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[Galaxy Tab S General] mamali.z:
anyone has any idea what this notification is about? I got it few times after having a phone call galaxy tab s 8.4 t705 with Hong Kong rom it doesn't effects anything but I was just wondering what it do sending some info to my carrier? View attachment 3348209View attachment 3348210
[Galaxy Tab S General] not-i:
Sweet ROM V1 BOE6 T705

Hi guys I have cooked a rom for the T705 with latest BOE6 lollipop firmware. Just wondering if anyone wants to test it for me. You need to already be on lollipop on this device and need custom recovery installed like twrp.

The changelog is the same as my T805Y rom which you can see HERE. Just different firmware & device obviously.

Let me know if you would like to test it. Thanks
[Galaxy Tab S General] mozza54:
Out of interest, I've got an EE branded Tab S and still no update. On the off chance I get impatient and update the tablet using Odin and the unbranded Rom, will it cause any issues with the tablet itself and would the tablet still be able to receive OTA updates once you do that?

T705XXU1BOD5 | BTU1BOD1 UK - This is available

T705XXU1ANG2 / OXX1ANG2 EVR UK EE - This is mine.
[Galaxy Tab S General] not-i:
It should be fine mate
[Galaxy Tab S General] lexjay:
me

send me a link

sorry wrong quote mate haha

---------- Post added at 01:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:10 AM ----------

send me a link
[Galaxy Tab S General] lexjay:
me

i can test your rom mate

t705 user
[Galaxy Tab S General] not-i:
Here you go mate. You must already be on lollipop. Make sure you do a backup first then flash in twrp recovery

download - https://mega.co.nz/#!E58E1RSR!UMzKgt382bO32s_Qvso5fW445aI3_8EemkVuFK4hXRo

md5 checksum 0A1859A5FDA9482901ED570EA689B16B

Let me know how you go
[Galaxy Tab S General] lexjay:
thank you

i'll let you know for a while.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lexjay:
review

^^

i already installed it and running on my device for 2 hours

-it's smooth, better than stock

all are working fast and smooth :good:

multiwindows is awesome :highfive:

mobile data is working

gps on the go

basic functions are flawless

:crying:

heavy battery drain caused by 5.0 lollipop

sound seemed a bit distorted when volume is maximized

can you debloat it more or an option to not install bloatware

cant say anything else, haven't tried xposed yet

great job mate!
[Galaxy Tab S General] not-i:
Thats great to hear mate. Thank you :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] noskill01:
i have updated my t705 to lollipop... but since then i missed the toggle to enable and disable mobile data... anyone have the same problem?
[Galaxy Tab S General] maris__:
Indeed, this toggle is missing. An effective workaround would be to activate Flight mode and Wifi, afterwards.

Best, maris
[Galaxy Tab S General] commanlin:
I'm using this ROM on my T705Y, my toggle for mobile data is still there and fully functional.
[Galaxy Tab S General] naigigg:
After I tested Sweet Rom for t705 on my device for 12 hrs. I found your rom is awesome. It works great like your rom on my N910C version. So, Please cook the fantastic sweet when it's newer firmware released.

Thank you very much .:good::good::good::good::good:
[Galaxy Tab S General] Rooster193:
Does anyone have bootloader for lollipop from the taiwanese rom? Don't want to download the entire rom
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usvimal:
Im on COS 12 and recently I have been experiencing really bad battery drain by the android system. It has been using 7h of my CPU. How do I fix this?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abhinav_Rakesh:
Go back to cm11s

Sent from Bacon
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Very USEFUL comment (loljk)

[MENTION=5647774]usvimal[/MENTION] : Install a battery monitor app like GSAM or BBS and look for culprits under Kernel/Partial wakelocks.

