yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] BarajaVLC:
Not really, I have tried playing one of the stock songs "Far from love" on the Walkman app and the sound is totally different when Clearaudio is off and then I turn it on.

My model is the 32gb Z3TC and I flashed the NCB firmware downloaded via XperiFirm, if it helps. No wipe at all.

For me one of the best improvements relies in touch sensibility. It was too loose in 4.4.4, and now it works as expected.:cowboy:
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] RyckuuXyu:
Installed the update. Now my tablet lags everywhere. In games and menus - everything is laggy. That's quite annoying
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
Sorry it has taken so long to upload, my connection has been very bad the past few days and it kept disconnecting. Here is the link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/105406952/SGP611_23.1.A.0.690_Customized_NCB_SU_XZDR.zip
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] executattor:
I can't put here the link to the FTF SGP621 LTE model, I have no enough posts... :(
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] infinitylook:
Just pm it to me
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] executattor:
Thanks infinitylook! :good:
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] jaime4272:
http://xdaforums.com/z3-tablet-compact/general/ftf-sgp621-lollipop-23-1-0-690-noba-ftf-t3058400

here you go
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
Sorry for being a pain and thank you for taking the time to make and upload it. Can I just flash it in recovery?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
yes just flash it in recovery. however, you will lose recovery and system rw. might be best to hold on until dual recovery is working properly.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
To fix the R/W issue you can use my tool from here. It should work on all SGP6XX variants with no problems, as it pulls its needed files directly from the device itself. Recovery on the other hand is not available yet, as pointed out.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
I did try it actually but didn't work. I did have rw access to system but somehow lost it. I did have it when I had the "scan for security threats" in google settings disabled but lost it after I enabled it. I'm not sure if it is simply coincidence or it was the culprit. I'll reflash both my Z3 and Z3TC later tonight and install your script.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
You should be able to just reapply it, all it does is what the flashing of the RICDefeat normally does. Strange issues indeed. My R/W access still works as expected on both my Z3TC as well as on my Z2. Hope you get it figured out.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
Tried it 3 times now and no good. I'll have to reflash from the beginning now. On another note, any idea what would happen if I flashed the latest busybox right after flashing the rom? Recovery is broken anyway, as far as I know, that will be only effect.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
Try to not flash busybox, but install it after you are done with the script and have R/W access just to be sure. Just out of curiosity, could you send me the output of the following statements.

adb shell "ls -l /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko"
adb shell "ls -l /system/bin/stock"
adb shell "ls -l /system/bin/mount"
adb shell "ls -l /system/lib/modules/scsi_wait_scan.ko"

So I know which of the steps went wrong.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
Anyway to install the system rw fix directly from the tablet? I currently don't have a computer. Many thanks to both of you for the answers and work done.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
OK I will do that. As requested, below are the outputs

shell@SGP621:/ $ ls -l /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko

ls -l /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko

-rw-r--r-- root root 34473 2015-03-20 18:39 wp_mod.ko

shell@SGP621:/ $ ls -l /system/bin/stock

ls -l /system/bin/stock

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-03-20 18:04 mount -> /system/bin/toolbox

shell@SGP621:/ $ ls -l /system/bin/mount

ls -l /system/bin/mount

-rwxr-xr-x root root 245 2015-03-20 18:39 mount

shell@SGP621:/ $ ls -l /system/lib/modules/scsi_wait_scan.ko

ls -l /system/lib/modules/scsi_wait_scan.ko

-rw-r--r-- root root 2804 2015-02-27 17:06 scsi_wait_scan.ko

Thank you for your help.

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By the way, this is what I get when I run your script

=============================================

Sending files

=============================================

296 KB/s (9464 bytes in 0.031s)

1 KB/s (1852 bytes in 1.000s)

2158 KB/s (34473 bytes in 0.015s)

3167 KB/s (657704 bytes in 0.202s)

175 KB/s (2804 bytes in 0.015s)

modulecrcpatch (by zxz0O0)

module_layout: patched to 0x8D25670A

__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr1: match

kallsyms_lookup_name: not found

printk: not found

mem_text_write_kernel_word: not found

__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0: match

Installing of mount.sh finished

Done. You can now unplug your device.

