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[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Niño Gordo:
Can i still do it without loosing apps or settings? I didn't know so i skipped the wipe.

Thanks but is there a way to delete them manually? I mean in the application menu i can only disable or close them like before the rooting but i was expecting the uninstall button. I'm asking this because I want to keep a couple of them and delete some google apps.

Oh and what's your opinion on launchers? I don't know if i should install it or if it will just slow down my phone.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tight Git:
Try Titanium backup to remove or freeze the apps you don't want, but it's probably worth taking a backup before you remove them.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Niño Gordo:
Thanks, that App is great. Is there a detailed guide about how to set Xprivacy properly? I don't know what can be safely restricted and i just can't figure out the meaning of a couple of boxes.

EDIT: Any way to improve the camera? I tried a couple of mod with no success.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zebzyhull:
So the problem is that skype and caling someone on messenger dosnt work its very squeekyon messenger and on skype it only makes the ringing sound once and stopps is anyone els having this problem ????
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bunter221:
Same same

Recently installed Liquid Smooth on a Note 2 and this is the only issue I have found...

Does anyone know the answer

Bunter
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwifish:
I've wanted to know how to fix this too...I have the same problem but I can still make calls using google Hangouts.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bunter221:
I guess that's called support... I doubt they would get many donations.. There is not a custom rom out there that works as good as Samsung..
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okluzhion:
I did a search about the back glass here on xda, but I haven't found what I'm interested in, so here goes.

The back glass of my Xperia Z is cracked. Since Sony support in my country is practically non existent (never got an answer from them about the free replacement as this is a known issue) and with my warranty being over, I decided on buying a back cover replacement from ebay. I came across a lot of entries.

So the first question is has anybody bought those relatively cheap ones for around $7.50? It seems to me that those are the same as the ones being sold for €20-70 (and I'm not willing to throw my money in the wind).

Second question is, do those replacements come with adhesive tape or anything? If not, what should I use to glue the cover to the phone?

The last thing I'm interested in, though it's not really important, is there any way of making the phone waterproof again in case of back cover replacement?

If anyone has a video/text tutorial on how to replace it step-by-step, please do share.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterofnocrack:
The NFC Antenna is integrated into back glass on the Xperia Z.Those cheap battery doors may not have the NFC antenna included and without the antenna,you can't use NFC.As for the adhesive thing,just ask the seller about it!(Its gotta be there in the description). If you install the back cover properly with the official sony adhesive,then it should be waterproof(Checkout some Xperia Z disassembly/assembly videos and guides to figure out how to do it correctly).
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okluzhion:
Thanks for the reply.

I don't use NFC so that's not a problem, even though I read somewhere that you can basically just peel the thing off and stick it to the new cover.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterofnocrack:
well,yeah you can probably just take the nfc antenna from the and install it on the new one

but then there is the whole other thing of quality.The back glass on an Xperia Z is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass and is made from high quality materials.Im not sure that you can get gorilla glass on those cheap back glasses from ebay,u have to get an original part for that.

EDIT: I have checked multiple sources and it is confirmed that sony uses gorilla glass for the back glass and dragontail glass for the front glass(what idiot came up with that idea?).
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okluzhion:
As far as I know, Sony don't use Gorilla Glass, nor have they ever used it. Regarding the Sony glass quality. Well, guess what. It broke. So there isn't much to talk about. The quality they offer has proven to be mediocre at best.

And like I said, I don't use NFC, and I'm 99.99999% sure I never will, so that isn't a problem.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Okluzhion:
Yeah, thanks.

Found this, but judging by feedback, it's not waterproof (no seal around mic). I'll go with this. I really don't want to give €50 just to keep the waterproofness.

Edit:

Well, seems I answered to my own questions. The only other thing I'd like to know is other people's experience with these replacements.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Changelog

DOWNLOAD

You can always get the latest releases from my build server or using the MultiROM Manager.