I usually have 59 mins on Android OS CPU usage per charge cycle, so almost 8 hours is a bit much.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usvimal:
Here are the Stats. Can you help me find out what's draining my battery?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Strange, but those stats actually look OK, and 5.5%/h with 38% screen on is still OK. Maybe you need to let the information gather further.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4268508:
Try this, it worked for me. Wifi settings seemed to be the problem. Changed the frequency from 'automatic' to '2.4 Ghz only' in the advanced wifi setting.. Now all Normal. I almost returned the phone thinking of a hardware issue.
[Xperia Z1 General] Wiltron:
No, this is NOT the Xposed "Fix Memory Leak" install that fixes nothing, because Sony already patched that in to their 5.0.2 release. If you have it installed now, you can uninstall it because it is literally doing nothing but taking up free space on your device; and is another hook you don't need in your install process. That also requires root to be installed, and this is a no-root situation :)

After a week of battling with XZDR and [NUT] starting to hate me, I decided to just bite the bullet, and FTF flash the stock, unrooted firmware, and see what it was like without root and if I could live. Most of the apps, not all of them though, can be disabled completely from within Android app manager, so things like TiBu are not really needed. I don't use Facebook or Twitter apps so having the "Xperia for Facebook" apps, which can't be frozen/disabled, was a pain in the ass, but they don't have any login information so everything's safe there.

I was very unimpressed with the way certain apps loaded. As an example, using Disa for my messaging solution was great, but SwiftKey was being a jerk. I'd press on the text input field and the keyboard would show up and then disappear right away. It would sometimes take up to 3 minutes of constant press *hides* press *hides* press *hides* just to be able to type a "K" message to someone. Not happy. Then, I'd load up Clash of Clans, do what I needed to do, then close it, then load up Family Guy, and it would crash because CoC was in the background. I'd have to completely reboot my phone in order to go from one game to the other. Very unhappy.

I found the app "Android System WebView", and not knowing what it was, tried to disable it. I uninstalled updates and disabled the system package, but it wouldn't let me disable it, only remove and replace with stock, and I thought that that was good enough. Rebooted my phone, and blamo.. phone performance increased by at least 3 orders of magnitude!

I've yet to have the SwiftKey hiding issue, and as I typed this, I finished the gold mine upgrade and went to see if Peter was doing Shipoopiing, and all was well.

Great thing is, if this doesn't fix your issue - you can update it right back to normal from Google Play.
[Xperia Z1 General] yoorie016:
For me? i don't find any issues with the memory management by Lollipop as of today (from the first release). In fact, my phone runs faster and smoother compared to KK. Battery is so good that i don't need to recharge at night after the whole day usage. I use also the google keyboard (the VERY first version) which i dont find any problems at all. I just make my phone as simple as possible. No root done and i just disable some bloatwares and un-installing some gapps. I also ask myself, what's the use of Android System Webview? i do some couple of search and i found that, it does not affect the performance of my phone, so i just keep it update.
[Xperia Z1 General] amresh.india:
Facebook WhatsApp camera etc crashesh frequently

Hi Team

I'm facing a serious issue. I'm not able to use Facebook WhatsApp camera etc because these apps crash frequently. Device is Samsung gt p3100 and ur lollipop. Can u pls help me get this resolved. Thank u so much.

Regards

Amresh
[Xperia Z1 General] reza_v:
I just disabled it, Does anyone know which apps depend on it? So far everything works fine.
[Xperia Z1 General] yoorie016:
Hi Bro,

Wrong thread. please direct you're question to Samsung Thread. maybe they can helped you in there. This is a Sony Xperia Z1 thread. But since you're here, Try to factory reset your phone or wipe dalvik and cache.
[Xperia Z1 General] martin132014:
So your telling me to disable or uninstall Android System Web View in order to increase performance on lollipop....
[Xperia Z1 General] Wiltron:
Use the built-in Android uninstaller - don't use TiBu if you're rooted or completely uninstall it. Android interface won't let you uninstall it entirely, just remove the updates and return it to stock factory settings.

It's currently working perfect for me - no issues or slowdowns or crashes all day today. I've used Chrome, the key program that this app is designed for, and it still works fine, along with a few other select programs that utilize it. All is well.

