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[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahendru1992:
Okay, this I didn't read in any of the reviews.

-So only pandora lockscreen controls are gone or even play music?

-Hmm, and so we can't even expand those notifications? Maybe there's a setting for it? I don't know lol

-Well I'm sure this bug will get solved....hopefully

Anything else you didn't like?
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mykenyc:
I agree with some of your points here, but to be honest for me it isn't lollipop that is lacking it is the Moto g, deep in my heart i love this device (mainly because of the battery life) but i don't think i can bare the 1 Gb of memory anymore and lack of development, i think the Nexus 5 got way more improvements and that's where all the excitement is coming from. The Nexus 5 was plagued with bad battery life and sub-par camera, audio latency was still bad (well this was a whole Android thing), etc and lollipop solved that. I think most of the excitement you are hearing is people with Nexus 4s and 5s, also a lot of new api's for developers. Yes there are things Google was retarded on removing, i'm hoping they listen to the community and add them back in 5.0.1. Oh and for what it is worth, for me certain apps on my Moto G would stutter like going into menus etc, like Tinder for instance on lollipop the stuttering is completely gone also i have more free ram and i think the battery life improved a little bit more.

[edit] Okay i take back what i said, i just headed over to the Nexus 5 forum and a lot of negative reviews too. I don't know, i don't really have no complaints of it on the G just wish i had more memory, but i knew what i was getting myself into.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastorbob62:
The memory issue is a big one for many folks, but I haven't seen any problems (so far) in the six weeks I've had my phone. I don't foresee it becoming a problem since the way I use doesn't tax the memory limits. The most demanding app I use is Hay Day, and it runs quite well. It does crash on occasion but it also crashes on my wife's Galaxy S-4, her TF-700 tablet and my TF-300T tablet as well, so that's an app issue not a device limitation. And I am extremely pleased with the phone performance. It is much improved over my previous phone.

But I can see how the memory would make a difference for many people. And if Lollipop helps then that is a good thing. However, it seems that we are giving up a lot to gain a little.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grdmking:
I was happy with JB & still like it. KK is a little better & I enjoy running it. However I don't care much for L. I tried hard to like it. It has a few features I liked but over all I didn't care for it. I think it is ugly for one & the bugs in 5.0 was driving me crazy.

I went back to KK for now.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hakkinan:
I only hope that Lollipop helps bring some development to this phone, because it is really lacking and that is starting to make me want to sell it.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastorbob62:
I understand your frustration with the lack of development. Overall I am happy with my phone on stock Kit-Kat with it unlocked and rooted. I am able to remove some of the bloat which helps a lot. But it would be nice to see a custom ROM that allows overclocking and tweaking of the system to improve stability.

As it stands, I will stay with Kit-Kat and not upgrade to Lollipop. I have read way too many complaints about it, and as I said earlier, when I tried it on my tablet I was not at all impressed.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
I really enjoy the Z2 camera experience but the slow shutter speed when using the on screen button started to bug me. I was intending on buying the Nexus 6 or Note 4 but they both left me feeling underwhelmed so I decided on the AM7.

In this thread I will be taking photos every opportunity I can and posting them here.

All photos will have the AM7 first and the Z2 second for continuity.

Auto mode or superior auto (Z2) will be used at all times and regardless of what anyone has to say about auto modes that's what most people use!

I will post from either phone when I can so every upload will be from the XDA app.

Please keep comments constructive

Any trolling or unacceptable comments will be reported to the moderator.

Enjoy the pics ;)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
AM7 is the first photo and the Z2 is the second one on both photos.

The photos were taken at 2330hrs with only an overhead standard bulb.

I describe these conditions as dingy at best. No flash used and auto mode used for both photos.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] hannanzikrea:
In ur opinion which phone is better ?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
Need more time. Only had the phone for a day.

From first impressions shutter speed is amazingly fast like iphone 6 fast or htc one. Low light pictures display some noise but the z2 does also. Framerate of camera app is similar to z2 so that's a good thing. More testing required but the handset is extremely high end and happy I went with this rather than nexus 6 or Note 4.

Screen and brightness is great and speaker is very loud indeed!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] wimmetje:
Nice looking forward to other comparisons
[Ascend Mate 7 General] deathknight:
Yes, looks very good ;) i'm gonna test it too ;)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
All additional photos would be greatly appreciated.

