yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Genotron2:
Hi :)

I tried to follow those instructions for the installation Link and i'm currently stuck at Number 8 - flashing the Rom.

I'm getting the Error from TWRP that it can't install the package since there is already a newer build installed. I'm currently on my region specific 6.2.B.1.96 version which is a freshly installed 4.1 Vanilla Android with the Trinity Kernel for the included TWRP (Link)

I tried it first with a regular download on Mega. And after the fail via integration into my own account and getting it via the desktop sync app to rule out a corrupt download.

Then the 12.1b04 version.

So far no success :)

"Can't install this package (Thu Jul 9 19:47:19 EDT 2015) over newer build (Thu Sep 3 20:06:29 EDT 2015).

E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/uCyan-12.1-b05.zip'

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/uCyan-12.1-b05.zip'

Help would be appreciated :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Try with twrp 2.8.0.1
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] denilson_rod:
Works for locked bootloader?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
Of course not.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alusan20raziel:
hi, i tried to install twrp but it say ' flashing recovery was unsuccessful. either you already have this recovery installed or another error has ocurred. would u like to attempt rebooting to recovery now?' i, clicked on yes and it give me FC :(. i tried with diferent version os twrp. please help
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
You are on which ROM? How are you trying to install twrp?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alusan20raziel:
im on stock rom jb .96 and im tried install with twrp manager.

Im tried with terminal emulator to but cant enter recovery, im actually pressing vol + quickly but nothing hapeens .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
You need a kernel which supports fota partition...the stock jb kernel doesn't support. So you can try doomlords kernel for xperia s.flash that kernel by fastboot.it has cwm recovery..

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You can try this method to flash nAOSP lollipop ROM.first update to nAOSP that I recommend because the cm 13 is no more updated by developer.

Follow the procedure and let me know if you have any difficulties.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3284657
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alusan20raziel:
thanks for reply, can i flash with this follow procedure any lollipop rom for xperia S? like Ucyan or nAOSP?

i tried the follow procedure it works but my storage is 1.96GB and cant take photos it say insert sdcard :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alusan20raziel:
Hi, Actually have the same error of nageswarswain.

Can't install this package (Thu Jul 9 19:47:19 EDT 2015) over newer build (Thu Sep 3 20:06:29 EDT 2015).

E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/uCyan-12.1-b05.zip'

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/uCyan-12.1-b05.zip'

im on twrp 2.8.7.0 :( any idea?

anyway whats is this file boot-ucyan-bxx-zswap.img?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Extract the recovery.IMG from ucyan b05.copy it to sdcard.then boot to recovery...

Goto install>>IMG(see the bottom right corner)>>choose the recovery.IMG file >>select flash as fota...after completing reboot again to recovery and try to flash ucyan
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mothyl.w:
So I've been using this ROM now for a couple of weeks and I love it, but 2 things cause it to crash. Namely Spotify and some special camera function (the panorama function from the Google Camera, and opening a (whatsapp) camera from WhatsApp).

I'm not sure whether these crashes have anything to do with the whole clean install/format/thingy or not clean what people have been saying with a crashing phone when opening the dailler app.

So, does anyone know how to fix this crashing of my phone? Spotify was 1/3 of the reason of me buying this phone, and now it doesn't work anymore...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] anth0nymDROID:
Rom development is stopped

Try naosp Rom Spotify should work

Can confirm that panaroma from Google camera works
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xdriyad:
How's the battery life on this rom? I'm looking for something with good amount of battery life.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] apex^_^elf:
need new link on a rom. Links in main post are unavaliable
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fir3lordZuk0:
This ROM is discontinued, use naosp 7 by mickybart
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
MEGA links are up.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xiliuu:
It's incredible that the link of the rom is working until this day ty for not removing it, for some reason i'm back to my old Xperia S for the time being and was able to install this rom, more than half of Xperia S threads are dead . rlly thx. if any noob like me needs help with this just ask.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SysGhost:
Ah... right.

That did it.

As I suspected. The permissions in the local file system can be blamed for this.

I wonder why I didn't think of that? I am after all used with the *nix filesystem.

Too simple I guess.

Perhaps a good idea to put this under the FAQ section under the first post. I might not be the only one stumbling upon this.

