yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia ZR] Tommylee567:
Yesterday night updated to 4.4 and it is super awesome! Love the screen and lock also.

Yes the Settings app is buggy or lagging like anything. I don't know if there is a conflict or something in that app only. But others are buttery smooth, better than Jelly Bean.

OP - Followed your instructions and I got it as it is, rooted rom! Restored all the apps and data via Titanium Backup and get it running very fast (like less than an hour)

Thank you very much! :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] Bry335:
Yes

I fixed it by installing another dual recovery via pc command prompt :) But thanks for your reply
[Sony Xperia ZR] jediking:
Can you point me to the guide to make pre-rooted rom? I want to use rom from my own region.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
Which region do you like to pre-root?
[Sony Xperia ZR] akshay999:
Battery?

The battery drain is too much.. I went in to check and i see this.. The updated Google Services :( its like 30% drained in about 1 hour on normal usage :| Any suggestions anyone?
[Sony Xperia ZR] jediking:
Thailand but the firmware is still not out yet.
[Sony Xperia ZR] lanahonest:
I prefer to wait

Sony really fix up his...!!!

:mad::mad::mad::thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
[Sony Xperia ZR] 9I3b:
Yesterday flashed your Taiwanese version 4.4.2 on a locked bootloader for 5502 the same problem : the lag in the settings menu and , jerks at the boot animation sound when recording video is directed not (already corrected )

Actually Considered the standard pre-installed applications - Walkman is not updated (8.1.A.0.8), films are not updated , the album just updated , but still interested in one thing : noticed that this firmware has attachments Vehicle , Notes , Walkman , and even some who have identical resolution - directly call numbers , viewing sms \ mms , etc. ( ie paid services ) , but the most interesting is that they duplicate the same application (2 versions of notes, with different resolutions , two versions valkmenov etc.) but different weight , those who pay with permissions - 0.00 MB. Do you have the same?

P.S : Doing all wipes.
[Sony Xperia ZR] moolash:
Does Titanium Backup restore everything? Even from 4.2.2? I may try.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
The DIY Guide but NUT is here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2307311

You must retore only Data(and not App+Data) with Titanium backup cause it can make some bugs sometimes. Install your apps from Playstore and then restore data. ;)
[Sony Xperia ZR] moolash:
You must retore only Data(and not App+Data) with Titanium backup cause it can make some bugs sometimes. Install your apps from Playstore and then restore data. ;)

Your rock. This was my assumption by the way :D Makes me wanna try your ROM even better. :D
[Sony Xperia ZR] shteren:
awsome work dude!!

i did a clean flash on my c5502, everything is working, sound, sound in video etc, and actually a surprise! i was certain my bluetooth is dead like most of the other guys here, it didn't work at all on 4.3 but now it suddenly came back to life! (hopefully it'll stay that way)

btw i have a wierd problem with noise suppression, sometimes i think the phone only uses the second mic and not the main, so no one can hear me during calls, but connecting the headset and disconnecting it solves it... it somehow resets the mic settings i guess, but non the less i'd like to understand why this happens in the first place.

anyway, thanks a lot.
[Sony Xperia ZR] xgerardox:
If. Not updated Walkman and Video
[Sony Xperia ZR] jediking:
Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZR] mgg4000:
Xperia A SO-04E

Thanks after many try i got it working in my Xperia A SO-04E

this my post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2768418
[Sony Xperia ZR] Tommylee567:
Yeah Bro! It does... Even Opera browser and other apps open exactly the way i left it before data wipe. Yes, i wiped the data before flashing.

Battery also is stable, not running down in bullet speed. It seems okay for now have to see how it fares on heavy usage.
[Sony Xperia ZR] mirakulixs:
hallo

which version of flashtool u use?

i cant use flashtool ... my phone cant connest it to flash the stripped tft.

win 7 c5502 flashtool 0.9.14

31/038/2014 20:38:45 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

31/038/2014 20:38:45 - ERROR - Cannot delete C:\Flashtool\.\firmwares\prepared\boot

31/038/2014 20:38:45 - INFO - Cannot open bundle. Flash operation canceled

31/039/2014 20:39:23 - INFO - Device disconnected

31/039/2014 20:39:43 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

31/039/2014 20:39:43 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

31/040/2014 20:40:44 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.

