yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] rikgroen1995:
please mirror this to another file share site this is so damm slow everything els good job keep working on it
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] thomholwerda:
Is anybody currently using CM12 on the Z2 Tablet (wifi only)? If so, what, if any, are the major issues?

I'm currently running CM11 on mine, and would love to move onto CM12.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] thethorgrin:
Working fine so far, besides cam of course.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] thomholwerda:
So, something weird is going on. I did as the first post suggested - fastboot the boot.img from the cm zip onto the device, and the Cyanogen recovery loads up just fine. However, when I go to "Apply update" and then select "Choose from internal storage", it just dumps me back at the primary Recovery menu. I tried via SD card - same thing; I select "Choose from sdcard1" and it dumps me back at the primary Recovery menu.

Am I doing something really stupid here? Am I missing something?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] Uclydde:
Camera doesn't work. Besides that, it's as stable as CM11, as far as I can tell.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] thomholwerda:
So a few reboots and everything worked! So if anyone has the same problem I had in the previous post, try to reboot the device with the little red button underneath the SD card flap, and you're good to go (at least, I was).

Still, another strange thing is that despite doing a full wipe/factory reset (I really, really did - I'm not new to this!), all my stuff was still on the tablet. Android did its application optimisation thing, CM12 booted up, and now I'm on CM12/Lollipop, with all my previous applications still on it, and working just fine. I guess maybe the factory reset/full wipe isn't working as intended in the current version of the Recovery, at least on this tablet? I'm not exactly complaining - I'm having zero issues so far - but it's still unintended behaviour.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] freexperia:
Merry Christmas from FreeXperia Team
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] SunamY:
Uploaded.net??? Wtf??? 50kb/s? It's a joke? C'mon... Androidfilehost? It's a nice site for android downloads..
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] da900:
Hi. Just flashed CM12. I've had the same problems as [MENTION=3881599]thomholwerda[/MENTION] had. But reboots did not help. :) I resolve the problem by flashing boot.img from CM11 build. CM12 just boots fine. After initial set-up I've rebooted to recovery (Cyanogenmod one) and want to flash some small file from ext sd card, but CyanogenMod Recovery does not recognise sdcard1. :( With internal s all is fine. The only way to resolve this problem is once again to flash CM11 boot.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] chentz78:
Hi,

Any of you can check if with this version the youtube app show the option of "1080p" videos ? My SGP-511 with CM-11 doesn't show any more.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] da900:
Mine shows 1080 option. SGP521.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

The OP Page says we're not allowed to mirror your ROM's...

Is that still up to date considering the files are hosted on a really SLOW file provider ?

Anyways, I don't mirror, but here's the link :

http://uploaded.net/file/vnqw5gyf

Regards.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
This link is for the version from 2014-12-02, the newest is currently from 2015-01-02. :laugh:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Of course, you're right...

So here's the latest link :)

http://uploaded.net/file/xbwglycj/from/4bbo69

Regards.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
The ROM is very snappy, even more than CM11 :good:

So far I have found one bug: When connecting a physical keyboard per bluetooth, the virtual keyboard stays on the screen nevertheless (Sony BKB10).

Edit: Version from 2015-01-02

Edit 2: Workround for Keyboard found: I just switch from Swiftkey to the Sixaxis Controller App
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] rcstar6696:
Hi everyone is the camera show you a preview ?? Mine not

i ask you because on z2 phone it shows this since 2.1.2014??

Can someone test it !! And give a report
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
Camera does not work on my installation yet (2015-01-02), it gives my FCs.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
How to root? I tried flashing supersu stable and beta, but installation failed both times. I'm using January's 5th build..
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] alexeyshb:
What about changelog? Or work/notwork list?

I don't need camera, but what about 4G and GPS?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
Just enable root in the developer settings. :p

To enable the developer settings, klick 8 times or so on the build-number in the settings.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
Thanks BabelHuber! I had enabled dev settings already, but I had not seen the root setting in there at first..

I just noticed recharging takes much longer then with CM11, anyone else have the same issue?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bastard79:
hi all,

yesterday i get my xperia z2 tablet and i hate xperia theme with tons applications that i dont want, so i want to install cm12 or maybe i should install cm11 ? but i have few question before ?

1. is cm12 stable enough to daily use ? i dont use camera, only internet browser, music app and maybe some games

2. is it posible return to stock firmware ?

3. i cant see recovery to downlad, only tutorial for unlock bootloader
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
Yes. Camera does not work and I haven't tested GPS and MHL yet, but everything else works, including bluetooth.

Of course - why not?

