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[Xperia Z Original Android Development] qsnc:
for those that have problems booting: do a full wipe, remove or format the sd card, try again. if it still does not work, boot into recovery and retrieve last_kmsg.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] thorte:
I had this effect too after updating to 07.05. But during the second reboot (after forcing a reboot with volume-up and power) I noticed that the backlight was set to zero. By turning the device into the sun light (happend accidentally) I saw the message "optimzing apps". After that the backligt level switch to normal level so the phone can be used normally. By now everything is fine.

Thank you for that build
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
After a reboot (normal reboot) The phone has backlight which is so dark, that it cant be sseen in a bit darker areas... But as I go into the sun I saw the boot animation a bit... and as I went again into darker areas the phone backlight worked as it should.

Pretty interesting thing :D

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An other thing, what is to say, is that the heating problem is gone! I had no problems with heating, the build before the optimizing app progress let do glowing (ok not glowing) the device :D
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] redlee:
The new build ( 7/5 ) has the black screen while booting

Actually i like this black screen it can relax my eyes at night

Everything else seems to be ok

Thank you for the build :good:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Almost same behaviour.

Black screen directly after the Sony-logo. No boot animation.

Didn't see the "optimizing apps", not even when I was shining a bright light on the sensor. But the screen was lighting up normal after this proces, and all seems fine so far.

Thanks to you I didn't do a system wipe or post useless logs. :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] qsnc:
new build up. this one has quite substantial kernel changes, so i need you guys to do a proper stress test. do cpu/ram stress testing, etc. in other words: abuse it... and keep the temps in sight.

also, logging is cranked up a LOT here. please post a log if the device reboots unexpectedly.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] mohdsubaie:
Hello [MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION] the last two builds are not allowing the camera app to write to external sdcard.

Logs can be found at

http://pastebin.com/FM6QvwMU

It used to work fine on the older builds so not sure what has changed.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] buche23:
Backlight and GPS

Hi,

installed new build (the 0507 was working pretty well, no overheating at all), rebooted once. Log should show backlight being off during boot (actually between "Android starting apps" notification and enabling the SIM card it goes black completely, maybe easier to spot in the log, and I had GPD Test running for a few minutes, to no avail.

Thanks for the good work!

Buche
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Backlight turned off during boot is confirmed. I even believe he found the cause. Not sure if he uploaded a 10th build with or without this issue.

If it is equal to the build I tested, it is with the backlight issue.

So if the screen goes black after the Sony-logo, just sit back, relax and have some patience. :) No need to revert.

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Something changed after move app to SD card fix, but I did not interpreted it as a bug.

My photos aren't stored on SD by default, but when copying/moving a file to SD using QuickPic or ES File Explorer, it gave me a onetime popup suggesting to select SD first. The popup explains how. All working as I was used to after this.

Not sure how the camera app handles this.

Maybe moving a photo with the gallery app shows this popup and solves this issue?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
I have a higher battery drain with the 10th build.

6,5 hours, screen on time is 26 minutes, battery is 37 %.

It says four hours to go, which means battery is empty after appr. 11 hours.

I notice a kernel wakelock "lm_work_queue" (4 hours/94 %) and no deep sleep.

I wonder what other users experience.

[MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION] Will yesterdays logs still do for this issue, or will you need new ones?

edit May 12nd:

Forget about this.

I flashed another boot.img for testing purposes, and restored the original file after these tests.

Wakelock is gone, deeply sleeping, batterylife back to normal.

Must have been an incident.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Device gets a bit warmer than usual, when using normal apps like Facebook...
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] __raptor__:
Got a lot of these messages while booting after I flashed the 10th build. Screen stays black for a log time. Then it appears.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] BrateloSlava:
IMO, this message occurs only when the ART cache rebuilding.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] mohdsubaie:
Moving files using es explorer gives that pop up but, doesn't work with the camera app when external sdcard is selected as default storage location. The app is unable to read the sdcard tried manually creating a folder to see if it works but, no luck.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] redlee:
[MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION]

this is a random reboot log while connected to a charger

on the 0510 build
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
New build is up.

Backlight is not only off during boot, but also after boot. Makes it a bit useless. :(

Screen brightness is about 50 %, but backlight is simply off.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Logcat included.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Si I dont need to flash it? I mean? In that state its useless, right?

edit: dl-link is down..., vacation ;D
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
dmesg also attached now.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Up to you if you want to flash it. Solves a lot of battery drainage. ;)

He removed it after my report. Georg will be gone until Wednesday.

