yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanjay Pratap:
Link for the cwm standalone img pls

Using Ultimate hd 5.0.1 by Jader and eagleboy

stock kernel has less force closes and surround options work

but wen i use this kernel there are many force closes and certain sony apps don launch

i request the link to standalone flash image of cwm 5.5.0.4 pls
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badunc:
I recently purchased a refurb Nexus 7 and I'm happy with it. I've owned several other Android tablets and a Fire HD (that I dropped and broke) but this is the first one that I've considered as a true off the shelf keeper because it's an official Google product. That said, I've never owned a computing device that I didn't customize. And I don't need the Play focus that Google forces on me with its stock ROM. But before I root and start playing with other ROMs are there any compelling reasons to keep it bone stock? I'm not worried about warranty or resale, I'm only asking from a daily usability standpoint if there are good to great reasons for leaving it alone. Thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xavali7:
Hello!

This Christmas I'mm gonna buy a new phone for myself. I'm really in love with Sony, and I also don't like more-than-5-inch displays, so the two options I'm considering are this phone (Z1 Compact) or the newer Z3 Compact.

The thing is, looking at specs, the biggest differences between them are a bit larger screen, a larger battery and the newer SD801 (in contrast with the SD800). I believe the camera sensor is the same, as is RAM, connectivity, etc.

I can buy the Z1 Compact from Amazon at 350€, or get it second-hand at 250-300€. However, the Z3 Compact I can get at Amazon for 460€, a bit less if I get it second-hand.

My question is: Is this difference in price worth it? Or would you recommend me to buy the Z1? (I think Sony confirmed that all "Z" family will upgrade to Lollipop, right?)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ra9na:
Go for the Z1C!

In my opinion the difference is minor, but the price is much higer.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmarEinea:
I think this is something you only know the answer for, here is a detailed video that explains the differences between the two devices :

[YOUTUBE]mW7eYbktArQ[/YOUTUBE]

Though, if I were you, I'd go for Z3 Compact as a device (even after looking to the price)

but, if I wan't to chose in terms of software, I think I'd go with Z1 Compact :)

cuz I believe not many users that already have Z1c (like me) would wonna switch to the almost the same Z3c!

which means no devs are gonna be there as well ;)

So as I said, your personal needs control what decision you should make :)

Regards,

Omar.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
Z1c. As previously stated not much difference (bigger display, faster CPU, 4k video) but much higher price.

Best regards,

Coempi
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gjole86:
as z1c owner, i would pay the difference for z3c.

the display size and dual speakers win it for me as major improvements in my eyes.

huge downside z3c cant be rooted with locked bootloader, you must unlock BL to root :/
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pakman123:
i would go for the z3 compact if i never bought my z1 compact because of the ps4 remote play and daulshock 4 compatibility
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Melissakis:
If money is not a problem, go for Z3c all the way.

But if you consider the extra money Z3c asks for, then by buying the Z1c you won't feel really bad, the differences are minor in my opinion. Of course a bigger screen in the same body and a bigger battery would be welcome, but I don't think they are important enough to justify the price difference.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsx1984:
Buy the Z3c . It's better than the Z1c, but that does not mean the z1c is bad.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teiglin:
I think the z3c is worth the cost of the upgrade, but as a z1c owner I will not upgrade unless sony changes their policy on unlocking wrt DRM keys, or someone finds an exploit. Root isn't optional for me, but I'm not willing to tank my camera performance to get it, so I'm sticking with my z1c until something comes along in this form factor that is better and also non-destructively root-able.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctap001:
Z1 compact owner here:

If you already have a Z1c = don't get the Z3c

If you don't already have a Z1c = get the Z3c

Quite simple brah
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinple:
there is 2 issues with the camera on z1 compact.

1) LED bled, and black marker made it ugly on my white phone.

2) My camera freeze once in a while. And recently, it freeze when i try to take consecutive shots. (First shot ok, 2nd shot freeze)

Get the z3. And z3 has double tap to wake. I doubt ps4 game would look nice on such small screen though.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xavali7:
Thank you! I'm more decided now on buying the Z1C!

Honestly, I don't need the PS4 Remote Play function (don't own one, to begin with). Also, losing the DRM keys and general camera functionality when rooting is a real bummer.

