yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia SP General] Andreus94:
I still believe that M2P is the best about performance...(after two weeks it's super stable with no reboots or lags with all apps installed,with >400 free RAM, and great battery life) but if you want more customization without sacrificing too much the

performance...-->temasek and bliss pop
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Very very soon...

Temasek will be up.

Gonna flash BlissPop in a while.
[Xperia SP General] Deleunes254:
Awesome!
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Temasek and BlissPop (incomplete) review is up! Number system added!
[Xperia SP General] sagnikd96:
Investigation? What about it?
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Confirm xposed+greenify is working
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Furry found it suspicious, so I'm going to postpone it till we have a green light that it's safe.
[Xperia SP General] Gabrieljbl:
Hi, are you adding the base (cm, aokp, aosp) to the review? :) thank you.
[Xperia SP General] OsGhaly:
Seems that you don't have updated info. about latest CM dear ;)

Here you are my review for 19/5 build :

Official: No (will be Yes so soon)

Performance: 9/10

Bugs: None (Marcelo is working now on Auto Brightness)

Battery: 7/10

Theme (cm): Yes

Fixes: No

Customizability: 4/10

Status: Updated

RIL Issues: None

SELinux: Enforcing as default

Developer: [MENTION=5411190]Mrcl1450[/MENTION]

Daily driver: Yes

ROM Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60429946

In addition to unique working things such as:

Working FM Radio

Custom notification led colors for apps and battery

Working Headphone's button

Best calls voice and more....

And for customization I have successfully installed Gravity Box[LP] with Xposed Framework :D
[Xperia SP General] Gabrieljbl:
I thought it was only me, but.. How can an original CM ROM review could be ended? Thanks [MENTION=5690812]OsGhaly[/MENTION]. Very appreciated. Looking forward to official builds... :)
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
[MENTION=5690812]OsGhaly[/MENTION]

Performance is 9? Really? :/

And auto brightness counts as a bug so it's not "none". It will be changed to official when it actually becomes official.

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[Xperia SP General] creative21:
for me performance is like 10/10 on latest cm12.1 :)

played many high graphics games without lag and fb app is also not lagging
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I flashed it onto my secondary SP recently and I don't think its 10/10 but instead 8.5/10 compared to other ROMs such as Temasek and BlissPop.

I'll revisit CM12.1 after auto brightness is fixed and make changes accordingly

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[Xperia SP General] creative21:
okay, your rating is better because you try every lollipop rom :)
[Xperia SP General] Gabrieljbl:
What's curious is that you put a "ended review" status about this ROM. Updates will come, and they'll be fixes and improvements. :) for me, it looks personal. But I think (just an opinion) that an "official" reviewer should be more neutral. The original CM rom cannot be put to an end regarding testing. I do not pretend to offend anyone. Just in case :)

Either way, thanks for the L-Hub sir.
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I've explained before why I haven't updated that review in a long time and after a recent visit, I decided to go with Official CM (because it's right around the corner) than unofficial CM which has had too many builds for me to keep up to.

I'm not an 'official' reviewer, but instead a known reviewer and I can say, CM doesnt compare to other ROMs I have tried before. It could be just the way the ROM is or maybe we haven't reached that stage of developments. I still do respect the ROM and its developer, because it is afterall the first 5.1 ROM that made it to the scene.

Reviews will be continued when a 'major' update comes. Notify me CM users.

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[Xperia SP General] OsGhaly:
Haha Calm down dear .. I just do it according to your measurement ;)

First, I said CM latest build performance rate depending on the rate you gave for other ROMs including RR M2 as I used RR M2 more than 10 days because it's a great ROM.. but I can assure you that the latest 2 builds of CM12.1 is faster than RR M2.

Second, If you consider AB as a bug then please modify all your reviews for the following ROMs - don't give them "Bugs: None"- as it doesn't fix AB or even have working FM Radio or Headphone button, etc ...

Vanir AOSP UBL [5.1.1]

Resurrection Remix Milestone 1 UBL [5.1]

PAC-ROM BETA 1 [5.1.1]

FlexOS [5.1.1]

Resurrection Remix Milestone2 [5.1.1]

Resurrection Remix Milestone2P [5.1.1]

Dirty Unicorns [5.1.1]

Temasek [5.1.1]

Have a good day :cowboy:
[Xperia SP General] Gabrieljbl:
[MENTION=5690812]OsGhaly[/MENTION] I agree. ^^
[Xperia SP General] Plum Crazy:
Then why do some ROM's have a 'none?' next to the bugs list? AFAIK, all of the Lollipop ROM's have the auto brightness issue. I haven't experienced any other issues with CM12.1 either, so I'd say that there are no other bugs.

