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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] madphone:
Does Sonys Lifelog App work for you? On my phone it's only counting steps (i'm using swr10 smartband), photos and calories.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Gschisi:
Any Methode to get the Sony Album to work?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Teun_2:
I went from a gpe port version 4.4.2 to this one and the camera focus does not seem to work. The focus seems to be just fixed at about a meter or two. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Or somebody knows a solution?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] soniamukerjee:
WiFi Calling

Anyway to make T-Mobile WiFi Calling work with this awesome ROM?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maxld:
Rest of the functions are available only for Sony branded ROMS
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] QWERTZQWERTY:
Hey Guys , i have the problem , that after flashing scrubbers 5.0 port my maximum display brightness is way lower than on the stock rom . Adjusting the automatic brightness has no influence on that problem besides . Anyone facing the same problem can help me ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] diamantericos:
I had it working for a couple of days but then it started force closing . so did Google photos so I don't think sony album is the issues just use quick pic app works fine for me
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Gschisi:
How did you installed it? I want to try it. Thank you
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] madphone:
Are you sure? I tried it today on a moto x and tracking internet and music usage worked just fine there. And I thought it had worked on 4.4.4 GPe too.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Simple. In google, type in sony album apk. Download and run. Simple.

Works for me. :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maxld:
I thought that you had in mind advanced transportation functions. Music should work indeed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
I wish there was mate but right now AFAIK there isn't one available. Anyways if you want a custom kernel for performance gains, then I think the stock kernel performs pretty good, only place where it screws up is Battery life.

Well in any case I do hope we get a kernel for this port, as soon as possible.

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Even I had the same issue, but its fine now. Check if the new version fixes it, here you go:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/tun1qc789wybqbt/SemcAlbum_6.6.A.0.6.apk

About the issue with Google photos, you can try this:

Reinstall Google Plus, then reinstall Google photos app. Let me know if it works.

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My user experience with a week of usage:

~The battery life is crap out of the box.

~I installed DS battery Saver app and the standby times increased exponentially. Greenify+wakelock detector could help those who of you who use facebook & other social messaging apps to get more from the battery.

~Lowest brightness is a bit higher than what I am used to from using other roms, especially when you have disabled the ambient light sensor.

~[IMP]With root for LP still a mess, it can be easily broken if you don't know what you're doing and so take care when you use root apps, read the notices which appear and follow them to the letter.

~SuperSU 2.39 fixed some of the issues I was facing, but its not recommended that you update SuperSU to anything other than what is available in the Play Store.

[I updated to 2.38 and it broke a lot of things, 2.39 is better but its still beta] so please stay on 2.37 until a proper update appears on Play Store even if other app stores ask you to update it saying a newer version is available]

**And finally for the good part**

With ART enabled fulltime, this rom is a total powerhouse.

I don't miss my exposed mods, not after I tasted Lollipop smoothness.

The UI has a very soothing and complete experience.

No major bugs. True daily driver material.

I did some performance benchmarks for those who are still on the fence, wondering what a ported early LP release would perform like.

Antutu 5.3 scores my device above 40k, I certainly didn't expect this.

After that I removed a few Gapps which I didn't use like the Play music and Play this, Play that, and the score was around 41.5k.

I know these synthetic benchmarks mean little when it comes to a daily usage experience, but still I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised.

I attached screenshots below:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] CoffeeandDonut:
Hi, need some help here.

After flashing this gpe port rom, my phone seems to have a bug where by phonecall or sms can't be made from external user to my phone while on wifi, however, after turning off the wifi, i start receiving notifications of miss calls and delay sms. It seems as if the phone went into "airplane mode" when wifi is turn on.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] powerbylinux:
Good afternoon friends,

this rom is compatible with C6843? GPE love to use in my Z Ultra.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Gschisi:
So my last Question, is there a Method to install the Sony Keyboard? Because the Numbers over the Letter is very handy
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] y0ung:
You can use personal style in google keyboard and you'll have numbers over letters :))
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
I have never faced such bugs, everything is perfectly fine. I have put the method I followed to achieve this below. Hope it helps.

Yes it sure is, if you have any non gpe version of the Xperia Z Ultra.

Here is the procedure in short:

1. Root phone & install custom recovery without unlocking bootloader.

2. Take backup of TA partition.

3. Unlock bootloader.

4. Flash NUT's ftf, then flash any latest Sony ftf (.118 or .108, I flashed .118.) from the ftf repository, model no. does not matter.[Do not do this if you have a gpe version of this phone, it will hard brick it due to the differences in partitions, instead directly update it from settings after going back to stock rom]

5. Root it again, and install any latest custom recovery or flash the xxxkernel.img file inside scrubber's zip file via fastboot which is easier and it also installs recovery without the need to root your device.

