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[Sony Xperia L] EternalXDA:
which stock firmware you were using before flashing this rom? you should know that this is necessary for flashing custom roms to first update to the latest stock firmware android 4.2.2. and after that, you're good to flash custom roms.
[Sony Xperia L] Saif Ansari:
Anyone running the beta 4?

Reviews would be appreciated. :)
[Sony Xperia L] hhrokarvi:
No bugs encountered by me. Using it for the past hour now. Camera works. WiFi is stable now. The CM changes are good. No FC's yet.

Download it bro!!
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
Are u using stock kernel? I haven't faced any issues with camera in stock kernel..
[Sony Xperia L] Lazzard3:
Do you need a full wipe if you are updating from beta 3 to 4?
[Sony Xperia L] hhrokarvi:
Of course brother. ThunderZap 4.10 is not compatible with Beta 4. Varun will release 4.11 later.
[Sony Xperia L] stconquer:
How about in-call audio?
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
Things I have seen are pretty good with beta 4 but the problem with Wi-Fi is still there.. No Mac address is available please help me out I hadthe same problem in beta 3
[Sony Xperia L] dangminhduc92:
thank!

Cố gắng lên câc ban! I love you! Thank all!
[Sony Xperia L] cacafaruq:
goood

how about gps bro?
[Sony Xperia L] rostifaner:
Gps working fine
[Sony Xperia L] hhrokarvi:
Clean install it. It will go away..
[Sony Xperia L] nishuksd:
Hi,

I'm on stock JB 4.2.2(Rooted and Unlocked BL). Want to come to CM12, which kernel I should flash first so that I can install CM12?

From any of the Kitkat kernels can I flash?

And also as i have seen people talking about calculator bug, please anybody post calculator.apk from beta3....
[Sony Xperia L] ersyadiaz:
do you guys find any annoying bugs in beta4? is it ready for daily use to most of people?
[Sony Xperia L] EternalXDA:
yes. any recovery from kitkat kernels gonna work for flashing cm12.
[Sony Xperia L] Zed686:
Hey, can you share me calc apk from beta 3?
[Sony Xperia L] varun.chitre15:
Any reports on the experimental fixes implemented? Especially the audio quality and distortion issues.
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
Help! Beta 4 issues.

1. I did clean install a clean install via philZ recovery, that option that say clean to install new ROM, and I cleaned dalvik/art chache, reebooted, there was boot loop so i removed my battery, after that I went to recovery and there is cyanogen recovery which isn't working (I tried full wipe/factory reset option but it didn't work) please give me a link to installable zip of good recovery that you use. Did I do something wrong? Help.

2. Wi-Fi isn't working.
[Sony Xperia L] aleksander002:
@Up

Right, this recovery is like a stock. There's nothing to do. Extract bootlp from thunderZap and flash it via Flashtool. Cm recovery gives error while flashing whole package.

BTW, radio FM not working. Some sound effects in Audio FX also. But I know, these bugs are related to CyanogenMod itself.

EDIT: I didn't know ThunderZap 4.10 is not compatible with Beta 4. Anyway, it's working for me, so.. :D
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
I don't have a laptop right now, is there any other any way? To install philZ recovery..?

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Have u tried mobile uncle tools?
[Sony Xperia L] coolswap11:
Checking various scenario's will let us know once done... Till now it seems to be same as before on the contrary i never had any audio issues with ROM or i never observed them....Also Screen scan effect issue has too increased from earlier beta release to considerably amount... Beta 3 didn't had much screen scan issues...
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
I haven't seen any noise disturbance in my phone and the screen scan never happened in beta 4, but in my case WiFi isn't working.
[Sony Xperia L] varun.chitre15:
Simply 'WiFi isn't working' doesn't help. You need to elaborate your problem in detail.
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
I posted whole thing I did '_' but yeah, it is just not switching on, like Bluetooth shows turning on Bluetooth, but in WiFi the switch remains in switch on position but if I move back and again enter in setting its in switch off position

In nutshell: IP address and Mac is unknown
[Sony Xperia L] varun.chitre15:
Did it work for you in previous beta builds? Are you on latest modem?
[Sony Xperia L] sameerhasan70:
Calculator app from beta 3
[Sony Xperia L] aleksander002:
Simply flash this package via recovery and reboot. Wipe not needed. ;)
[Sony Xperia L] nirmalbal18:
Aleksander, I have flash the zip file but still its the same problem with the insufficient storage and cannot. download or update the apps on the playstore.
[Sony Xperia L] XperiaAwesome2000:
Will an Update for the Orginal AOSP come ?
[Sony Xperia L] ArnauGonzalez98:
Just click where its says: "clear defaults" in app info screen

It means that when you first select a launcher, you say tht it will be forever. By clearing default you will be able to select a new installed launcher

Luck!

