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[Xperia SP General] yash539:
wht do u mean by freeze while watching ? while normal watching or while seeking the video forward or backward ?

can u just try h/w+ decoder in mx player

i want to flash cm on my xsp
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
If you are flashing CM, go to 0907 instead of 0909, because the latest nightly is kind of a mess (as described by [MENTION=2233641]Adrian DC[/MENTION] xD).
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
Its actually quite a weird bug. Have experienced it on both aicp(latest) and cm. While playing a video, the video suddenly freezes but the audio continues for a few seconds. Then the audio stops and the video plays faster than normal to catch up and then the whole thing runs normally till it recurs. It happens normally 2-3 times in a 20 min video(i watch series on my device so face it quite a lot) Frequency of occurrence was minimum on sw decoder.
[Xperia SP General] yash539:
i faced this bug in almost every lp rom i tried but only when i seek the video forward or backward n h/w+ decoder in mx player seems solve it ill check n report it to u can send the link of patches u talked abt n will work on the 0909 build ?
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
Here is Adrian's patches thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3153918

Download for the corresponding nightly. Normally the patches for a nightly work for the next one but it is not sure. However, dont flash the 0909 build as they say it is messy. Will try the hw+ decoder and tell you. Right now aicp 0809 seems to be good. I am using it since morning and no problems(except the video bug)
[Xperia SP General] dic1911:
Dirty flashed RR from latest XenonHD

Everything works fine till now, but still got some lag when gaming

(Got this recently in EVERY rom)

Graphic stopped suddenly, audio sometimes stopped with graphic too

Then recovered after few secs, is quite annoying, cuz i love rhythm game that can't accept a single glitch while in-game :(

Anyone got same situation here? Or maybe i need to clean install again?
[Xperia SP General] yash539:
try clean install since rr is cm based n xenon hd is aosp based so the bug u faced is bcuz of that
[Xperia SP General] Arvind7352:
Amazing Score -> 31008 in Antutu Benchmark

ROM:- Candy5 + Tangerine Kernel v9.0
[Xperia SP General] ashkan.t:
guys

i want to flash one of the roms NOW !

which is the best?

im not in mood of try all the roms

so please suggest me the best rom

tnx
[Xperia SP General] Arvind7352:
Go for Candy5 or XenonHD (latest one)
[Xperia SP General] ashkan.t:
downloaded candy 5

have it a mod for navigation bar like gravity box or not? because i dont want to use xposed installer for ram usage

(mean navigation is off and should swipe up to use it )
[Xperia SP General] Arvind7352:
I guess you're talking about Expanded Desktop....Its Included by Default in all 5.1.1 ROMs

[Generally Located In --> Settings--> Display and Lights--> Expanded Desktop

U can choose What to Hide (Status Bar, NavBar or Both) for Each App, or Hide it Entirely]

Actually You don't Need Xposed for Customizing Phone in terms of Looks because all Tweaks are Included in Every ROM....(Especially CM Based ROMs)
[Xperia SP General] ashkan.t:
no i mean SLIMPIE

[IMG="slimpie"]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/nexus4/images/0/00/Ezepu7ub.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130626173008[/IMG]
[Xperia SP General] Arvind7352:
Not Available in Candy5...

AICP has it, Other ROMs too

Wait for other People to Answer this QN...
[Xperia SP General] josema9410:
[MENTION=6049586]Arvind7352[/MENTION] or someone who wants to participate :)

i'm using an AICP build (23-7) which has been the best one that i have tried for now.

i'm thinking about trying Temasek or Candy5 but i don't understand perfectly the difficulties that i will find with F2FS i just know that it is supposed to have more performance and i wanna know which one has a better performance and customizability( i don't like a lot rro layers and i like to use themes). I mean if you think they are better than AICP in these sections.( I have a backup tough).

Do you recommend me to try any of them?

P.D: I dont' know if everything is well written so if you don't understand anything please let me know.

Thanks.
[Xperia SP General] dic1911:
OTG

Any rom got otg working for now?

Or all lollipop we have for xsp had got otg working?