Let's keep this thread professional. Lots more photos taken today in bad light. I must say I am impressed. I was very worried about the camera from what reviews had said but it's a good sensor and looks like huawei did a good thing by not using too much processing etc.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
I have more z2 photos but decide to sell it and keep my AM7 so you can find more of my photos here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2916970

I will be uploading more comparisons but not immediately
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mirchichamu:
People are complaining about Huawei's poor cameras but these photos are comparable to any phone. Not so bad.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
These people who are saying the camera is bad are talking rubbish I took some amazing shots today http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2916970 I am using the European model so no idea if its different to the chinese version
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mirchichamu:
Thanks. My worries are now removed regarding camera. I am going to order one soon. Good luck.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white7561:
Hi. Im using gaxy grand 2 ( SM-G7102 ) with android kitkat. I wanna know how to disable dvfs from kernel. And add more current to charging.. Thx.

If you like my post.. Dont say thanks... Click the Thanks Button :)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
Mine for screenshots
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Gothdroid-Team:
The ROM will soon be available GothDroid's website
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
First post updated with links for 5.0.2 Validus initial builds ...
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
1) Multirom compatible Kernel ?

2) GPS OK ? (only problem with 5.02 Rom from "qsnc" but solved by polloamids rom )

3) HDMI ?

4) Camera ?

5) Stereo Sound ?

6) Known Bugs ?

[MENTION=5265704]Alx31TLse[/MENTION]

Did you test it already ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
no i didn't had time to.

yes its compatible multi rom as i have linked kernel sources u can follow it and see its kexec patched.

for others bugs just flash and report i have no time to flash my devices these dayz
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
[MENTION=3859635]varben[/MENTION]

wassup buddy?

time to flash here if u wanna give a go ;)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Lupin The Third:
I would love too, but I don't have my tablet z anymore.

I'm thinking of a new tab in the future, a tab z2, or something even better :)

Right now I'm "busy" with my new oneplus one. :)

Nonetheless great job of yours!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
aw dats sad :( u quiting sony squad... :p

enjoy 1+ bro!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Lupin The Third:
I will be back :)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
What say the 2 named contributers with TabletZ , i hope they test the Rom ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
you "hope" ?!?!? why?

well hey buddy i don't break your arm to flash this, and its FAR to be my first rom! , if u don't wanna break anything just don't flash it.

im just too busy now to flash it, or u wait, or u don't flash...simple as that.

BTW as its booting and working perfect on my Yuga (Z), and so for Odin (ZL) wich are same platform....means same kernel sources "fusion3" i don't see why its not gonna work...

regards.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
I have installed omnirom 4.4.4 with Multirom- TWRP 2.8.1

Can i flash your Rom without a PC ? (No PC with me)....

How ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
my tester just flashed it....it boots up so...

from omnirom KK sure u can but if u wanna come back KK u gonne need a pc, cuz cm lollipop recovery is broken for all devices, u need to fastboot a KK boot.img in order to get back working recovery
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
But how exactly to flash ?

1. Place the ROM on your SD-Card.

2. Extract boot.img included in zip and fastboot flash it via Flashtool or CMD

3. Reboot to recovery.

4. Wipe data-factory reset/cache partition/dalvik cache

5. Flash the ROM.

Did i need 2.) ??

or can i directly go to TWRP an flash your .zip ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
I think it's a good idea to wipe system too. I initially used the boot.img (I actually used the CM11 one) as I'd screwed up my recovery by installing the latest TWRP 2.8.4.0 on the fota partition, I think that version is faulty. But I tried installing TWRP 2.8.1.0 on fota once up and running and screwed it up again! (black screen when trying to boot to recovery). So I flashed a stock ftf, booted and flashed an omnirom boot.img with fastboot, booted into it (2.8.1.0) and flashed this rom no problem. So I guess if you already have TWRP, you'll be ok!

*edit* Oh no! My recovery got overwritten with Cyanogenmod recovery. (No options to install zips) Hoping I can get TWRP back...

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
well ...i have to modify steps, because as included recovery into lollipops kernel, i was wishing cyanogen fix their sh*t, but it semms they are not gonna fix it soon, is broken, u can't flash anything from it, or else from sideload.

better way is:

From a fastboot flashed cm11 (yeah KK) boot.img (or if u already are on a cm11/or based rom with working recovery)

u boot into recovery

make a nandbackup

wipe data factory reset+wipe cache partition+wipe dalvik cache

flash rom+gapps

reboot

let settle

reboot once again...