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Have you tried to enable unknown sources in security settings?

Luck!
[Sony Xperia L] ileeba7:
Great rom very fluid and fast. But I got RILJ wakelock, it prevents deep sleep for me.

Does someone else got this?
[Sony Xperia L] pramodmd:
Awsome ROM BTW...thanks Varun.....but Phone crashes everytime when camera is launched:crying:
[Sony Xperia L] coolswap11:
Apps from sd card not loaded

I have observed a bug the apps moved to sd card doesn't get loaded when the device is restarted. We have to reinstall them again or keep the app on internal memory . Because of this bug i am able to install less number of apps on the device....
[Sony Xperia L] aleksander002:
So it looks like it's a bug hidden somewhere in system. In this thread we can read a lot of various bug reports. In this case all of us have to wait for release next STABLE.
[Sony Xperia L] ecko00920:
everything works fine! but i have some problems

storage~ moving apps to sd card won't work

flash light won't turn off once you turn it on

i wish the storage problem would be fixed soon!

also i wanna ask why the storage's space was reduced? ( internal storage 8gb >4gb) also why cant you move apps to internal storage instead? sorry, i'm a newbie to this stuffs :crying::fingers-crossed:

anyway! thank you!!~ :good:
[Sony Xperia L] t.martykan:
Bug reporting

Why has OP disabled Bug reporting?
[Sony Xperia L] rakz992:
Has anyone got root working with es file manager ??
[Sony Xperia L] t.martykan:
Yep. You just reboot to recovery, and there is a option to root (under Advanced or somewhere).
[Sony Xperia L] Dinesh777:
Thanks for your reply Aditya. I already flashed it for four to five times. But still wifi didnt worked for me. :( That's why i posted it and asked for help. Can you (or anybody) please explain the brief steps you did to install this. Because i don't have much experience in this. :)
[Sony Xperia L] ecko00920:
i already rooted mine and event grant permission to es file manager but i can't seem to make root explorer work, it says the feature is not supported in my device

can you help me? :/
[Sony Xperia L] uremytoy:
maybe bcoz it wasnt yet updated for L?
[Sony Xperia L] orestas21:
Error

set_metadata_recrusive: some changes failed

E: Error in /storage/sdcard1/cm12-20141114-UNOFICIAL taoshan.zip

(status 7)

E:instalation aborted.
[Sony Xperia L] Pudel89:
Everything works. Varun knows bugs but what about fast charge?

Battery is charging from AC like from USB (battery monitor shows ~200 to 280 mA).

Is there any fix for this or wait for Varun ?
[Sony Xperia L] Wazzzzaaaah:
[MENTION=6000978]orestas21[/MENTION]

Had the same issue. I downloaded the thunderzap kernel, extracted boot.img and flashed this via flash tool. Then I booted in recovery, full wipe, install cm12, install gaps, reboot. This worked for me.
[Sony Xperia L] AlphaBeta:
What is this miscalleneous bug?
[Sony Xperia L] Oscarm99:
Facing it too

And cant get into recovery it stucks at logo. Do I have to flash any special recovery?

Please help
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
1st thing I wanted to say I love you sir! Thanks for the ROM and nope never worked I tried on beta 3.

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I tried on beta 3, it never worked
[Sony Xperia L] varun.chitre15:
Since it never worked for you, that's a problem on your part.

You need to flash latest stock JB ftf and then flash CM12 for WiFi to work.
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Don't know what the hell these guys are saying, idk If it makes a differences but I'm coming from stock 1.17, WiFi and gps working fluently. BTW for the guy who posted calculator.apk from beta3, thanks a bunch!
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
Ohhh! I get it when I unlocked my bootloader I soft bricked my phone, and I think I used wrong version. Haha thanks but if every things is alright except the WiFi should I stay with this?

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Everything is perfect.
[Sony Xperia L] odood:
CM12 added feature

Plz add reverse tethering via USB for CM12 :)
[Sony Xperia L] MrBaker:
Trying to understand new zip

So I just download Beta 4 and I'm a little confused, when looking inside the zip:

I can't find any apks and there's a very big "system.new.dat" file.

The changelog includes "- Switched to Block Based flashable zip" and I don't know what that means, but I assume it's related.

Can anybody explain this, please?
[Sony Xperia L] :
It's a new format. I don't know what advantages there are but I'm also no fan of it. Extracting certain apps or files takes some extra steps.

