yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] millosr:
Facebook Lite can also be installed from play store.

Btw, I had a problem with phone reboot when facebook was updating. After facebook uninstall, facebook was showing up again when I reboot the phone.

So I found than there was 10 facebook subdirectories (com.facebook.katana-<x>) in /data/app directory. I delete them all and didn't have problem any more.

If any of you have similar problems - uninstall facebook, remove all com.facebook.katana-<x> from /data/app, and than install facebook lite.

Regular facebook app is to heavy for xperia s, it has lot of classes and 1 GB of ram is not enough to compile that classes for the art runtime, so swap is used.

That's why it takes so long to install facebook and installation can eventually fail or reboot the phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] quanmltya:
Same to me!

After reboot, I look at /data/ and found multiple facebook directories.

Just delete them all and install Facebook Lite!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] iiq374:
Marshmallow

Is it likely that nAOSP will be able to publish a marshmallow based ROM at some point in the future?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] origpumu:
I also found this katana entries in the past on my phone. Fb lite is not available in germany, thatswhy I posted the link to the apk mirror site.

Gesendet von meinem Xperia S mit Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] millosr:
Mickybart is already working on it.

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I had also some katana entries in the dalvik cache (/data/dalvik-cache/arm). They should be also deleted to free the space.

Clearing dalvik-cache from recovery can also clear them, but then all aps will be recompiled ("optimized") after reboot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kifinopoulo:
Random reboots

Hello guys, new here. I installed earlier this day naosp b27 for the first time. All went smoothly. However I am facing some random reboots (not many, 2 or 3 per day). I managed to grab logcats showing some errors but more significantly the wifistatemachine error. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zZprofessZz:
No Sim detected!

I have a day out and my phone was completely drain out. It was power on and off and find no Sim until I charge it about 20 hours and I managed to flash stock rom by Flashtool 0.9.19.8 (which is suspected to cause lost TA partition, althought I have excluded all TA partition).

The stock rom still detect no Sim and the notification LED blink strange light (it seems like a hardware error). I reflash nAOSP b27 but still no hope. It cannot register network and blinking strange light. I checked *#*#4636#*#* it report that still have signal but cant register network. Can manual detect network but cant connect too. I have include a "logcat -b Radio" in case it's useful. Please help me and sorry for my bad english.

I dont know how to attach file so I post link here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pdVezKibAjNkZKMnA4ekRXZGM/view?usp=sharing
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Is there any way to enable arrow keys while typing near soft keys without the help of xposed?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
Is this the best ROM available for Sony Xperia S?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Yes....in fact this is the only updated rom for xperia s.we all.are obliged to [MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION] for this.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
I've previously flashed my phone and another installed custom ROM. For some unknown reasons, I can't start up my phone. It keeps running the 'cyanogenmod' logo and nothing happened even after 15 minutes.

Can I flash this custom ROM instead?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Yes you can..read the op for how to install it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
Thanks!

Can you help me? I can even get my phone into the recovery mode because when I start up, it just keeps showing that 'Cyanogenmod'. How can I flash this custom ROM without getting into recovery mode?

And because I can't start up the phone, how am I going to backup its content? :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
What was the last thing you did to your phone?you are on which rom now
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
I can't remember; it's one of the custom ROMs on XDA. It is at least one year since I flashed that ROM.

I didn't do anything special. Just lately, it suddenly restarts on its own. It just goes crazy. :crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Then flash the stock official jelly bean rom by flashtool and start again with root and installing twrp
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zZprofessZz:
enter fastboot mode and flash Recovery.img extracted from rom or TWRP img
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
Thanks!! I managed to do this. Enter fastboot and flashed TWRP. And now I've flashed this ROM.

Now I need to get GApps into my phone but I don't know how.

I downloaded the GApps bundle and transferred it to my SD card, but somehow, I couldn't enter the recovery mode.

How can I enter the recovery mode? I tried pressing the power key, then the options were - Power off or Reboot.

I choose Reboot, then Recovery.

But nothing happens. It just restarts normally. I can't boot into recovery. :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nicofossa:
You must install the recovery in the fota partition in order to make it work correctly. Search in the first post of the main thread how to do that.

After that you should be able to enter in recovery pressing vol-up while the led on the top left is on at Sony logo (or just reboot into recovery as you have tried)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zZprofessZz:
install terminal command app and follow twrp fotakernrl instruction on their homepage. U can download terminal command through play store or download the apk file manually from internet. Just google it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
ok, I finally got everything working.

Can start the phone, can use the phone and have GApps installed.

but now, I can't charge my phone. :(

Please help.

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ah, I solved it now. I just need to tick Media device (MTP) under the USB computer connection. :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eros101:
ok, now I've another problem.

My phone doesn't have any sound. It can't play music, nor does it ring.