31/040/2014 20:40:44 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.

31/041/2014 20:41:22 - INFO - Device disconnected

31/055/2014 20:55:08 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

31/055/2014 20:55:08 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

31/055/2014 20:55:17 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia ZR (C5502). FW release : 10.5.A.0.230. Customization : TW

31/055/2014 20:55:17 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

31/055/2014 20:55:17 - ERROR - Cannot delete C:\Flashtool\.\firmwares\prepared\boot

31/055/2014 20:55:17 - INFO - Cannot open bundle. Flash operation canceled

regards Mira
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
I use Flashtool 0.9.13.

Did you try to reboot your computer? Or try other usb ports?

If nothing work you can unsintall then reinstall Flashtool. Or download again the firmware.
[Sony Xperia ZR] mirakulixs:
omg thanks....

another usb port is the solution...rolleyes

regards Mira
[Sony Xperia ZR] swasha123:
I rooted and installed dual recovery from desktop.

But now I can not boot into recovery by hardware key or NDRUtil also.

I have installed Xperia Xposed module and then I can boot into recovery.

But is it safe?? I have to install prerooted rom.
[Sony Xperia ZR] moolash:
Same here. I cannot boot into recovery. Maybe as in first post?

Can I separately add and install NDR Tools if I may have uninstalled it?
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
try my root method! mine is working fine with recovery ... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2767502
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
Come on man, I made this post before yours, means yours is duplicate since steps are the same excluding maybe recovery and now you come here and say like my method is not working, please get out.
[Sony Xperia ZR] moolash:
working OK

Hey guys, don't fight.

With NDR Utils I have chosen default recovery and rebooted into it. Working OK now.
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
?! Sorry but I just can't get it, My English is not so good so sorry for misunderstood. :D

My rom is duplicate of what exactly?? can you show me any rom that has used my method? did you see what I made? did you even downloaded mine? where did you get your updater script? you just get it from [NUT]? or an old rom? if yes how do you expect the permission set to right amount? like for example permission of XZDualRecovery folder? or maybe you just get it from Xperia Z prerooted one but as you mentioned none from there then you might not have done it! or maybe you just can't get what I'm saying like me can't get your saying :laugh:

nvm, I think it doesn't matter now,

Sure you post it first, will remove mine ;)
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
Yeah nevermind, it states in op I followed nut's DIY guide so ya rom maybe not duplicate but u don't have to come here and act like my steps aren't working...cause here it worked.

Best regards.
[Sony Xperia ZR] si josh:
awesooomeeee... :D

running well so far, no battery drain, no lag in setting (just tick mark "force gpu rendering" ).

just 1 problem, no AR Effect in camera mode?
[Sony Xperia ZR] ming0070913:
Anyone experience Walkman music lag? Like 1-2 times in each song. So wired. Walkman and media services together used a blot of battery as well.

BTW I got offical update for the walkman app back when my phone was in 4.3. Byt now the walkman is like the old version of that in 4.3 and no update is available.

Anything else work very well in this ROM. Thanks a lot.
[Sony Xperia ZR] swasha123:
[MENTION=4616493]Thibou[/MENTION] & Sijav,

It was fact that, hardware as well NDRUtil was not working. I made boot into recovery through Xperia Xposed and installed ROM. Working very fine even I could not see lag or battery problem.

This does not mean Rooting method was wrong. Sometime work on some phone and sometime not. Sijav was suggested to use his rooting method, come from his helping nature.

I used Sijav's prerooted 4.3 few days back and was working very fine. He is replying immediatly to newbees as and when required. Definatly his prerooted 4.4 will be also good but I have not tested.

Pl dont fight over such thing where millions of us are reading this forum.