I don't know about stability issues if you're rooted and you completely uninstall it - so proceed at your own risk..
[Xperia Z1 General] AnrgKrshn:
As interesting as this solution seems, I think I found why you don't have an issue :) I used to have a lot of launcher redraws and slow downs every now and then. So I froze a bunch of apps using ROM Toolbox and boom, no more redraws or slow downs. Worked like a charm. I think freezing or uninstalling bloat was the reason your memory issue was fixed. Cause I didn't uninstall the web view or make any changes with regard to it.

Uninstall or freeze bloat, and it should fix it immediately :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Wiltron:
ROM Toolbox requires root.

Freezing and Uninstalling bloat also requires root.

My fix doesn't require root.
[Xperia Z1 General] iSpammer:
It dosnt fix it ? % but atleast better, i saw an article before mentioning that android webview cause lag problems idr where
[Xperia Z1 General] Rebel2k:
I will test that! I also suspected that component to be a memory hog... Thanks for sharing, I will test and see what happens!
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
Security issue

Please be aware that you are opening yourself up to security issues by uninstalling these updates. This webview component is the part of Android used for displaying webpages inside of other apps. Since it is a full HTML renderer, it is susceptible to the same security issues that regularly get fixed in your Chrome installation. But previously, (pre-lollipop) this component was part of your ROM and could only be updated by firmware updates. Since lollipop, Google separated this component into an updateable Android package. I sincerely wonder if your ¨fix¨ was due to the uninstallation of these updates. You have, however, already missed 4 security updates.

Proceed with caution...
[Xperia Z1 General] IgorEisberg:
"...because Sony already patched that in to their 5.0.2 release." <- I reported that already.

About the WebView. If you think that WebView is responsible for your device not working properly then you definitely don't know what WebView is and when it's even being used. You don't just go and disable any system app you don't recognize. Those advices are worthless.

All you need is a stable ROM. I'm using my own custom ROM, have the latest Play services, Play Store and WebView embedded into the ROM. The ROM works perfectly and normaly has 700-800 free RAM.

Have a look here: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z1/general/icylollymod-igor-eisberg-t3101848
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
Your attitude towards root does not make a lot of sense: your system apps have root regardless of rooting status. Your android runs as root without asking for permission. So, your phone IS rooted by default. The only one who does not have root access is you. Having root for you means having an app that alerts you and asks for your permission when there is a request for root by other apps. That prevents malicious script execution. Let me give you an example: your web browser sits in system partition which has automatic root access. Suppose, you visit a site thay silently executes a java script and takes over your browser. Now, it has root permission without any notice to you: it can download anything to your system and take over your phone. And there is nothing you can do to stop this unless you have root. Also, think about oem and google updates: they all can run silently, unless you have root.

So, in short, having no root equals no security at all...
[Xperia Z1 General] zhuoyang:
As few peoples pointed out, by NOT installing Android System WebView update, your phone might have some security risk.

I would really not recommend using this "FIX" , My Z1 doesn't have this sort of problem anyway.
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
Webview IS security risk, because it is an html renderer with web connection abilities. There is no legitimate reason for a user to have this app, which purpose is to provide an advertising vehicle for corrupt developers (I call corrupt those devs who use ads in their "free" apps). It is better to just uninstall this app than constantly update it where updates are always behind bugs, malware and other security vulnerabilities. Only your web browser, e-mail client and internet messaging apps should be allowed to connect to the internet for security reasons and battery/performance sake. So, while I don't agree with OP's attitude towards root, I support him when he gets rid of another bloat/malware/security risk...

As far as deleting the app, if your rom does not provide for system app removal, just use a file manager (root required) and erase the app from the system...
[Xperia Z1 General] c5satellite2:
For anyone who cares:

Webview is part of android. Not updating it is a bad idea as others have stated. There was an update about two weeks ago that had some bugs and was eating battery and causing some apps to crash. Google fixed it quickly and the current one in the play store is fine again. No battery drain and plays nice with all apps.

It's funny that if Google didn't release a buggy update, nobody would have even known or cared it was there. They would have just updated it.

As others have stated it was always there, only now they are updating it regularly through the play store instead of having to wait for an OTA. If you don't update it, that's fine, it is your choice.

