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[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Guys, which do u think is better, this or cm11?

and how is the battery?

can this work on unlocked bootloader?
[Xperia SP General] sbE:
My problem is solved...mic is working, i can make phone calls, ;) Thank you.

I also changed from doomkernel to "your" stock .205...OTA is now working.

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I'm on Build 9 with newest Patch...mic is working now.
[Xperia SP General] yervando:
for me this, for you don't no...

battery is like stock 4.3 from Sony, maybe a little bit better

yes, but it's highly recommended to use stock .205 kernel for mormal OTA work, see for example:
[Xperia SP General] cactus92:
Hello everyone. to you how is the battery drain? i have found that based on my usage, I consume twice the stock rom. And 'perfect in every way but unfortunately consumes a lot to me and not cpisco as you can as it is a lite version
[Xperia SP General] Xeust:
There's no 'which one is better' imho. PA and CM are different and each have their own pros and cons. Try it on your own and decide which one's best for you. We choose this PA from nexus for a reason. And we didn't choose CM11 for a reason. Yes this will work on UB. Using stock kernel .205 is recommended

I'm not sure about twice the stock rom. Mine hold for about 10-11 hours for a minimum usage while in stock it lasted for about 12-13 hours maybe due to the Stamina Mode
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Is it totally lag free?, because CM11 has some lag.
[Xperia SP General] air001:
Not so much. PA based on CM sources plus some own features. Hover, Peek, Floating window, Immersive mode etc.

I think CM is closer to system or device, PA is closer to user.
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
what I meant was which one have better stability , performance and battery life.

CM have good battery life but the problem It has some lag. and Im asking if this rom is lag free and stable, because this is what Im looking for.
[Xperia SP General] Xeust:
It's stable and performance is outstanding. Battery life almost the same as the stock. So far no lag while multitasking or playing games

Ah yes you're right about that
[Xperia SP General] cactus92:
I'm not sure about twice the stock rom. Mine hold for about 10-11 hours for a minimum usage while in stock it lasted for about 12-13 hours maybe due to the Stamina Mode[/QUOTE]

I say almost twice

because with the stock

arrived with 85% instead

of with the paranoid

arrival to 65%. : (I do not

use the phone during the

day if not for a call.'ve

Active mobile data-wifi-

auto brightness.

Inviato dal mio C5303 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia SP General] yervando:
I think it's not secret for you, that stock rom (4.3 from Sony) also has some lag, but its normal for all day using, i haven't seen any lag, wich can made unpossible phone using, there was some issues with the second mic (echo and so), but the same issues are in nexus 5 with stock android...I think if you want to see which rom is better you have to try it...It also depends how you use the phone and what futures are important for you...in a word try it :o

I also prefer PA also because it is important for me that it no need unblocked boot..
[Xperia SP General] Xeust:
I say almost twice

because with the stock

arrived with 85% instead

of with the paranoid

arrival to 65%. : (I do not

use the phone during the

day if not for a call.'ve

Active mobile data-wifi-

auto brightness.

Inviato dal mio C5303 utilizzando Tapatalk[/QUOTE]

There was a battery drain during my first boot. The charging were slow too. My 2nd charge was faster and the battery life is now fine
[Xperia SP General] sbE:
After one day of usage I think the battery drain is normal. I've snapdragon battery guru installed and normally (on FreeXperia) I reach a maximum of 1,5 Days Battery Life. I think with paranoid on my XSP this rule will not change. But let's see what tomorrow brings.

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That's it!
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Im right now using eXistenZ Ultra 4.0.0 and is 100% smooth. and really hate the lag.
[Xperia SP General] jaretti:
Hi guys,

Does anyone uses GravityBox on this ROM? If yes then have you encountered any bugs and glithes when using it?

Also I've heard that from 4.4 Greenify doesn't really impact amount of juice saved, anyone can comment on that.