I watched the video Omar posted, very helpful! Also, the Z1C will get 5.0 Lollipop in this coming year, as is all the Xperia Z family, right?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmarEinea:
Yes don't worry Sony has promised to bring official Lolipop to Z1 Compact alongside with the rest of Z family (in next the February or so)

also, Z1 Compact will get official Lolipop support from many AOSP-Based ROMs, as soon as CyanogenMod team do so :)

As I mentioned no worries about software for Z1C, it should get more custom support than Z3C ever will ;)

Regards,

Omar.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdit:
Not a worthy phone to buy for Rs.15,000 more

Me too was confused between z1c and z3c

But after a lot of searching and review,i decided to go for z1c

I could go for z3c if sony priced it less.

The sales man tried to convinced me to buy z3c,then i convinced him:D

Go for the white version gud luck
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEndHK:
The main problem now is z3c needs unlock BL to get root so you will loss warranty and some of Sony features. If you need root or want to backup your TA before unlock BL, Z1c is more recommended.

There are many good stuffs on z3c like better battery life(bcoz of s801), a bit bigger screen, dual front speaker and 4K recording w/ video stabilization(our 4K mod no stabilization), a bit better camera focus and more light weight.

But z1c is really good for its lower price and the looking is better because of metal bumper it looks like more a premium design and I think the LED notification is also better on z1c.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diggity:
I just started getting this error a few days ago, everytime I open the camera. Has anyone else ever seen this? Is there a way to tell which app might be recording?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] russell664:
Strange one that.

What apps do you have installed?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Please search before posting

http://xdaforums.com/z3/help/verizon-z3v-camera-error-t2917891

Greg
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diggity:
Ah sorry about that! Thanks for answering it for me!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aamirrana1234:
Galaxy s3 LTE AT&T
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for RK2918 Tab Odys-Loox rocks with ICS !

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pitbullnl:
Danew Dslide 701R

Hey,

i saw that the posted ROM also is compatible with the Danew DSlide 701R.

I succeeded in updating the device to the latest android v2.3, which was published on the danew's website.

What i can't figure out, is how to root and to flash other ROM. All tutorials are french or hard to find.

There's also no way i can possibly think of, how to get the device in flash / recovery mode. The combinations which are know dont work :s.

Can someone point out how to archive it?

Much appreciated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oma7144:
Build: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903745

Kernel Danew DSlide 701R: http://crewrktablets.arctablet.com/?wpfb_dl=163

Just change the kernel in folder rockdev/Images before flash.

- Oma -
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] davestuarts:
As the title says, It seems the bureaucrats at EE UK network are using phones that cannot be bootloader unlocked, even if Sony do allow, albeit with some loss of features.

Considering I flashed a generic rom, and my important photos/whatsapp files got wiped (I forgot to backup) as it was stated with flashtool only account based user data will get wiped not data from internal memory/sd card, well that didn't work.

I needed to root to allow some recovery software get my photos/whatsapp files back.

Now finding that the booloader is unlockable . I just want to throw the phone at the kunts at EE management. " EE the UK's biggest and fastest growing, bunch of dicks!"

Is their anybody else on EE who's bootloader is unlockable?

I'm so depressed with this all. :(
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] adamk7:
You needed to root to recover deleted files that you deleted by rooting?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] rollesky:
In Poland Orange locks bootloaders for good in SONY devices, as I know there are tricks to make it unlockable, but not sure if possible to do it at home.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] davestuarts:
I have not rooted yet, have only applied a generic less bloated rom. But now I need to root, so I can use software like 'hexamob recovery' which needs root to access the internal memory.

Tbh, the photo's I took that got wiped are sentimentally so important, hence me getting so stressed about it.

Oh, so orange there do the same. Here its now T-mobile/orange joined together as EE.

There must be a way to change that Bootloader state to yes. I know Orange/EE won't do it. Many people have asked in their forums about similar devices.

Thx for the insight tho...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] phroenix:
I'll be totally honest with you here & you wont like the answer...

...if it says "bootloader unlock allowed: no" it will most probably stay that way.

My last Sony phone was from O2 & it was the same story.

The history of Sony phones with that state have stayed that way, as far as I'm aware

This means, once (optimistic) we get root you will only be able to flash stock based roms

Considering rooting newer versions of android seem to be getting more difficult, finding a way to bypass the bootloader is going to be near impossible...never say never but don't hold your breath.

The only Sony phone I had where the bootloader got unlocked unofficially was the X10 mini pro (beast phone) & that is when they were still Sony Ericsson & over 2 years after release (luckily back then you could flash CM / AOSP etc with locked bootloader, not any more though!)

Best bet is, give the phone back & buy it from a reseller like Clove / Handtec if unlocking the bootloader is that important to you & its not a contract deal you're after (or get sim only contract or something...PAYG FTW)

Otherwise, remember this for next time...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
What phroenix said is true.