Send from da hood
[Sony Xperia L] Kosa02:
Google search

Hi, may I ask you if is possible to remove google search bar from launcher without deleting velvet.apk?

Thank you Varun for your hard work it is awesome. :victory:
[Sony Xperia L] MrBaker:
But it's flashed the usual way? Flash boot.img and update from zip in recovery?
[Sony Xperia L] Zed686:
I still have anoying bug with wifi
[Sony Xperia L] ahsanaimad:
Did you do a clean install (/data and /cache wipe)?
[Sony Xperia L] ersyadiaz:
screen scanning bug is still there, even more often compared to Beta 2 (i havent tried beta 3 yet)

==============

after a few restarts, screen scanning is gone, i hope it wont come back anymore
[Sony Xperia L] Zed686:
:(No, i will try today:) Shame that camera doesn't work
[Sony Xperia L] AlphaBeta:
i guess almost all bugs are solved

but that flashlight bug is there not a big issue though

and the wifi bug occurs some time

rest it is perfect thankyou :D

we can now port lp based roms
[Sony Xperia L] Sadi82:
Help ... camera unfortunately stopped

i have problem with camera

i am on cm12 beta4 with tz11

when i start it it show

camera unfortunately stopped

any solution ???

please help me . . .

and the same error in calculator . . .
[Sony Xperia L] mohsen8710:
for calculator use calculate from beta 3.

and i hane no problem with Camera. everything works fine (till now)

. tanks varun :good:

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same problem

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no problem with wifi.

i advice u to do a clean install
[Sony Xperia L] Rockmins:
Just wanna know! is beta 4 good for daily use besides other mini bugs?
[Sony Xperia L] hhrokarvi:
Yes.. The mini bugs are not that annoying
[Sony Xperia L] krrish56:
you are best.thnq

Thanx varun
[Sony Xperia L] GCHOfficial:
Some nice fixes but the clock problem is still here. Any idea how I can solve that? I need my alarms and they don't work because of the clock crashes/stalls.
[Sony Xperia L] Stronger1101:
Hello.

I'm testing Beta 4 generally moves very well, but I found that there are 4 errors:

1- Calculator fc (but solved by installing Calculator beta 3)

2- The flashlight when turning does not turn. Install the application torch and all sorted)

3- FM Radio does not work (Deputy screenshot)

4- Do not send voice notes by whatsapp (the microphone button is pressed, but when you release the application crashes)

For now it is what I found. If anyone knows how to fix this, I appreciate the suggestions.

Send from my C2104 using XDA Premium HD app
[Sony Xperia L] hhrokarvi:
My FM Radio works fine.. Try using original Sony headphones or others?
[Sony Xperia L] Muzammil10:
Internal Memory Issue

Using CM12 Beta 4, it's great.

But after installing just few of imp apps, the internal memory got full

Also the apps installed are taking much more memory than usual

I heard it is due to ARTS, I dont know what it is.

Is there any solution to this???
[Sony Xperia L] Stronger1101:
Hi thanks for answering. Yes, I am using the original set.

What kernel are using?

Enviado desde mi C2104 usando XDA Premium HD app
[Sony Xperia L] hhrokarvi:
On stock kernel.

Try manipulating the radio frequencies and bands. Radio will work!

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No solutions, its the ROM and Lollipop!!

But try removing some system apps you don't use, try clearing dalvik/ART cache, or clean install it!
[Sony Xperia L] Stronger1101:
If no solution ... you must create an EXT4 partition on your sd memory, and use Link2SD to create symlinks. But before all this you must change all the names of the palicaciones installed.

Lollipop when you install the apk applications hosted on the route data / app / folder application. The problem is that by default rename all apk (base.apk) this creates a conflict by linking applications.

Solution.

example

Facebook

Base.apk> Katana.apk

If this is not done so, applications replace the previously moved by have the same name.
[Sony Xperia L] ishan.datar26:
Beta 4

i observed few problems in this beta 4-

1. Whatsapp audio note not working.

2. Retrica app not working for rear camera only

3. If i tap on guest user , phone reboots.

Otherwise ROM is smooth. No lags at all..No FCs except calculator app. (replaced by eta 3 version)
[Sony Xperia L] Stronger1101:
Problem solved.

Flash the kenel thunderzap 4.11 and I no longer have any bug of the before mentioned above.

Thanks to which I contributed suggestions.