6. Reboot into recovery and flash scrubber port.

>Profit!

Though all the steps are not necessary every time you need to flash a rom[for eg. You only need to wipe and do the last step in case you need to reinstall it], I recommend you to do everything mentioned here if you're install a rom for the first time or if you face imei/network/wifi related bug, because it solves the imei/baseband issue on this device, and the wifi/network/modem/call issues and bugs some of the guys here keep complaining about.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rsohne:
Nope, it's built deep into the firmware on other Sony phones that T-Mobile sells. Wish there was a way though. I guess the standard answer would be to use Hangouts.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] CoffeeandDonut:
Thanks alot bro for your reply. Say my phone right now is already rooted and bootloader unlocked and flashed with this ported gpe. Where do i start from your guide to resolve the issue?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Then you need to start from Step 4 obviously, since that is the step right after unlocking the BL.

Here are the links to the files you will need:

~NUT's FTF:

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=3442

~Latest firmware repository, flash any .108 or .118 from here:

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z-ultra/development/ftf-depository-sony-firmware-releases-t2829387

Then, I recommend a flashing Scrubber's kernel.img from the .zip file via fastboot, so that you don't have to re-root it.

After that boot into recovery and flash it like any normal rom.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] RealityFails:
Well after this amazing port I remember another user mentioning WiFi issues I suffer from it too. Scrubber please look into it. For now I'm back on kit Kat
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Something strange, hopefully you guys won't think I'm crazy but I have to share my experience regarding battery life.

During the day, the battery drains, fast even with no use...

However, at night, over a 12 hour period I only lose 1% battery yet during the day 15% is lost with no use. WTF? Can anyone explain this?

It's like the phone goes into deep sleep at night yet during the day it wakes up and refuses to sleep.

Anyone experiencing something similar?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Aphex13:
I found a kernel management app that works well with this rom on the play store. It's called "Device Control [root]". It removes the features from itself that our kernel doesn't support. The settings for the gpu are buggy, and I had to re flash to fix a freeze up after modifying them, but everything else seems to work well.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sergegot:
any ideas how to delete gapps?

I want clear lollipop
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Gschisi:
No, i want that i looks like this Keyboard in the Attachments
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Install wakelock detector from play store and find out what is causing your battery drain today:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector&hl=en

Then use Greenify + DS battery saver to fix it.

You can also disable that app and use it only when you need it using freezer.

I use root app delete to clear out some unused gapps from my device. They use too much battery and CPU. Also some of them I hardly every use.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsj.android.systemappremover&hl=en

Just make sure you use Titanium backup and have atleast one copy of the apps as a backup in case you removed something and it broke the functionality of another app. Like for eg. removing Google Plus will break photos.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Thanks bro. I ran the app and here are the following results. Looks like the calendar is one cause, I don't even use the bloody thing!

Based on the results, what do you suggest I do?

Screen Wakelock:

CPU Wakelock:

Wakeup Triggers:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Use Greenify. Right now, the free version is enough for everyone's needs, the experimental features of pro version are useless in Lollipop as of now.

Then Greenify the apps which you thing are causing the trouble. Though I wouldn't recommend you to Greenify everything which causes trouble, especially system apps. Try hybernating some of them, if it causes force close or some app crashes elsewhere, de-greenify it.

But I would like you to know that you are using Wakelock detector wrong. You need to keep it for a while in standby or leave it overnight to learn which app is causing this sort of issue.

The numbers will be in the thousands then you can determine which app it is in specific. Its hard to determine it in a couple of minutes. Usually, Google search and Google services will take up more of your battery.

Read this thread for more info, it will certainly help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601318
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Ps. Just an update. I see you mentioned an app called Greenify. Looks like a great app, something I was looking for but didn't know about.

I've just run Greenify and put most of my apps in auto hibernation mode. Not all apps, just the ones I don't need running unless I manually open them.

My battery is currently 53% and over the next couple of hours, I'll monitor the battery status. I've got a feeling the drain/wakeup issue has been solved, thanks to you jnx_r, thank you so much for recommending such a useful program! :good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
You're most welcome mate, you can also use Freezer to disable the apps you don't use on a daily basis for eg. like Office & document editing apps. I usually only enable them when I want to use them, and update them on a timely basis instead of having them get auto updated via play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iamaner.oneclickfreeze&hl=en

I also recommend DS battery saver to help extend your standby times exponentially. If you don't like its notifications, you can disable it, but it really helps in standby.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.batrsaver&hl=en

I have put it in Slumberer profile to keep it from draining battery during standby.

Though I do apologize to OP for talking about all this, but fact of the matter is that these are some of the stuff which make this rom usable. Without these apps/mods, this Rom just takes too much battery.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
I too apologize to the OP as we went off topic.

