Sony Xperia L] siankatabg:
1.For now there is no custom kernels based on CAF source,so you can use only the kernel in zip.

2.You can change icon size on some launchers,just try some of them.

3.You can download walkman player from themes and app section and you just need to install it(test it),but you cant use clearaudio,xload...

4.Taoshan is the codename of Xperia L and you can change it in build.prob

5.Themes? Go here :D -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2522538

6.I dont recommend you to use tweaks,but if you want you can try some init.d or build.prop.

7.Use some launcher with this function :)
[Sony Xperia L] LeopardSurd:
That I wanted to say too: my sdcard0 is absolutely OK. I find a little strange that using the Stock ROMs, sdcard0 is named „internal memory” and using CM is named „SD card. In fact is not a SD card at all. sdcard1 is the real SD card.
[Sony Xperia L] dhilipmadhav:
Guys der s a lot of distortion while I'm listening to music! Any solutions? And in not able to preview notification sound and ringtones. Pls help?
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Try TZ or phantom kernel! And install Viper4droid!:cowboy:
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
I think that's just a naming convention our devs stuck to - possible can be changed to whatever we want.

For your problem, did you try running the media scanner from TricksterMod app?
[Sony Xperia L] sal-neo:
Change ROM

Hi,

If I am coming from a different custom ROM like carbon ROM and want to flash CyanogendMod 11 taoshan or vice versa(Android version would be the same 4.4.4) should I wipe data or can I just clean dalvik cache and cache and then flash the new ROM? And what about Gapps should I reflash them?
[Sony Xperia L] LeopardSurd:
You should backup app data and make a Whipe Data/Factory reset and then reinstall gapps.
[Sony Xperia L] dhilipmadhav:
Dude I installed viper4android fx and installed super quality driver. Now nothing s playing in my phone. Any idea?
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
God damn right. For me also.

Every single time after i turn on my phone... Loads up then turn the screen off and then on again.

It gives me that black screen loading effect...

Driving me crazy!

Also the CM Caf kernel started draining my battery extremly fast and Thunderzap is giving me problems also.

Great battery performance wise but not same for OC.

Antutu shows me like 10 500 and when i OC it rly doesnt do much.

1.6 is like not recognizable.

I cant get past 12000 with Thunderzap no matter how i OC.

And with CAF i cant get past 13 000 (max 14 900) no matter what OC is. (from 512mhz to 1188... and by that i meant going lower.Because stock 4.2.2 is like 12 500 when putten on 1026)

Weird........
[Sony Xperia L] LeopardSurd:
I confirm: the battery drainage is monstrous. With stock I can have x2 more juice for same tasks.

Also, the distortion is here, I mean: when I'm in a loud noise environment, the person who talk with me says it can hear the noise louder than my voice.

Meanwhile Xperia E1 received KK: what a stupid upgrade strategy from Sony > L, SP, V, M plagued with buggy 4.2/4.3 firmwares. Bravo Sony!
[Sony Xperia L] Saturation.mvp:
you can use the phantom kernel to solve the battery optimization problem.
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
It just eated my 20% battery in 1 hour.... I even made custom SET cpu profile for apps that doesnt require that much juice.

Like i puted Clash of Clans to run on 594 and still doesnt matter.

It goes down like crazy.

I even set screen off profile for minimal cpu clock.... on saving mode.

Still same thing happening.... It dries up in few hours...

Insane...
[Sony Xperia L] basuraunak:
For me the battery is pretty good with phantom kernel and intellidemand.

Also the performance is pretty decent!

Makes sure I am on custom kernel after each update!:D:D
[Sony Xperia L] Anath_Akhan:
Hi everyone. I had the same battery problem. For me Google Play services(v. 5.x)kept the phone all the time awake. I managed to get rid of it only by disabling location and denying wake up and keep awake permissions for Google Play services.

Also as I understood other apps can use Google Play services or an API in some way to get location report.

I am curious that this is a kernel problem or not?

I use only cm11 built in kernel.
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
Where is that option in google play services? (denying wake up)
[Sony Xperia L] Anath_Akhan:
We have privacy guard in cm. Check to show built in apps and activate it for Google Play Services. Long press and there you can deny permissions as you wish.
[Sony Xperia L] LeopardSurd:
Indeed Google Services and display are the biggest battery drainer for me too.
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
Even set on minimal brightness display still showing 53% batt usage.

Seems this bug is causing the batt drainage problem....
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
Hmmmm... Interesting... I too faced this in the latest nightlies, but it's not there in the first one. I'm happily using both location reporting and location history without any considerable loss.