Enjoy System R/W access

=============================================
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
That is particularly strange... The script runs through okay, the files are where they belong, all permissions are okay. It should work. Can you paste what

adb shell "su -c 'mount -o remount /system'''

gives you?

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Yes, unpack the zip file to /data/local/tmp, open terminal emulator and then do

su
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod +x systemrw.sh
./systemrw.sh

That should do the trick.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
I don't get anything back. It just displays what I typed.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
Okay, if that returns nothing, system should be R/W. Please log on to your tab with:

adb shell
su
mount -o remount /system
mount | grep system

then you should see that system is indeed rw in the parameters. Now we try to write to the system partition

cd /system
touch writetest.txt
ls -l writetest.txt

If you now see the file listed, you just wrote to system. Now remove the file.

rm writetest.txt
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
You're absolutely right, it is RW. I was relying on ES File Explorer to tell me it was writeable. Thanks a million.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
I tried extracting the files in the location you specified but there's no other folders inside data. So I extracted them into the normal sdcard from the device and applied the commands from terminal emulator, with the appropriate path. It doesn't work.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
This will not work. You need to have the files on an ext4 directory. Type su to become root. Then copy the files to /data/local/tmp by issuing

cp /sdcard/filename /data/local/tmp/

Where filename is the name of the corresponding files. Then switch to this directory

cd /data/local/tmp

Then apply the executable flag

chmod 777 systemrw.sh

And then execute it.

./systemrw.sh
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
The command seems like it would work but only for single files, not an entire folder. Can you tell me what specifically inside the ricdefeat.zip should I copy in data/local/tmp?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
Yes, that is for individual files. Here are the verbatim copy commands

cp /sdcard/modulecrcpatch /data/local/tmp/
cp /sdcard/systemrw.sh /data/local/tmp/
cp /sdcard/wp_mod.ko /data/local/tmp/
cp /sdcard/scsi_wait_scan.ko /data/local/tmp/

and I forgot one command. Once you cd to /data/local/tmp and run the chmod 777 on systemrw.sh, do the same for the modulecrcpatch, before running systemrw.sh

chmod 777 modulecrcpatch
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
Here's what I did, should I have rw acces now?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
Yes, looks like it worked. Now reboot and you should have R/W access.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
Thank you for the guidance and the detailed tutorial. How do I check if it works?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
Try to write to the system partition

cd /system
touch writetest.txt
ls -l writetest.txt

If you now see the file listed, you just wrote to system and verified system R/W access. Now remove the file.

rm writetest.txt
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
Doesn't seem to be working. Also, in ES explorer I can't modify files in system folder, like changing permissions and so on.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lowtraxx:
You made a typo. You created writetest.txt and tried to list writelist.txt. This is bound to yield no result. ES File explorer has problems with lollipop. Root explorer works perfectly here.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
Yes it looks like I made a mistake :) sorry for that, it worked in the end.

And after I got rw access I wanted to replace some system files with the root explorer you mentioned, in order to make xposed work, and after I rebooted my device ended up in a bootloop.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
bootloader

Is it possible to unlock the boot loader yet? I'm new to this tablet. I have already installed lollipop 5.0.2::D
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] infinitylook:
You can but you will lose features like X-reality. What i suggest is you downgrade to Kitkat 4.4 first then root and backup your TA partition. You can unlock the bootloader and still restore those features anytime since you already backup them. Backing up your TA partition/files requires root access and once you unlock bootloader without backing up your TA that would be wipe forever and you cannot restore those issues aside from warranty issues as well.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
Do you think you could write me a step by step guide? I have a one plus one and I know how to unlock boot loader and root and install custom Roms but it seems harder to that on this device... I traded my Wii u for this tablet :)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
Mirror link for SGP611: https://mega.co.nz/#!3lESkZDT!Q87WGhIUDCmyWrUYLjlK1o7wDivRzpz_msgds5mRWI8
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] xuggs:
I'm still waiting for an OTA update of 5.0. Does 5.0 allow write to sdcard on our tablet?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] executattor:
Yes, I can with ES File Explorer ;)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] xuggs:
Thanks.. waiting for OTA here in Dubai.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] Bruce666:
Hi

