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[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
that's a pretty dangerous operation, because not fixing permissions you can have bootloops.. but ok if it works for you will put a link to your post in OP tx! ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] azoth980:
I didn't find any other solution, and wallpaper-picker works fine now, no bootloop or anythink else... THX :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
OP updated with release 2, enjoy! ;):o

see OP for changelog etc!
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
updated OP with your instructions thanks again ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] azoth980:
And at least: as a multitasking-hardcore-user, i wondered where this "kill all tasks" feature is when you open the "task-manager"; first i thought you removed it from the ROM (stupid idea, i know, but this irritated me much), but afterwards i found out that this feature just doesn't exist in lollipop.

Someone at xda made a modificated System-UI apk, which adds a kill-all-tasks button, similar to KitKat:

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/mod-button-recent-panel-t3057345

I think you could think about it to integrate this modification eventually in future releases; i know this is a modification and would change a stock-apk, but otherwise it's very useful and a mistake of the lollipop-developers which would be erased in the stock-rom. The modified apk for Xperia Z3C in material design is attached if somebody whants to try it out
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
thanks but I always add the kill all button with gravity box (see one of the screenshots in OP where you can see the close all button ;) ) so don't think I am going to replace systemUI, prefer to keep stock one :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] jarayn:
Do you think there its worth starting over when I already have v1 installed and set up properly? Im really happy with how its running.

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
no you can stay with v1 ;) I just deleted a few more apps (that you can delete manually if you wish) and added some extra apps that you may have installed already by yourself ;)

and for aosp browser if interested I provided download link :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] JohnnyBlack10:
What i am deleted wrong? Don't have graphic bar , orange things!
[Sony Cross-Device General] cancavid:
U Hello. I download v1 and v2 and timeshift video is not working, and movie creator is not in album app, (example 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 video speed edit and cut video). And please share clockwidget and smallappsmanager apk, because I used it. Rom is very nice
[Sony Cross-Device General] SpiritBreak3r:
I installed Xperia/AOSP Navbar Button Xposed Module ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
you can restore anything you want with the "restore app" flashable script you can find in OP. in OP you will also find instructions for that, as well as the link for all the apps I removed, uploaded in my Gdrive or MEGA, please read better there ;)

for timeshift video correct functioning, see this page to know the apps you will need to restore

http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/general/wip-debloat-lp-690-correct-functioning-t3076161/page27
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
thanks! I tried it in the past, but I need cursor arrows when typing in the keyboard, so had to go back to GB ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] JohnnyBlack10:
No one have this problem? Using last remove script .690 firmware.
[Sony Cross-Device General] chawlasrijan:
Its Fixed, was just a kernel issue.

Androplus Kernel v52 solved it

Thanks :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
mhm no never had this problem I think. I see you was charging up the battery, did you wait until 100% and see if after disconnecting the charger the graph appeared? and maybe wait next charge and see if the problem appears again?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Leonsbane:
Xpose not working; maybe caused by RIC?

Hi,

first off, thank you for this awesome FW. It's exactly what i want.

Now on to my problem:

I rooted my Z3C yesterday for the first time following this guide: How-to: root, keep and backup DRM keys, etc. [KitKat/Lollipops]

Everything went well, except that i needed to tell the scripts to use my native installation of adb, because i did not work otherwise. (and it did not find it by itself)

After everything was done i found your FW and decided to flash it.

My first problem was, that i was unable to get back into recovery. This could be because while i was installing the recovery on the phone, i didn't have an SD-Card inserted.

So i installed DualRecovery again taking only the steps in the guide for doing so, this time with an SD-Card inserted.

Then i flashed your FW following your instructions (making a backup, wiping and flashing).

Everything went well and it booted your FW. I tested everything and it worked (root, wifi, bluetooth, calls, etc.)

Then i tried to use Xposed (its the first time im using it):

So i installed the Installer APK, opened it and downloaded two modules (Gravitybox and XPrivacy), activated them (ignoring the "missing Framework" message) and rebooted.

At boot i now get a message that "Android is updating" (i guess its Xposed doing its magic), yet when the System boots, no module works.

At first i thought it could be because i did not flash the RICDefeat from the first guide.

So i tried to flash it now, but i get an error when trying.

Yet i was able to flash AOSP Browser and it works.

Just now i (again) reinstalled the DualRecovery, but the RICDefeat still does not flash.

Could anyone please help me?