We need a little patience. :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Haha solves battery and my time on mobile issues :P

my yuga runs good for daily usage.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TimmePfeife:
Im still using the May 7. I don't have random reboots nor other serious problems. The only annoying problem is the often non-existent sound during calls. I dont hear my partner,but he hears me. But as soon as I turn on speakers, everything works. If I turn ot off, it doesnt. I tested it with my landline phone. I attached the Log.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] airlessproject:
Respected dev [MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION], I have a kind of a technical question:

in your most recent builds, did you disable kernel Logger and enable userspace Logd in its role?

I'm having trouble with Logd in my RR build, which uses CM Logd sources; in particular: when Logd is built with the rom, boot process hangs at the end of ART optimization, on message 'Starting apps...'

If you can, I'd appreciate if you point me to a direction where I could find my problem.

Thanks in advance and an apology for asking a question about a different rom in your thread.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] __raptor__:
No reedboots while on flight mode. My device is now up since more than 40h.

Anybody with similar experiences?

Edit:

No reboots since over 65h
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] huyngh:
I can't see the link to download

Like tilte I cannot see link to download CM 12 for xz
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Wait for 2 days when qsnc is back and uploads a new build
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
'Cause it says "Down for now". :)

He is on a short holiday. I believe he came/is coming back today. But give him some time to unpack stuff :) and fix things.

He uploaded a build just before he left, but that one seemed to have a backlight issue. That's why he didn't have time to fix it first, and keeping the download link alive would add nothing.

His pollux(_windy) builds also had issues (sleep-of-death), so he might want to fix more first before he fixes yuga (since he doesn't own yuga himself). So we might need a bit more patience.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] qsnc:
no, the userspace logd is disabled, as you can see in our sources.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Do you have a source of this news?

I was told it would not happen earlier then August.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Great news, hoping for some news here in our forum :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Swidilator:
So I'm running the May 10 build, and I had noticed a few random reboots, only while screen off and on charge, and a black screen when booting(shat myself the first time it happened right after flash...) but I wasn't too worried as it was a known issue with the build and that other people have been having it. Now however the phone seems to have rebooted and now the screen wont turn on at all, and there seems to be nothing I can do to change that. Is the any advice on the matter?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] LP6:
Try holding power button & vol up until it reboots. Worked for me. I've had no problems what so ever with the (second) latest version (20150510) until yesterday when it had done just what was described here and I overslept and was late for work.

Nevertheless great work and an excellent ROM! Thank you.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Swidilator:
Okay cool, I'll keep that in mind if it happens again. Basically I just left the phone off charge for the night, and when I woke up I plugged it in, and it booted. But thanks anyway :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] qsnc:
new build is up. this (for now) marks the end of quite huge kernel updates, so it needs proper testing by all you guys.

the backlight issue during boot isn't solved yet, but otherwise this build should work fine - and also have much smoother and faster UI.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Taikun hearth:
kernel source? nothing on gerrit/github
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
I had some issues with latest build.

After installation it booted and installed Apps and it worked just fine, after a few reboots it rebooted and apps where installed again...

After that it runs good without issues.

If something like that happens again, I'll grab a log.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Installing apps by itself directly after booting?

I might not understand your symptoms. Could it be Gapps-related?

It just optimized apps after flashing (and wiping cache), but didn't install anything on my device.

For some testing purposes I had to reboot the device, and I noticed only expected behaviour (no backlight during boot).
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
I mean optimize... Sorry, for this misunderstanding - I translated it a bit false into english

EDIT:

System runs as smoth as it never did before!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] redlee:
The system is smooth indeed, but there is something i didn't like which is how the folders work now

it is not as smooth as the system is

Anyway to change it back as it was before ? (folders only)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
I have no clue what you mean with folders?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Probably he means the new way how trebuchet handels it with folders for apps... The new security feature is also there, so folders come up to a whoale screen, its a bit annoying :confused:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Okay. So it is a launcher issue?

I use Epic Launcher. Nothing changed there.

edit:

Wow, I see...

I just tested it, and indeed looks ugly!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] redlee:
Yeah that's exactly what I was trying to say, i don't know why i couldn't explain it good :p

Trebuchet is an awesome launcher it would be bad for me to change
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
I hope that they change something soon... but app lock work now :D

But yea, I us Nova, but this isnt belong in this thread :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] sadokhetgd:
hello avengrz

i want xperia photo album widget for this ROM

please tell me from where should i get it ... :rolleyes:

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Uhmmm...

seek in Google and Playstore for some Apps, who do the same...