It should be updated considering there are security and performance fixes in the updates. Giving others erroneous information and telling them to remove it completely when you don't even know what it is, is not a good idea.

A simple Google search when the buggy update dropped would have revealed that it was just that, a buggy update. Solution was, uninstall just the update UNTIL Google released a fixed one. Personally I have noticed better battery since the newest update.
[Xperia Z1 General] Rebel2k:
No matter the solution, this new Lollipop release is really bug when it comes to memory management. I can't listen to a podcast without the app being killed ten times an hour... It never happened to me before. My smartwatch is constantly disconnected because the Wear app is killed every time I receive a message and so on (while there are still at least 400 MB free in memory).
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
I´m sorry, this really is just bad advise: you are breaking apps (legitimate apps, not the adviews you refer to) by removing this app. Again: this is not an app, it is a system component that Google made updateable via the play store. It is not meant to be removed without breaking apps.
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
Name one app (that is no malware/bug/ad) broken because one removes webview...

Just because an app sits in the system does not make it a legitimate one. Any app, if it wants to display an internet page, can use stock browser. There is simply no reason to have an extra layer (webview) that exposes you to security risks. This is, by the way, what Google does: to make sure that your device is wide open to commercial/spying interests. But luckily, because of open source, one can remove most of this garbage...
[Xperia Z1 General] tcchuin:
Hey genius! get your facts right before you claim something is not legitimate.

Webview is part of android that is similar to chrome's engine(think of the engine that 'default AOSP browser' uses). This merely updates what is in your rom. Even if you uninstall it, there's still webview in your rom. Without webview, there's no stock browser.
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
In other words, you can't come up with any app that will be broken because of webview. And by the way, which fact did I not get right? LOL.

By the way, I am not using stock browser, because it refuses to work if removed from system and placed into data partition. Firefox works fine without webview.

Again, just because some shady app (like webview) sits in the system, does not make it a legitimate one. The "part of Android" mantra will not take you anywhere. There is a lot of garbage that is part of Android.

But if you prefer to be exposed to security threats and google-malware, go ahead, make your day. You probably have "nothing to hide" anyway, so, why not let the whole world own your device?

Regards...
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
Well, for starters my companies in-house apps for businesses. You really don't have a clue what you are advocating, do you? This is the webbrowsing widget of Android you 'd be removing. Every app that displays some bit of HTML, some webpage as part of its ui (and that's a lot, from help pages to hybrid system apps) would be broken if you remove this.
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
And what does your company do? Sells ways for businesses to display ads in android? As I have already said, no legitimate app, other than those that display advertising junk (and android is full of it) need access to webview. They all can use a web browser like firefox.

"you really don't have a clue" Says who? An advertising hack? LOL. By the way, the first version of your post even had the word "ad" before you changed it to "app." Try to get a thousand thanks first and then talk to me about having a clue. Regards...
[Xperia Z1 General] Wiltron:
Google Acknowledges WebView-Related App And Device Crashing, Says The New Version Should Fix It

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...-crashing-says-the-new-version-should-fix-it/
[Xperia Z1 General] yoorie016:
For those who are reading the previous post about webview, read this so you can follow with the discussion.