CHANGELOG

[b]12/11/2015:[/b] Updated MultiROM to v32x and MultiROM TWRP to 2.8.7 (incl. upstream <-> TWRP 2.8.7.0)

[b]13/02/2015:[/b] Updated to v31x | Updated adb | Print error when multirom crashes | Added support for multiple entries per path in fstab | Set is_second_boot also if mrom_kexecd=1 is present in /proc/cmdline | Support interlaced PNGs | Updated to MultiROM TWRP 2.8.5 (incl. upstream <-> TWRP 2.8.5.0)

[b]29/01/2015:[/b] Improved compability with some ROMs

[b]17/01/2015:[/b] Updated to MultiROM TWRP 2.8.4 (incl. upstream <-> TWRP 2.8.4.0), fixed "Swap ROMs" feature

[b]08/01/2015:[/b] Inserted dummy line instead of removing to prevent breaking IFs (fixes the installation of AOSPA 5.0)

[b]04/01/2015:[/b] Updated to MultiROM TWRP 2.8.3 (incl. upstream <-> TWRP 2.8.3.0)

[b]08/12/2014:[/b] Fixed the installation of L-based ROMs as secondary ROMs

[b]04/12/2014:[/b] TWRP upstream

[b]21/11/2014:[/b] Moar TWRP upstream, updated to MultiROM v30x, fixed klog saving and text size on emergency reboot screen

[B]01/11/2014:[/B] Updated to MultiROM TWRP 2.8.1 (incl. upstream <-> TWRP 2.8.1.0) | Fixed perms of extract_elf_ramdisk

[B]23/10/2014:[/B] Upstream: Updated to v29x | Added "DirtyUnicorns icon" | Added device hook to allow incomplete fstab file | Bind mount /realdata to /data for rom quirks to work properly

[B]02/10/2014:[/B] Added support for external sdcard

[B]27/09/2014[/B]: Fixes for recovery, updated to MultiROM v28x (device-specific version), added kernel for [B]10.5.A.0.283[/B]-based ROMs

[B]14/09/2014:[/B] Added [I]new[/I] kernel for CM11 (new blobs/kernel)

[B]03/09/2014:[/B] Added kernel for CM11 (old blobs/kernel)

[B]31/08/2014:[/B]: Updated to v28 | fixed MultiROM loading twice | automatically replace recovery ramdisk

[B]11/08/2014:[/B] Added another kexec-hardboot-patched kernel based on [B]10.5.A.0.230[/B] ([URL="http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=7909"]boot_230.img[/URL]) and a [URL="http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=7908"]flashable multirom uninstaller[/URL] - [COLOR="Lime"]Stock-based ROMs now supported![/COLOR]

[B]10/08/2014:[/B] Initial public release.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Currently supported kernels

SUPPORTED KERNELs/ROMs

HodorKernel (4.4.4 Stock)

Lightning Kernel (CM11 | 4.4 Stock)

KMA Kernel (CM11)

OmniROM 4.4.4 (supported by default)

ParanoidAndroid 4+ (supported by default)

ParanoidAndroid 5+ (supported by default)

SlimKat (supported by default)

SlimLP (supported by default)

Validus ROM (supported by default)

Zombie Kernel (4.3 Stock | 4.4.4 Stock )

EDIT: Almost every kernel support kexec-hardboot now, I've hence stopped updating this list.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] -Johannes-:
Looks very good, thanks for your work :)

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[Xperia Z Original Android Development] nikhil18:
Bro can I add the kexec hardboot patch to my lightning kernel based on cm source thanks
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Akil97:
i flashed boot.img but i dont have the modified twrp recovery i still have my old recovery ( Philz Touch ) anyway to manually flash recovery only?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Of course.

Your kernel also needs to be kexec-hardboot-patched so you have to flash the one from the OP.