Please use the Q&A Thread next time, this is development :)

Sorry man I cant say you right now, which app u could use :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
I don't think qsnc will revert these changes. He doesn't maintain the launcher.

CM decided to use this launcher in their ROM. Qsnc is building plain CM, so the launcher is in this build as it is; with features we like and dislike.

We have the official CM unofficial :), so our build also has the CM-features we like and dislike.

But I don't understand this change in the launcher from CM's perspective. I believe they wanted to create a custom ROM which stays as close to stock as possible.

Well, the folder function in Trebuchet is far from stock now...
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
What are your expriences with gps on the latest build?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
works for me and with new google maps, the navigation service is very nice, with 3D houses (wich are not compleatly correct but yea) :D
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] buche23:
GPS

Unfortunately I can't say the same for me. Cleared AGPS, reboot. Tried to get a GPS fix with GPS Test. After two minutes doesn't even show a sattelity. Hit "Update AGPGS" button, now he sees 14, but hardly ever connects to one, no lock is reached. Log attached.

Buche
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] airlessproject:
Thanks a lot for the answer.

Does this mean you still use kernel's Logger and if so, isn't it affecting performance as its buffer was moved to userspace?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
GPS logs and picture...

GPS seems to work for me
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Hexchain:
Anyone using Face unlock? I can't seem to get it work. Log says it recognized my face but screen always stays locked. I'm using GApps from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps .
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Swidilator:
An annoying bug I just noticed is that when I reboot my phone, my WiFi network switches its settings from static IP to DHCP
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
please grab a log to figure out the problem...
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] qsnc:
guys, to figure out the backlight off problem at boot... we need to test something.

grab boot.img from my site, flash, and reboot. capture the whole boot process with adb logcat and post it somewhere for me to see. you can go back to the boot.img of the "released" version after that, this is just to gather more information.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Hexchain:
Here you are: http://ix.io/iJG
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] zakitheracer:
[MENTION=4983940]SuperHanss[/MENTION] fixed it in PA

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60850500
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] SuperHanss:
No: read it carefully. I didn't fix anything, just reverted an accidentally merged CM branch. ;)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
When backlight issue is fixed, whats missing to regular nightlies [MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION]? :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Not much if there are no further serious issues reported (I don't). :)

But this backlight issue seems annoying.

No real solution after hours of testing, until 2:15am yesterday together with qsnc. :(
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] ChrisCh22:
This issue with the backlight wasn't present before. It appeared in one of the recent nightlies. So, to fix it, a change should be reverted. Was the commit history deleted, or why is this such a complicated task?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Hexchain:
Not every regressions should be fixed with reverting. Some changes must be made, yet they introduce side-effects. We should try to get rid of these side-effects by testing and fixing, not reverting.

For the current backlight issue it seems that qsnc is trying to get rid of the proprietary illumination_service and replace it with open source code. (Correct me if I'm wrong!) ;)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Correct.

After hours of testing several boot-images, he thought he found something.

He gave me a boot.img which had a backlight during boot (not a fix, just for testing). Then again he gave me a boot.img which should not have backlight. It behaved as expected.

So he thought he found it, but a fix did not behave as expected.

Even if he sets the backlight's maximum brightness as the minimum, there was still no backlight during the boot process. (Being very bright after the boot process).

Yuga doesn't seem to act as expected to some configurations.

The logs didn't really give a clue, since backlight comes up when logcat starts.

He told me that Pollux and Yuga should actually behave the same. But Pollux doesn't have this issue.

The most difficult part is that qsnc does not own this device himself. Every change he makes, needs to be tested by others. He is blind when it comes to solving issues.

He is relying on us, so please be patient, provide logs, and praise him for still maintaining our device.

The past days he spend a lot of time on Yuga, even though you didn't see a new build.

For the coming days he will be focussing on the Lollipop sources for Pollux.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Olivier:
Just FYI: The Omni kernel does support DT2W but as of now, you need to enable it using 3rd party apps (e.g. Kernel Adiutor).
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] Yndi:
Hey,

just want to say a few words here:

With the latest build I got no reboots so far :) . Thanks for the deadline scheduler which we haver for 2 or 3 builds now.

Is the missing backlight really a dealbreaker for nightlies? I mean it's nightlies, no RC and no M-release.

One more thing: The phone still becomes very warm with light usage already. Is there any way I could/should log this?