EDIT:

I can remount the system partition with r/w using Terminal Emulator as root with the command 'mount -o remount,rw /system'

It retains it until i restart the phone. Actually i would think i don't need the RICDefeat. Bit it's my only guess as to why Xposed is not working

EDIT 2:

Maybe i just misread the description of the FW ... do i have to press the install button in the Framework menu of Xposed?

As i understood, this is not necessary because the FW already contains it.

Could the RICDefeat script in this post: [FTF][ZIP][STOCK] SGP621 Lollipop 23.1.A.0.690 NOBA FTF and PreRooted Flashable Zip fix my problem ? (If it really is a problem with the RIC)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
you shouldn't need to flash RICdefeat apart, if you flashed my FW it is included in dualrecovery by NUT... with ES file manager, after giving it root permission and enabling r/w for system, can you write correctly to system or delete something (safe [emoji14] ) from system/app for example?

and did you flash my old FW or the V2 i uploaded today? in both cases, xposed flashable is already included, while xposed apk need to be installed only in V1 (in V2 it is included)

no need to install the framework from within xposed app (you can't do that btw...) as flashable is always already included in my FW..

if for you is not a problem downloading stuff and doing another clean install, i suggest you to download v2 and repeat steps in OP as per solution 1: wipe all again (including system and data for cleanest operations), and flash v2 that has all xposed components and GB already installed, just need to activate GB and reboot..
[Sony Cross-Device General] Leonsbane:
It works!!!

Thank you for your reply.

I was able to create a folder in the /system directory and remove it with ES File Manager in root mode.

I had flashed V1 of your FW ... when i read about it yesterday i couldn't wait any longer and didnt know V2 would be up today ;)

I now have downloaded V2, wiped dalvik, cache, system and data and flashed it.

After starting, everything was fine. I activated Gravitybox in Xposed and rebooted and it worked !

This time the Xposed Installer looks different ... it was version 3.0 of the Framework Installer (the other one was 2.7, i think).

And the Framework menu even told me that xposed is installed on the phone and had none of the errors it had before (it was an error about a certain shared library he couldn't find, i think)

The only problem now is that one of the modules i installed caused a bootloop... but i already figured out how to disable xposed via recovery and i disabled that module,

i guess its not lollipop compatible.

Thank you again so much for your help!

I believe i will be up all night customizing and tweaking my phone now! :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] Norup58:
Being using the Debloating script for awhile now. All has been good with no boot loops and all in all am quite happy but have been suffering from a few problems/ annoyances.

Worst one, when I connect to the PC via USB cable. I can see my Z3C registers USB-debugging but not the normal USB connection. This results in my PC is very slow in recognizing the phone/ getting access. Being looking in the 'Deleted Stuff' zip but nothing springs to mind as to which apk/folder to restore, so does anyone know which apk/folder I have to restore in order to also get the normal USB connection.

Second annoyance, I have been trying to use Sony PC Companion to restore something from an earlier backup but unable to restore Text, Contacts & Calendar - which, of course, are the items I want/need. Anyone have any suggestions here?

Any help much appreciated.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
How do you disable xposed via recovery ? I always had to wipe cache and dalvik which takes forever :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
if you better read OP you would see that for connection pc-phone enhancements you should restore priv-app/enhancedusbux ;)

that may fix also your pc companion problem, so start with that and check ;)

btw not sure as i always sync contacts and calendars with Google, so much easier and faster ;) i do that every clean install, means plenty of times! :D if i should always connect phone to of for that... i would get mad!! [emoji14]

glad it worked this time ;) btw with previous attempt i think you messed up with xposed versions.. 2.7 should be the version for kk! [emoji14]
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
disable xposed or just a module after you get a bootloop/boot problem for example?

for a module it is very easy, just open the file manager in twrp and then go to /data/app and delete the bad module, then reboot :o

to disable xposed completely dunno actually, never needed to do that so far, only uninstalled some few modules
[Sony Cross-Device General] vcdwelt:
The Amazon Photo App (Amazon Cloud) isn't uploading new Photos anymore :(

Does anybody have an idea, how to solve this problem?

Update:

Also the Google drive APP couldn't sync photos...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Norup58:
Thanks for the feedback [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION].

I had actually read the red warning next to the priv-app/enhancedusbux - just didnt make sense to me :p

Anyway used the Restoring script to flash it back and now I have both icons on the Status Bar. Only it didnt not improve my situation, on the contrary now it takes my PC even longer to recoginze I have connected the phone :( And didnt help with the PC Companion issue either. If you have any other suggestion I'd appreciate it.