Request to Sijav sir, dont remove your prerooted ROM from forum. This must be kinda good.
[Sony Xperia ZR] joshuaxv:
I had the same problem and found out that "Location Services" is the one consuming a lot of juice. I turned it off and the battery consumption is back to normal. :)

Sony XZR C5503 DROID4.4.2
[Sony Xperia ZR] burdik:
Recently I've ran into a big problem: Titanium Backup botched to move G-Services update into System, so I ended up with no g-services working, also the keyboard was forcequitting (I think this is also the case with some cooked roms where it does so on entering keyboard settings) and back button stopped doing anything

I think this is because G Play has two .apks in system (vending and phonesky)

I tried reflashing without clearing data - didn't help

I tried removing Google Play Store completely and reinstall from .apk - didn't help (probably because titanium killed phonesky apk together with vending apk, but still back button came to life and keyboard too)

Finally I removed Google Play Store and tried reflashing without wipes again (two times, because I accidentally installed old supersu fix instead of provided for this rom =__=) - still no luck. Will be doing /data wipe after backing up

Same case was with SmartConnect app on 4.3, I never tried moving it to System again, so I guess I'll have to leave Google Play too

Btw about recovery: fixed TWRP theme for 720p screens (ui.zip) from 2.6 release doesn't work with this version (TWRP bootloops)

Can you provide the latest one?

EDIT: tried reflashing gapps package - didn't help too, seems like data wipe is the only way to go
[Sony Xperia ZR] Alx31:
Yeah u coming from 4.3 clean install (full wipes) is required and stated in steps i guess ;)

Tapatalked with my Yuga
[Sony Xperia ZR] Emmikem:
works perfect

flash this ROM 3weeks back after flashing sijav 4.3.. this ROM works great, having issues ?? flash ROM twices
[Sony Xperia ZR] moolash:
CWM backup

Anyone else having this problem:

when making a CWM backup, it skips the part sdcard/android_secure, therefore when restroring a backup like this, app installed are messed up (especiall paid ones)

I know paid apps are stored here.

Once I have managed to make a proper backup but now I always have to go back to that one.

Another:

I have made a 4.4.2 backup, when restoring that I have lost both root and recovery. Is that possible?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
install the newest recovery from [NUT]'s post

try re installing the latest [NUT] recovery, => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
[Sony Xperia ZR] DKCN:
Hi,

Sorry, I'm new to sony android phones, I've been used to samsung and their procedures for custom roms.

My ZR is already on the latest official kitkat. How do I install the recovery? CWM or TWRP? it seems sony phones doesn't have preinstalled recovery?
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
first, root, then => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606

download the installer.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Talha7866:
hello there whats the screen on time in one charge?
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
Same as stock build.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Talha7866:
how much? actually I don't have the device right now that's why plz tell me how much exactly?
[Sony Xperia ZR] Alx31:
Its a stock based rom...so same time bro since nothing else beside root access is modified.

Tapatalked with Yuga
[Sony Xperia ZR] xdajohn:
Can we update to 4.4.4

Hi,

Today i got sony update firmware notification. says: 10.5.1.A.0.283

If i update over OTA.. can i manage to have root. ?

Let me know,

regards,

John.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
No, you will loose root normaly. :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia ZR] xdajohn:
any work around for that... any ETA plan for a pre rooted stock rom based on sony stock android 4.4.4
[Sony Xperia ZR] Thibou:
No sorry.

Go to the General section and find how to root .283. I'm too busy to make a prerooted ROM.
[Nook Touch General] hpabla:
Hi,

I installed CWM on my NST, hence I lost the recovery ROM. (should have read the instruction).

I then flashed Tweaked Modded ROM [Feb16] (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2651053).

The ROM is great but I got horizontal lines across the screen , and would now like to got back to stock.

I have a spare NST, so I can obtain a ROM.

Can you please indicate what device specific information I need to save, in order to make the stock rom work.

ie. location of MACadress and registration/serial details

Thanks,

H
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duke1337:
Hey guys ,what's been keeping me suspicious is that my battery stats appear totally wrong , not like it goes from 30% to 0% or something like that but the usage time is decreased ( I am always using Stamina Mode) and the funniest thing is that i think the hours have turned into days where it goes to battery life meter... see for yourself i added screenshots..