Gesendet von meinem Xperia Z mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Akil97:
Actually i flashed your modified OmniROM kernel with kexec support but i did'nt get the recovery tried flashing it two times :confused:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] demon2112:
Did you do it via fastboot like op stated?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
I frankly don't know what you're doing wrong. To get sure I didn't upload a wrong file, I re-downloaded and tested it and... it does work.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
I have carbon band first boot crash... I flash omni band again
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] zakitheracer:
After installing MultiROM can we change the primary ROM to anyother ROM or it has to be OMNI based?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] macia10:
Oliviers modified recovery will not boot if you have other recovery installed in FOTA. You need to wipe it first.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
As of now, you have to flash my kernel (intended for OmniROM), hence your Internal ("primary") ROM has to be compatible with it.

I'd recommend keeping MultiROM TWRP recovery in the FOTA partition by the way.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] macia10:
But its not installed to FOTA by default so it would be good to add an instruction on how to install it to FOTA :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] zakitheracer:
So it is possible in future for the boot.IMG to be compatible with CM11?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] xarive:
Quick tips : If you're using stock ROM right now you should wait for a specific kernel to be released first to use with this multiboot.

please do correct me if I'm mistaken.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
A new build is up as well as a patched boot.img for all ROMs based on 10.5.A.0.230/233. I have updated the OP and the Changelog.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] macia10:
Good idea would be FOTA multiTWRP with ability to inject kexec support to any installed kernel.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] zakitheracer:
The Boot img for .230 ROMs is softbrocking my phone for some reason :confused:

Flashing it on eXistenz
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] demon2112:
Follow step 3 of the install instrucrions to uodate to v28 right?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
Last carbon 1/9
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] androidfreak70:
Just a few questions hope you answer me because that's first time I flash non stock ROMs and kernels :)

Is each ROM will use different DATA folder?

Where is the other ROMs will stored? In system?

Can someone suggest me a good kernel for DU that support this feature?

Is each ROM will use it's own kernel?

Tapatalk'ed from my Xperia™ Z (C6602) running Dirty Unicorns ROM!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Yes.

On the internal sdcard.

As of now, only Omni and DU support kexec-hardboot - so if you are on DU, there's no need for a custom kernel.

Yes.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] androidfreak70:
I got problem with DU stock kernel that the device suddenly reboot when I plug a USB storage with OTG . and fixed by flashing custom kernel. So I need other kernel that work fine on DU....

Tapatalk'ed from my Xperia™ Z (C6602) running Dirty Unicorns ROM.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] nihilista:
If DU kernel has this bug, try omni kernel. if that has the same bug, you have to live with this bug or not use multirom till fix is merged ;)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] androidfreak70:
So Omni kernel work on DU! great it'll try as soon as possible!

Tapatalk'ed from my Xperia™ Z (C6602) running Dirty Unicorns ROM.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] androidfreak70:
How much space can be taken for a secondary stock based ROM?

Tapatalk'ed from my Xperia™ Z (C6602) running Dirty Unicorns ROM!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] langeveld024:
You can also use rojak kernel, works fine for me on DU.

I have also beanstalk which is cm based, with firekernel, and colorOS V2 with ZombieKernel for colorOS, which are cm based too.

Also, you can check how much space is token by each rom by checking your free space on internal storage before flash, minus the free storage after flash.

(I think TWRP tells you also if you take backup in TWRP)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Coming soon...

MultiROM Manager support. :)

Gesendet von meinem Xperia Z mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Rzr92:
I flashed the .230 stock kernel provide in this thread then booted to twrp and flashed the multirom installer

Now when i boot the phone multirom gives me option to select the roms

but in twrp, advanced i don't have the option to add rom

Please help me in finding what i am doing wrong

I am using existenz ultimate
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] nihilista:
Sounds really great ;)

But another question, isn't it possible to boot second roms from sdcard? If installing some roms internal sd gets out of space really fast ;)

As i understand machanism its not easy because sdcard is fat formatted, but how about using images like with usb devices? Tried install and boot from usb stick, that works but flashing and installing needs very very much time so its nearly unusable, but i have 64gb sdcard and much space on it and normally its much faster than usb otg device. Btw, maybe its impossible and additional roms are only testing for me, so not essential to backup and restore and not wasting space with roms i never use :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] langeveld024:
You have an recovery in your FOTA partition.