Cheers:good:
[Xperia SP General] Fat_boy555:
Need to flash build 10 if I alr replace the audio file with the one u uploaded a few pages ago? Someone answer me pls. Thanks!
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Guys, where I can download build 10?
[Xperia SP General] sbE:
B10 is not online anymore. #9 is the newest build you can download.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789320
[Xperia SP General] yervando:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54340709&postcount=588

Build # 10

- Source Update

- Mic Fixes (Rear mic disabled)

LINK: http://d-h.st/naP
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
After Update to Build # 10; when you refresh the OTA app, does it constantly gives more updates or is it normal now?
[Xperia SP General] Oblox:
No updates showing ROM version is at 1.0 OTA updater id paranoidnexus-b10
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
Thanks for all your work, the community can really be quite harsh at times.

They forget that you do this with you free time (and for free).

I'm new on Android and I have a few questions.

1 - I flashed my device with the generic .205 ftf file, what do I need to do to install Paranoid-neXus.

2 - My device have a locked bootloader, is this a problem.

3 - After installing Paranoid-neXusI, if I regret my decision and whant to install the generic .205 back. Can I do it?
[Xperia SP General] Oblox:
1. Get root with towelroot (google towelroot and do what it says.) Download superSU and once you have root open the zip and extract superuser.apk to your phone and run it, update the binaries as it prompts when you run the app.

Download the non-flashable recoveries from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2649923 and install.

Download to your phone build 10 of PA and the google apps version you want from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

2. Nope.

3. Yes you can either do a nandroid backup of stock once your rooted with recoveries (boot to recovery and do a backup or download online nandroid backup from google play and use that) and restore that or just download the correct FTF for your region and flash that in flashtool.
[Xperia SP General] MetalOllie:
Why is the rear mic disabled when it's now working perfectly?
[Xperia SP General] Oblox:
Because it wasnt working perfectly. People you were talking to had echo when speaking to you.
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
Thanks!

I just have one more question that I think you can answer.

To backup my original firmware, I followed the step 3 on this tutorial.

The tutorial says that I should have three files, which names start FILE. But I have six. I transfer all the six files to the Flashtool or just the three bigger ones?
[Xperia SP General] Oblox:
Search for the thread on XDA of making your own FTF file its a better guide and will tell you exactly which files you want. You wont need the ta partition file though and I think it says to include this (can be deleted afterwards from the FTF using 7zip).
[Xperia SP General] sbE:
After OTA Update to b10 the OTA App gave me another notification for a update...i updated again and now the OTA App says "no updates availiable". So far so good.

BUT i had a other problem...i've lost some (not all) Google Apps after the Update (Play Store (!), Mail, Hangouts, Maps...). I rebooted into recovery and wiped cache+dalvik...nothings changed....the apps are still lost. :( When i look into Settings > Apps i became a failure "google play services stopped". Finally i rebooted again into recovery and flashed PA Gapps (full) again....now the Google Apps are back and Settings > Apps is working without failure messages. But now i've to reconfigure my hole google apps. WTF!? :/
[Xperia SP General] Fat_boy555:
Anyone facing this issue: I'm unable to allow superuser permission on the pop up. No matter how many times I click allow the screen doesn't register me clicking it. That region that the allow button lies in works because I'm able to use the region in other apps. The only way I can grant superuser permission is to set it to permanently allow root permission. Anyone has a fix for this? I don't wanna allow root permission universally.. Pls help me thanks.
[Xperia SP General] Oblox:
Works fine for me, did a clean install this morning and all is working great.
[Xperia SP General] hollowsmart:
Everything good so far, OTA'ed from b #8 all the way to b #10. Everything is running smooth! Haven't checked phone call and mic's yet, which were not working before.
[Xperia SP General] MetalOllie:
Strange.. I haven't had any issues with echoing.. Is it connected to all fixes for rear mic or only on PA. I'm using Steve's fix to boost gain on the mics and increase in call volume, and everything is working well with that one.
[Xperia SP General] yervando:
can you please kink the post with Steve's fix to boost gain on the mics and increase in call volume?
[Xperia SP General] MetalOllie:
This is the one I'm using, and it works well for me. No one has complained of any echo, though I will make a couple of calls later and check with the other party to see if they experience any problems. STEVES FIX
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
i guess its a lame question but still id thank you if you answer me... DOES THIS ROM HAS HALO??? :confused: the only reason i want to shift from my pre rooted stock is lack of halo . ive tried xfloatingwindows+foatifications and they are just not a good substitute for the original halo feel
[Xperia SP General] ParanoidNemo:
This Rom doesn't have Halo..because it's Not longer a PA features..it's wright in The first few post
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
cool but ill flash it anyways. ive been on a searching spree for the past three days and i must say im literally amazed at the amount of work you have been doing for this rom . proud to have people like you working their asses off for us :victory:
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
is app2sd working on this rom...because i cant get it working...it gives me fake info about app that are moved to sd...:( [MENTION=4350492]neXus PRIME[/MENTION]
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
Im loving the the rom build 10 thanks [MENTION=2988582]NexusPrime[/MENTION] for such a great gift for our sp. Although i ran an antutu benchmark and it shows a horryfying 20k whereas pre rooted stock shows around 23k . Any idea why is this happening because i fail to find any faults in this beautiful rom
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Perfect rom ,(smoooooooth and mics working perfect) and i have tried all lbl roms. Thanks a lot nexus !
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
Try to disable auto brightness and you will gain about 1k on 3d performance...:)
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
it was disabled. never liked the feature lol
[Xperia SP General] Gamm86:
Coming from Vanir with Williams kernel V3.1, I didn't expect there was a better ROM outthere in terms of smoothness.