Good day.
[Sony Xperia L] Yuri1613:
can someone send me calculator.apk from previous version? and why video recording doesn't working?
[Sony Xperia L] ali_asghar_v3x:
what is changlog

hi. tanks a lot..... please give us changelog
[Sony Xperia L] rafaelnfontoura:
How is video camera working? Is still lagging?
[Sony Xperia L] leos0:
Could someone upload radio.apk? because i flashed latest BlissPop rom and there isnt radio app :(
[Sony Xperia L] sabby006:
can anyone tell me how to fix the date and time issue.it has been bothering me alot.the time on the notification bar doesnt match withthe actual time in the settings
[Sony Xperia L] :
Are you building it from clean ryou base on CM 12 ? Beta 4 just announced . And please enable camera button functions , just like waking up straight to camera from sleep .
[Sony Xperia L] EasyCzT:
Is it normal, to be "awake" 100% time ?

Have CM12 Beta 4 + TZ 4.11 kernel, location off, wifi off, mobile data off, gps off, and still my device is permanently awake.

When you press battery and history details, my "Awake" bar is full, no blank spots, its just permanently awake and my battery is draining to hell.
[Sony Xperia L] nirmalbal18:
CM 12 stable questions.

Hi Guys...

I have been using jb for a while after flashing cm kitkat and cm 12 betas rom but due to many little bugs and the main 1 with internal storage so i had to revert back to jb again for stable use.

Qs.

-Is the internal storage issue solved as in previous cm 12 betas i tried clean install several times but the issue was still there.

-Is there any lockscreen freeze issue.

- Whenever i do a clean install only the android folder in the internal storage is formatted and the rest r as it. That was a noob question. :D
[Sony Xperia L] subhankar.2608@gmail.com:
Latest cyanogenmod12

cm12 din't come pre rooted..Is there a way to root it?
[Sony Xperia L] bimaindramulya:
Ask

Can you tell me link download for "flash lollipop gapps zip" ?
[Sony Xperia L] igohenrique:
Go to Config > About > Tap a few times in Build Number > After Developer Options is unlocked, change Root Access to Apps only. After that, download SuperSU from playstore, update binaries and you're ready to go.

Google "gapps 5.0". It'll redirect you to a thread here in XDA.
[Sony Xperia L] ravirajpoot:
any one know why beta 4 network indicator icon with ! Exclamation mark ?

and no data icon like G H H+ or data incoming outgoing ?
[Sony Xperia L] yigit97:
Google Camera not work BETA 4 :@
[Sony Xperia L] Sadi82:
Camera didnt work with me

then i deleted app data

it works

you can try that

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any solution for whatsapp audio message ?
[Sony Xperia L] yigit97:
did not work
[Sony Xperia L] mvv1277:
Working fine for me. I have google camera and 1p1 camera, both works well.

DId you perform clean install?
[Sony Xperia L] yigit97:
Yes but still did not work I'll be mad

I can not upload again ROM because faulty Recovery

please help me?

I am very angry Varun
[Sony Xperia L] mvv1277:
It's not Varun's fault. It's CM's fault.

You can flash Thunderzap 4.11's bootlp.img via PC and it'll have working recovery.

Then flash lollipop again and don't forget to flash TZ 4.11 together , so next time you'll have working recovery.
[Sony Xperia L] yigit97:
I hope it works
[Sony Xperia L] kumardeepu:
Long press in home,select 3 dots, in homescreen settings make it off search bar.

(sorry for my bad english)
[Sony Xperia L] pradeepunde:
Help installing Beta 4

I am on Beta 3 as of now. I am a bit confused from earlier Q&A messages. I have Philz recovery that I am using right now. So, do I need to do anything special apart from usual procedure? Would there be any recovery related issues once I install Beta 4? Following is what I am planning to do

1. Of course, download the Beta 4 and latest GApps (maybe) ;)

2. Boot into recovery (would be Philz as of now), backup existing ROM then wipe /cache, /data, /system, ART cache etc.

3. Install ROM and GApps

4. Reboot

Questions are:

Does the above seem correct or anything has changed now?

Would my recovery be changed after this to CM recovery? If yes, do I need to download the TZ 11 and install that?

Please point to anything that I might have missed..

Thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia L] mvv1277:
Hi,

1. Yes, your procedure is correct.

2. After you flash beta 4 , your recovery will be changed to cyanogen recovery which is buggy.

SO , you need to flash TZ 4.11 to get working recovery.

My advice would be:

1. flash Cm12 beta 4.