When I receive phone calls, it can only vibrate. No sound when the alarm goes off. :(

What should I do?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nicofossa:
Okay, it's a dumb question but have you checked the phone settings and volume levels?

Eventually, I found that if you switch on your phone when it is charging, sometimes you can't make calls/hear nothing! The solution is reboot the phone

Try to put in headphones and listen to the music; if you hear the music then may also be an hardware problem...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Panayotis:
Can not Boot anymore

Hello

I have a big problem with my Xperia S... It does not Boot anymore! And I think it does not charge anymore!

I thought my Xperia S was "bricked" but i am not sure...

What happens:

When I plug USB cable between my laptop and my xperia s device, i have a "sony icon" for few seconds then the "charging mode icon" for few seconds too

And nothing more! It seems to "switch OFF", the screen come very dark

2 Interessant THings:

I do not have the "red light" as before (so it might not charge!)

But when i plug the usb cable; i hear the windows sound "usb connected"

When i unpluged the usb cable, i hear the windows sound "usb disconnected" too!

So my reflexion:

My xperia S device may not be bricked because:

I can see the Sony Logo

My laptop windows 7 pro "detect" my device when i plug it!

And I see "SOMC Flash DEVICE" in "Gestionnaire de Peripheriques" for few moment then it disappear

My Xperia S device run with nAOSP B21 and twrp 2.8.5.0

NB: when i try to charge it on sector (220V) it is the same, sony icon then charging icon then nothing AND NO RED CHARGING LED!!!!

In few words, my Xperia S seems to to charge ANYMORE, it try but does not succeed! I have tested with 2 batteries.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] amerpan:
this happens when you install it

checking for md5 file

skipping md5 check no md5 file found

e: error executing updater binary in zip / sdcard / gapps-ip-20141109-signed.zip

error flashing:crying:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] millosr:
It may be USB cable or micro USB connector failure.

Have you tried with another cable?

Try also to move micro usb connector while charger is plugged in. If something is happening it may indicate usb connector failure..

If it is software issue you can try to boot into fastboot mode: hold volume up + plug usb cable connected to pc.

If you can boot to fastboot try to flash boot image from nAOSP rom, or even try with stock rom.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] topocastor:
Layers

is layers working properly on B27????:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] millosr:
It is working for me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] amerpan:
help plz

25th November 2015, 07:58 PM |#1119

Junior MemberThanks: 0

this happens when you install it

checking for md5 file

skipping md5 check no md5 file found

e: error executing updater binary in zip / sdcard / gapps-ip-20141109-signed.zip

error flashing
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] juzerdana:
Hi guys... Anyone knows how to install miui 7 on an xperia device.. I tried it but always got in a bootloop
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Ask in the proper thread.I have tried that.although it booted successfully but it has lats of random reboot.Same procedure of flashing. Wiping all except sd card and flash rom.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] C0D3FR34K:
How to get it installed on Xperia SL ? Also is CWM recovery good enough or we need TWRP !
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] millosr:
There is one detailed post on the main thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64002400&postcount=3077

You need TWRP for this rom. It is included in the rom achive.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] badconker38:
EAP-SIM

Hi,

How i can use eap-sim to connect to a wifi hotspot ? I don't see the option when i try to connect to a hotspot.

Thank you :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] amerpan:
this happens when you install it

checking for md5 file

skipping md5 check no md5 file found

e: error executing updater binary in zip / sdcard / gapps-ip-20141109-signed.zip

error flashing
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] InaneG:
NFC not working properly.

So I'm new to the whole custom ROM world. I have been running b27 for a few days and I just noted that NFC is not working properly. I can scan a NFC card with a NFC reader app. But I can't use it to connect to my sonny sound bar (Works on stock ROM), and I tried my friends bluetooth amp with NFC didn't work for me but worked for him. And just to be sure I tried to connect it to a bluetooth speaker without NFC and that worked.

Also the headphone jack isn't working as it should, but I solved that using SoundAbout, would be nice if it could be solved without the app.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AD LoC:
Can i dirty flash naosp 6.0 onto pure aosp marshmallow?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sr.perro:
Thanks mickybart for new twrp.

Makes everything so much easier for us all.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Jlmarrugom:
My xperia S with android 6 don't recognize the SD card

Well, I have a big problem cause I'm very bad flashing ROMs and solving problems so I flash the android 6 ROM just changing the data and cache to f2fs, do a factory reset, and then I flash the ROM( without Gapps cause I don't like them), everything its fine since now, but when I want to restore the music and images from my PC, I see that the phone don't recognize the SD card, now I have only 2 GB of storage, and I don't know what to do, please someone can tell me what can I do? Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
You didn't do the re partitioning. Re partitioning is compulsory, or else as in Your case you would get only 2 GB usable.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Jlmarrugom:
So... If I do the same things I've done plus the repartitioning, my problem will be solved ??? O.o
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BLu-RaymOn:
After flash rom 6.0 my /data partition size = 27.8GB but free space is 5.4GB why? (Diskinfo app)

Setting>Storage & USB>Internal storage=7.63GB used=2.17GB

Can anyone help or know what might be causing this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Yup.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] iiq374:
Marshmallow GPS

Is anyone else having issues with GPS in nAOSP b01?