Also, as I had mentioned before, GPS wasn't working for me on latest nightlies. These issues could be related. Since GPS wasn't working (but it didn't explicitly say so), perhaps Google services just kept trying continuously to get the current location (which it would never get because GPS is not able to obtain the location - neither does it get it through mobile network or WiFi location). This could be the reason for the continuous wake, and hence the battery drain.

Everyone, please confirm this by going to Google Maps and checking if you actually get your updated current location with that blue dot. If not, then this is what is happening - probably.

This issue might be for location services in general - I mean across GPS, WiFi, and mobile network - because even before we got the GPS working, we could still see a coarse location obtained through mobile network or WiFi.

Don't forget to mention your model number when you report back here. Will post this in the Dev thread after confirmation.
[Sony Xperia L] nandroidz:
[MENTION=4756853]sudhamsu[/MENTION]

Well my device cannot find location using gps when i am inside my house....

But magically it finds the location evry time i step outise my home into an open area.

But inside my house or a similar enclosure all it does is say waiting for location and does nothing .

I think u r ri8 abt the gps problem.

Hope [MENTION=4309448]varun.chitre15[/MENTION] looks into this issue.

Battery drain might be caused because of this .:what:

Well i am in the latest nightly - AUGUST 08 BUILD:)

AND MY DEVICE IS C2104
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
Oh, no no no. Your GPS is absolutely fine. GPS needs to be connected to satellites, so it only works in open areas. It is assisted by mobile networks and WiFi in other areas. Since you atleast get a location outdoors means it is fine.

I'll wait for more reports.
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
I dont use GPS and drainage is still there....

The screen brightness wont go below 50% even on dimmed screen.
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
You don't need to use GPS. Google location services will try to obtain location from mobile network and WiFi. My suspicion is that obtaining location in general is broken in all three methods - GPS, mobile network, and WiFi.

For people having issues with brightness, I suggest Velis Auto Brightness app. Reduce its minimum limit in the graph using the handle on the right. Works well for me. Alternatively, there are brightness settings in GravityBox (Xposed framework required). It allows you to reduce systems minimum limit of brightness. It is suggested not to go below 5 or the screen might not turn on at all.
[Sony Xperia L] Anath_Akhan:
This is an interesting idea. You should be right. I`ve checked with BBS and Wakelock Detector and both were showing a lot of nlplocation wakelocks. My thoughts were that some app was using Google Play Services to get location.

Now as I said above I have location off and denied wake up and keep awake permissions. Only this stops drainage for me. I don`t think it is a healthy solution.

And yes, the first nightlies didn`t have such problems.
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
i blocked google services too.... will see if battery performance is improved.

And thanks for the info about it.

Btw is there any chance you might know is there any fix for "scan effect graphical glitch" that occurs every time on fresh restart after phone screen first time turn off then on again?

That black screen loading effect. (i get this only on kitkat roms)

Its always diffrend for me..

Sometimes it happends and it loads faster and sometimes even put my phone to hang and screen wont turn on at all. (rarely i even encountered BSOD on latest nightly with this thing then it gets restarted)

I never asked for help about this because i didn't saw anyone complaining about this bug....so i thouth it must be something wrong on my side.

And i tryied everything to fix it.

Whipped,factory reset. Changed roms,kernels.... no matter what i did. What rom i flashed,which kernel i choose.The black screen loading effect was always there.

This is no.1 problem for me....i can even get pass mic bug but this.....aghh....
[Sony Xperia L] falcon.prj:
GPS works perfectly, and the battery life on the 05/08 nightly is amazing, it lost only 20% in 3hrs with continuous music playback and net use.
[Sony Xperia L] alldine345:
we had same issue dude, i also got this problems on every kitkat roms thats why i stick to carbon old version. it's also happen here but not that often, it just getting worse when i installed custom kernel. using for couple days and now it's normal and hope it doesnt show again :laugh: some guys said it caused by old version upstreaming or whatever it called. on old PA roms it fixed by flashing graphical glitch fix but i dunno why it doesnt work anymore on latest cm11 or any other kitkat roms.
[Sony Xperia L] vuk030:
On what rom are you currently at?
[Sony Xperia L] oprz_5:
I moved from an old cm build by varun to official cm nightly 06/08 and everything is juz bad. For play services are back at draining most of the battery like I had in carbon. Also none of the location services work. And certain apps are misbehaving. But performance on stock kernel is awesome.

Can anybody recommend a stable nightly?..well one where play services behave ok and GPS works.