RR M2P on the other hand had a few bugs. It would sometimes freeze my device, and I would have to reboot it to make it return to normal. And the performance is good but not great, the animations seem to be reduced to make it feel faster (I didn't actually check this, correct me if I'm wrong).
[Xperia SP General] Gabrieljbl:
That's exactly what Osghaly said. Check the post carefully again :).
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I used "none?" Because its not "none". In my honest opinion, not many people use the SP's auto brightness and its just a milestone in development for official builds.

Besides, I'm not done rebuilding the OP, if you have noted, I have added a new category to the OP. So hold your horses and put your guns down.

Actually, tell me what to add or change and I'll consider :p

Here's what's going to come: Bugs will be noted better. ROM bases will be listed. Anything else?

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[Xperia SP General] creative21:
[MENTION=6163210]TheAvengingTITAN[/MENTION]

how are u measuring performance of roms? because i feel 8.5 is not good for cm12.1 (i know u r still testing) since RR M2 got 9 points. because even Leo's fortune was lagging sometimes on RR M2 and asphalt 8 was unplayable on high graphics (many lags). if you judge performance by only UI speed, then in RR all animations are at higher speed so it feels more snappy. between vanir nightlies also got some performance boosts.

take it lightly i just want to help.
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
This is interesting. Join Xperia Hub at #XperiaSP in kik. And we'll discuss later. Gtg now.

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[Xperia SP General] creative21:
*downloading kik*
[Xperia SP General] Gabrieljbl:
It's alright. Critics are always good and welcome as long as they help to improve. I think [MENTION=5690812]OsGhaly[/MENTION] and I are trying just to put our opinion on the table so you can be aware of such things like CM has improved its performance. I'm not trying to attack you. Instead, I come here (The L-Hub) constantly to evaluate which ROM should I flash. Because of my job, I don't have enough time to try them all. For instance, I'm on Temasek right now, and I think it's better than RR M2. Although, Temasek has some bugs that RR doesn't have. :) Trust me, I won't ever "attack" someone that take it's time to help the XDA community whether it is in testing ROMs or developing them.

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Roger.
[Xperia SP General] Eric Cire:
Can multirom work with these ROMs?
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
nope, we don't have multirom
[Xperia SP General] Furrydaus:
That's what you think

Someone hasn't been checking on the recent commits ;)
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
:sly:*opened github*
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
found it
[Xperia SP General] Furrydaus:
Lol I find it cute that you guys don't know how to use the 'branch' and 'contribution' buttons found in my profile and the repositories :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
because i never used git before
[Xperia SP General] CrustyCranker:
Pop that Bliss

I just gotta say, BlissPop is just PERFECT!!

oh if only someone could port the Xperia Camera to custom roms, this would be awesome
[Xperia SP General] NicestRudeGuy:
z3 ui

any 1 knows if it works http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/port-official-xperia-z3-lollipop-t3104027
[Xperia SP General] darjwx:
Only in cm12. Not cm12.1. The developer is working in a port for cm12.1
[Xperia SP General] kjeasan:
some people are are facing calling problem in new flexos update

[i also faced,couldn't find any solution]
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
some users reported that calls are working after flashing calls fix for5.1.zip

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-sp/general/fix-lollipop-c-t3071448
[Xperia SP General] [==)BULLET(==]:
Just a suggestion, add gaming performance to your list of review parameters.

Sent from my XSP using my hands!
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
That would be a bit time consuming wouldn't it? Well. I'm considering finding 'maintainers' of reviews who are on #XperiaSP for particular ROMs.

Maybe they'll find out.