However, there are others like myself who are experiencing issues with regards to battery drain. Useful information from users like jnx_r are kind enough to give the time to help other users.

The battery drain is not the issue with the rom but certain apps/google apps causing the battery to drain faster than it should.

I must admit by screen brightness is set to 100% brightness at all times unless I've got low battery! Why have such a lovely device with a great bright colourful screen and set it dim/dark? :)

Aside from battery drain, the Lollipop port Scrubber made is excellent and extremely stable to use 24/7.

Coming from Kitkat, it is a huge step forwards. Also, as mentioned several days ago, I received an update for the camera. I definitely see a difference and image quality has improved. Best part there is far less image noise than previously!

Unfortunately I've not had a chance to use the camera outdoors but here is a simple image taken indoors in good light. As you can see it is clear and noise levels are kept well under control. Nothing has been altered, enhanced/edited or changed, taken and posted straight from the camera:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] powerbylinux:
thanks for the reply.

Could you explain me why should I use to record a FlashTool ROM FTF if already use the stock ROM Sony .108, and do root again. I already have Root, TWRP and Backup TA. could not just unlock the bootloader and make the wipes and flash the new ROM?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Tusshar0143:
i downloaded file 2 times from google drive, both time it fails at 99.99%,i used idm. other links are not working for me.??
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
I recommend you try downloading the file from another computer, laptop or phone. I'm sure it'll work on another device since no one else experienced issues when retrieving the file.

Attempt the download from another device and get back to us.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Yes, that could work too. As I have already mentioned in the guide, not all steps are needed for every one. I wrote this as a super-set for everyone who would ever like to try this rom or any 4.4.4+ rom.

The reason for this double step flashing of Sony FTFs is cause 4.4.4 isn't what is available to everyone by default. For most countries they are on different versions, 4.4.2; 4.4.3 and so on. And for compatibility reasons, it's imperative that everyone upgrades to 4.4.4, or on other words the .108 & .118 files. So for those whom there is no straight upgrade path, this is the method, ie. you flash NUT's compatible downgrade first, so that you can upgrade to 4.4.4. Why go through all this trouble, because many roms here only work correctly with the latest firmware for the base rom.

But mind you that is one of the reasons.

For reasons I could not fathom initially, I faced imei and baseband disappearance once I started flashing roms. Then there was the constant wifi disconnection, network issues and other crap which kept happening. These are common things I encountered, and some times the reason can be as simple as flashing an incompatible kernel, or messing up bad using xposed modules. And the method I wrote is what fixes everything whenever my phone feels like it's about to blow up. And it has worked 100% till now.

So it's upto you, if you're already on .108 you could directly wipe everything and install it, and in the case that you do end up facing any issues then you have this guide to fix it. Or you could do as I have mentioned, and live with peace of mind that everything is supposed to work 100%, and when you face issues you could look at other aspects to try to determine its cause and rule out the method of installation/compatibility of the base rom, or you always try this guide again if you're suspicious.

In any case I would recommend that you wipe everything before you flash LP, as the first time I flashed LP, it caused some issues in some other devices and I could only get it to work when I flashed it after I cleaned everything.

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I had the same issue when I was using the last version of IDM in Nov. Try updating it or disable it and download it from a browser. It should fix this issue, I then used Opera/Firefox to download and it worked perfectly.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] powerbylinux:
Again, thank you for your explanation.

I will do the way you suggested. sorry so many questions, that is my first time with Sony smartphone and I'm still in the warranty period .. in Samsung had not already afraid of change rom.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
It's my first time with the Xperia Z Ultra too. I just bought this device last month, I wasn't using any android device at that time so I had a lot of questions. And it took me a long time to read and figure things out myself because the information here is scattered in bits and pieces in various threads which will take an eternity to go through every single one of them. So I try to help out the guys who are having a tough time going through it all and figure it out on their own.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fooznugget:
Just to update, I had the phone freeze again today where the screen wouldn't turn on. I had my earphones plugged in and was listening to music, and the music never stopped which I thought was strange. I tried using my moto360 to pause and play the music and it responds right away. It seems that when the screen won't turn on, it's not actually frozen, but it's really just a matter of the screen not turning on.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] bgpepi:
What application used with this rom for listen to FM Radio?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] chandragie:
Guest Mode Bug

The guest mode doesn't work. When i activated it, it switched to the guest mode and then frozen. Is it a bug?

Please help, the reason I unlocked my bootloader and void my warranty is the guest mode :D

Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fredericcollinss:
I have no problem with that buddy. I think you should try clean flash and take a look to see whether it works or not
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] unidentifier:
No native fm player in GPe ROMs. You'll need a third party app like Spirit FM.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] chandragie:
Clean flash?