From Xperia T (2012) onwards, there's no chance to get the bootloader unlocked if you read "bootloader unlock allowed: no".

[MENTION=2999836]davestuarts[/MENTION] Your old customization was 1289-4465 (T-mobile/EE) so I'm making a new FTF for you with that old firmware, let's try this way ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] davestuarts:
Thanks istux, appreciate the help and less stress feeling.

Tha
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [MOD][OCT 21] MultiROM v29

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiranvj:
recovery issue!

I'm facing a weird issue! When i try to flash an android l preview based rom as a primary rom,it gets stuck at formatting systems!...its fine with kitkat roms! i can't solve this! please help me ! :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeGenDz R3DeaDz:
Hi, I have android l preview has secondary rom and I would like to know how to root it or flash a .zip for it. Thank you!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riyad Pradhan:
If I flash any .zip file by recovery. In which rom it will be installed? is it primary rom or secondary?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
If you use the Install, Backup or Wipe options when you first get to recovery are your internal (primary) rom.

All secondary roms are located in Multirom/manage roms/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] memylo:
Please help me.

I installed multirom from the appstore, (rooted my phone before) - then pressed install there - phone rebooted into twrp and then rebooted again. and then it was stuck into the booting screen or how you call it (1+1 logo without any animation). what should i do now? how do i get this fixed? i need my phone back!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
Strange, I would try restoring your nandroid and flashing a patched kernel and MultiRom in recovery.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] memylo:
Can you explain me how to do this stuff? I installed a uninstall zip for multirom and did a factory reset and was able to install paranoid android, but i want to go back to the stock cm11s. The rom provided by Cynogenmod gives me a error with invladid meta inf.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
First make sure your bootloader and radio are up to date.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priegog:
Regarding Tassadr's recovery flashable zips, I have one question: what will happen with google OTA updates? Since the recovery is not overwritten, I assume they wouldn't exactly work as usual. Any insight or precautions I should take?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stumpy352:
So, these factory image zips don't have a recovery? And won't wipe my data/sdcard correct? So I 'should' be able to dirty flash over the dev preview. Or if not, I will at least still have my custom recovery to restore a nandroid?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhlexPlexico:
So I flashed the lollipop stock rom, threw on super su and francos kernel as secondary rom, but I cannot connect to wifi. Any idea how to fix wifi?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osric Fernandes:
The problem seems to be related to DHCP. I clicked on the advanced option and entered a static IP instead of DHCP and I was able to connect.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Polv89:
Why I can't see multirom boot menu? I press and hold volume up or down but nothing, why?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistaEast:
TWRP Splash

I'm trying to replace the curtain on team win. ive done it before on a different device (no multirom) by unpacking it with (http://www.techknow.me/forum/index.php?topic=6816.0) replacing the curtain.jpg with my custom one, repacking with the same program, and then flashing through flashify. (twrp manager didnt work. no idea why. and the phone couldnt fastboot flash so i couldnt test that, but flashify worked and it replaced the curtain perfectly). my nexus 5 w/ multirom recovery doesnt work though. unpack works. changing curtain works. repack works. but no method of flashing it works. no matter how i flash it, i dont seem to have a recovery. (booting to recovery sticks me at the google screen with the padlock) does anyone have success replacing the curtain or have any clue what im doing wrong? or if its possible?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
I followed this guide and everything worked the first try. I've repacked quite a few now with no problems.

http://goo.gl/EWw71q

Bonus: you can flash recovery with the Material twrp theme.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistaEast:
I couldnt get android kitchen working this way. Idk what i did wrong but it wasnt unpacking the file at all. So i found a work around with the program i linked to. You just unpacked, replaced, repacked, and flashed the multirom recovery and it worked?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
Yep works no problem. I was able to use that method on Linux Mint and right on my Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistaEast:
Last question, Did u do it on a windows machine as well? I know Kitchen is a lot easier to install/works better on linux.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
No, I don't use Windows at all.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistaEast:
I eventually just made a virtual machine running Mint and did it that way. Simple
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thereal_bigjake:
Nice!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csheri:
5.0

I'm using Android 5.0 stock and rooted. Will the Multirom recovery and kernel install properly?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikslawlok:
Yes

Envoyé depuis Dirty Unicorns 8.2 - 101% FR
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhanush K:
Android 5.0 on multirom

iam using cynogenmod 11 on my nexus 4 with multirom installed.

Can i install android 5.0 factory image (.zip) file and use it as multirom beween andoid 5.0 and cynogen mod?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASHURiCAN:
Good question, exactly same for me but on Nexus 5 ^^
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RottenG:
Everything is lost now?