1. Unlock the bootloader

2. Flash boot.img from CM12.zip via fastboot. The boot.img contains the recovery and the Kernel

3. Flash CM12 via the recovery
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bastard79:
[MENTION=4850077]BabelHuber[/MENTION] thanks for quick reply,

when i flash boot.img how to get in recovery ? only power on or i must use somekind comination of buttons ?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
Just do it as described in the second post :eek:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bastard79:
now i have problem :( i have unlocked xperia z2, flash boot.img form zip, and in recovery i cant install rom, i have only option apply update and check choose from sdcard1, and after this screen is black for 1-2 sec and back to main menu recovery. in logs i have

any idea why ? now i cant boot any system :(

EDIT: cm11 build with recovery 6.0.5 works perfect, but why cm12 doesnt work for me ?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
I had the same Problem - see this post for the solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57663780&postcount=27
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] snoozercat:
installing AOSP_L_150110_castor.zip like it was described in the first post of this thread failed. The screen keeps black when I tried to start the device. I installed the CM11 boot.img and after that I was able to enter the Clockworkmod but the system does not boot. I went back to CM11.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
This is the CM12 thread, but for me it looks like you have installed AOSP :p

See this thread instead, it also has different instructions: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2-tabl...reexperia-project-aosp-android-5-x-x-t2983713
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] spider623:
ok, now I'm confused, castor is the WiFi model or the lte?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] rcstar6696:
Castor=LTE-Version

Castor_windy=Wifi only
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] spider623:
so when can we expect a version that works with windy, or it uses a universal kernel?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bastard79:
there is builds for both versions

http://uploaded.net/f/4bbo69
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] chentz78:
Hi

Do you know if this build supports OTA-Updates or manual updates ?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bastard79:
i still dont tested cm12, but i think is only manual update for now
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] alexeyshb:
I don't understand. Where I can take boot.img? Where is cm.zip link?

I'll tested Pacman 5.0 from this forum. If it installing and working well, I must install boot.img whatever?

What is better, AOSP or CM12?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] veepee78:
I cant download files from uploaded with any android device. If I want to upgrade I have to transfer file through computer. Any chance to put builds somewhere else..? Latest builds are not at mirror..

Thanks for the rom anyway!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] chentz78:
Hi,

I'm using the build 20150110 for castor_windy (SGP-511) and the only problem that I have until now is the camera that doesn't work. But I don't use my camera anyway, so it's perfect. :)

---------- Post added at 11:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 AM ----------

Anybody knows where I can find the changelog for these releases ?

I'm specially looking for the release of castor_windy. If anybody knows what is the source repository used to these release also help.

Thanks,
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] vyruz1986:
What is the difference between this and the official CM12 builds?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
Well the unofficials are older and were there before there were any official releases out yet.. so I suggest switch to official..
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bastard79:
official build cm-12-20150120-NIGHTLY-castor_windy.zip - stopped system ui - unusable ;/

edit: cm-12-20150118-NIGHTLY-castor_windy.zip works, but not fully translated :/ (polish), dont work some funkctions such as double tap to wake.

antutu shows 41k points, cm11 has 43K+. for now better choice is cm11 :(
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
Yes. I had the same problem. Was running a cm11 nightly and upgraded to the latest not realizing that it was cm12. Also got the system ui FC's on 1/20. Have you tried 1/21 yet?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
I had the same problem yesterday with 20150120, tried a few times always the same SystemUI crash. Then I tried 20150119 and that one worked fine
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
No word on 1/21 tho? What recovery are you using to flash?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
just the cm12 default one. I always first fastboot flash the boot.img from the zip before I flash a ROM. But I have to say the default cm12 recovery is pretty limited, I dont know why they made it like that..
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
So I managed to get back on cm12 after a fight though I feel that there maybe something wrong with my USB port still.

Anyways, 1/21 and 1/22 are working without those FC's. Only thing that I have noticed that isn't working so far is Bluetooth streaming audio. Bluetooth turns off and on OK and I can pair with devices, but it won't play audio. I've tried it with two Bose sound docks and it doesn't work for me. Will report back with any more findings as I discover them.

Edit: 1/23 also has system ui fc
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] spider623:
Go to 24, they even fixed the recovery for windy on that
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] john-soda:
Please tell what's working

Will or is GPS and IR working on Lollipop for this device?

Thanks in advance

John
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] velles2003:
gps working

i can confirm gps is working on cm-12-20150125-NIGHTLY-castor.zip build. i'm on SGP521 Castor.

it doesn't have root though!

*edited:

ok. i flashed root from http://download.chainfire.eu/693/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.44.zip

all good.