Huge thanks to [MENTION=4728887]scoobyjenkins[/MENTION] for testing and spending whole afternoon to try flashing and freak out lolz :p
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] GretaLewd:
Lollipop links wrong way round

BEWARE !!!! The links in the OP for the Lollipop ROMs are the wrong way round :eek:

The pollux one goes to pollux_windy, and the pollux_windy one goes to Pollux

I nearly flashed the pollux to my wifi-only 311 :eek: UPDATE : Links sorted :good:

UPDATE : Flashed, booted (took a few minutes for first boot - be patient!), No GPS. Not had time to try anything else.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
f*ck...thanks a lot i will modify it right now, i was doing 30 things at same time...

sorry about that

EDIT

its done.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Well I think I'm getting somewhere... After having my recovery overwritten, I flashed stock ftf again, booted, flashed omnirom boot.img (TWRP 2.8.1.0) and flashed Pacman Rom 4.4. Then I booted to recovery and it was once again overwritten by cwm. So I booted to system, used the fota install method for TWRP 2.6.0.0 and hey presto! It was successful. So I'm guessing later versions won't stick if flashed for the first time. I was on TWRP since 2.6.0.0 and have updated using fota method ever since. So now I've installed this rom again and will see if I can get TWRP 2.6.0.0 to stick, then maybe update...

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
Yeah...since 2.8 i guess none booting at sony squad
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Well whaddya know! After installing this rom I booted to recovery and it's TWRP 2.6.0.0! It stuck. Nice.

*edit* Updating to 2.8.1.0 gave me a black screen again so I guess it's back to 2.6.0.0

*edit2* I booted to system again and installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 again and it stuck again. Guess I'll stick with that for now...

*edit3* 2.7.1.0 is ok too.

*final edit* I went through all the versions from 2.7.1.0 to 2.8.1.0 and they all worked except 2.8.1.0, so the latest working version for me is 2.8.0.1!

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
Well thanks a lot, i guess varben already mentioned but i keep that in mind and will try implement that version in further builds.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
How to Flash Validus 7 without touch the TWRP which is maybe installed ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
hummmm....
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
Is the TWRP wihich in included in your rom.zip ignored by this way ?

I am confused that sometimes TWRP ist flashed with Zip (Omnirom) sometimes not.

Any idea why GPS not running while same platform as Z and ZL ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
I've been enjoying playing with this, something I noticed not working besides sound is the microphone and bluetooth. I have a guitar tuner app and it said it couldn't connect to microphone. I also tried sending a file to the tablet via Bluetooth and it failed. The tablet didn't detect any devices either. Also I tried to play several videos on YouTube and it said it couldn't play.

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
no i have no idea why gps don't work but as its an initial release, next build i will include fixes; the recovery is included in kernel (boot.img)

on my roms for now its cm recovery wich is broken for all models as mentionned earlier

its included in kernel, except when u flash it into fota partition.

ok brotha ...will see what i can do.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Cheers! It's still hella smooth with all my apps installed. I took a risk and restored data from my Pacman backup and it worked, so all accounts have their apps and settings! I just removed incompatible apps like themes and xposed and adjusted some settings. Something that I didn't expect was I had previously set navbar height on main account to 0dpi and it's still hidden. Also I set a lockscreen wallpaper which is still there, so I guess the option is hidden away in the code somewhere, even though I used theme manager to set the lockscreen wall on Pac. For the other accounts I've hidden navbar with expanded desktop (hid navbar only on all apps). We all like LMT pie!

Thanks again for all your help yesterday. If I'd realised installing an older TWRP would have fixed my recovery (one version earlier in fact) I could have avoided flashing stock! But had a nice clean start at least.

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
no prob brotha...

no its not hidden somewhere in code, its just not added yet, so yeah u restore lets say lockscreen wall , but if u wanna change it back to stock u f*cked loll these are such features being added slowly
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Yep, I knew it was a risk but I'm happy with my setup for now. If I mess something up, I will only have myself to blame!

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
Thanks for testing !

Seems that the 5.02 Rom an Code from "qsnc" is the best at this time. Only GPS does not run...

Hope the devs help each other to make togehter the best Code to make run all the Hardware in TabletZ. Hopefully HDMI will also run in Future...

Sony Xperia Tablet Z(SGP311)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Fooox1:
BT and GPS runs (SGP321), after a few seconds 13 of 18 satellites.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
I think that is correkt for SGP321 LTE but not really for SGP311 pollux_windy ?!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Gothdroid-Team:
For your information we will soon migrate sources on the build server.

The connection will be best for DL sources.

And save time for compilation.

Normally, next weekend the server should be operational build.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] astrovale:
Sound not working for me: all music apps crash and it won't even play notification sound.

Clean flashed (of course) but I got cyanogen recovery (!!). What have I fine wrong?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Try install TWRP 2.8.0.1 (anything more recent will break recovery but you can reinstall 2.8.0.1) using fota install method, worked for me. I think sound and media playback is broken for everyone at the moment.

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] astrovale:
Where do I download TWRP? I don't seem to be able to find it for tablet Z!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Pollux_Windy TWRP here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/185

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
Sound will be fixed on next update, also, CM theme engine is merged...update is started, will provide a build maybe tomorrow =)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Gothdroid-Team:
Well you migrated when your sources on the server I have a little something to do

:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
I will help you...well ...will try lmao!