Thanks for your reply, [MENTION=4908118]fredericcollinss[/MENTION]

but what is clean flash? I already flashed it for 3 times and still freezing after activated the guest mode.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] dandyqb:
i have no problem with the Guest mode, so we can't tell its a bug of this ROM.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Clean flash is where you wipe everything. I would recommend you to format internal memory too in recovery before flashing this LP port.

Also if you are still getting issues, please try the method in the previous pages.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57522943&postcount=429

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57543544&postcount=447

Same here, guest mode is working as expected.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] dadme:
What camera update? For google camera? What version?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] chandragie:
Will try

OK! will try it later!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SURYA:
How to revert back to 4.4.4

if someone has already answered it im sorry , low bandwidth here so i cant search :( . should i flash stock 4.4.4 or can i flash any 4.4.4(by changing the kernel) -thanks :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Stock camera which came with lollipop.

However, early last week I got a camera update. I have version 2.4.024

Hope that helps.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Its mentioned in the post just above your post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57522943&postcount=429

You only need to follow till step no 4.

Use the links from this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57543544&postcount=447
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SURYA:
its doesnt answer my question :( i want to go back to 4.4.4 , im in gpe port i want to go to 4.4.4 what steps should i follow :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
It does. Since you've already unlocked your BL, you can skip steps 1,2 & 3. Go through Step no. 4 again, its the one which will help you downgrade.

Step 1. Downgrade using NUT's files.

Step 2. Flash any 4.4.4 FTF from the FTF repository.

Just follow what I've written in those two posts and open any links mentioned there read them thoroughly, then you should be good to go.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] halifage:
if you made a nandroid backup of your 4.4.4 ROM, just flash it in recovery after wiping cache and data.

Worked for me:)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
[MENTION=6172457]jnx_r[/MENTION] your guides are over complex and full of un needed steps

[MENTION=5133985]KILLER "X"[/MENTION] You should be able to either kust flash a 108/118 FTF straight over or any 4.4.4 custom ROM (I've done the latter off LP but not the FTF route)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
This can also be done. Though I would prefer to first downgrade, and then flash the same kernel/recovery with which I did the backup, and then restore my Nandroid backup. Because of the imei/baseband disappearance.

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[MENTION=3534362]blueether[/MENTION]

What do we do if we lose the imei/baseband? Your own thread has the same steps:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2593918

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z-ultra/general/guide-stock-to-custom-rom-t2901739

Well, I know the threads are old, so I'm not aware of all the new developments here.

Maybe the guides which are present here need to be updated, so that we have a proper upgrade/downgrade path without the imei/baseband and wifi issues.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] goodguy909:
i got question here :confused:

can i install any OTA updates in this GPE PORT ROM??
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Check this out jnx_r, even with all the battery saving/hibernating apps in use I had 13% battery with under 2 hours of screen usage!

Also, notice how the battery suddenly drops when in standby mode without even being used. It's although the phone goes to sleep for several hours and suddenly wakes up and drains my battery.

And the graph displayed by DU Battery Saver. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jnx_r:
Did you try "DS battery Saver"?

It should help when it comes to standby times.

Also did you read this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601318

If battery life is still crap then please consider reflashing it once. Because I'm regularly getting total ~5hrs of on screen time.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Yes, I'm using DS battery saver. I've set it to slumberer.

I did go through the thread, useful information, most of which I knew but other information was handy.

I think I'll have to reflash should battery life continue dropping.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Tusshar0143:
i had the same problem in guest mode, i did fresh install with twrp, now i tried to flash in cwm then it saying installation aborted???
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rsohne:
Google is your friend. [emoji6]

http://m.androidcentral.com/how-add-dedicated-number-row-google-keyboard
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gecko316:
Have been using this rom for almost 2 weeks now

Only issues i have are chrome crashing every now and then and not being able to receive mms through tmobile, ive tried every apn setting i could find... Any thoughts?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] diamantericos:
Have you full wiped and reinstalled?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] RealityFails:
I went back to 4.4.4 by keeping the rom on my internal, so I'm on it now because 5.0 has serious wifi issues, you can have full signal strength and it still won't connect it's always running into authentication errors as well.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] alphahere:
No WiFi problems here.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
I get this only at work. It refuses to connect to the wi-fi giving me authentication issues and forever taking to connect.

However, at home and every other place, the wi-fi works perfect.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] RealityFails:
Does it to me any type of wifi, I'll wait for Google to fix it and an updated port before I goto 5.0
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Hmm, so it's worse for you.

As other have already mentioned, either re-flash the rom, wipe cache and dalvic, format and try again.

Otherwise downgrade to Kitkat 4.4...