I've downloaded GPS Toolbox to get any kind of fix at all - however even that struggles unless in really good coverage.

Did not have these issues under the nAOSP Lollipop builds.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jacky50403:
When I tap the Language in the Setting

It goes FC Can anyone tell me why?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] iiq374:
What do you mean by FC?

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I certainly wouldn't recommend it

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Still using MM b01 - however must be going blind as can't spot where to enable FastCharge; can someone please let me know where the option is? :eek:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syyaizl:
Hi,I have a problem about install naosprom 6.0.I wipe evrything except sdcard,then uncheck cache,system,data,then install naosprom 6.0.but got a error is“updater process ended with error:7”,who can tell me how to solve this problem.tks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jacky50403:
It means force close
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jacky50403:
when my line recieve message, my device will reboot automatically

any methods to solve the problem?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syyaizl:
Anybody can help me ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tongucum:
i wanted update rom on 6.0, now i am using stock 4.1.2 Help Me :(

my phone was on 5.1 and i think before b20 , i wanted to install 6 - b03.

first i install twrp 2.8.7.0 with use twrp recovery.

than i did with adb on my computer;

fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0

Command (m for help): p

Command (m for help): d

Partition number (1-15): 15

Command (m for help): d

Partition number (1-14): 14

Command (m for help): n

First cylinder (769-954240, default 769): 42945

Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (42945-954240, default 954240): (just press enter if the default value is the good one)

Using default value 954240

Command (m for help): t

Partition number (1-14): 14

Hex code (type L to list codes): 83

Command (m for help): w

The partition table has been altered.

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table

everthing is ok so far, than reboot recovery on twrp.

and

wipe/advanced wipe/data/repair or change File System/change file system/f2fs and swipe

when i did it, Format Complete - Failed

E:unable to recreate and-sec folder.

updating partition details...

E:unable to mount /data

...done

E:unable to mount storage.

E:unable to mount / sdcard during GUI startup.

Kernel does not have support for reading SElinux contexts.

...

.

.

.

.

error like that.

than phone wasnt opening, it failed starting to ''reset factory''. when i controlled with twrp phone data has seem empty.

than phone is always restarting automatically,

it has never closed, i had only entered the recovery menu.

i didnt know what is my failed, and what was i doing? has my kernel been old?

Now i return stock rom 6.2.B.1.96 use flashtool. My Kernel:3.4.0+1.0.21100-313065 BuildUser [MENTION=252872]build[/MENTION]Host)) and it has booted.

What should i do for flashing 6 b.03, Please tell me respectively

Please help me or direct me someone to help.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Which TWRP version are You using? This error is caused due to old TWRP versions.

You forgot to give file system to the partition 14. You can give either f2fs or ext4, but giving f2fs is recommended. You can find detailed guide here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tongucum:
thanks for your help

hello thanks for your help, your guide and mickybart's has some differences which one is true?

i will trying to your advice.

and another question;

in your advice, step 7

exit

adb push -p pure_aosp_marshmallow_r1.zip /tmp/

i have rom nAOSP 6.0-b03.zip are they same rom or different?

the rom b03 coming with Superuser integration, does it change any steps?

Notes:

1) First Reboot is long.

2) If after boot it says encryption failed, let it reset the phone. Then it will work properly.

3) For root, flashing Update zip of SuperSU from here works.

4) Wiping data via TWRP menu will allocate the trailing 16384 bytes to it too, so it is not to be done.

5) For gapps, flash Pico gapps from here. Then after reboot and login, go to Settings, Apps>Settings icon at top right> App permissions. Now in each permission, open the permission, select show system from options and enable the permission for all system apps.

6) If You get error like "Error retrieving information from sever.[RPC:C:S-7:AEC-7 CDY7-E3OJ-V2TKC]" in Google Play Store and are not able to install any app, then log out and log in again into Your google account via settings.

7) If You copy a file and want to access it via TWRP, mount data partition and go to /data/media. Although data won't mount if You encrypt Your phone.

and i try to install twrp 2.8.7.0 with twrp manager but it didnt install.

thank you for your helps again
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syyaizl:
Thanks [MENTION=5699223]Mirhawk[/MENTION]!