I'm thinking about buying a OTG cable…
[Xperia SP General] blue_ranger:
Using it on cm 0907 nightly, works as expected. It worked on AICP and Xhd too when I used them a few weeks ago. Was also working since furry's first RR release, so I guess that answers your second question that all lollipop ROMs support it for our sp.

Sent from my Xperia SP
[Xperia SP General] dic1911:
Oh, BTW, any score about performance and battery for latest roms?
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Unfortunately not, I highly doubt I will be updating the OP but the FAQ section maybe when necessary.
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
Guys, my wifi disconnects after some time when phone goes to deep sleep. It reconnects after I wake up the phone... I'm experiencing that in every LP rom so far, stock or tangerine kernel... Any ideas?
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
+1
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
I used to tackle that problem with app 'wifi keep alive' (playstore). I dont know if it is still available and works on lollipop..
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
That app hasn't been updated for 4 years! :D [MENTION=5411190]Mrcl1450[/MENTION] Any thoughts...?
[Xperia SP General] Tomoms:
It happens to me too only when I'm connected to a certain WiFi network. I guess some specific routers conflict with the phone. It happens also on stock 4.3.
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
It happends to me on every router :) Didn't have that problem on stock...
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I haven't been experiencing any WiFi issues with official CM + patches. Have you tried this?

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[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
Didn't test any patches... Currently on official RR...
[Xperia SP General] Inceptic:
Check wifi settings ;)
[Xperia SP General] Mrcl1450:
What app? :)
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
Nevermind the app, focus on the wifi disconnecting problem! :D [MENTION=5369178]Inceptic[/MENTION] dude, that's the first thing I checked! :D
[Xperia SP General] RonaldW7:
Hey guys, what better ROM now? More stable and smooth?
[Xperia SP General] akimester:
Imho CM12.1 with AdrianDC's patches.

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Ups,forget:

Can i add a kitkat governor file (smartassV2) to a Lollipop ROM?

I miss it from t-kernel 9....
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Well, it still works (just tested it)...

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Candy5+tkernel9.1 (default setting, only overclock cpu)
[Xperia SP General] theshrink89:
That's cool but that is not suppose to happen and there shouldn't be the need for the app... The wifi should natively always stay connected AFAIK...
[Xperia SP General] rockersharp:
For people annoyed with freezes since the past few weeks: Using Candy5(first version)+Tangerine 9.1 since it was released; the performance is 99% freeze-free, zero lag and decently smooth.

Just a few tweaks in kernel settings and the result was good.

Ready to share if anyone wants! :)
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
I am intersted in your kernel settings...
[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
then which roms do not freeze?
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Candy5

Oh and i am reading good things about cm12.1 nightlys+patches Adrian DC
[Xperia SP General] rockersharp:
Apply on boot sections:

CPU

CPU Hotplug

I/O scheduler

Virtual Memory.

Changes:

CPU- Max freq = 1728

Min freq = 384

CPU governor - intelliactive

Multicore power saving- disabled

CPU boost- disable everything & set to 0ms.

CPU Hotplug- MPdecision - off

Intelliplug - on

Profile - eco performance

Hysteresis value = 2

CPU max freq on screen off = 810 MHz.

I/O scheduler- (same for both internal and external). Scheduler- fiops

Read ahead = 256 kB

Virtual memory- ZRam = 110 MB (lock your phone immediately after setting the value. Unlock after 30secs)

Rest all values remain at default.
[Xperia SP General] tungsondkh:
It's incredible, fast and smooth. But, could you explain some value please ? I don't understand why :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Random: Anybody remember NSX ROM? (I believe that's the name) The ROM that was meant to be Sony based before Arch Xperia.

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[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
Yeah I do, the dev opened a thread and ran away lol :P
[Xperia SP General] sadi6801:
Hi which lp ROM is the best? aicp, candy5, stryflex or what?
[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
5.1 latest roms are not usable in a current state... they are horrible, freezes everywhere
[Xperia SP General] fantamadnesss:
That's not true. Im using latest Candy and Tkernel 9.1 and with the right settings freezes arent that frequent and performance and battery is good.
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
In terms of lags en freezes i would say candy5 and cm12.1 nightlys + adrian dc patches
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
+1

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[Xperia SP General] Andreus94:
adrian dc patches? What are?
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61783796
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
[MENTION=6163210]TheAvengingTITAN[/MENTION]: what's with the M HUB in your signature? Will we be getting M as well?