Boy, was I wrong...

On this ROM with Doomlord V13 kernel and a few extra tweaks, I am really amazed by it's potential.

No issues, no fc's, no hickups whatsoever... Simply smooth as silk! (450 MB of free RAM most of the time and close to 4 hours of screen time.)

It now feels as if I'm holding and using a very high end smartphone.

Thanks allot Nexus, I'll be happy to send you a donation if you'll send me some details or add them to your thread.
[Xperia SP General] ParanoidNemo:
I'd try to update using OTA from bulid #9 with wipe data and cache but it's stuck on philz and I'd to reflash the stock with flashtools. Someone have had this issue?
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
here is my bench...
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
Q. what is the full form of ART?

A. Battery 's graveyard
[Xperia SP General] Gamm86:
It really depends on your settings and the ROM you're using. Not ART in general.

On Vanir with Williams Kernel v3.1 I only had a 2 % battery drop overnight (+/- 8h) when ART was enabled.

Allot less than Dalvik. (I also tested optimized Dalvik)

Haven't tried ART on this ROM as I only just recently started to use it.

Will test it next week or so to get a correct impression.

Also know that ART needs a few days before everything settles down. Atleast that's my impression and believe me, I test ALLOT of ROM's and different settings.
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
i am on a locked bootloader so tht removes the kernal issue :sigh: . This is my first run at art because my previous phone was htc wildfire s (vintage) . and armv6 dosent support art. anyways il give ART some time . heard a lot about it!
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Antutu make my phone reboot with this ROM, any idea why?
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
happens if you have downloaded the fake version. check antutu x on google play

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quick ques: why is my beloved led not illuminating while playing from walkman or viewing pics in gallery..WHY?
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
can somebody answer me pl:rolleyes:ease...
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
quick ques 2: from where can i downlod my stock sony keyboard for 4.4? im in love with it lol. tried sideloading the one in stock rom. dosent install
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
because it is sony feature...not cm11 or aosp...:D you wll have that only on stock or stock-based roms...
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
coming from a ****ty phone id advise you to use link2sd works like a charm although you need to partition sd card. Its easy

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you literally broke my heart lol
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
maybe developers can get working music and galery led working someday...:D
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
i think may be tasker would be able to do something . But i doubt even it would give the complete randomisation of pulsating leds.

another issue: there is an option of changing led charging. i do because i like the orange colour . sadly , the feature dosent work
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Guys, how can I change the size of the navigation bar?It is too big
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Gravitybox ?
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Is there another way? because it slows the phone
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
I dont think so, PA dosent have this feature i guess ...