We'll in my case, i don't find it an issue on my phone as of the moment. i just let it update and let it do it's job. not uninstalling it doesn't hurt you, right? :P
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
That's not a bad article. Webview is a non essential mechanism to connect mostly bad apps to the internet for nefarious purposes: spying/collecting your data and transmitting it to the internet. The good rule of thumb is: don't use stock browser, instead use Fennec by F-droid, which is Firefox with removed proprietary and tracking libraries; don't use any app that needs to connect to the internet other than the ones you want to connect, such as e-mail, messangers, web browser. Firefox does not need google outdated (and insecure) web rendering engine. Don't use chrome, it is closed source and nobody knows (but Google) what it does and knowing Google, we can assue it does nothing good. Webbrowser is your window to the internet and security issue. Webview is another window, outdated and leaky. So, why have another layer that exposes you to problems? On my phone there is only one app that requires webview (I am not talking the app, but rather Google rendering engine), it is K9mail and I consider this a bug. Otherwise, I would have deleted libwebviewchromium.so from my system. This is a huge file where webview sits. In the mean time, use Xprivacy and restrict all apps including system ones that want webview, except the ones you use...
[Xperia Z1 General] yoorie016:
well said and thank you for advice. If all of you said above is true, maybe your advice will be more efficient for business type users. People who store personal and private information.
[Xperia Z1 General] DeKubus:
It seems you did not understand the article at all. While this is sad, it would normally do not harm anybody. But in your case, you are actively promoting keeping user devices vulnerable to security flaws. Making WebView a separate component is one of the best things that have happened to Android, because this allows all the nasty WebKit-Bugs to get fixed out-of-line of new Android releases.

Oh, and for the thing about "only ad driven malware uses WebView" - yeah, Microsoft, IBM, Wikipedia, TripAdvisor, Facebook and others all are known for producing that kind of software you are referring to. Hint, read up on Apache Cordova / PhoneGap. Sample list of apps can be found here: http://www.tricedesigns.com/2012/03/27/who-uses-phonegapapache-cordova/

As your "advice" is actively harming device security, I am now reporting this thread to the mods.
[Xperia Z1 General] optimumpro:
It seems you have failed to grasp the issues here. It is not about webview being a separate app. It is about the whole concept of Webview being a security threat with questionable benefits to the end user. For several reasons: horrible implementation in android (via apple) and bad designwise, since it introduces new vulnerability in addition to webbrowsing. Well, let me correct myself: webview is vulnerability. It exposes the whole system to outside attacks. Without webview, user only have to deal with a webrowser insecurity, with it, every app, the entire system becomes a gaping hole. Webview, though, benefits those who monetize user's data and privacy. So, no surprise here that you mention such known bastions of privacy as Facebook and even Microsoft.

So, my advise is not only to get rid of webview app, but to get rid of the whole parasite (webview): libwebviewchromium.so and libwebviewchromium_plat.so in your /system/lib directory. That in of itself would be an immediate security enhancement to the whole system. As I have already said, respectable webbrowsers, such as firefox, have their own rendering engines and don't need this Google's doodle.

So, next time, try to read the posts (and understand the points) before attempting to "educate" others.

"Reporting" Thanks for your great contribution to XDA community. Best regards.
[Xperia Z1 General] DeKubus:
It is not more insecure than using standard libraries. See the year-old Heartbleed-bug in OpenSSL or other occurrences of bugs in standard implementations shared by multiple apps. If it is an updatable system component it is actually more secure, because all apps that need it will be patched at the same time, whereas with libs you have to wait for each vendor to update his app.

If you are referring to WebKit - that is an open source component. Feel free to improve it! Other than that, Apple has nothing to do with the WebView implementation on Android. Please don't mix those two up.

See above, libraries are actually worse. Oh, and if you start bashing system components, why stop and WebView? And "every app becomes a gaping hole" is just plain false, just the apps that use it are vulnerable if a flaw is found. Another blunt exaggeration.

You asked for app examples, I gave you some. The list also included big companies, which was meant to show you that there actually are WebView-based apps in the field. Nothing more and nothing less. Many people use Facebook on a daily basis, advising them to uninstall WebView updates lessens the security of their devices. Don't be such an egomaniac, just because you don't like does not mean everybody has to dislike it. An inexperienced user who reads your posts will assume nobody uses WebKit besides some obscure mail app you mentioned. He will then uninstall the WebView updates and possibly expose his device to attacks because he will still be using ht Facebook app, Wikipedia and TripAdvisor, just because nobody mentioned these apps until now.

Yeah, because you have analysed the entire source code of Firefox and compiled it yourself. Hint - there is an open source version of Chrome (sans third party libraries and Google integration) called Chromium project. Compiling instructions for the Android WebView can be found here: https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-android-webview

I believe I did. That's why you got reported.

You're welcome!