Sent from my xperia sp running Candy5+ tangerine 9.2
[Xperia SP General] darjwx:
Is because of this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3135710
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
A while after M preview was given to devices such as the Xperia S and Xperia M, me along with a few other developers set out to bring it for the SP. I even used my secondary SP (which I used previously mainly just for testing ROMs) to test M. We managed to get it to nearly boot up but eventually the Adreno 320 decided to stop working and just MELT.

The M hub was supposed to bring the first M ROM and the first pure AOSP Marshmallow ROM but there were some problems and could not be done. Now I'm just waiting for a Marshmallow ROM to pop up.

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[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
So your secondary xsp is dead? That explains the lack of updation on this page. Anyways, thanks for your efforts.

Sent from my xperia sp running Candy5+ tangerine 9.2
[Xperia SP General] exothermic_tzy:
Recently there have been reports of deadlocks on the XSP, not only on Tangerine, but on some recent ROMs as well. I'm suspecting it could be due to problems with the Github commits. However I'm not too sure as I don't develop ROMs, but from what I know many ROMs for the XSP regardless of kernel have been facing such issues. Also, the yellowish screen issue is still apparent, so hopefully there can be a permanent fix to that. Anyway, thanks for all the great work so far!
[Xperia SP General] HUEguy:
Yeah I also tested that, but the lags and freezes are still there and it's fricking annoying! Watching a simple video with freezes just not work at all for me, I want a rom with "normal" bugs like not doing offline charge kind a thing, geeez even a rom with random reboots is better than what we have now! For now after a research in the forum I found a good kitkat rom+CM11 williams kernel and reverted back, no lags no freezes, good ram, good multitasking... Until we have a no freeze lollipop rom, I will stay with this rom for some time.
[Xperia SP General] Andreus94:
Really? All the ROMs have lags and freezes??
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Well, here I am with Candy5, been using it for 2 days now with Tangerine Kernel 9.2 with Xposed and I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm able to use Snapchat while using Messenger while using Spotify while using WhatsApp and Telegram.

0 stutters, 0 freezes, and coming from official CM with add ons, i now know why this had lots of good things talked about. Definitely worth flashing.

( NOTE: User experiences may vary due to diffetent XSP variants and kernel settings and battery cycles)

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[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
+1

Sent from my xperia sp running Candy5+ tangerine 9.2
[Xperia SP General] Arvind7352:
Same here, +1
[Xperia SP General] rockersharp:
It's all about kernel settings when it comes to Candy5. Stock kernel gave me a bad experience as well. Best to flash tangerine.

Although I agree with video freezing, experienced a bit of freezing on YouTube last night, nothing otherwise.
[Xperia SP General] Zenith:
TWRP by Tomoms can now be flashed even with Cyanogen recovery.

Update it in the post when you can.
[Xperia SP General] anuraw:
I upgraded my phone to cm12.1 of 17 September 2015.

Phone lags/hangs a lot, connot connect to my home wifi stuck on obtaining ip address, cannot download cm updates on phone, phone hangs when there is an incoming call, overheating also.

What to do?
[Xperia SP General] Inceptic:
Install t-kernel or change system to another one ;)
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Have you installed [MENTION=2233641]Adrian DC[/MENTION] 's patches?

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[Xperia SP General] anuraw:
Nope...what do i have to do, will it fix the problems

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All i did was downloaded the cyanogen file and the gapps for 5.1.1
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
To all those frustrated by video freezes in mx player, here's a fix. Try enabling 'use awesome player' option in developer settings and reboot. Use HW+ decoder in mx player.

This works well on candy5+t kernel 9.2. Played two 720p videos of 28min each back to back and didn't face a single freeze.

Maybe someone can try and confirm if it works on other ROMs?