2. flash gapps

3. flash TZ 4.11. and then start your phone. :)
[Sony Xperia L] Sadi82:
hello

any one try to send audio message in whatsapp with beta4 ???

i couldnt
[Sony Xperia L] mvv1277:
Hi,

Many people has reported it as not working so ya, its a bug.
[Sony Xperia L] pradeepunde:
Thanks for quick response and yes, it does help! Could you let me know the link for TZ 4.11 please.
[Sony Xperia L] Sadi82:
here you will find rom and tz11 links

http://thunderzap.in/downloads/
[Sony Xperia L] pradeepunde:
Thanks!
[Sony Xperia L] GCHOfficial:
Seriously, no one else is experiencing the clock problem? Everything else is working fine for me but the clock and it's just annoying.. I really need my alarm function to work.
[Sony Xperia L] Lazynestor:
Working fine for me ....
[Sony Xperia L] shubhamb12:
wifi error

wifi doesnt get disconnected automatically even if we move out of coverage area or if we shut down the wifi source.....and if we restart our wifi on device ...it couldnt connect to any wifi...untill nd unless we dont restart our phone....

pls help....its really annoying to restart the phone everytime to connect to a wifi
[Sony Xperia L] Gigi87f1:
System camera app doesn't save video, but only photos.

Is it a bug? Some way to solve it or maybe I will try with a 3rd party app.
[Sony Xperia L] Stronger1101:
just pass me, anyone know how this is solved? And something else. Why when I try to make voice memos on whatsapp, if the headset is not connected the application freezes and stops working the option of recording?

Tanks

Send from my C2104 using XDA Premium HD app
[Sony Xperia L] Gigi87f1:
I solved the Whats App audio bug.

1) update Whatsapp

2) disinstall default voice recorder with Link2SD and reboot phone

3) if you need another recorder download "Best voice recorder"from Play Storie

4) now to send audio with Whatsapp press the clip button and choose " audio"

For me works
[Sony Xperia L] ekoekonim:
bugs bugs bugs

-im still getting the scanning on locker, but it doesnt annoy me that much,

-music app is okay on my first system boot, after the second, i kee getting the error "music stopped working"

-internal storage has too much little space upon first boot? :v

-and using other camera app like camera 360 it sometimes cant connect to camera

-connecting and disconnecting to wifi is still not stable

other than that everything seems to work fine! and good work with the beta 4, i love the fact that fm is now supported! <3
[Sony Xperia L] kyasa85:
Got same problem here but it's connected with some app update don't know witch one yet

Wysłane z mojego C2105 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Sony Xperia L] updatedpie:
Don't kill me for this.

I did a mistake that was I installed cm12 on 4.1.2's kernel.. And I wasn't having the same issues as you guys mentioned, the camera, the clock, the alarm, the crashes. I was thinking what if the older kernel is far more stable than the new one, maybe Sony guys ducked up? Is there any chance you can make things better writing with old kernel?

Don't judge me, not a developer! :D

PEACE OUT FELLAS!

P.S. I love you.
[Sony Xperia L] millenium19:
Bug:

Bluetooth car audio system.

With this ver 4 phone reboot itself, many times. When bluetooth is off its stable. Tests with kernel 4.11.
[Sony Xperia L] lleuname:
Guys...

" WhatsApp is not compatible with Android ART. If you attempt to use WhatsApp with ART you may need to factory reset your phone."

From official whatsapp channel. O just got this message when opening the app... (it was an update... And my app is from the official whatsapp site, not from playstore)

So... Hope this help, because of the ART compatibility
[Sony Xperia L] nirmalbal18:
Posting in Q & A is useless.

Recently i posted a couple of questions but still no 1 had time to answers those by helping some 1 to intall lollipop. Even i know that the developers are doing great job by providing lollipop to XL users,but still with all these bugs it hard to use.

Posting in QA doesn't solve problems.

If the problems and bugs still exist in beta so they should not be uploaded unless the bugs are properly solved as again reverting back to KK or JB is time consuming.
[Sony Xperia L] igohenrique:
As you can see, Android L for Xperia L is in Beta stage. Not Nightly, not M, but beta. The dev can't replicate all the issues the rom will present. If you don't want to face any bugs that are present in L (which is Beta), go back to JB, because even KK's got bugs.
[Sony Xperia L] racoon13:
Thank you very much for the great job varun!

Today I installed the first time a custom rom for my Xperia L (c2105): cm-12-20150112-UNOFFICIAL-taoshan.

I have tested a lot and it works great, except for wifi connection in the 5 GHz band (2.4 GHz band works).

The ssid list doesn't show entries for 5 GHz access points and manual input does not work too.

Edit:

Sorry, I forgot something to tell: I could not install the zip package with the boot.img. I have got the

message, that this package is only for c2104/c2105 and my device is not one of them. The correct output was:

"this device is .". Using the boot.img inside cm-11-20150112-EXPERIMENTAL-taoshan works. So I have used it for

installation the cm12-package.
[Sony Xperia L] josfr4ncisco:
How can I update the ROM without having to flash a KK kernel first?