It's discussed several times in this thread.

Search and find your answer in this thread :thumbup:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] androidfreak70:
If I want to install a Sony stock ROM as secondary one. How can I do that? The OP saying to not flash ROMs with stock boot.IMG

And if I don't flash ROM with stock IMG so I will stuck it Sony logo right?

Tapatalk'ed from my Xperia™ Z (C6602) running Dirty Unicorns ROM!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] nihilista:
Only chance is to flash stock based rom as first, do nandroid backup, flash kexec patched custom rom/kernel, flash multirom, then restore backuped stock based rom as secondary. Didnt test that, but someone here did that and it worked.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] demon2112:
Even easier..just flash xistenz f.e. Flash zombie kernel and then.the multiboot.zip and thats it,stock based as 1st

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[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
A new MultiROM build for Stock-based ROMs only is up.

DOWNLOAD
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] langeveld024:
Why is it for stock based roms only?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
I don't now..i have multirom on boot...and don't have advance multirom on twrp....mhaaaa
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] demon2112:
How to update to v28?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] langeveld024:
You flashed the update?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
You can also flash it on Omni, but it's not recommended. Some things (e.g. the volume rocker) won't work.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] langeveld024:
Btw just flash the multirom v28 zip and you're good to go!

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Could you add changelog to OP?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
Yes flash

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I have stock moonwalker... Hodor kernel and last multirom...what is wrong?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] langeveld024:
I don't think it has to do with multirom update.

I think your twrp is in fota
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
my TWRP 2.6.0 and I think and the one included in the kernel?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Changelog is the same, just that this one is for Stock-based ROMs.

No. It's in your FOTA partition.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
I understand ... what should I do?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] JediRAMA:
update v28 for stock

Confirm!!! There is no 2nd boot into recovery after Reboot System in twrp in stock based roms!!! cool! and thanks again!

im very enjoying by using multirom!!!!!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
someone can help me?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Good news guys, the MultiROM app manager now supports the Xperia Z, you can get it from here.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
Says don't have recovery multirom..any help...
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
You can ignore that for now.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] comax70:
All works...i flash image twpr groups and install unicorn rom... Great oliver i have multurom thanksssss

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All work i boot stock and unicorn rom
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] demon2112:
Save to use the update feuture of multi rom to v28 or are there compatibility issues?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] shoey63:
Flash This (It will restore your fota partition to stock), and try again ;)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] hw0603:
Can you add supporting to z2

In SONY devices, there are only 3phones(Z ZL M]

If you have time, Please support Xperia z2

If you want, I can always test your work

(I can't do English very well, so plz understand my expression can be rude)

Thanks:)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Rajesh.b:
Little Clarification from your experience..

Bro I need some info from you as you have successfully installed 4 ROMs.

(May be a noob Q..) If I flash any other ROM then Stock based, will I loose Bravia Engine? I have unlocked my bootloader and on Xistenz Ultimate now with working Bravia.

I have tried the below ROMs as secondary..

Color OS with Zombi Kernel - No Luck (I really really love this ROM but it's 4.2 based) :crying:

MIUI with Simple & HodorKernel - No Luck :(

DU with Omni Kernel - it just worked :cowboy:

I would really like to try your method flashing Color OS & MIUI as primary and change to secondary and do not wish to loose Bravia.