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[Xperia SP General] [==)BULLET(==]:
It would be great to have individual testers for different roms, should they be able to provide detailed insights.
[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
I can help A BIT too because I change roms frequently
[Xperia SP General] sagnikd96:
A problem with that is that not all users seem to face all bugs? Some roms are faster to some people than to others. One might not get a relatively reproducible information from such reviews.
[Xperia SP General] flash-:
[MENTION=6163210]TheAvengingTITAN[/MENTION] to put particular people on particular ROM to review is a great idea and will save some time and effort .....if you need any help i'm willing to help :) ......thank for your hard work on reviewing all these ROMs...:good:

keep up the good work ;)
[Xperia SP General] Homayoun Pourdana:
HTC M9 Camera mod by Jishnu

HTC M9 Camera mod by Jishnu

This works fine on AOSP or CM ROMs

Instructions

Make a backup(optional)

Flash Camera Port via recovery

Download:

mediafire.com/download/8a0d1afyt7my6fe/HTC+M9+P-80512015.zip

NOTE:YOU MUST HAVE ATLEAST 90MB FREE IN SYSTEM MEMORY.

TESTED BY ME ON BLISSPOP.

Everything working excluding zoe mode & photo editor.
[Xperia SP General] yunamunchy:
willing to be a reviewer here
[Xperia SP General] yash539:
I think posting jishnu's work is not allowed on xda

n yes the htc cam works fine on xsp if someone dont want flash this stuff they can find the stand alone apk on xda
[Xperia SP General] CrustyCranker:
Nah i tried this, its just weird to be honest, plus the camera icon looks like some LG camera.

quality is awesome, i still prefer the Sony Camera's UI , you know :)

thanks though!
[Xperia SP General] Phoenix854:
Thanks for awesome share bro. How can we change the storage to external in m9 camera??

Is there any other ported camera app for cm12.1??

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Blisspop

Battery:7/10

Battery is less as compared to RR:p
[Xperia SP General] Deleunes254:
Hi everyone,

Just to make my final descision:

Battery life of

Blisspop VS. Temasek?
[Xperia SP General] vvaklnprm:
The amount of customization in blisspop is mind boggling, i don't even know what to do with all of it [emoji13]

If i don't face any reboots while charging, this might just be the best lollipop rom for our xsp [emoji41]
[Xperia SP General] Guizão BR:
Temasek Has better battery, and perfomance is the same
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
does it have option to save photos to sd?
[Xperia SP General] Homayoun Pourdana:
No, i didn't find it.
[Xperia SP General] vvaklnprm:
Sorry if I am annoying with the same problem again, but I can now confirm that Blisspop also has the same rebooting while charging problem (CM 12.1 and RR has it too). In case you don't get what I mean:

When I put the phone on charging, it reboots after sometime, when the phone is idle (no apps running, no wifi connected, no mobile data). After reboot, it starts optimizing the apps once again and gets stuck at starting apps for hours. Once we do a hard reset by pressing the button at the back, it boots and optimizes apps once again. After this all my app data is gone.

So this pretty much confirms that this a bug in the base CM 12.1!! And by my description of the problem above you guys know why I can't provide a logcat, as I don't know at what point exactly during charging the reboots occur.

Edit: I will try taking a logcat now, but beware it will be long.
[Xperia SP General] incisi ker:
For now,first place is cm12.1 by [MENTION=5411190]Mrcl1450[/MENTION] (i think) :)
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
i don't have any hot reboots in cm12.1, using since 4 days. and i charge my phone 2 times a day. may be gapps related issue, i was getting reboots in RR and I'm using different gapps in cm12.1 and no reboots ;)
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
Just as I thought. I forgot if m9 has sd slot.. :DD So better option is CM11S camera, it fully works with any rom I tried on SP, and there is option to save on sd card.
[Xperia SP General] vvaklnprm:
I tried taking a logcat for the reboots issue, miserably failed, as my phone did not want to reboot even after 2 hours of charging :P

Could you tell me what gapps you're using? A link would be mighty helpful!
[Xperia SP General] creative21:
"Lollipop Base Gapps package for 5.1.1" from here

http://xdaforums.com/android/software/app-minimal-gapps-gapps-lp-20150107-1-t2997368
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Here's the big problem, some of us experience problems that many other people don't experience.

This can be a big issue when I assess a ROM on a device, because I could have an issue that nobody has or I'm having the prefect experience.

Try to use the files and instructions recommended on the OP of the thread page to prevent problems that will make you go crazy. The ROM OP links those files and writes those instructions for a reason.

I'm not trying to imply that its not just people who don't follow the instructions, but could be anyone.