As for relying on Google only is a no-go for me as I work on board merchant vessels 4 months at a time without any internet available so need to have a 'hardcopy' on hand just in case.
[Sony Cross-Device General] cid1001:
Sony Style Case

Evening,

I am liking this firmware but the one problem is the NFC pairing of my sony style case. When trying to pair with NFC I just get the error read error try again. Any ideas? :confused:

Thanks in advance

FIXED

incase anyone else is having this issue. Re-install /system/priv-app/CoverApp
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tracy1988:
Thanks moly82. I'm downloading the V2 now :D. BTW I have a few questions:

- Can I delete ES filemanager inside the zip using Winrar before flashing so I can install it normally after the system loaded?

- The most I get is 2 bars on cell signal but the signal strength in Status showing about -100dBm. Is there any change of the baseband in your FW? Or is it a UI fault?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Matteo Mazzu:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION] can we dirty flash V2 without wipe Data and System?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
sorry no idea... sure it has something to do with the debloat right? I mean it is working in stock I guess?

if so, only suggestion I could give you is to try restoring bunch of apps (like 20 per time?) and then remove them all again after reboot if problem is not fixed. when hopefully you fix it, you can start investigating in the bunch of apps what is the important one.. not ideal I know but better than nothing... ;):)

ah ok!

well don't know my phone is recognized immediately when connecting it to the pc, and can access both internal and external sd cards right away.

do you really need usb debugging? if not, you could disable it and see if it is better without it. as per the app you could try restoring, I would start with the followings.. but don't assure anything! :o

"/system/app/Backup-Restore",

"/system/priv-app/BackupRestoreConfirmation",

"/system/priv-app/usb-mtp-backup-transport",

"/system/priv-app/usb-mtp-factoryreset-wrapper",

"/system/priv-app/usb-mtp-marlin-wrapper",

"/system/priv-app/usb-mtp-update-wrapper",

"/system/priv-app/usb-mtp-vendor-extension-service",

well fact is that ES is already installed normally during the flashing, in fact you will see it in downloaded apps ;) actually what I did is removing all apps installed by sony (the ones in /etc/customization ) and replaced them with a few apps I wanted:

ES File manager

Xposed APK

Gravity Box

..again they are installed normally so you can remove them any time from settings > apps > downloaded, but if you don't want to have them installed at all, you will have to remove all the three apps you can see now in /etc/customazation, or if you want to get rid of just some particular ones, corrispondance is:

com.linkedin.android folder > ES File manager

com.twitter.android folder > Gravity Box

com.gotv.crackle.handset folder > Xposed APK

as per the signal strength, I am using US baseband/FW in Italy, and I have full strength. maybe you can try a different baseband/pre rooted FW, and then if it is better apply my debloating script? (means solution #2 in OP ;) )

actually is not really needed to install V2 if you are on V1 already...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60231598&postcount=329

;)

but if want to do that nevertheless, you can keep data, so don't wipe it. as per /system, I would wipe it, as you are overwriting it in any case so better to do that in the clean way :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Depump:
Can you mod sound loudness ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tracy1988:
Thanks moly82 for your works. I really admire your kindness. You've been taking your valuable time to reply/answer to everyone of us.

Even tho there's a few bugs here and there but I think we all should be happy for now that you got most if not all Sony bloatwares off for us. Recovery and xposed are working.

ES filemanager settings still crashes sometimes and xposed causes a little lag in performance. Xposed is still in alpha stage so problems are expected. A lot of modules are still not yet supported for lollipop and Sony surely doesn't make it any easier. I wouldn't mind to unlock the bootloader and lose all the DRM functions. It's just that errors pop up in apps that tied to those functions kinda annoying.

After all, Google is still fixing those memory leaks in lollipop. I guess Sony had patched a few major ones in recent releases. No OS is perfect, especially Android 5 :D but I'm quite happy with this now, thanks to moly82 :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
not a dev plus I am fine with stock values so don't think so, sorry :p

btw I think I have seen some audio mods around in the section? if so they should work here... ?!