When using a *nix compatible file system on the storage partition, permissions between different ROMs are not compatible.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
It's happen and a second pair of eyes can help sometimes :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yunamunchy:
yes , the first time i flashed the was good but dialer crashed when i restored stuff from pure aosp. i tried reflashing and it became like that , very unresponsive. maybe due to memory leak and some cm bugs. i'll wait for the next release

Sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
That is weird. I've had no issues so far. Running smooth
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] GjorgiDxc:
Touchscreen disabled after boot (sometimes), other than that ROM is very smooth even when themes are applied.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Guys yesterday night i charged my mobile to 70% and today morning i woke up mobile was totally switched off and drained to the core :( and the battery stats i have attached below :( charge slided down very fast
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] GjorgiDxc:
Use wakelock detector to see what causing the drainage.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
As mentioned by GjorgiDxc use wakelock detector or BBS to find the culprit.

I've had excellent retention when not in use (although in airplane mode)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
[MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION] would it be possible to lower the brightness level some more? I was using deedwar's PA before this and he had done that

Edit - I did echo x > brightness. It went completely black at 11. And didn't notice much difference between 12 to 17.. But if you could at least make 17 available, that would be really great. Please consider it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
By default I have set it to 30 for lowest value that can be set by the user and 20 for doze. In fact on my device below 17 sometime I have blackscreen.

I will change the lowest value that can be set by user to 17 on the next release. I was not sure that this value was very interesting but I have received few requests on this way so I will do.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
[MENTION=5444464]PunchUp[/MENTION] [MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION]

It's not like I'd enjoy to ruin your plans.. though I can go as low as 10 on 4.4 PA

assuming we are talking of /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

And afaik automatic brightness was working (I mean, it wasn't disabled).

Of course as always you either get maximum low brightness or maximum high one..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
As mentioned earlier, I could go till 12 safely. But didn't notice much difference from 12 - 17.. 17 should be good enough I think
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] wxl104:
May I ask if can directly flash the new twrp use twrp?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
No, You need to follow the procedure from here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Darth Inferno:
[MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION] Friend, can be possible flash the new kernel that you post in the nAOPS thread, that have the patch for fix the bug with dt2w on uCyan 12?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Well if you read properly someone has already tried it on uCyan
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Darth Inferno:
Oh! sorry, I had not seen, thank you, just read that exist a new kernel for nAOSP
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ChriMo:
Thanks very much [MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION] !!! I like CM11 very much, so I will follow this welcome ROM for SXS closely. Have fun and satisfaction building updates reaching stability, low battery drain, etc.! I'm one of your fans :D

I hope official CM12 trough Themes allows to get the GUI feeling (black background) and responsiveness of CM11 and all this will be available in uCyan to revive the so far "toy" of mine SXS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
b2 released

boot.img:

fix fastboot flash issue (just a recompilation)

kernel:

fix for dt2w and add of color calibration support. Thanks to [MENTION=5107393]ztc1997[/MENTION].

Color calibration is controlled with this file : /sys/devices/platform/mdp.458753/kcal (and on Settings/Display). I have done some test and I suppose that this file is the same for everyone but if it is not the case thanks to provide the output of the command: ls /sys/devices/platform/mdp.*/kcal

Cm: last code update from yesterday
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Man you're awesome! Thank you for lowering brightness. Much better at night now

And colour calibration is great as well

Thank you :good:

Just one thing I wanted to ask. I did search nAOSP thread but nothing came up. dt2w is not really responsive all the time is it? Takes many taps sometimes to wake it up.. Am I doing something wrong or it's just some rough edges we'll have to live with?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ao-Xiang:
Hi, I just bought this phone with only 16 dollars (used). I wanna give it a try. However, I can't get the phone into fastboot mode (blue LED is on for few seconds and it automatically exit fastboot mode). I remember that I got this problem on my Xperia P years ago and I gave up unlocking my XP (now it's already broken). Do you have any idea how to fix this problem? I see others solved this problem by installing a WinXP VM, should I do it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ao-Xiang:
Nvm, I just clicked fast enough to install the driver and unlocked successfully. Now how do I flash the ROM? Should I upgrade the stock ROM to Android 4 and get root first?

Edited:

The links of custom kernels with root support I found are all dead. How do I suppose to root the phone then?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] patrol-cz:
Many thanks for a new version!

... and a question: Does anyone observe problems with SIM card after a soft reboot ? I can see them in b01 as well as b02.

Reboot itself works perfectly, but then, 3 different scenarios are happening (at least with my phone / SIM):

- All goes well (nothing to fix)

- SIM card problems are reported after entering the PIN, the phone doesn't attach to the network, only emcy calls available

- The phone informs that "a new SIM has been inserted" and requires a restart.

As the second and third case require hard reboot to fix, I'm now always using hard reboot, as it's statistically faster than 2 reboots (soft + hard :) ).

Pavel
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
Oops forget this change on the changelog. I will update.