By the way, I wold like to thank you [MENTION=4329876]Olivier[/MENTION] for this Awesome Multirom :highfive:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] JediRAMA:
Bravia will be in your rom -existenz ultimate, or other rom wich supported bravia.

use kernels from here.

flash kernel in your existenz rom, then multirom and flash any rom as secondary. to get more then 1 stock based roms, you need to flash secondary stock based rom from backup, and backup must have kernel from here (kexec)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] nihilista:
You don't need some kexec-patched kernel for secondroms, only for first rom. For second roms use original kernel coming with that rom you flash and it will boot (if its an custom rom). If you want stock based roms as second, only way is as described, install as first, backup and restore as second.

Bravia engine won't work on any custom rom, i wonder it works on stock based, normally you loose those sony features while unlocking bootloader and only could get it back if you backuped your TA partition and lock your bootloader again. If no backup, its lost forever.

AFAIK stock based rom maybe will show you bravia setting, but its useless..... btw, never missed bravia ;)

You should read this if not done before: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/development/tutorial-xperia-z-zl-bootloader-t2153261
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
If you unlock the bootloader on Stock 4.4.x, you won't lose the DRM keys.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] nihilista:
Ok, never tested that but all tutorials say you loose if unlock, but i think you tested that ;) But backing up TA could never be wrong :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Rajesh.b:
Need MIUI 4.8.22 download link

Can you get the MIUI 4.8 Link?

I see only 4.7

Thank you!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] JediRAMA:
there
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Rajesh.b:
Yes that is what I read on a thread and actually the doubt raised from then... ;)

I took TA backup before unlocking but my doubt is that, if I flash a non stock rom and flash again stock based rom later, will the Bravia still works?

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[MENTION=4471736]nihilista[/MENTION] Thank you so much for the useful information about the kernel for secondary roms. :good:

I took TA backup before unlocking. I had tested through Dry run feature on BackupTA (which will check and match the installed DRM Keys information from the backup we take). So that was how I got the confirmation of bravia after bootlocker unlocked.

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Thank you friend!:highfive:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
A kernel for CM11 (old blobs/official nightlies) can now be found in the app and the OP.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Vishalkris:
Can you add kernel for .233 for cm please
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] macia10:
Could you please upload your kexec patch to cm gerrit so maybe they would include it in nightlies?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Already done some days ago. I don't think it'll be merged though, seems like there's nobody interested in it.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] macia10:
Hi Olivier,

Sorry to bump you again but where can I find multirom TWRP for fora to use with new CM11 kernel?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
The MultiROM installer will automatically replace the recovery ramdisk.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] macia10:
Hi,

Can you please tell me how to do it? I've installed kernel first and then multirom v28 using the installer but it boots to my FOTA TWRP and when I did those steps but formated FOTA first it boots only to CWM. In both cases I have multirom menu already at boot. I just dont know what to do to have multirom TWRP all the time.

EDIT:

And installer says all the time that recovery is not installed.

EDIT2:

Played with it a bit and when installed those 2 zips from CWM now everything is as it should be :) I have multirom TWRP but installer still says its missing and on the bottom it says device unsupported
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Rajesh.b:
Yeah, that's a bug in the app as Olivier said and it would be fixed soon. :good:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] marceldossantos91:
Hi i am having an issue aswell maybe someone can pls guide me? I tried this on my stock xistenz rom, previously i had xzkernel, i tried the new hordor kernel with kexec patch, flash up the multiboot, it injects fine, my multirom boot menu is there. When i select reboot to recovery- it reboots back into the multiboot menu, when i select my primary rom first then go into recovery via vol keys, i can get into twrp, but has no multiboot, my first idea is wiping the fota kernel, but fastboot doesnt allow flashing recovery only a boot img (gives me a remote error) so i tried via terminal to install twrp, worked fine via terminal, but still same issue, recovery is missing and is only provided by the kernels recovery not multimods recovery, anyway to solve this issue? I cant access the twrp provided by this mod to install more roms. Ive tried a clean install and flashing the stock kernel provided here aswell via fastboot. Thanks