Sent from my xperia sp running Candy5+ tangerine 9.2
[Xperia SP General] anuraw:
Nope...what do i have to do, will it fix the problems

All i did was downloaded the cyanogen file and the gapps for 5.1.1
[Xperia SP General] anuraw:
Help please.....!!
[Xperia SP General] RandomUser017:
Stop spamming... As [MENTION=6163210]TheAvengingTITAN[/MENTION] said, you need to install Adrian's Patches.
[Xperia SP General] anuraw:
Where do i find them i do not have much knowledge of this stuff so sorry
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
I saw purexperience-leopop rom on android filehost by [MENTION=5396325]jancsessz[/MENTION]. Does anyone know something about it ?
[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
Wow what is that thing :D

Anyone brave enough to try?
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
Just flashed it... Its a xperia - cyanogen lollipoprom. But it is still in an early stage. A lot of things work, but also freeze&lags are present.
[Xperia SP General] Andreus94:
I tried latest temasek after two quite bad experiences with xenon and candy.

I used f2fs and tangerine 9.2. I had forgotten how much my XSP could go fast!!

With about 60 games, the phone is very very smooth without lags or freezes so far. Touch is super reactive and ROM have hight customization. I'm curious to see battery and performance after some days :D

Inviato dal mio Xperia SP utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia SP General] NicestRudeGuy:
post ur sot and review about the rom :good:
[Xperia SP General] Sibat Al Nistas:
I found a mod/patch in XDA which enables the DRM functions for Unlocked bootloader Xperia Z handsets. It doesn't recover DRM keys but it enables X Reality, BionZ(Camera Improvement), Noise Cancellation for KK, LP ROMs. Is it possible to import this for Xperia SP? As Xperia Z came out at the same time with Xperia SP it shouldn't be that hard, right?

anyway, here's the link to the mod: http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672
[Xperia SP General] yash539:
this mod needs official sony rom to work cuz x reality n other stuff r included in the official rom not in the hardware so this will never work on our lp roms unless it is a ported from a phone with official sony lp rom
[Xperia SP General] Sibat Al Nistas:
well that means we'll need to import those features to the ROM. X-reality and some other features are already available as mods via flashable zips. I'm actually only interested in porting the BioZ feature because that might improve camera quality significantly as Current camera is really bad :/
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
Where's the zips for X-Reality?

Its impossible to port these into custom ROMs unless its based on stock Sony.
[Xperia SP General] josema9410:
all of you are using the first candy5 built and [MENTION=6333666]rockersharp[/MENTION] settings? did it work for others roms as good as for candy? i have no freezes in temasek with f2fs but maybe is even smoother with that, i'm suing t-kernel 9.2
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
I was usin the 0914 build. Other than read ahead and zram other settings worked fine on xenon and temasek
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I'm actually using my own settings :p they kind of resemble those but its different.

Temasek freezes for me too, even with tkernel, so I reverted back to Candy5

EDIT:

If you are on TEMASEK with tangerine, set internal I/O to fiops and read ahead to 256
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62227544
[Xperia SP General] josema9410:
i have put fiops but just in internal storage, is it okay? the changes that i have done, will make my phone smoother? because i don't have freezes.

i have read all the definitions of the different kernel options but i really don't know how to properly use kernel auditor :(
[Xperia SP General] Sibat Al Nistas:
http://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/recompeliren-bravia-engine-x-reality-t3141461
[Xperia SP General] Andreus94:
this xposed working? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
[Xperia SP General] josema9410:
yes
[Xperia SP General] boy1111111:
Download

Already tried couple of file but none of the work for my xperia sp. My xperia is rooted and unblocked bootloader. Another thing I couldnt understand wich file to download for my xperia sp as there as so many device but didnt find the xperia sp name or c5303..Plss help
[Xperia SP General] kpr2897:
Try searching via the code name for XSP That is HUASHAN
[Xperia SP General] Phoenix854:
Now a days every lollipop ROM is freezing. Since every ROM is affected so I assume the problem lies in the base ROM i.e. CM.

I always end up flashing older version. Can anyone brief me about this? Is CM12.1 also facing the same issue?
[Xperia SP General] nplezka:
Guys, I tried Xposed on 23 build and I got black screen after boot. I had to reinstall 19 build. Is there anybody that can confirm it? That was strange...
[Xperia SP General] Andreus94:
Also Xenon and AICP have freezes...and they are AOSP? Or not?