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia L] alldine345:
carbon rom 07142014. previous version working great also.
[Sony Xperia L] Saturation.mvp:
I am still using 5-8 nightly with phantom kernel and everything is just ok :)
[Sony Xperia L] oprz_5:
So location services work?...And no battery drain by play services?
[Sony Xperia L] sherry_94:
Are u sure xposed method works ??? Cuz the last time i cheched , it didnt...

One more thing, in gravity box , navigation bar shortcuts crash the SystemUI....the icons that come when you swipe up from nav bar
[Sony Xperia L] falcon.prj:
try the 05/08 nightly with caf kernel
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
I haven't tried the brightness settings from GravityBox recently, but it did work on the initial KitKat releases we had (pre-official CM). Currently, my needs are met perfectly by Velis Auto Brightness.

Yes, some things do crash using GravityBox as it is not really meant to be used with CM. It is primarily for pure AOSP only. The things which clash with CM's internal features will, more often than not, act weird. So, for stability, it is suggested not to use GravityBox - unless you know what you are doing. For example, I use it to reduce the navbar height, among other things, and I face no issues.
[Sony Xperia L] sherry_94:
Yeah I remember it worked in earlier aosp builds .....still the app you mentioned does not seem to work ?? What am I doing wrong.
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
That's correct [emoji106] it does work for me. Try covering the light sensor to see if the brightness changes.

If you want more control, there is a manual graph editing option available in the side menu.
[Sony Xperia L] oprz_5:
[MENTION=5118265]falcon.prj[/MENTION] thanks. I moved to vanir. Gonna see how it holds up.
[Sony Xperia L] Saif Ansari:
My phone is running the 05-08-14 nightly with TZ 4.6-r2.. The issue I'm facing is about the GPS.. It takes more than 6-7 min even on high accuracy to get the location.. And on device only mode is only works when the location is first set by high accuracy.. Below are the screenshots.. U can see the time above..

Is someone else facing this?

[MENTION=4309448]varun.chitre15[/MENTION]
[Sony Xperia L] Rockmins:
To me it took like 3-4 minutes, its pretty slow compared to the stock!, Lets give it some time to solve!
[Sony Xperia L] nightlymm:
If you are using CM11 nightly with its default kernel/recovery then please help me with recovery in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-l/help/display-dead-please-help-cwm-backup-t2842786

I will delete this post when this will be solved.
[Sony Xperia L] vipemre:
Hi. I'm using cm11 nightly, cm-11-20140809-NIGHTLY-taoshan. Gps is not working. In 08.06 nightly, gps was not working, too. Do you have any solution?

**Problem solved by updating to 08.10.
[Sony Xperia L] aleksander002:
Hello guys, i've got one question - from where can I get major cyanogenmod changeolog? I know, they have it on GitHub, but it's very unclear and filled with 1-line code changes. One of users posted major device-specific changelog in main CM11 thread.
[Sony Xperia L] Mayoz:
here i thing...http://www.cmxlog.com/11/taoshan/#cm-11-20140801-NIGHTLY-taoshan.zip
[Sony Xperia L] aleksander002:
Nice. Thank You!
[Sony Xperia L] krishnandu.sarkar:
Where can I find the changelogs for FXP's?

Here at http://fxpblog.co/cyanogenmod/changelog/ I can't find the changelog for latest 331.
[Sony Xperia L] arnabdafadar:
Microphone

Varun..is there any news on the cause of Mic Distortion or any kind of fix? The bug is back again and the problem persists! It worked after i flashed your hotfix..but now its there again! :(
[Sony Xperia L] nightlymm:
Please post screenshots from CWM main screen and backup and restore screen.

I need to make backup but display is broken and I cant see anything. :(

CM11 nightlie with default kernel/recovery. Please help :(
[Sony Xperia L] faizalotai:
for backup/restore tab

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsoftware2tech.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2F1_thumb.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsoftware2tech.com%2F2012%2F11%2F25%2Fgalaxy-note-2-cwm-recovery%2F&h=262&w=455&tbnid=iEb1L8aZmRgj6M%3A&zoom=1&docid=w-a0Mk85F1IuvM&ei=jKvoU_mGN5Ld8AWitoKgCQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CFQQMygtMC0&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=632&page=3&start=41&ndsp=22

should be the same
[Sony Xperia L] nightlymm:
Someone please confirm that both these screens are exactly the same on XPERIA L CM11 nightly

Do I have to confirm each backup?
[Sony Xperia L] karmacoma92:
Hi vipemre

I have uddated to 01.10 nightly and still have the GPS problem, did you follow standar (Wipe cache+wipe dalvik+install zip) procedure or anything else?