I can't flash Lollipop for SGP612 via Flashtool. I don't know why flashtool shows error

Tried on 2 PCs, one on Win 7 x64 Professional, second on Win 8.1 x64

Log from FlashTool:

23/048/2015 20:48:33 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.18.5 built on 14-02-2015 15:30:00
23/048/2015 20:48:33 - INFO - Executing search strategies to find proxy selector
23/048/2015 20:48:33 - INFO - No proxy found for IE. Trying next one
23/048/2015 20:48:33 - INFO - Strategy firefox failed trying next one : No Firefox installation found
23/048/2015 20:48:33 - INFO - No proxy found for java. Trying next one
23/048/2015 20:48:33 - INFO - Syncing devices from github
23/048/2015 20:48:34 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.
23/048/2015 20:48:38 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.
23/048/2015 20:48:39 - INFO - Devices sync finished.
23/048/2015 20:48:43 - INFO - Device disconnected
23/049/2015 20:49:49 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
23/049/2015 20:49:49 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
23/050/2015 20:50:05 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on
23/050/2015 20:50:07 - INFO - Connected device : Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact
23/050/2015 20:50:07 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : N/A
23/050/2015 20:50:07 - INFO - Android version : 4.4.4 / kernel version : 3.4.0-perf-gd4d661a / Build number : 23.0.1.A.0.167
23/050/2015 20:50:15 - INFO - Device disconnected
23/050/2015 20:50:30 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (SGP612). FW release : 23.1.A.0.690. Customization : Generic
23/050/2015 20:50:30 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
23/051/2015 20:51:20 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
23/052/2015 20:52:33 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
23/052/2015 20:52:33 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
[COLOR="red"]23/052/2015 20:52:33 - INFO - Start Flashing
23/052/2015 20:52:33 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
23/052/2015 20:52:33 - INFO - Checking header[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]23/052/2015 20:52:33 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.[/COLOR]
[COLOR="red"]23/052/2015 20:52:33 - INFO - Ending flash session[/COLOR]
[COLOR="red"]23/052/2015 20:52:33 - ERROR -
23/052/2015 20:52:33 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted[/COLOR]
23/052/2015 20:52:34 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
23/052/2015 20:52:37 - INFO - Device disconnected

I have locked bootloader, I didn't unlock it and I don't want to do it.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] infinitylook:
I think the FTF you got was corrupted. Try re-downloading or try another source
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] Bruce666:
downloaded 3 times. maybe should I try to compile my own ftf from downloaded files via XperiFirm?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] kersey:
Have you put the Z3 profile folder into C:\flashtool\devices and have you installed the ADB drivers???

Is on one of the posts here somewhere...can't search myself as have a very slow 3g connection at present

Sent from my Xperia Z2
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] paratox:
is dual recovery working? anyone tested this custom build?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] rjhellel:
Dual recovery is not working on Lollipop as yet. The link is for a stock rooted ROM for SGP611. Unfortunately, it is down and I uploaded a mirror on Mega.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] Guids:
Has anyone received the update in the Netherlands?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] aeron16:
got the update earlier today here for my LTE set in Singapore.