I remember downloading some kind of app from google play which was suppose to reset batterystats or something like that ,but at that time i was running custom boot.img and spikelabz xz v2 performance ROM , now i'm running original kit-kat update with stock boot.img but unlocked bootloader , so any ideas what's going on ?

as far as i'm using the phone, like music or using wi-fi it won't make it more than 4-5hours
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
You should be able to wipe battery stats from recovery (if you're rooted), or you can download an app to do it by searching the Play Store for "battery calibration". The app/option in recovery won't actually re-calibrate your battery though, it'll only reset the battery monitor. To re-calibrate the battery, drain your battery completely until it shuts itself off and then charge it up to 100% again without turning it on.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pTeronaut:
This is forum is for the Xperia Z

Ultra

which has a different chipset and ROM selections.

I have requested that the thread be moved to the correct section in order for your question to be answered by those more likely to be experienced with the ROM and the device.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duke1337:
Done

Thank you for your opinions.

I took care of the phone by switching off Stamina mode , playing some games,using wi-fi then when the phone automatically switched off , turned it back once again and then recharged it through usb connected to PC but not switching on , after first switch on i turned on Stamina mode and i could hold 1% for more than 4hours in standby ! Before it was like one percent per hour in standby mode..

Thread may be closed. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhino13:
Hi I have a at&t rooted galaxy s 4 active on metro service and I wanna update to newer version of android. Can any one help?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] EMSpilot:
So I am sure many of you have noticed that when you decompile ClockPackage.apk or SecContacts_Phone_FLAGSHIP_USA.apk you see a bunch of PKM image files. I have managed to replace most of them with PNG files and sucessfully theme both APK's.

Here is a link to both of my ASU Sun Devil themed ClockPackage.apk and SecContacts_Phone_FLAGSHIP_USA.apk. http://d-h.st/q5D

You are welcome to theme them as you see fit. I spent over 100 hours on these. PS: the text color code I use is ffffb310 hex and -0x4cf0 smali. There are some smali edits in ClockPackage. None in Contacts.

Thanks for looking!!!

Enjoy!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] tdunham:
Ok, I'm stumped. I took ALL the images from XXHDPI and vrthemed them into another SecContacts_Phone_FLAGSHIP_USA.apk file and it didn't appear to do anything except maybe change the statusbar.

I pulled the apk just to be certain and sure enough, the themed png files were there. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] EMSpilot:
You can't do that. The PKM files will still exist. You must morph the whole folder if you are going to do that so it erases the stock one.

Best way is to just decompile and theme it. Use my APK's as a base.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] tdunham:
Ahhh!!! Gotcha. Totally forgot about that. I don't do a lot of theming I work on other development stuff mainly but this particular release is going to keep us busy for a while I think. LOL
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] Dennisg34:
Dev Edition?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] tdunham:
Ok figured out that your contacts apk flashes and works fine on the Sprint S5 variant btw (very nice, this could come in handy later).

However, it does not play nice with apktool 2.0x so I decompiled it with apktool 1.5.2 and it 'almost' recompiled fine except for an apktool dummy error that was being generated by res/drawable/select_all_item_bg.xml. The resource is definitely there but it gave it that value for this line anyway.

<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@*android:drawable/APKTOOL_DUMMY_0b03" />

To correct for that, I pulled the stock select_all_item_bg.xml, copied right over the decompiled one with the apktool dummy code (I know I could have just fixed the line but whatever ;)) and it now recompiles perfectly. I am attaching that file for anyone that may have issues. This xml file is ALREADY decompiled.

Edit: EMSPilot, I heard you got the original images from the S4. You don't still happen to have an stock/unthemed version of contacts we can work from do you :)?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] EMSpilot:
Dev Phone

Yes Dev Edition
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] eladios:
Awesome mate, I was going crazy looking for ways to thematize these PKM files.