ROM is super fast. camera is working. preview for pictures is not fullscreen but the image size is 8MP.

no FC anywhere. a litle buggy with a new CM12 theme (neon) wich looks aboslutely awesome on cm12: the notifications panel is transparent.

antutu gets 43400 points.

battery seems very good.

seems like a winner.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
GPS working for me on 1/22. I'm using a 521 castor windy. Bluetooth streaming also came back after a reboot. Volume is a little buggy but it worked. What app do you use for ir? I'll test it for you.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] john-soda:
Great to hear that GPS is working! I'm using the SGP511 castor windy with CM 11. I tried latest Snapshot and different CM 11 nightlies but GPS never worked for me.

I usually use 'SatStat' from the F-Droid Store, but I also tried 'GPS Status & Toolbox' from the playstore to check if GPS is working.

And what is with the IR Blaster? Does it work?
[MENTION=3197141]velles2003[/MENTION]

and [MENTION=4429707]bacon612[/MENTION]

Thanks very much for the information!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] GalaxyWhy:
So is that still how you flash it with the official builds?

Also what recovery are you guys using? I need a new one since XZRecovery is only for stock based roms :( Link me please
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
Yes, just use the default recovery. It's in the boot.img (extracted from the zip) that you flash via fastboot mode..
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
Devs what is this>?

It appears sometimes when I click on the app-drawer..

Im currently running 27-1-2015
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
The CM12 recovery has 2 bugs for me: ADB does not work and my external SD card is not recognized.

So when you are installing for the first time and want to completely wipe your device, do the following:

First install a CM11 recovery:

- Extract boot.img from a CM11 ZIP-file

- hold vol+ and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blu led)

- fastboot flash boot boot.img

- fastboot reboot

Then delete all data:

- enter recovery, on boot led will be violet for 3'', during this period press vol+

- Format/ Wipe everything (cache, Dalvik cache , system, data and data/media) ==> This will complete remove all data from your device

Now you need to put CM12 and GApps on your device, so you can flash them later with the recovery:

- adb push CM12.zip /sdcard/0/ROMs/CM12.zip

- adb push gapps.zip /sdcard/0/ROMs/gapps.zip

Then install the CM12 recovery:

- Extract boot.img fromCM12 ZIP-file

- hold vol+ and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blu led)

- fastboot flash boot boot.img

- fastboot reboot

Then enter recovery and flasg CM12 and GAPPS. Easy, isn't it? :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
I usually use GPS test plus. Its fun to play with on airplanes.

What app do you suggest I test the it blaster with?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] freexperia:
fxp site is back and buids are kicking

sorry for delay
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
SD works now, and why do you need ADB? And if SD not working you still have internal right? So in other words:

- Put latest CM zip and gapps on Internal

- fastboot flash boot.img

- enter recovery and flash cm zip and gapps

Easy, isn't it? :fingers-crossed:

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[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
So you have CM12 on your tablet after wiping data/media? :p

My external SD does not work with the CM12 recovery, it works with CM11's recovery, though.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] dumbl3:
Why wipe media?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] john-soda:
I would try the official Sony remote 'Sony TV Sideview'.

I hope this is the same remote app as in stock rom.

Thanks for testing!!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] xmontix:
works with the bootloader locked?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
No. The bootloader has to be unlocked, so you can install the CM kernel.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] xmontix:
Mmm Where can I find it?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] ChrisAfrica:
Usb Stick / Mouse dont Work, Wi-Fi Work Not 100%

cm-12-20150204-NIGHTLY

1. USB Stick or Mouse over USB port doesn’t work (this function work without any problem on my Z1 CM12)

2. Wi-Fi is working until i lost WIFI and come back to my WIFI. I must restart my Router then Wi-Fi work until i left my Wi-Fi area and come back again in. The only what help is restart the router! (The same problem on Z1 Honami CM12 )
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
I'm sorry. I loaded sideview only to realize u need a Sony TV to use it with. Then I loaded another app and it gave an error asking if my tablet has an or blaster. Something tells me its not working presently with cm12
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] azeez77:
Any help need i just flash cm-12-20150208-NIGHTLY-castor every seems fine just cant get mobile data to work wifi is fine try playing with APN setting and that was no good any ideas thanks
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] spider623:
Sounds like kernel issue, get the one from the last working build
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] azeez77:
Thanks champ for the tip i also tried that but it just started working out of the blue for sum reason maybe sevice provider issue
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] leonard.pitzu:
I've noticed an issue which was akso prezent in the nexus 5 but was fixed. The issue is that the wifi has a broken mac address, one that is read from a file and does not reflect the real mac address of my device.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] Frostbiter:
Yeah I just put lollipop on my z2 tablet and it now has the same Mac address as my phone, both which aren't the real Mac address. Was really confusing at first, there is supposedly a fix for it for Sony devices I found but it doesn't seem to be working.