One luv for the network adminostrator!...and once this is done, will try to implement this freaking twrp, wich can allow us to give ota updates...well...3 months of work ahead hahahahha
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
9 days ago......

Problem to fix bugs, or no time ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
i made this build yesterday

Validus-LP-v7.0-2015-01-24-validus_pollux_windy.zip

But apparently ...bugz still there; if someone could confirm, i had no time to flash my own tab...:rolleyes:
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] andymg350:
On it!

Edit: unfortunately sound still broken, but more quick settings tiles!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
dats getting me upset, i made lot of changes, i don't understand why its not working....will figure out soon.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] andymg350:
I'm sure you will is there anything I can help with? Maybe try and get a logcat or something? Not sure how never really done it b4
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
yeah get me some logcats please i will see whats happening thx =)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
[MENTION=531031]andymg[/MENTION] is the gps working?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] andymg350:
Sorry [MENTION=5265704]Alx31TLse[/MENTION] I haven't been able to do any testing or debugging, i have personal reasons getting in the way ATM.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
no problemo sir
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] asweetlove:
systemui

kept getting systemui fc
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
im making a new build now to see if its fixed
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
Hopefully you are able to use all fixes from qsnc.

His dev-work is really great !
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
I didn't know his work was available to see...

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
??

I thought all his work is to find here ??

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/o...uer+%3Cgeorg.veichtlbauer%40gmail.com%3E",n,z
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Kernel sources?

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
What you think whats that : :)

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:merged+project:CyanogenMod/android_kernel_sony_apq8064,n,z
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Excellent! Missed that, thanks :)

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] phillipssat:
But qsnc he says nothing to "Multirom".

I would like to Use Rom from qsnc as very stable Master and test coming rom from Alx31TLse as second rom.

[MENTION=5265704]Alx31TLse[/MENTION]

You are able to compile a new Multirom ??

See here, Olivier has done good work !!!

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/orig-development/mod-multirom-v27-t2843976

http://build-server.com/olivier/yuga/multirom/

13/02/2015:

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)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
Im speaking with Oli often on hangouts, will see what i can do...

But i have to figure out why i have all these issues on tab z builds, i tried so many tricks, including qsnc commits...nothing helps, i will sort it out but tit will take some times
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Seki536:
Did the ROM installed via TWRP, but remains hanging on the Sony logo.

May no longer TWRP ...

Help .....
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
u cannot flash my latest builds with multirom...kernel wasn't kexec patched...

BTW guyz multirm is available on tab z, just tell me if its working good or if u have enough update as im on xperia multirom hangouts too...
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Seki536:
I can not go back, can not turn on USB debugging even more TWRP..
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
i am not sure BUT i think if u flash qsnc cm12 rom, then once its done, u fastboot flash

this boot image

on top of it (or any other 5.0.2 rom) and multirom will be available. This one is kexec patched, also if there another rom u wanna use as secondary but is not multirom compatible, simply replace boot.img inside zip package with this one...THIS IS A KERNEL FOR 5.0.2 ROMS ONLY...AND CM NOT STOCK

multirom is a kernel feature, so imo it will work.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Seki536:
How can I fix my device? Does anyone have an idea?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Which version did you install?

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Seki536:
First I've installed GZR Validus 7 ROM official builds (this one didn't work), so I've installed SGP311_10.4.B.0.577_Customized_NCB.

My tablet works again but with the standard ROM and andoid 4.3.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Ah, glad you got it sorted! I meant which version of Validus, the first LP one on AFH worked great for me except sound and recent builds booted and had sound but had system ui fc's. I did have an issue with not being able to boot into TWRP on a recent build but flashing the boot.img from the previous build and then installing TWRP on fota with Terminal Emulator once booted into system resolved it, I could reboot into recovery. The last available build lets you boot to recovery but has system ui fc's. It's being worked on very hard so check back here for an update if you love Validus!

*edit* By the way, the builds on AFH are test builds so be aware of that if you want everything working.

Tapatalked that shiznit.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Fooox1:
TWRP you get easily to the tablet. Add to Player Store TWRP Manager and invite it select the latest version. When selecting the WiFi variant used, also works with Lte devices. Runs perfectly.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Alx31:
Ok guyz here we go!... back in buisiness that lovely Tab!!!

New 5.1.1 build with EvoMix custom kernel and indeed its multirom compatible.

Validus-LP-v8.0-2015-05-01-validus_pollux_windy.zip

Im starting a Pollux build too by now =)

Changelog in under "about tablet" menu...no major bugs as of now!

Flash dat sh#t! =)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] scoobyjenkins:
Great to see Validus back! ?

Tapatalked that shiznit.