It is frustrating to see that the ROM get worse instead of better :rolleyes:
[Xperia SP General] exothermic_tzy:
XenonHD is AOSP-based while AICP is CM-based. The freezes are likely due to the sources used. Hope this has answered your question!
[Xperia SP General] boy1111111:
I installed last version of AICP in xperia sp, but couldn't install any Google app, play store doesnt open, couldnt install any apps since then. What can I do. I clean all data when I installed AICP 5.1.1 10.0 huashan. Please somebody help. Tried several gapps package provided in the AICP project for xperia sp but none of them work. Always get an error message while installing
[Xperia SP General] Zenith:
Flash TWRP by Tomoms,

then flash any GApps from the new TWRP.
[Xperia SP General] sagnikd96:
Am I the only one having a nightmare of a time using android beam?
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:


Your right RR was out of my scope, but belongs in top 3 best rom! No lags//freezes, stable and smooth.
[Xperia SP General] vvaklnprm:
You guys could also try temasek v 17, I think it's the build before the last.. Really good ROM, no freezes so far.. Using for approx a week
[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
Can you update this thread?
[Xperia SP General] darjwx:
I would like yo try temasek with full f2fs support. Anyone try the last build 17.3? Or what is the most stable?

Thanks
[Xperia SP General] TheAvengingTITAN:
I will once I get free time, I'm a bit busy with a major exam at the moment.
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
I am currently using the latest build with f2fs for data and cache only. In my brief usage didn't experience ANY freeze stutters or reboots. Quite surprising. Its maybe because they reverted the commit that changed the adreno blobs, which started the freezes in late august builds, as far as i remember. Give it a try.

There is a bug however. Entering Status bar menu from settings gives an fc. [MENTION=5273415]boylush[/MENTION] confirmed it as well. If you have the second last build, you can flash it, make the status bar changes and dirty flash the latest one.
[Xperia SP General] boy1111111:
:good: :D

Can I use Doome kernel in my xperia sp, Current room is AICP lollipop 5.1
[Xperia SP General] yash539:
Y use Doome kernel?? Use tangerine kernel n check on wht build u r n dl the respective t kernel version if u scroll back some pages then ull find which one to use
[Xperia SP General] boylush:
The build with Status bar fixes will come today or tomorrow Singapore Standard Time (GMT +8). Adreno reverts will be rolling out soon for better performance across most of the ROMs.
[Xperia SP General] DahakePL:
Good luck then :cowboy:
[Xperia SP General] Tassifar:
Hello!! I'm new in the forum. I have a question, and I hope it's in the correct thread... I noticed that in every Lollipop ROMs there isn't a quicksetting tile to change the network mode (i.e. 2G/3G/4G) while in KitKat and JellyBean ROMs there is.... Why isn't there the network mode tile?
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
I've been crying hoarse over that for sometime now, get in line buddy! :D Apparently they removed some intent tile or something so you cannot use gravity box to add the tile. This is the case with cm based ones. If you want the tile either you can try AOSP based xenonhd rom and use gravity box to add the tile. Or you can use a widget( that is used to toggle the same) here on xda by a dev named cygery.
[Xperia SP General] halloarno:
The xposed module smart network toggles data (and more) automatic when screen on/off. No need for a tile.
[Xperia SP General] shavendum:
I use neither. I find tasker to be more intuitive.
[Xperia SP General] prateek112:
High volume

I m running candy5+ tangerine 9.2

the volume is of music is too loud

its like my speaker will blow up even in headsets

but it is ok when i receive a call or anything

Having this issue in almost all roms i tried

secondly i m using ibanez walkman port

any way to lower only the music volume to safer levels?:confused:
[Xperia SP General] OsGhaly:
It's not a problem of any ROM or T-kernel, it's ibanez Walkman port v3.6 problem, install ibanez Walkman port v3.5 instead.. this will solve the sound problem but you won't be able to update the walkman app to new music app from play store [emoji57]
[Xperia SP General] akis stamatioy:
Can u share the procedure?E.g. variables ,a tasker plug-in?