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[Xperia SP General] rafigh89:
I think random reboot while Charging is related to tangerine kernel. try a ROM whit out tangerine kernel. after 3 days of using vanir i haven't reboot problem yet.
[Xperia SP General] vvaklnprm:
It's a base CM issue, and vanir is based on aosp.. And it's not related to tangerine either, happens without it too
[Xperia SP General] rafigh89:
OK, but I flashed vanir with tangerine two time at a day and every time I get hot reboot while charging. then flashed ROM whit out tangerine and after 3 days, random reboot not accured yet.

but I'll go to test it for some more time [emoji57] [emoji41]
[Xperia SP General] vvaklnprm:
Interesting, will test this theory
[Xperia SP General] yunamunchy:
anyone tried v4a on any lollipop roms in xperia sp?
[Xperia SP General] whitemamba:
Is anyone currently on Vanir 5.1.1? I need some help from you. [emoji2]
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
What help do you need? :D

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[Xperia SP General] CrustyCranker:
V4A works for all, i wouldn't stay in any rom without v4a! #BestThereIs
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Yes, works fine on m2p, blisspop, temasek..
[Xperia SP General] Deleunes254:
Hi,

I'm going to flash Temasek (Should I flash Tangerine as well?),

but before that I have to unlock my bootloader. I've read on DoomLoRd's post that you'll lose your DRM keys. Is there a way to restore this? :D

Or is it a little stupid because you can't use BE2 on 5.1.1 Roms?

Anyway thank you :)
[Xperia SP General] headbon3:
Can you share here what you did to make the mod work? I've tried it myself but can seem to make it work w/ temasek and Bp :(

Tangerine is already included in temasek.
[Xperia SP General] flash-:
you can't use BE2 on 5.1.1 Roms ..but in anyway backup you DRM keys with TA and when you want to re-lock it you can restore your DRM keys my friend :)

p.s: no need to flash Tangerine...it's included in the ROM :D
[Xperia SP General] Deleunes254:
Alright! Thank you all ^^
[Xperia SP General] flash-:
[MENTION=6163210]TheAvengingTITAN[/MENTION] i have a advice just to give the best experience to the new users who want to flash a 5.x ROM and don't know where to start ....how about you ask from certain users on all the 5.x to give a screenshots from every ROM and from their settings and from the customization option in it :p or or to take from the ROMs threads if it's available and put it here :victory:....actually that would help them and give them a general review (maybe in some ROMs threads there are a screenshots but your thread is the thread who is seen by everyone !! )

i know it's hard to try every ROM and just keep flashing so thank for your hard work :)

but we all want to make this community a better place and easier for the new users ;)

good luck with making the best :good:
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll be onto it asap. :D

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[Xperia SP General] Deleunes254:
Hi [MENTION=5651106]flash-[/MENTION],

I back-upped my DRM keys. If I now Unlock and Flash Temasek, will I be able to flash somehow my DRM keys back? :)

Thanks for the help thus far!
[Xperia SP General] flash-:
look my friend ...the DRM keys are working along side with stock-based ROMs ....so you backup-ed them up and flash a costume ROM ,,now the DRM keys won't help you cuz you flash a costume ROM and you unlocked your bootloader ...but let's say you want to get back to the stock ROM and you want to activate the BE2 ,,you just restore your DRM keys and re-lock your bootloader then BE2 will work :)

i hope i helped you ( if i don't just PM me and i'll make it more clear for you but let's keep this thread clean from this )

good luck my friend :good:

edit: one more thing mate...NO you can't flash DRM keys cuz i explained it above i think :silly:
[Xperia SP General] Deleunes254:
Alright! Thank you my friend! You explained everything perfectly ;) just informing myself hehe :D

Have a nice day!
[Xperia SP General] CrustyCranker:
If you want to make V4A work, first disable Audio Fx, then install V4A normally, just how you install any apk. then install the drivers and so on, nothing too complicated, audio fx must be disabled (clear data also)
[Xperia SP General] NicestRudeGuy:
In XSP BE still work if u havnt backup DRM keys.i havent backup them when i flash stock rom i can use BE. :D

DRM is a high end feature incase u have Z3 or z series u should backup them else theres no need.
[Xperia SP General] CrustyCranker:
you can turn it off and turn it on, but it doesn't really work lol
[Xperia SP General] Furrydaus:
IMO Mrcl1450's Cm12.1 is definitely the best ROM out there for everything except customisability. Although, it may be experimental at times.