About dt2w, there is a square area defined in the middle of the screen.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
depending of the context but if you come from recent kernel you don't need to do it. I will update the OP.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
On my side some time the operator is not shown on the GUI but the network is attached

In the same time, a "big" download with https will failed with my operator. If I'm using a VPN I have not the issue. That seems to be a known issue with dns unresolved and some operator that redirect to a webpage in that case and so that break the https connection. This is not the case on nAOSProm.

This is maybe an issue with the current version of uCyan. I'm using the ril of aosp with the framework telephony of CM but I will work to switch on the ril CM code.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Perfect! I was tapping all over. Now it's fine. Thank again

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Just for reference, is it possible to manually increase that square area and/or sensitivity?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
Not from the user space. This is hard-coded on the driver.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] moe18:
Thanks for the color calibration. The wite in My phone was a more yellow than wite.... I moved some things on color calibration and the yellowish-wite is gone :) try for this
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
Hi

why I can't enable nav bar in this rom ?

I was able to do that in nAOSP
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yunamunchy:
rom is good now , thanks [MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION]

one thing though , the lightbar setting seems gone on b02 , it was at b01 and when i check buildprop it wasnt there too. the lightbar consume bit of power so i want it off all the time specially at night

Sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] berda77:
Re

Hi Mickybart! Can you advise me where I can change the value for back button long press duration?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
You can't
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] berda77:
Why?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
The lightbar control is available under Settings/Buttons. This is the first item (you can slide brightness to the right to put adaptive mode. The lightbar will have the same brightness than the screen. Of course if you slide to the left you can disable it). You will not have any reference to the lightbar mode on the build prop of uCyan (this is only the case on nAOSProm)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
This is not implemented yet. Don't forget that CM 12 is on heavy development.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] berda77:
The other issue is the screen switching on. I use flip cover case and sometimes when I open the cover the screen is on and sometimes not. I tried to change the values related to brightness under development options but still same result.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
That depends on proximity sensor. I don't think software could do anything to alter that
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] berda77:
Re

So, can I somehow calibrate my proximity sensor to get it more sensitive or to work proper way?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Doubt it. If your flip cover is dark, stick a white paper (or something like that) where it covers the proximity sensor
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DvDwx.:
Anyone already tried install the Alpha version of Xposed to lollipop to see if that stay working? :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Yep all good
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
A request to enlarge the Dt2w square area so it can be easy for users.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
No I think it's fine. Just needs a little bit of practice to get used to.. The square should remain small so as to prevent accidental unlock in pocket, etc
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yunamunchy:
i thought it was on display lol , im sorry. the rom is great now thanks a lot. will try oc kernels to see if theres any difference

Sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
Yes I don't think that I will change it. The same implementation is on nAOSProm and pure AOSP lollipop since a while now and seems to fit good.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Hi, a request feature for Fast Charge please. Even charging on 1A chargers takes a lot of time to charge.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
[MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION] there's some problem with privacy guard in this build. All the options have disappeared.. Could you please have a look if Cyanogen have changed something?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ahlulnugraha:
[MENTION=6043081]mickybart[/MENTION] PLease consider this. http://xdaforums.com/android/software/arm-arm64-android-5-0-lollipop-t3032247
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] m1st3r1:
Fastcharge is the ability to get more amperage when connected to usb (PC). It can damage your usb slot (both in your pc and the device). Better disable it.

And for what you want, it's called fast charging (or something). It's already capable of fast charging (taking 1.2 ampere when charge with 1.5 ampere charger in mine). Try kill your running apps/process first before charging, better yet use 2g only and/disable data/wifi

But that bug is not happening in our xs.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
I don't think it will damage the USB slot. At the most PC will disable the USB slot temporarily if it tries to use more power. Also, if the feature is implemented, hopefully it will be launched with option to enable/disable!:)

And about the method You told about to charge faster, I even kill the cached process because I always let phone lay idle while it is charging, and I always stay on 2g!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vordhosbnbg:
Yeah, Carbon Rom 4.4.4 kernel supports fast charge, and it works flawlessly - I get the same juice from an USB port as from a charger. But even considering there is no fast charge support in kernel, it still seems suspiciously slow to me...

Take a look at my wake locks in the attatched screenshot - 2h 39m is about the time since I am charging my phone. Is it possible that the kernel does some unnecessary wakelock related to the USB connection to the PC?