Tested and works perfect s5 International. :laugh::laugh:

Thanks and regards.:good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] BoBCatRoM:
Hello guys, someone can tell me how to change the log window colors? I can not find ?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] EMSpilot:
Spinner

That would be a tw_spinner in framework-res. Not sure which one as I always theme them all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] BoBCatRoM:
thanks, I try to see in the framework
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] mdonnelly1127:
This is awesome work. Would love to see someone develop a dark contacts and SMS stock app darkened too. If anyone can do sothat would be awesome. But not dark MMS like the old school stuff but dark MMS with ways to change the bubble colors too. Would love to see where this goes thanks again devs
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] vinman12:
Of course we can make dark contacts, lol. Working on some now
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] blulite:
Do you also theme /system/app/InCallUI.apk? That's the contacts screen during a phone call.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] EMSpilot:
InCallUI

Yes of course I theme InCallUI.apk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] SICKMADE:
i decided that i would try and make a theme for the tmo s5 varient even tho i do not have the device and boy i had no idea what i got myself into when it was time to theme contacts!!! i have never seen anything like this over my past years theming the s2-s4 and note 3! i was like a pkm what??? i was able to edit in my own images for dialer buttons and dialer bg but stopped there! lol. I was truly amazed when coming across this thread and just wanted to take my hat off to you! i have a question tho... sorry if you already answered for i attempted to search for the answer in this thread but am still a little confused.. so again how did you replace the pkm with a png? just by using another seccontacts image and replacing the pkm with the png?? i doubt thats how because you would have to change it in the values folder or something like that correct? kinda like i and i also saw you figured out how to edit our own dialer button image? ive just been so stumped with these pkms that i am like i need to know how you did it! lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] ted77usa:
[MENTION=4668174]EMSpilot[/MENTION]

Great work in here Sir..... made couples adjustment for AT&T S5 SM-G900A And everything look good....

EDIT: Sept 15

Hi Bill [MENTION=4668174]EMSpilot[/MENTION]

I really appreciated all your guide and pointers
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpontiac:
I need help to factory reset phone as i broke the screen and it is now completely black and unviewable. I have a new one coming and I will need to send this one back. I also had to activate a old phone so this phone is offline. Thank you

Michael
[LG G Flex] adrianttt:
im looking for some dark screen protector for the g flex. or something like mirror effect
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
there's some new software out, called Google Search; you should become familiar with it..

https://www.google.com/search?q=lg+...la:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
[LG G Flex] skyfox99:
Maybe he will was looking for some input and referral to one someone was already using?

Mirrored screens tens to reduce the light transmission quite a bit. I've been searching for just regular screen protectors and haven't found one. I sure wish EXiM made an SPUC for this bad boy. This is such an amazing phone. I understand the cost is higher, but I just don't know why this phone isn't more popular. I'll have a very hard time going back to a standard screen phone.

Bodyguardz makes an anti reflective SP that makes it harder to see from a an angle, check that out or Amazon for ratings on true mirrored ones, but be prepared to turn your brightness way up at the loss of battery life.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] agentp:
can anyone tell me if the registry is reset when a hard reset is performed? for a while my phone has been running incredibly slow and no number of hard resets has fixed it
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ClassicalDonkey:
when you hard reset, it put everything back to how it was!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] agentp:
hmm

it doesn't seem to be doing that, i installed zagat to go on my wizard the other week as did a couple of people i know, it's made all of the devices crash constantly and no number of hard resets are fixing it
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Dr Puttingham:
How are you "hard reseting"? If by using the stylus in the reset hole then that's a soft reset. A hard reset is performed by holding Record and Camera buttons and reseting with the stylus, then pressing the Send button when instructed to format. You can also "Clear Storage" from Settings\System. You will lose all settings and have to start all over.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] agentp:
i've been doing a true hard reset. i've found the issue now, the software that was causing the problem seems to install something or change the registry settings when connected to the pc even if you don't install the software itself.

i'd recommend to everyone to avoid zagat to go like the plague
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] prestonmcafee:
Zagat OK

I've been using Zagat for six months without trouble. I have it installed on the miniSD and have about 30 cities. Zagat isn't nearly as useful as Vindigo, but Zagat operates fine. It doesn't have a program running on my PC so there is no mechanism by which the PC could be changing the registry of my MDA through activesync.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] jason19991:
Has the bug with the ringtone volume for an incoming call being lower than if you were to just review the ringtone been fixed or is this intentional buy HTC?