thanks mate! :) yes xposed still alpha but still working pretty fine for me with the few modules I use normally :o without xposed, I would have already unlocked BL and installed AOSP/CM... with the current config instead I find the phone at the same time fast/responsive and complete, I like it, plus I have camera enhancements so I think I'm staying like this for some time at least :laugh:

about ES, yes it seems after some time (after rebooting maybe?) the FC with settings is back again, but if I use your tip (go to theme and then settings) it seems then it works immediately fine?! :o :good:

strange thing is that I tried also installing ES directly from play store on a clean install and that problem was still there if I remember right, so I think something is wrong in ES app itself? (maybe some compatibility with sony and or lollipop?)
[Sony Cross-Device General] cancavid:
A lot of thanks for you :) i found deleted apps in fisrt page and restored them which i need. Everything work great. I wait your another works :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] alinghi100:
This debloat solves the bootloop problem but I think xposed enabled causes random reboots.. Is anyone experience reboots too? I tried on both z2 and z3 clean install With 726 Base..
[Sony Cross-Device General] veimus:
I flash this ROM few days ago, and all was fine, use phone normally, without xposed modules, and today my phone start rebooting every 5minuts :confused phone is now charging via AC charger and reboot itself every 5~7minuts, i did logcat, so if someone can check this.

Thanks

AD1: and before this was happen, one time Settings are crashed when I want switch on Bluetooth
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
hi mate! xposed itself is not causing reboots as i use it since day 1 and never experienced a reboot ;) others too, so maybe some modules you are using in both phones? maybe try disabling all of them and see if reboots are fixed? if so you can then start checking which one is the evil..?! [emoji14]

as above, very strange. and for you no xposed at all?

if you didn't touch anything in between good situation and reboots appearing, i could guess some hw problems in your phone? hope not.. to be sure about sw issues btw i would flash a stock FW for a while and see if reboots are still there if so, for sure is not a sw issue.. (sorry wouldn't know where to start for checking logs :o ;( )

how long have been using this rom?

because other thing i could think about is something messing up after some days, here made a lot of testings so didn't use it for very long without full wipes, now i'll keep it up hopefully for long and see if in the long term also no problems will appear..!
[Sony Cross-Device General] alinghi100:
I tried with only app settings enabled, reboots. I need it :/
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
and without it phone doesn't reboot? if so don't know what to tell you, but seems you can't use it.... :|
[Sony Cross-Device General] gundam_warlock:
Sorry, fixed at this moment,:)

Just asking moly82, is there gps related app on the removed list? I've been searching but not find any
[Sony Cross-Device General] hispanico957:
Dear moly82 :good:.. is very important to your work to find a solution between Xposed and lollipop, but I hope that it is a different situation, because it is inconceivable that Xposed to install, we must uninstall the applications ... and then with the terror that each additional app that you install, you risk a bootloop again, and then what to use 3/4 modules

Xposed has not been updated by the author rovo89 ... everything changes while he does not, indeed makes available source which is saying...:mad::mad:

Is not sense delete 100 apps and more for one and also me work to find a solution more simple and convenient....but nothing :(

Hispanico
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/workaround-bootloops-xposed-lollipop-t3089203

;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
mhm nothing that I can remember.. just ANT+
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
I've got a few issues, not sure if its even related to this particular firmware, just hoping someone's got an idea seeing that everyone in this thread is using the same firmware. quite off-topic and I can move it to a separate thread if moly wishes so.

First question:

When calling someone via VIber or Hangouts DIaler it appears that the screen doesn't turn off while I'm holding it next to my ear and the result is that my ear turns on aeroplane mode, disables data sync, changes the language for voice recognition, etc.

Its quite a mess after every conversation apart from the fact that it cuts me of a few times and I have to reconnect after enabling wifi and data again :(

"normal" vanilla conversations via the dialler seem fine.

Second question:

Is it possible to "freeze" / disable or even remove the stock dialer called "phone" and the stock contacts?

I am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.dialer.free which can completely replace both but I'm a bit scared to experiment at the moment :)

Third question:

How is the "chain of callers" determined?

What I mean is that I am using True Phone and click on a person, the pop-up asks me which number, I select then the next pop-up lets me chose between "sim card calling" and using CSIpSimple (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.csipsimple) if I select sim card calling, I can then chose between skype and the built-in phone caller app.

This is weird, why are there 2 steps to decide what app to use? Any way I can change this? Besides, why am I choosing multiple times between VOIP and sim? Why isn't it picking up the other options: I use either SIM, CSipSimple, Skype, Viber, Hangouts Dialer, MobileVOIP but usually select them manually depending on the destination of the call.
[Sony Cross-Device General] vcdwelt:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]

Maybe another one for your list:

"/system/priv-app/SimpleHome"

The SimpleHome Launcher, maybe the most user won't use it...