But GB doesnt slow the phone so much, does it?
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Do you know what is the best kernel with this ROM?
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
yeah...that is not working on this rom...on cm11 nightly it works...i don't know what is the problem on this one...
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Cant help you on this one, im on lbl. Even if i think its already perfect with the .205

Stock:D

Edit : no native way to change lockscreen wallpaper?
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
stock keyboard peopleeee!!!!
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
I think it's available on the play store
[Xperia SP General] krokanic:
have you tried this???

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588353
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
OK first very annoying bug: when i play games like CoC i cant exit them: i sée status bar but i dont sée nav bar... It doesnt appears...
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
I want this thread to be different than all other threads in way that my ROM is different.

As i said earlier, OP please compile the issues reported by Users in a list and mention in First Post.

1. Bugs which are true for more than 3 users will get worked upon.

2. Most severe bug will get solved first.

3. I can make an exception to above rule. Like i wont try fix rear mic for example. in the near future at least. Maybe later.

And in other info:

1. Apps2SD implemented in this ROM might not be ideal. I can try work on it.

2. LEDs for battery and notification might be fixable. For Walkman and Album, you have to use 3rd party app.

3. Battery drain is a subjective thing, all users have it different. But yes, it will be less than stock. U can try using differnt governors. i/o sheds. Try it.

4. Stock keyboard and apps is not up to me. If someone finds a port link, i will add it to OP in ADD_ONS section, but not integrate in ROM.

5. Best kernel is STOCK kernel because i CANT FLASH OTHER KERNEL. If i could, then maybe i will say william or doom or whatever. But i CAN NOT do that. My BL is PERMANENT LOCKED.

6. Navbar Height is not a default PA feature. Me adding it will deviate from its user experience. Please use some small module other than gravity box. Or better yet, learn Xposed and MAKE A MODULE. Takes maybe 1 day to make it at MAX.

7. One user showed a benchmark comparison. I can try to answer it but i would be wrong as i DONT KNOW how benchmark apps work. Stock ROMs sometimes use fake boost to give high score. Sometimes it all depends on way the ROM was compiled. I use so many optimizations in compiling maybe that gives low score, BUT rest assured, performance will be faster than you expect.

EDIT: One small note. Some bugs mentioned here are indeed bugs, like wallpaper change of lockscreen and other similar things.

But as PA is a work in progress, many of these things are actively being worked upon.

So if a bug annoys you, you can try to find it here,https://gerrit.paranoidandroid.co/#/q/status:merged,n,z or here https://gerrit.paranoidandroid.co/#/q/status:open,n,z

Then sooner or later, they might get fixed when i release next build.
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
It's not a "very annoying bug". It's PA feature added some builds ago. If you enabled Pie, it would be enabled even in normal immersive mode.

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Oh, and APP2SD works like it should. It's not working like you all would expect(eg. game data on extsd without folder mount), but it's implemented like that on every Xperia with official AOSPA-legacy. But only on this thread people complain about this.
[Xperia SP General] air001:
XBlast Tools
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
This is what i call feedback . Thanks
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
The xperia z2 works :victory:
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Guys.

Use this

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-sp/development/paranoid-nexus-t2827011

I want:

1. Screenshots from Fresh builds. http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=5102#screenshots

2. Bugsand feature requests in respective section (Mentioning the Build #) http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=5102#featureRequests http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=5102#bugReporter

3. Reviews in reviews section (Mentioning the Build #)

4. For Q/A i have referred this thread, so keep using this for general discussion. Although still i prefer u fill bugs and feature requests in the DevDB thread.
[Xperia SP General] issawillwin:
Thank you Nexus for porting these awesome roms for LBL.

But i wan't to ask users of PA a few questions before leaving CM for this.

1 : Is there the same amount of lags, fluidity and bugs between CM for LBL and PA for LBL?

2 : Any troubleshoot with CM11 based themes when using it on PA? I'm using a full transparent theme right now.

3 : Are the OTA that NexusPrime is providing will end when another version of AOSP will come up, or a new stock kernel for xsp will come up?

4 : Why do you people choose PA over CM , and are you satisfied?