Thanks to qsnc again and all of the testers.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Had again the problem, that phone has a blackscreen (prob. only backlight didnt turned on) and the get out of this situation I had to press Power and Vol+ to get a reboot and on this reboot the apps get optimized again so its very annoying :/

Log atached
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] eivi91:
Big thanks to qsnc for maintaining this device! I flashed this ROM on my girlfriends/fiances YUGA two days ago, and still haven't heard any complains about stuff not working as expected. :p So I guess that means it is more or less rock solid. ;) (She got the YUGA cheap and barely used, from a family member after her iPhone broke down).

I'm used to Nexus devices myself for the last 5 years or so, so I couldn't stand the stock Xperia KitKat stuff.

However, I noticed that I got the boot screen to show when performing a soft reboot.

I used the app called "Emoji Switcher" (because she HAD to have the iOS emojis, coming from an iPhone), and when setting the iOS emojis, I had to reboot. Then I got the Cyanogen boot screen to show, but it seemed to be booting forever, so I had to power it down, and power it up again, and I was back to a "black" boot screen.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Do you have some kind of cache cleaner installed?

Even though qsnc advised me not to use this, it is still installed (just not touching it and no auto cleaning active).

I am able to reproduce this optimising apps after a reboot (not necessarily a forced reboot), but only when I clean cache.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Interesting that you had a bootscreen (working backlight) at all....... Do you use the recent build?

The "black" boot screen (no backlight during boot) is expected behaviour at this moment (althought from a technical point of view, qsnc would disgree with this :) ).
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
No, I dont juste something like that.

Hmmm no cache didnt was cleaned by me...

Its everytime soon after a bootup.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Okay.

If you shine a bright light in the correct angle on the screen (I use the flashlight of my i9100), you can see what it is doing.

I know it is not solving your issue, but for now you can at least see where your device is busy with during boot. Might be good to know if it is booting at all (or bootlooping).
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] eivi91:
Yes, clean flash of 20150522, with BaNkS dynamic gapps.

It "booted" for about 5 minutes without anything happening, so I powered it down by power + volume up.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
And then backlight was gone again during boot?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] swatchfb:
I can confirm that behaviour with a dirty flash coming from Apr 27 build. Sorry but I didn't and don't know which logs to post in this case.

edit: I don't use Gapps.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] eivi91:
Correct.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
I use the app SysLog. It is available in the Play Store. It grabs all for you.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] swatchfb:
OK but is it relevant? I had nearly the same experience as eivi91 during the (dirty) ROM-update and the forced reboot after having had the blackscreen for 15 minutes (and the normal boot animation afterwards), but in the meantime 24 hours passed (no reboot since then).

edit: [MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION] Don't know if it helps but I added everything syslog gave to me.

edit2: [MENTION=5145127]qsnc[/MENTION] Okay, maybe I'm an idiot. The boot animation seems to lack for about 5-8 seconds and afterwards it appears for another 5-8 seconds. So I think this just seems to be the normal problem with the backlight?! Sorry for that..
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
I know, I know I'm not this good in english to discribe things that good - I try to make it understandable for everyone and I think this was enough to say whats up.

Me too, this app takes all for you and compared with ES file manager, you can set it up, that you can save the log direct over WLAN to a folder of your PC, so no need to connect USB cable to XZ and a lot of time is saved :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Well, mentioning bugs without logs for sure isn't relevant.

Having the same symptoms doesn't always mean it had the same rootcause. We only no for sure after studying logfiles.

As told before, our developer doesn't own this device himself. He relies on us.

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I think you did a wrong quote, cause this was a response to eivi91's case.

I think I did understand you. :) I just can't reproduce it without cleaning cache. Doesn't mean someone else might be able to reproduce.

Good thing you attached logfiles. It is just that I am not skilled enough to go through them. The only thing I could was mentioning this bright light-thing to at least check what your device is doing during boot.

Your English isn't that bad at all. :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] andyvdsteen:
Even though he said he would leave yuga for a short period to focus on Sony Lollipop-sources for pollux(_windy), he did work on our device yesterday, and even today just before he left for a holiday. :)

He merged full set of Sony blobs and some kernel changes. But unfortunatly his latest builds had no RIL.

Even in the last hours before he left he was working hard to fix this. Probably hoping to give us all a new build before he would leave for three weeks. Unfortunatly no success confirmed yet.

He is off for three weeks on a well deserved vacation!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] TheAvngrZ:
Thats great messages! :good:

Three weeks?! Wow! :victory: