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[Sony Xperia L] EternalXDA:
Hello guys.

TL;DR: I want a link to the latest official cm11 build wich is not available on the CM download page.

Using cm12 on my Xperia L felt really good for few months, so much that I was able to ignore the ram shortages for a long time--in hopes that it will become better by time and as nightly builds countinue. But it seems that it won't. It's just our phone, It can't handle cm12 very, very properly.

I want to go back to cm11 but I couldn't find the latest (Or final?) official nightly build. I found some experimental cm11 builds on the cyanogen download page, but I'm not sure whether they're the latest ones. Can someone help me with that, please? thank you.

P. S. did post here because it seems no one's following the cm11 threads.
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Why don't you use stock? I've been using it and didn't have much problems. (Apart from some freezes from time to time when I use a bunch of apps) Either that, or you can try waiting for the final CM12.1 build by varun.
[Sony Xperia L] CostGranda:
Thank you so much dev, really apreciate your work, wish you great things in your life.
[Sony Xperia L] EternalXDA:
LOL. I wanted to ask you a similar question a while back! Why you use stock and not cm11?

To be honest, I never used the stock rom with root, custom kernel, xposed framework or any other fancy addition. So what I know as stock is that pure stock firmware made by Sony, and as far as I remember, I didn't like it. I kinda started being "a good android user" with cm11. Do you still get those ~3 GB thumbnail files? ? Generally I like to know your thoughts on using the stock a little bit. like what kernel you use, battery saving and stuff. But I guess I have to try it myself, later.

Right now there's three reasons why I don't try stock. a) CM Multi-tasking feature that I don't survive without. b) Native Clipboard's double tap feature which I love and works only on 4.3+ android. c) I've changed the storage allocation to enlarge the /data partition and if I flash stock I think it will be reverted. and I don't want that now because I definitely want to check the final CM12.1 by varun.

Also I think a lot of modules that I use don't work with android 4.2.2. Have to look into that too.
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Lol trust me, I'm a CM fan and I'd miss the features just as much as you but I believe stability is more important here. Hopefully when I try CM12.1 B4, it will change my mind.

Anyways here's how I use stock rom. First of all you've got it all wrong. I don't use exposed nor do I use a custom kernel. For some reason after flashing the kernel(tz 4.7), it kinda made my phone go slower when opening and after closing certain apps. So I thought I'd just stick with stock kernel + root. Oh and I dont have that thumbnail bug either. I created a file called .thumnbails, so that empty file acts as a place holder and thus the memory doesn't fill up. I do occasionally use app cache cleaner to clear the cache each time though, but that's about it. By the way battery backup sucks on stock Lol. Apart from that everything seems to run just fine.
[Sony Xperia L] LiberteCzech:
Do you think that comes from thunderzap new sources for cm12.1 beta4? Thank you... :)
[Sony Xperia L] Mr_Element:
Hey guys. I am facing a serious issue and since I'm serving my army duty I am gonna need all the help you can give me to resolve it.

I have the latest rom and TZ kernel flashed and the phone was working smoothly for the past few months. Until one day recently it got this crash screen that says I have to wait for the log to be collected. I didn't panic cause I had had that before. Then the following day it happened again. After this second crash I am completely unable to auto-acquire an IP from any wireless AP. It's not the AP's fault cause other people connect to it just fine (and I used to connect as well) plus I've tried 3-4 different wireless APs before posting just to be sure.

The procedure goes like that:

- Authentication

- Acquiring IP address...

-Saved

(Looping...)

If I use a static local IP address it seems to connect but it doesn't give me any internet connectivity whatsoever. In my understanding something must have happened to the wifi modules/drivers due to the repetitive crashes. Any idea on how I can fix that besides formatting? I just set up my phone with Link2SD and everything is organized and set up the way I want it ...
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Are you using Beta 4? And if you are using Beta 4, are you using tz 4.16?
[Sony Xperia L] Mr_Element:
I think I am on Beta 3 and using TZ 4.16.
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
You should update to Beta 4. I haven't tried it as yet, but it did have some fixes for WiFi, and changes to the wlan drivers. When you do update, stick to stock kernel until tz 4.99 comes out.
[Sony Xperia L] nishuksd:
Varun has clearly mentioned that there will be problems in cm12.1 and it is immature. If you're looking for more stable ROM then better to use cm12 or cm11. Do not irritate the devs saying about same bugs again and again.
[Sony Xperia L] Jas123:
There are really two sides of this. one the developer is taking all the pain to develop the ROM for the device and he is giving way it for free! and the other side, most of us does not see, is the excited user who is also spending his time to flash it to a phone (probably the only one phone that he has) and finding all those basic bugs again, so he posts out of frustration. If you see, ppl do not complain too much about display bugs or some random fcs, it is just the basic call functions which is bothering them.

Yes you can say or argue that no one has told you to flash a rom in beta stage, but it is like that, people wants something new and bug free and for free!

Just a thought, don't shout at me, just wanted to say the other side of the story.
[Sony Xperia L] cascabel:
Unfortunately, this is xda developers. This is a dev website. We're lucky those of us who can't dev are even allowed here. There really isn't "another" side. At the end of the day, the dev is working on the rom for free on his free time. Most users can't even post logcats for bugs over at the dev section. If you don't like bugs, root your phone but stay on stock. It's that simple.
[Sony Xperia L] nishuksd:
No Offence!! But what do u do if the dev decides to stop the support???? Have u ever thought about that?

Before reporting a bug, just search whether it is already reported. Most of the bugs are already reported and dev acknowledged that.
[Sony Xperia L] NothingLikeUs98:
Wifi doesn't work sometimes, I mean is on and connected. After a while, internet stop working, so I have to switch off and on again. This also happened to me on CM 12 Beta 7 :(
[Sony Xperia L] adil089:
Guys I've just had a BSOD. I am running cm 12.1 and thunderzap 4.15. I have heard quite a few people have experienced this so hope the problem is resolved.
[Sony Xperia L] paulogracioli666:
For me too. Only one BSOD.

EDIT: Two times now
[Sony Xperia L] Kosa02:
Did you do a clean install? It causes wifi troubles. Did your wifi worked well on stock 4.2.2? If Not .. it may be you wifi router issue.

Also to other guys: Varun already know about your problems. Remember it is BETA 1 so do not expect perfect and stable work of everything. Also please do not request thousands of "bug fixes". If they were mentioned hereVarun knows that. And he will fix them when he will have time but he also brings Cm 12.1 to another three devices and more..

So be glad that you atleast have something :)

Thanks for reading and understanding.
[Sony Xperia L] NothingLikeUs98:
Yeah! I always do a clean installation. I don't know what is wrong...
[Sony Xperia L] 7th man:
Setting FC
[Sony Xperia L] cascabel:
Thanked by mistake.

Also, no fc on settings so far. Where in settings do you experience fc?
[Sony Xperia L] Dwaipayan47:
yeah ! Working :D :good::good::good:
[Sony Xperia L] 7th man:
Excuse me

I used CM12.1 + thunderzap 4.14

I reinstalled it again thunderzap 4.15 fixed FC

It works very well:good:
[Sony Xperia L] imroh93:
phone crashes during deep sleep

it happened like three times since yesterday.

But I can't seem to upload the logcat now :/

Settings FC sometimes. Same old flashlight problem.

Everything else works like a charm :)
[Sony Xperia L] cascabel:
I've NEVER experienced any fc's in settings since i flashed this rom. Not even once. Surprisingly, i haven't experienced any bsod either (kept expecting to get one, tbh). Flashlight toggle in drawer is still an issue, though.

One weird thing that just occured is when i rebooted the phone it acted as if i cleared the (art?) cache. So it took a long time to boot up as android was still "optimising" apps. That's the only issue i've come across, and it's happened only once, so i'm not sure if it's my fault (though that could be the reason).
[Sony Xperia L] Aenadon:
Hey varun, great rom :good:

Now my issues:

settings crash on startup, but work normally afterwards (it's no real problem anyway, just saying)

when typing *#06# into the dialer (IMEI code), right after the last #, the dialer crashes. The IMEI isn't gone, I can see my IMEI in the settings - it's just the dialer.

it once crashed with a bluescreen for seemingly no reason (it was on standby as I left it there an hour ago), now I have a 230MB crash dump ZIP file, should I just upload that file here?

The recovery included isn't able of flashing anything, I use the PhilZ recovery, but that one can't boot into the system - so I always have to switch between these two. Isn't there a better solution?

Also, the FM radio which SdtBarbarossa made didn't work for me :crying:

great work you do there and I hope you will fix these issues soon :D
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
for recovery try this one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59778797

for posting crashdump (if you not having overclocking) you are allowed to use mainthread

what actually dont work on your radio? just sound or fc? if fc send me a log (use catlog on error level)
[Sony Xperia L] ZeroDs111:
are you usin tz 4.15?
[Sony Xperia L] Aenadon:
I used the CWM-Recovery from your app and now my system boots, thank you very much :D (yes I hit the thanks button :))

I did not change anything at the processor clock so I will upload the crashdump to the main thread then.

Radio: I get the error message "FM operation failed. If the problem persists, please turn off FM and turn it back on." every time I start the radio or press the power button inside the radio app. I looked into the settings and I have set the band to "Europe" so this would not be the problem. The app does not crash - it just displays that error message and after I press "ok" I can "use" the radio app but there will be no sound or frequency selection.
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
have you tried to use another earphones?
[Sony Xperia L] Mr_Element:
If I update, can I flash the beta4 over beta3 without losing apps and messing up my setup? What is more, after the update will that reset the kernel to the cm-stock one instead of the TZ 4.16 that I have now? Generally could you give me some pointers to the update procedure?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Sadly the update did not resolve this issue...
[Sony Xperia L] :
[Q&amp;A] [ROM][1/4]{DEVELOPMENT} CyanogenMod 12.1 | taoshan | Beta 1

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[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Hm, it sounds like you dirty flashed, or flashed using CM 12.1 as the rom base. To make a complete clean install, I'd recommend you backup all your apps and data (using titanium backup or some other app), then flash stock rom (4.2.2), and then flash a recovery (tz 4.7 - CWM/TWRP) and finally flash the CM 12.1 Beta 4. This is in my opinion the best way to flash a rom. This 'clean' way of doing it has reduced some strange bugs from occurring, at least for me.

Please tell me you're kidding. CM 12.1 Beta 4 just came out, and there aren't any reviews about it. I'm sure varun would decide whether or not we should hit nightlies, depending on how the reviews are - and there isn't a single one yet. (atleast on XDA) Your other question, cannot be answered, as it is too early to say anything about CM13.
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
How do you deal with proximity sensor bug?:confused:
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
For me, it only happens on rare occasions. I'm using the latest version btw, which was said to have fixed it or something idk. (1.17 - 4.2.2)
[Sony Xperia L] kennyFF92:
So with beta 4 I should not use TZ?
[Sony Xperia L] Mr_Element:
What about Beta4 and Xposed? Should I or should I not and how?
[Sony Xperia L] Czoko19:
I can't see the download link for Beta 4? Only for 3 in thunderzap.in/downloads/.

Someone give a link?
[Sony Xperia L] Dr Grato:
Dont use xposed yet. Wait latest TZ.
[Sony Xperia L] underd0g:
http://xdaforums.com/xposed/super-alpha-posted-permission-xposed-t3072979
[Sony Xperia L] momentum44:
Hi All, Im having wifi trouble with cm12.1 and tz 4.16,, is there any solution to this,
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Wich beta?
[Sony Xperia L] Mr_Element:
Excuse me if I sound stupid but what am I supposed to find in this link that's gonna help me with my issue?
[Sony Xperia L] MrineK:
Facebook app closing when im try to log in.

In Hill Climb Racing, Google Play services crashing.

Still can't turn off flashlight.

Beta 4.

Is there any way to get into flashmode and/or flash stock ftf without vol- button because my is broken.
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
PROBLEM

Hi,

I just flashed this new ROM on my xperia L c2105, after reboot the phone died. what can i do ?! please help.

before flashing, i rooted my phone and installed CWM 6. then i installed this ROM from CWM (Install from external SDCard)

Now, when i press power button, it just gives a vibrate and hows nothing, i even can't enter CWM Recovery to Restore my Backup. What can i do ? how can i fix this or at least restore my backup ?!
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Yea you forgott to unlock your bootloader... Please flash stockrom with pc companion or flashtool
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
tnx for reply, i made a backup file before i flash the ROM, can i restore that via Flashtool ? or i have to download another StockRom ?
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
what have you backed up?
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
The original ROM, via CWM->Backup And Restore->Backup
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
No that is only possible via cwm himself.

Your problem:

What have you done wrong?

-not unlocked bootloader

What are the symptoms?

-only vibrate after flash of custom kernel/rom

Why that happens?

-your phone only allows Sony™ signature verified kernels if your bootloaderis locked

How to get the phone working again?

- flash the original kernel

So flashing your original kernel means flashing the original rom...

Easyest way is pc companion repair feature

... Or manually flash via flashtool

No other solution for your problem atm! Before flashing a custom rom please unlock your bootloader next time!
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
tnx, i'll try again.
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
So, any new about going official?
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
hi,

i downloaded the stock rom and tried to flash it via Flashtool, this is the log text:

24/058/2015 10:58:38 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

24/058/2015 10:58:55 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia L (C2105). FW release : 1272-2171 R2B. Customization : Generic DE

24/058/2015 10:58:55 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

24/059/2015 10:59:38 - INFO - Device disconnected

24/059/2015 10:59:42 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

24/000/2015 11:00:10 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Reading device information

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Opening TA partition 2

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Current device : C2105 - ZH80024AL6 - 1271-3303_R2B - 1269-5420_15.3.A.1.17 - WORLD-i_15.3.A.1.17

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Closing TA partition

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Start Flashing

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Checking header

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Flashing data

24/000/2015 11:00:12 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_dbe9 - Version : loader_MSM8X30_10 / Boot version : S1_Boot_MSM_8X30_R1_25 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE

24/000/2015 11:00:13 - INFO - Transfer buffer size : 262144

24/000/2015 11:00:13 - INFO - Parsing boot delivery

24/000/2015 11:00:13 - INFO - You must have the according fsc script to flash this device.

24/000/2015 11:00:13 - INFO - Flashing finished.

24/000/2015 11:00:13 - INFO - Please unplug and start your phone

24/000/2015 11:00:13 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings

what's this problem ? at the moment there is no ROM on my device, though i can't check or uncheck USB Debugging option and Unknown Sources. what should i do ? Does this error occur also in PC Companion ? i've never worked with it.
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Sounds like bad driver/flashtool

Try with pc companion... It does all automatically (best for rookies)
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
I installed PC Companion but i don't find any option to do this. Please give me an exact tutorial link for doing exactly this.
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Use the official Sony™ tutorial

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...uctions-using-Pc-Companion-Win-or/td-p/249946
[Sony Xperia L] dhuriajay:
Regarding to Internal Storage

I just want to know that whether I can increase the amount of Internal Storage(i.e. 1.57GB) by swapping some amount from Internal Storage(i.e. 4GB), coz it gets full after installing some app and cant use my other apps and also cant install app from Play Store.

Any suggestions are welcome regarding to storage.

Thank You...!!!
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Let it be... Use foldermount
[Sony Xperia L] dhuriajay:
what it does..??
[Sony Xperia L] mkguru:
Is anyone facing heating issues when using wifi?

CPU temp gone upto 65°C and battery temp upto 43°C.

Phone becomes hot like iron box :)
[Sony Xperia L] vishalaestro:
so any bugs u guys have noticed in cm 12.1 beta 4?varun said he is finished with this build so may be i thought this will be the most stable build of all.any suggestions?i'm currently in 4.1.2
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
I did it, i repaired my device using PC Companion, it worked fine just like before. But im trying to flash my custom recovery on it, this time i tried to unlock bootloader before everything via Flashtool (But after rooting), unlocking process went fine but after rebooting it stuck in colored wave screen of loading page. i'll be very thankful if you solve this problem of mine in this link:

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-l/help/xperia-l-c2105-stuck-colored-waves-t3185803
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Thats a common behavior! After unlocking the bootloader your phone waits for new software and goes to "bootloop"

You want to flash a custom rom? From now its easy!

Download:

-> the rom you want to use (place it on external sd)

-> TZ4.15 you can find here:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934549189

Steps:

ON PC

-> extract "boot.img" from TZ4.15.zip

-> open flashtool

-> klick the flash -> fastbootmode

Shutdown your phone (or unplug batterry and reinput)

Hold ONLY vol+ and connect it to pc... Until you see a blue led ... Then dont push anything on phone

-> in flashtool select flash kernel... Flash the boot.img you extracted above

If you get a "ok" or "finished" select reboot system

WHILE the phone is booting a colored LED will appear... If it appears hit vol- several times until it gets yellow

Then you are on philz touch... From here

-> clean to flash a new rom (wipes)

-> flash the rom you want to use

Reboot system... And wait atleast 20min
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
I wanna install CM12.1 so i extracted boot.img file of cm12.1 and flashed it using flashtool just like you said. i rebooted the device. while booting a colored LED appeared and i hit the Vol- button several times. the LED went yellow. On the screen SONY brand name is showing and it happens nothing ! did i miss something ?