Thanks for answer and congrats to [MENTION=4350492]neXus PRIME[/MENTION]
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Lags are rare and i think based on many reviews, this one is the smoothest ROM. But opinions may vary, some say Vanir, some say mahdi. Check out yourself. Even if its not faster, i am sure it will be equal.

Themes Support on CM and PA are same at source. So they should behave equally.

OTAs will work. Keep working. Dont worry.

PA has a unique philosophy much like CM team since they went corporate. PA team uses pure Google code with just the minimum required packages for fluid, smooth experience. No brakes, no strange UI transition. And using related content where needed.

PA implements ground breaking changes not seen anywhere else first:

Hover, Peek, dual-quick-tiles, PIE etc etc

Upcoming is Per-App-DPI, Halo, and the Brand spanking new Android L style Multitask recent. (They came with this idea even before Android-L. Although Chrome had it earlier.)

I don't advertise CM here, so maybe another user can share its benefits.
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
hey, Im right now using cm11, I tried this ROM yesterday.

but I have a question , until when the updates will continue? because I want to use rom without changing it for at least 5 months and have OTA.
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
I'm now doing what you said, I have already rooted the phone and have SuperSu.

II have a question related to the download of the non-flashable recoverie. I need to download the installer or the Flashable on the download section of the link?

(Installer:

CWM_SP_4.4.1.zip - 11.81 MB NEW!

Flashable:

recoveries_SP_4.4.1_signed.zip - 10.62 MB NEW!)

EDIT: Already done via Installer
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
I installed the stock 4.4 Sony launcher and widgets and everything works except the volume buttons, they don't do anything at all! They don't change the volume and they don't show the slider! Does anyone know what the problem is here?
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Where did u find Sony launcher ? :p
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Hmm, so there are two people who have this volume issue. If I remember correctly, it happened even on stock, and a reboot solved that for me.
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
You can find it in the cross-device development projects for Sony devices section on xda

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Thanks a simple reboot solved the problem
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Is doomlord kernel good with this ROM?
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
Can I install this Rom without sd card?
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
where can I download build 10?
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
here:
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
The ROM is based on. 205 firmware, and DoomKernel is .201. So I wouldn't recommend it, but if you want to, just flash it.

Yes.
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
I Just need to put the Rom and the gapps on /sdcard, right?
[Xperia SP General] yervando:
Copy ROM zip and gapps zip to sdcard or phone memory.

Reboot device and go to recovery.

Do Wipe Data, Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache.

Flash ROM zip

Flash Gapps zip

Reboot
[Xperia SP General] jfredsilva:
Thanks, it went well.
[Xperia SP General] Gamm86:
It is. I'm currently using it.
[Xperia SP General] ironshadow2:
Do u think I should try it? Battery life?
[Xperia SP General] Gamm86:
Currently on 43% after 22h with moderate usage. 1h54m screen time sofar.

Try to avoid Intelli-Plug, but use MP-Decision.

Furthermore, I'm on Intellidemand governor and undervolted 25mV.

Use Lux instead of auto brightness, greenify whatever you can and freeze unused apps.

Also I disabled some services which I don't use. (Eg. NFC)

All stable and lagfree and happy with the battery life.
[Xperia SP General] aqua9teen1:
Hi

Does ART and OTG work on this ROM?
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
ART does wonders on the rom trust me. USB OTG is working too
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
I just cant seem to open the feature request thread :o

Edit: Also [MENTION=5579865]MrSteve555[/MENTION] any idea what could we expect in the next build? :confused:
[Xperia SP General] MrSteve555:
Hmm, there weren't any changes by me or neXus PRIME on github, also there are no changes to merge from CM github, so I'd expect just a weekly source update.
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
Would be waiting for you guys to come up with some cool features.

Ps: you always do. Lol

DON'T JUST FEEL THANKFUL . HIT IT :D
[Xperia SP General] Oblox:
I have a problem with my rear mic....

:p

Still looking forward to their task switcher to become stable in 4.5 but id guess that wont be too soon.
[Xperia SP General] kanav96:
Umm mic has been disabled in latest build :P

DON'T JUST FEEL THANKFUL . HIT IT :D