Edit: so the Mac address seemed to fix itself, I'm not sure how. The only thing different I remember doing was a soft reboot of my tablet and now the Mac address is back to normal. I'm not sure if the soft reboot fixed it or not though. Just thought I'd share.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] hillbicks:
What is the fix for this the Sony devices that you found? Could you share that?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] Frostbiter:
Here is where I found that the issue was supposed to be fixed for the z2 phone but it wasn't fixed. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58586448&postcount=53

Found a temp fix that makes the mac address change from the 00:90:4c:c5:12:38 to the real one by doing a soft reboot of the tablet. It reverts back if you reboot the tablet though, so you just have to do a soft reboot again to get the real mac back.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] hillbicks:
Thanks, but the soft reboot didn't work, will have to wait for a fix there I guess.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] leonard.pitzu:
the issue with the MAC address still remains. as it was also present in the nexus 5 i would assume it's a cyanogenmod-qualcomm kernel issue thus we have to wait for a fix.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] Untouchab1e:
Hi all.

I am working on fixing and improving the audio HAL for shinano devices (z3, z3c, z3 tablet compact and z2 tablet). I have fixed various issues on the non-tablet devices but the tablets are slightly different so I'm not comfortable simply assuming that my code will port over directly (or if it they even need my fixes). So if anyone with a z3 tablet would be willing to test my audio fix (its as easy as pushing over an .xml file and rebooting) that would be awesome. If you're willing and able, just PM me and Ill send you the file and instructions.

For those interested you can check out the topic with the changes here.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] BabelHuber:
I couldn't install the new Xposed framework for lollipop, flashing the ZIP via the recovery failed.

Does anybody have the same problem?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] Moscow Desire:
The last I looked, the current XPosed zip isn't compatible with CM and things must be done manually..

Also, this is a question best posted in the Xposed thread.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
I don't seem to have root on cm12 2/20. May have been missing it for a while. Anyone else?

Edit: I flashed the latest superSU in cyanogenmod recovery found here.

http://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip

Worked. I have root again. Id really like to go back to using TWRP instead of CM12's new recovery though.

It seems that even if I flash doomlords cwm recovery, the next time I update a cm12 nightly, it gets overwritten.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] PVL_93_RU:
You can't flash recovery separately on this device though, no?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] Frostbiter:
Ah I'm using the pac rom from here, got it before the dl links were taken down. A soft reboot fixed it for me so maybe they are doing something different that can be used to fix the issue. It doesn't seem to be a well known problem either as unless you have more than one device running a cm based rom with the issue you wouldn't really notice.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] wernervw:
dac support

Hello,

Does anyone have experience with dac USB audio?

I can't make mine work with cm12. A mdac encore.

Thank you vers much.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
I'm not sure if I understand your question. You can flash doomlords root and cwm over cm12 but it gets erased the next time you flash a cm12 build.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] PVL_93_RU:
I thought the Doomlord's root was for 4.4.2?

So you mean to tell me I can temporarily flash CWM recovery and it will stay there unless I update to the new nightly build?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
Correct. Doomlords kernel is not so much based off of the version of android 4.4.2 but more the Sony firmwares.

This is taken from his post:

"LTE + WiFi4.4.217.1.1.A.0.402*- v0317.1.A.2.55*- v02

WiFi Only4.4.217.1.1.A.0.402*- v0317.1.A.2.36*- v01

or ROMS BASED ON THAT FIRMWARE"

Presumably cm is based off of these firmwares on z2 tab.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] PVL_93_RU:
Ok, so let me get this straight

Right now I have Official CM12 installed on my TabZ2 LTE (upgraded from stock 4.4.4). I can flash Doomlord's boot.img to replace the Cyanogen recovery with a fully functional ClockWorkMod Recovery, and the device will actually boot up into the OS and work just as fine until I update to a new nightly build which will, inevitably, overwrite the recovery once again?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] bacon612:
Correct. It worked for me. Worst case, if it doesn't boot, extract the boot.IMG from the build of cm12 you are running and flash it over doomlords.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Original Android Development] PVL_93_RU:
So it is as I feared - I could flash doomlord's kernel with CWM just fine and accessed the clockworkmod recovery to flash Xposed (THANK GOD), BUT upon quitting the recovery the device just kept bootlooping time after time. So it seems that CyanogenMod base CM12 off of something else other than the Tablet Z2 firmwares, probably the binaries and such that are available from Sony's AOSP sources page, meaning I'll have to resort to flashing doomlord's kernel everytime I need to flash something Cyanogen Recovery can't (and that's literally 99% of stuff since it's only good for wipes and applying updates) unless somebody makes a TWRP or DualRecovery or CWM work with CM12 ROMs (or Lollipop platform in general)