Just so you know, the battery for your device is directly below ur screen and takes up the whole back of ur device. I just discovered a lot of things about the Xperia sp that you all might want to know. Will make a thread about it in the next few days
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I'm on CM12.1 and I have mixed feelings about it. Not too sure what to expect from it. The RAM management seems to be quite poor and I need to depend highly on greenify to get the ROM to function as smooth as BlissPop or Temasek (I didn't use greenify on them). Customization like you said, is on the downside but that's a CyanogenMod thing.

Hopefully the collaboration between you and Marcelo will bring something impressive to make the ROM stand out from the others. CM12.1 has already successfully gotten FM radio working, so I have high hopes for everything.

Just so you know I don't hate this ROM, I'm still on the latest CM build and won't leave the CM family until something very impressive comes up. Maybe I won't leave. The review team might review other ROMs while I follow the CyanogenMod builds like a hawk.

Quick question furry: could you explain your statement about Tangerine Kernel a bit more? Because it made a few users panic after reading your post.

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[Xperia SP General] NicestRudeGuy:
it does

it do work everything is working fine.try yourself to believe it
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Ok quick update,

because this is no longer a thread exclusively for reviews, the thread will now include solutions to problems that a big range of people face and point out to you why your 5.1.1 ROM isn't as fast as you expected. The OP will be updated soon, with contents so that you don't get lost in the text :P
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Major Update Has Just Been Finished!

Kernel Reviews have been added!

An FAQ section has been added as well! (Nothing for Specific ROMs included)

And a new banner which took me ages to create!

Happy Flashing! :D
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Here is hoe I create the perfect sound for me (like an angel pieing in your ears):

In this order:

Freeze rom equalizer (audiofx)

Flash extremebeats (4.1)

Flash megabassbeats (4.3)

(Needs init.d, installs dspmanager)

Wipe cache/art to be sure

Boot up

Install v4a (A4.x)

Start v4a, install driver as requestet

Reboot

Start v4a, settings, compatibel mode, choose compatibel

Now v4a works besides dsp manager (together at same time)

Now try and choose your preferences, enjoy :)

I choose in :

dspmanager bassboost normal/heavy, acoustic presettings

V4A a bit bassboost and a bit clearity
[Xperia SP General] audiedevera27:
Link of megabeats,dsp and extremebeats?

sent from Xperia SP temasekrom
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Mbb4.3 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31204141

Extremebeats 4.1: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50005490
[Xperia SP General] Furrydaus:
The Recent tangerine kernel issues have made me suspicious of things that when I checked the problem, I found that it was broken due to the 'developer' copying things without properly configuring them and also barely gives any credits.
[Xperia SP General] yunamunchy:
how did you install v4a properly?
[Xperia SP General] mostafa 3oda:
so shall we don't flash blisspop tangerine version?
[Xperia SP General] flash-:
no it's ok to flash it because it's compatible with blisspop and working just fine :)

happy flashing :good:
[Xperia SP General] Imperial_Raj:
[MENTION=6163210]TheAvengingTITAN[/MENTION] Please fix that "flushable" :)

Also, could someone please tell me, out of all these 5.1 ROMs, which one has storage structure like that in CM 12 LBL (SD Card as Internal Storage and Internal Storage exclusively for apps)?
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Lol auto-correct. Going to change it now.

Edit: Done, no more flushing for you guys xD

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[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Do not use v4a from playstore!

Download viper4andoid_fx_v2330.zip from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39156703

Use root browser to:

Unzip, so you will have 2 .APK files.

Klik the viper4android_fx_a4.x.APK

Klik install (if you get message about blocking, click settings and check allow install apps other besides playstore, try again)

Start v4a, you will get a message to install driver, click OK, reboot, done.

There is also a v4a available for lollipop. I didnt try that one, because it installs an other eq and i like to use dspmanager that comes with mbb.
[Xperia SP General] Imperial_Raj:
:laugh:

Great! Thanks!

What about the ROM though? Which of these 5.1 ROMs offer that kind of storage option?
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
So far every ROM has a dual storage function, internal and external. Apps are installed to internal but can be moved to external SD via settings (for most ROMs)

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