I am using MTP mode (none of the others can be enabled).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] darknessmc:
Good ram! Is it real?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mpranay25:
Walkman sound enhancement dosent work on b02. I have disable audio fx but still there is no sound effect.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mirhl:
Iirc cyanogenmod enforces strict selinux. And that is usually problematic for mod like this
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
SELinux is not available in this ROM
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mpranay25:
Ok.. thanks for infrom.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vordhosbnbg:
This ROM uses zram swapping, which essentially copresses part of your RAM in order to have more available. This leads to increased CPU usage (for compression/decompression) but also gives a lot more room for multitasking and prevents reloads of apps (which saves a bit of CPU usage). You can turn this feature off, if you want from bottom of developer options.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] darknessmc:
I mean I've about 416 mb free ram
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Yes because zRAM compresses the specified value
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
Apart from zram, an increase in the total ram(to approx 860mb) is due to CMA (thanks to the developers). :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganesha27:
Dude can you mirror the downloads o basketbuild or somewhere else, my ISP has blocked mega
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mickybart:
http://ovh.to/iwTc1JA
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganesha27:
Thank you mickybart
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shamsul007:
V4A?

Just switched from nAOSProm b17 to uCyan thinking V4A would work perfectly. Installed latest version and made it a system app. However like in nAOSProm, V4A only works in music app and not system wide. Any help?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
You're doing something wrong then. Works fine for me
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] StarChaserX:
I switched to uCyan from Stock JB. I was on b13 of nAOSProm when I was forced to switch to Stock because I needed my phone for some critical tasks.

Instead of going to b17, I decided to switch to uCyan and here are my one and half pence.

The ROM is good, the phone feels faster and smoother than Stock JB. I am using OC Kernel with 192M of ZRAM.

Interestingly I was having problems with battery life in both nAOSP and with uCyan as well, so I did some tweaks on Kernel side using 'Kernel Adiutor' from Willie Ye. What I observed was that the kernel is using Core0 extensively while Core 1 is offline most of the time and used rarely. I 'unchecked' the MPD CPU HP which drastically changed the situation for my phone.

The cores are more efficiently utilized (good time on Deep Sleep and more stepping frequencies) and I can see both cores are now online.

I am using SIO as IO Scheduler with Smartmax as Governor.

Bugs that I can report are:

a. Tethering with USB debugging ON does not work at times and phone either keeps getting disconnected from tether or is not connected at all.

b. Audio FX is having FC when I changed Scheduler. I am not using Audio FX so I have disabled it and that is not giving me any problems.

The config is working fine for me and battery life is just about as good as with Stock.

A big thanks to [MENTION=437224]mickeyb[/MENTION]art for porting CM to our beloved Nozomi :)..

It s a great ROM and for me its working perfectly good as a daily driver

Cheers

SC
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] GjorgiDxc:
Noob question : What is V4A ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Audio mod
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shamsul007:
Uninstalled Driver and removed V4A as sytem app, reinstalled normally and still the same issues. V4A works only with music app in both headset and speaker, but not system wide. How did you install it?

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191223

Its an audio mod, which is awesome. It turns you android device into a fully fledged mp3 player, Its something you definitely need to experience if you use your device to listen to music.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yunamunchy:
just install as normal apk. no need to remove audio fx. i dont know why it doesnt work on your device. also install as power saving. its wht i do most of the time

Sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shamsul007:
Reflashed uCyan b02 with oc_ultra, installed v4a with power saving and same issues. V4A only processing audio in music app and not system wide. :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
Very weird man.. Which app exactly gives you no effect? I've tried MX player for movies and a couple of games.. All good

And I think this is going OT now
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shamsul007:
Every app except music app. Doesn't work in YouTube, mxplayer, Netflix. Even the system sounds aren't being processed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shamsul007:
This is what I see in the driver status when I'm not in the music app. Doubt it'll help much. Any advice?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PunchUp:
I honestly have no clue. Works fine for me since the first install (MX player in the screenshot)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shamsul007:
I've noticed differences in our sampling rate. In KK it was the same as yours (44100)

I assumed the change was because of updating to lollipop.

At any rate, I don't know how to fix. I can't complain as it works with the music app. It'd just be nice to have V4A whilst browsing YouTube or soundcloud. :(

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Can I get a copy of your audio_policy.conf located in

/system/etc

If I change the default sampling rate maybe it'll fix it? Worth a try.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mpranay25:
Viper works fine on my device. Refer this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543796

Just Download 3 files and flash it. Oh sorry to mention first uninstall viper and then flash.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yunamunchy:
i have ticked force v4a on mine , try doing it

Sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yunamunchy:
im experiencing soft reboots while on the gallery , it happened twice already. is it CM bug? i'll attach log if needed

Sent from my Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hYpercrites:
I have a weird bug with the front Camera.

Sometimes, if i want to take a picture or start a cam-call in skype, the screen is stretched and rotated (the picture itself is okay anyway).

A reboot didnt help but it disapears from time to time, can't reproduce it and on screenshots it looks normal.