So far so good. No bugs seen, seems a bit smoother and battery seems just as good!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] scpion:
Like so finally! Now, if only they could release it for ultra!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] kermitdefroghere:
Arrived yesterday in Canada. Seems great so far. Still buttery smooth. Shouldn't need a PC to install though...
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] Fleischmann:
Installed the update today (SGP621, germany). I also find it to be extremely laggy and sluggish compared to 4.4.4 I'm suing Nova launcher but experienced the same in stock launcher and throughout the system. Animations are very choppy... :(
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] Meshe:
I see everyone so happy about lollipop, but I barely hear about how the performance and enhancement doing. So far doesn't seem too good, sooo the verdict is to stick to Kitkat?

Just got OTA in the US, though the tablet is from Mexico, for 16gb, not sure who dictates the update.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] scpion:
Well, the update is not going to transform it into another device.. So dun expect a major overhaul or something.

Most of the UI remains the same, other then the recent apps panel and notification panel.. I guess all the improvements are under the hood. Not noticing any real improvement nor degrading. No crashes yet. Overall I am pretty pleased.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] WastedJoker:
Flashed the 5.02 ftf for this and it's smooth as silk and really quick but there's one thing that bugs me; there's no "Clear all" option to clear apps from memory. you need to swipe each app manually.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] aksmzk:
Wait was worth it. Working flawless. Feels like I got a new device
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
It still has the occasional ui lags, but it's better. Cm12 changes the device completely (in better) but doesn't have nearly as half as good battery life as the stock rom.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
cm12

How did you manage to install cm12? I tried flashing the nightly

Through tarp and it kept telling me that my device was

Scorpion windy even though is the scorpion late version.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
What version of the tablet you have? Wi-Fi or lte?

Also, I think the correct way is to extract boot.img from the zip and manually flash it in fastboot mode, and only then boot into recovery and flash the nightly.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] infinitylook:
I really didn't spend a long time on lollipop, it was just a day. I would state my reasons for reverting back to KK, but during those hours that I tested Lollipop i was amaze on how slow the battery drain is and how smooth the whole system is. Definitely it's a good upgrade but:

1. The looks really is not my taste. kk is boring for now but LP was "childish " with all those color combinations. I thought material design was great from previous on vanilla android and also Lollipop on Sony but it really was not my taste upon testing it. Status bar was blue while I was browsing on an app, that color was simply not match.

2. Most apps was incompatible yet. My double tap to sleep app was not displaying a correct icon on the status bar.

3. Things were less simplier. No more close button on the task manager. You have to swipe them one by one. Yeah I know modification through root can be done but is it really necessary to go through that effort when it was there in kk. Why remove a very good function. Also when you long press a window on the multi tasking button, it doesn't give you the option anymore to go to the app detail amd perform a force stop. It simply gives you option for notification blocking.

4. XPOSED was not compatible. Yes all this issues like the aesthetics, they can be solve by gravitybox but xposed is not compatible. It would cause a bootloop (read xposed discussion page of xposed.) without xposed i can't use module to move obb files of my big games to sdcard. That means I can't install all my favourite games since they would all consume the 16gb internal space.

For those who don't care for Xposed or doesn't have large games like asphalt or dead trigger then this upgrade is really good (except for the looks). I will wait till Xposed becomes more mature and there is a proper recovery.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] MasterOfUnknown:
Mine too I did like 4 resets and one repair and it didn't fix it? My main problem was the slight stutter when going into quick settings and stutter in the launcher etc. Also you can't lock rotation on landscape. For example if I was watching a movie in landscape on my bed and wanted to watch it sideways on kikkat I could just lock it into landscape by pressing auto rotate in quick settings. On lollipop it will always lock to portrait, and I had to install and app. Also at high brightnesses the device starts to stutter and lag.

Try it, max out your brightness and you z3 tablet will start laggy, maybe the device throttles at high brightnesses to lower temperature and increase battery. Might as well wait for 5.1 for now sticking with kitkat and maybe CM12 if they fix the lack of OTG
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
lte

I have the lte version. Could you write a step by step guide?

I'm on android 5.0.2 preerooted right now. Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
The you need the simple scorpion version, not scorpion windy.