I use recovery.img from 6.0-b03.I follow mickybart's introductions fota recovery:upload recovery.img to sdcard;use adb flash recovery.img to the fota partition(command:1.adb shell;2.su(but display“not find su”);3.dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11).when I install rom,I got error 7.I try many times,re-install recovery,but igot same .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
The instructions are same, just that nAOSP has working TWRP for it so some commands change.

Pure AOSP and nAOSP are different ROM's. Just push the ROM You want to flash.

Don't use TWRP manager to install TWRP. Rename the TWRP to fotakernel and copy it to internal storage of phone before performing the above procedure. Then open adb, and type follwoing commands in adb:

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/fotakernel.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11

This won't work on stock firmware though.

I would recommend flashing the boot.img from ROM zip before flashing the ROM. To do so, connect phone in bootloader mode. Then flash the boot.img using following commands:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Then boot to TWRP and flash the ROM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] iiq374:
What language is your device set to now? I haven't been able to reproduce that issue on either b01 or b03.

If you're able to post a logcat from when it occurs someone might be able to use that to spot the issue.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syyaizl:
[MENTION=5699223]Mirhawk[/MENTION] Thanks for your support.I follow your recommended,

Flash boot. img from rom zip using adb command,reboot to twrp, factory reset, advance wipe all partitions except sdcard, unchecked data, system, cache,then install 6b03, but I got the same error like before.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Did You not re-partition the device as per Android M requirements? I think that's what is causing the error.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bobe84:
Guys, i need help!

I did mkfs on partition 1 on my XPERIA S, since then (i dont know is it related?) im having problems with connectivity(network availability and connecting to 2g or 3g)... most of the time phone is unavailable ( but in battery settings it says 0% time without signal).

Can someone please do dd on partition 1 and send me the file?

My xperia S is european.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bobe84:
All i ask someone with XPERIA S, to go to recovery or it can be done from ROM itself, to do:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/p1

You will get p1 file in sdcard.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Flash stock ftf to restore the partition. I wouldn't recommend restoring someone else's partition backup as it might brick Your device.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bobe84:
I already flashed ftf original, no hope same thing... my phone reports 4-5bars signal -80db and im unavailabe when called.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tongucum:
failed again :(

hello i tried to do your advices,

it failed again.

i was on 6.2.1.96 stock rom with root

i cant flashing twrp 2.8.7.0 with

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/fotakernel.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11

then i try mickbart's said

Extract recovery.img from the Zip file

Enter the device into fastboot mode

flash the recovery.img into boot partition like a boot image (fastboot flash boot recovery.img)

restart the device (fastboot reboot)

so when i was in twrp recovery

i did your says,

when i entered '' w '';

the partition has been altered.

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table

fdisk:WARNING rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old table: Device or resource busy.

then i turn back on stock rom again with root, what can i do?

please help me again?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tongucum:
i did it finallt :)

ok i solved problem,

first update kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305591

then i did mickbart's guide, update twrp to 2.8.7.0 with fastboot flashboot commands. and helping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9u_0iSWwGo this video link. but i use f2fs file sysytem.

i installed rom , su, and gapps. i am on 6.0.1 :)

it seems now 27,81gb on phone,

but i cant use from pc, it seems empty on pc. how can i fix it.

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i fixed too, thank you for helps again..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Good that it got solved. The reason being Your first approach didn't work was because You were trying to flash twrp to fotakernel while being on stock ROM and kernel (by this command dd if=/sdcard/fotakernel.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11).

And You need to follow any one guide in this case, don't mix up both. Even though they do they the same thing in the end, process are a bit different.

For the internal storage not accessible via PC, You need to enable it via the notification generated on the phone screen when You connect the phone to PC.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syyaizl:
I'll try it，thanks！
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] syyaizl:
I try it again,if checked every (system,data, cache)6b03 rom can be installed.is this way right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] farrokh19:
Help with calendar

Hi to all ... I'm in b27 version of naosp and i have a problem with calendar. I uninstall aosp calendar from titanium after i installed google calendar from the play store. Yesterday after a device restart google calendar doesn't work: crash when i open it. I already tried to delete cache and data of google calendar and of calendar storage and also to deactivate and reactivate them. Also tried to uninstall google calendar and install again but nothing.

What can I do ? Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ahasan07:
Hi everyone... I recently installed pure aosp marsmallow rom. But im feeling uncomfort with pure lack of custome features. I wanna installed naosp b28 lollipop rom. I hav altered my partition during installed pure aosp marsmallow. can i push the rom and gaaps throuh adb and installed or anything else or i hav to change my partition
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] guruAhtasham:
if you need to install naosp b28 you should repartition your device.

but I suggest you should try naosp of Marshmallow by mickybart for this installation you don't need to repartition again and just flash the rom it is very stable and for custom features you can use xposed modules
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ahasan07:
could u pls tell how could i reparations my device for naosp b28