---------- Post added at 12:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 AM ----------

sorry , my bad. i rebooted the phone againg and did the same thing. now i entered the cyanogen recovery. thank dude. i'll let you know if other problems happen.
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Aaaand you did it WRONG!!! I told you to use TZ4.15 boot.img ... Please read carefully... What you are doing now will result in a "wrong device" error because cm recovery is still broken...
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
Now i did the exact thing you said and everything went fine. Now im working with my Xperia. thanks very much.

However, The new CM12.1 ROM has problem. it cannot connect to my WIFI network !
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
This often happens if you dont came from absolutly latest stockrom (4.2.2)
[Sony Xperia L] safaenet:
Problem solved. In the new rom my wifi mac address was changed and i didn't know that. it couldn't connect to my wifi because i use wifi mac address filter on my wifi device.

This ROM is great. thanks again [MENTION=6248658]SdtBarbarossa[/MENTION]
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Ok alright much fun with your new rom!
[Sony Xperia L] Luncer:
hey guys

how can i install apps in sd card directly in beta 4?

thee isnt any preffered install location in apps ?? [MENTION=6248658]SdtBarbarossa[/MENTION]
[Sony Xperia L] cyberwild:
iam using xperia L c2105

i got problem with the camera " can't connect to the camera" i've done reboot the phone n still same, and charge only not working, and mass storage connection (UMS) not working. anyone can help me?:D
[Sony Xperia L] tquin:
CM12.1 Error 7

Guys, I've tried flashing CM12.1 beta 4 and I just cant. I get error 7 whatever recovery Im using. I tried to clean the assert tag (I dont know if thats the name, sorry) and now I get error 6. I've tried RR rom and it also gets error 7. Is it something about my cellphone? I always do clean flash (put back stock rom than flash the roms) and still getting this error.
[Sony Xperia L] simplytb:
My two cents:

Been using CyanogenMod 12.1 Beta 4 (default kernel, nano Gapps) for a week now and I have to say that, except for the well known flash light, I have not found any bug. No FCs, no reboots.

I am just a common user (Calls, WhatsApp, SMS, a couple of photos, Wi-Fi and sometimes 3G, (no heavy games)) and performance is pretty good for me and battery life two.

Thanks to all involved (especially Varun) for giving this great device a bit more of life.

SimplyTB
[Sony Xperia L] Aenadon:
Hey, don't worry, many recoveries fail to flash Beta 4 for some reason. I've had the same problem and here is how I solved it.

-Put any (rooted!) rom you know which works (for example stock)

-Go to this page and download that apk.

-From that APK, choose to install PhilZ recovery.

-Enter recovery and flash Beta 4, it works now.
[Sony Xperia L] tquin:
Thanks a lot :good::good::laugh:
[Sony Xperia L] gkmlodz:
Problem with mms?

MMS can not send or receive? PLAY
[Sony Xperia L] SdtBarbarossa:
Yes there is a bug atm... But it has verry low priority sorry
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Thanks for your input on this, I may consider switching back to CM. The CM monthly snapshot should arrive soon, but sadly it seems this device won't be on the list.
[Sony Xperia L] VipiN'n'DroiD:
Someone with good experience explain the step by step detailed procedure for clean install of this ROM for the best use (no error 6, 7, 8 & least bugs to face) for both way :

1. Coming from Stock Rom

2. Coming from any other Custom Rom

I am sure this will clear lot of confusions for many user around here & will eliminate many questions.:confused:

Thanks guys :)
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
http://xdaforums.com/xperia-l/general/guide-to-running-android-lollipop-t3041413
[Sony Xperia L] Rockmins:
Xperia Experiance

varun please try to improve camera libs to use ported Sony Camera by [MENTION=5491189]xperiaz2[/MENTION] ( http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/guide-how-to-port-featured-sony-camera-t3169253 ) :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia L] :
[Q&amp;A] [ROM][1/4]{DEVELOPMENT} CyanogenMod 12.1 | taoshan | Beta 1

Nope,the old camera Hal does not work with lollipop.So there is no way to make it work,so even Varun will not be able to.

Sent from my iPhone 2000