Download the latest nightly from the cyanogemod website. Open the zip and extract boot.img

You need to flash this boot.img using flashtool, in fastboot mode (select flash kernel in flashtool).

After this, you will have the cm kernel installed and also their recovery. Then you can just go in the tablet recovery and flash the nightly like any normal ROM.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
thanks!

I did download scorpion but for some reason it kept

Telling me that my tablet was scorpion windy.

Do I need to downgrade to kit kat? Tell me about battery life

In cm12 please? Is it really that bad? Screen time?

I get about 5-6 hours on lollipop 5.0.2 .
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
I'd say battery life is really bad compared to the stock ROM, maybe 40% less.

I don't understand where it tells you that you have scorpion windy. In the recovery or where?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
twrp

It was telling me that when I tried flashing cm12 through twrp.

I'm going to do it how you told me ;)

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how will i be able to update the nightlies after installing cm12?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
You can either use the cm updater in the settings, or just download newer nightlies and flash them in recovery.

Flashing the boot.img in fastboot is only needed once, when you install cm12 for the first time.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
twrp

So twrp wont work with cm12 right? And cyandelta won't work with with cm recovery right?

Thank you for all your help
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lvnatic:
I am using this twrp version and it works fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57730438&postcount=1

Automatic updates will not work, but cm updater will still download the nightlies and you can manually flash them with twrp.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] vinicioh23:
thank you

Thank you so much! I was able to install twrp :)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] c0l0rad05:
I received the update OTA and installed correctly, but after a week I reverted to 4.4.4.

With lollipop my z3 tablet compact (SGP621) became warmer like intensive cpu use, the battery life decreased a lot. I didn't like it.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] psc8850:
Same problem here. Just lags everywhere.

I am trying to use PCC to do a repair work, not sure if it would work.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] mikedetpis:
Hi friend,

Were you able to revert? I tried storefront and promoter images...still lagged and stuttered. I can't find original SGP612 Kit Kat image.

How did it work out for you?

Thanks,

Mike
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] simacca:
Mine lags slightly when the brightness is set over 50%. Still quicker than my Samsung tab s 8.4 which I sold for this.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] psc8850:
Dear Mike,

Yes I did flash my tablet back to the firmware that it came with, which was the image of Kit Kat released in Hong Kong, and the lagging issue was no longer there but I still want to run Lollipop on my device.

You can find the image files from XperiaFirm.

Hope my advice can be of help! :)

Pan
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] espacepub:
Works Great, love it!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lexjay:
me too

Im also planning to sell my galaxy tab s 8.4 LTE for this device. Is it better? please
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] simacca:
Yes it's much better. Faster, less lags, much better battery life, waterproof, etc...

The screen isn't quite as nice, but it's still really clear and sharp.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] lexjay:
nice

thank you for that info! my problem now is to where can i sell my tab s haha
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] mikedetpis:
Thank you Pan!!

I will try and search for that Hong Kong Version Image!!
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] dnnz:
The lollipop version has less junk than kk? It seems that sony wants to be close to stock in the ui but also in general? That would be awesome, just like Motorola, anyway sony is already one of the closest to stock,just behind Motorola, i had an S4 and touchwiz has awful and laggy, anyone wondering between z3 or tab s should know that touchwiz ruins everything.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Aripex:
Xperia Blog has just posted that the Lollipop update has arrived. Anyone updated? Let us know your impressions.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Aripex:
Anyone downloaded yet?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] thunder141:
First impression: Faster. Design modern, update without data wipe caused problems, update with wipe all successful.

Second impression: mostly missing all tasks close button, great new notification area handling. Testing further. Using On Sgp511 with Custom Ncb without root.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] ibeat:
Is there an update for 512 version?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Aid777:
Nothing my mine yet. UK
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] GalaxyWhy:
U can flash 511 on the 512 since they're both wifi - just 16gb and 32gb respectively. I have the 512 too but always flash 511 firmware :)