Many thanks!
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Here You Go:-

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-l/help/display-dead-please-help-cwm-backup-t2842786#post54753807

:highfive:
[Sony Xperia L] vipemre:
Hi. It is not working for me again. I followed standard procedure. At first start, it worked, but now, it is not working again. I don't know, why.

Can someone help us?
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
Same here. I didn't wait 5-10 mins to see if it worked at all. But sure enough, it isn't working as it should. Relying on the first nightly as of now.
[Sony Xperia L] karmacoma92:
do you know which nightly is the last one working, may you please tell me? I've been waiting for more than 30m and different programs (Maps and My tracks) and nothing happened...

Many thanks
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
I'm using the very first official nightly, from 23rd July 2014. It won't be available on the download directory as it's too old.
[Sony Xperia L] karmacoma92:
the oldest I still have is from the 29th of July, I will try that one later.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia L] MrBaker:
I'm on cm-11-20140810-NIGHTLY-taoshan and I'm also facing mic and GPS problems.

If it's quiet around me people can hear me fine if I just whisper, but they can often hear themselves as well. I also can't change the in-call volume. I think that was working on 08-08, but I can't be sure.

GPS looks like it's better, though. Nlpwakelock doesn't come up, so I assume something's better. With GPS Status & Toolbox I get a lock onto 12 satellites indoors by a windows with clear sky. However, Google Maps can't find my location without using GPS and getting a lock first from the other app.

I used Privacy Guard to deny wakelocks from Google Play Services, but even when I undo that, I get the same results.

I'd say GPS is working fine and network based location is somehow better, but not perfect.
[Sony Xperia L] Maicom Saretto:
question camera

because when I take picture with front camera in HDR closes, and because their quality is so bad ?

sorry my bad english
[Sony Xperia L] sal-neo:
GPS problem

I am on 2014-07-24-nightly-taoshan which I flashed using CMW recovery. And do not have any GPS or Mic issue. I know its old, but works perfectly.
[Sony Xperia L] karmacoma92:
Does not work on that one either. Anyone can share any of the working ones?????

is there anything we can do to help developers solving it? Logcat, bug report, ...?

Many thanks
[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
Battery overheating

Is anyone having battery overheating problems because i am?
[Sony Xperia L] :
Are you using stock kernel? I've got no problems here, underclocked to 1.0GHz.

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[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
Yes. I underclocked it to 1.0GHz, it still overheats while charging and running certain apps which had no problems on stock xperia rom.
[Sony Xperia L] MrBaker:
Is anyone else getting Trbuchet force close when trying to use a Search Panel?

I get an instant FC with anything but Off on that setting.

From this thread

it looks like it might be a problem across CM11 ROMs, but I was wondering if anyone can use that feature on taoshan.
[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
Many apps FC. Including systemui, video camera, cm themes and the launcher.
[Sony Xperia L] Flashing_Expert:
both of you try to wipe all data, and clean install of CM11 with latest gapps
[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
I always do a clean install. These problems are there with the three latest nightlies.
[Sony Xperia L] Flashing_Expert:
no I have not seen any of these...
[Sony Xperia L] [QS]:
What's the latest CM11 nightly with no google services drain and possibly functional gps? 0805? Earlier?
[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
[Tip][KitKat] Battery Saving Tip / Disable NlpCollectorWakeLock

I found a (kind of a) solution to our battery woes regarding the NlpCollectorWakeLock (part of Google Play services). I started a thread

here

that explains the fix/bypass.

Hope this helps. Do leave your observations there.

P.S. Readily locating GPS is functioning well in the first nightly, I request someone with the first nightly and a decent net upload it for people here as it is no longer available on the CM download site. (I hope that isn't a violation here.)
[Sony Xperia L] :
What's the date of the first nightly?, you can get it via Jenkins.

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[Sony Xperia L] sudhamsu:
The first nightly is of 20140723. I don't think you'll find it there either. (Aren't the download site and Jenkins linked anyway? The download link you get on the download site is of the Jenkins, isn't it?)
[Sony Xperia L] Saif Ansari:
U guys want me to share it? Is it ok [MENTION=4309448]varun.chitre15[/MENTION]?

Edit - I hope it is..