My primary and other android ROMs wont work. I dont have backup of the original. I have working Ubuntu touch dev ROM. Is there any ways to fix this problem? With OTG USB or something?

Got everything fixed by following the next steps:

______________________________________

For this process, you will need to:

Install adb and fastboot drivers. To do this, use this simple program

For MAC users *Note: MAC users will have to write ./ before every command in this thread. For example : ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Download the latest factory images.

Extract the archive you downloaded (Use WinRAR).

Unlock your bootloader (In case you haven't already)

Flashing the factory images

1. Power off your phone.

2. Boot it in fastboot by pressing and holding Power Button + Volume Down at the same time.

3. Connect your phone to your PC through your USB cable.

4. Execute the flash-all.bat script (for Windows) or flash-all.sh(for MAC and LINUX) in the folder where you extracted the factory images. !! For MAC: You'll have to edit the flash-all.sh, and add "./" before every fastboot command.

5. Wait for everything to flash.

(I didnt have to do the next steps)

(6. After everything finished, select "Recovery" using the volume buttons.

7. Then a small dead Android appears, press Power Button + Volume UP.

8. Select "Wipe data/factory data reset"

9. Reboot. Your phone should be stock.)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4boky:
What determines whether a rom would work or not as a secondary rom? Would a rom have to have multirom compatibility and/or a specific kernel needs to be included in the rom?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bm19981217:
No, any rom can be secondary, only primary has to have a kexec-hardboot patched kernel. Some Lollipop roms can't be flashed as secondary but you can swap roms so it's secondary without a problem (at least I didn't have any) :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4boky:
Swapping roms worked! However, I had to go into the rom list in recovery and remove boot.img before it could boot up. Rom I used is unofficial CM12.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suhaas:
Media is not getting detected at all. Please help..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icekron123:
Hello everyone! I have a problem: If you are installing a second ROM from backup - I have bootloop. If I installing like .zip - all good. If I do a swap - The first load and the second heve bootloop. I apologize for my english, it's very bad :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zenolijo:
Mine didn't brick when trying to update to 5.0.1, rather TWRP refused to update the zips.

Could someone give us zips that are flashable?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ziain:
I'm running 2 secondary ROMs without problem (actually works a lot better than I expected). I now want to swap my primary with one of my secondaries but I get a message saying I don't have enough space, I need 4gb but there is only 2gb(ish), however when I check how much free space is available I can see just over 6.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HisokaJ:
Great work

Thanks a lot for creating this, exactly what I needed to play around with ROMs
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hodragon:
The icon of the third ROM is distorted (For any icon).

Also Dirty Unicorns does not boot as a secondary ROM.

Other than that no problems, thanx al ot for the effort
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickjmickj:
@ drgreenth

I cannot copy links yet however you have to find the guide on wiki.merproject.org and follow multirom intructions, you have to install CM11+sailfish OS together through multirom

cheers

mickj
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Byt3r:
A fun one...

I'm in a bit of pickle where I've lost my IMEI but only on stock-based roms.

The bullet points to the story are...

1. Started with a stock-based rom of 4.4.4 as the only installed OS. Ran this for the last six months.

2. Added MultiRom and CataclysmRom to try out Lollipop.

3. Added CyanogenMod 12 through MultiRom into its own slot. (Three installs now)

4. Used MultiRom's menu in TWRP to swap slots between Cataclysm and the (Internal) Stock KK.

5. Ultimately miss too many Xposed modules so I install a new stock 4.4.4 rom over the old one (now in a secondary slot) to have a clean install.

6. Boot into the new 4.4.4 install and it can't read the IMEI. Balls.

Both the Cataclysm and CM12 installations work just fine. I've swapped them around in and out of the internal position. I've taken a backup (with TWRP) of the EFS and cache while Cataclysm was in the internal slot and tried restoring it over the KK rom. Nothing makes that stock KK rom pick up the IMEI again.

I can install CM11 in its place and it works fine but I'd really rather run stock. I'm hesitant to use the factory image because I'll lose the working installations.

Does anyone have any other ideas? Why can Lollipop and CM11 roms read the EFS? Did the partition layout change between Android 4.4 and 5? Does MultiRom copy the EFS (or cache) when making new slots?

edit: Some prior work on the subject...

This guy seems to have my problem in reverse:

https://plus.google.com/118209934269106595859/posts/dKuxRj6dYHP

(I did flash the 4.4.4 (KTU84P) radio onto it, but shouldn't that be in the rom anyways?)

A suggestion to flash just the stock cache.img. It didn't work.:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53948470&postcount=38