Link - 20140723-Nightly
[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
Are the download links for the rom given in "{L}[DEVELOPMENT] - CM11 - Android 4.4 - FreeXperia Project" thread same as the ones given on the official Cyanogenmod download page? Because i've noticed a difference in file size.

fxpblog.co/cyanogenmod/cyanogenmod-11/[/url]

download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=taoshan&type=nightly[/url]

By the way i'm new to xda and custom roms.

I can't post outside links yet
[Sony Xperia L] przemek4113:
No, they are not the same.
[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
Ok thanks.
[Sony Xperia L] fatino:
What's the temperature exactly(there are apps for that)?

Its like 80% chance you are overreacting as charging has to produce some heat. In conjuction with actually using a device heavily it can get pretty hot. Which is normal. And you can't do anything about it except underclocking and UVing the CPU or not using it at all while it charges. It just the way electronics are made. Also depends on current of your charger.

And for all you folks about GPS problems and stuff. Go to high accuracy and wait for the first fix. It takes time depends on weather and where you at. Then you can change to battery saving mode and it will work fine(for weather and stuff AGPS).

Latest nightly works without problems for me
[Sony Xperia L] karmacoma92:
Well, all I can say is that I tried for more than 30m with the one from the 10th and didn't work. I set the accuracy mode and tried several apps like Maps and My tracks....

I changed yesterday night to the one from the 23rd as somebody mentioned and works like a charm.....

I may try again what you mention later

Thanks anyways
[Sony Xperia L] falcon.prj:
I've got a weird bug on the latest nightly, the lock-screen never appears, I tried a clean install, but it still happens and boot takes 5-10 minutes every time
[Sony Xperia L] arnabdafadar:
Well Varun...any news on mic distortion? Or any upcoming fix for that?? Please share any proceddings on that bug!
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
He'll share what he has to say once he comes up with something. He's aware of the bug so please be patient.

Edit: Stupid autocorrect lol
[Sony Xperia L] varun.chitre15:
I got a new phone (Xiaomi Mi3) , and I am working on CM11 bring up for it.

I won't be abandoning this device but I won't be able to pay high amount of attention to it anymore. Development will proceed in a slower pace from now onwards on my end.
[Sony Xperia L] paulogracioli666:
Don't forget us :crying:
[Sony Xperia L] adil089:
Thank you for all u have done for us varun and best of luck to you and your new device.
[Sony Xperia L] EternalXDA:
Hi!

Is there anyone here who can at least half-surely tell me which number of this releases by CM / FXP has lesser bugs and is more stable?

I dont like idea of flashing Roms everyday! nor weekly.
[Sony Xperia L] fatino:
I just hope to get bug free CM11. I don't need Android L.

If not well I should've bought Moto G xd.

Thanks for your hard work and good luck with Xiaomi :)
[Sony Xperia L] cojocar.andrei:
I really hope someone can solve the bugs that all kk roms are plagued with. Now with these news this probably will happen in the far far future... This kind of sucks... Thanks for your work varun.

Sent from the center of the galaxy
[Sony Xperia L] raza.dey:
Wildcard ( settings>privacy>black list ) is not working :(
[Sony Xperia L] :
They're the same, use CyanDelta to update the official nightlies. (you'll only have to download 10mb and you don't have to update every day if you don't want to.

The Moto G has more bugs and no maintainer.

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[Sony Xperia L] RabbiShe:
Every time i flash the new CM11 over the air, my thunderzap kernel gets reflashed back to CM11 stock kernel, any way to prevent this?
[Sony Xperia L] umeshxda:
[MENTION=5926298]RabbiShe[/MENTION]... Its a process... You can't prevent it...
[Sony Xperia L] Saif Ansari:
Yes you have to reflash it every time
[Sony Xperia L] 78jimm:
Is thunderzap kernel recommended over CM11 stock kernel? Many people seem to use it.
[Sony Xperia L] Sharful:
Use Cyandelta to update and from the settings choose "Install additional zip after ROM" and show the path of Thunderzap.

Now when you update, Thunderzap will get auto reflashed.
[Sony Xperia L] Saif Ansari:
I don't know about others but my phone performs well with TZ.. The battery backup is better.. I feel.. Then you can over clock it to 1.6 too
[Sony Xperia L] ozhie:
NFC

NFC does not work, I tried to send photos from my phone (cm11) to another phone with stock rom but not sent. I use nightly 1408. is there any solution?

sorry for my bad english
[Sony Xperia L] falcon.prj:
try using CyanDelta Updater
[Sony Xperia L] LeopardSurd:
Well, good luck. Meanwhile I've sold my L and purchased Moto G. Smooth and up to date. :D