yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 General] zdravkodubravec:
I just take a look at the thred that we supposed to use and one guy was talking about root, other one about kernel, then one guy has problems after flashing French 5.1.1 ... And I don't think he will get any help there ... So ...my point has been proved again
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
I agree, the mega-threads are terrible. Any time I visit these forums I seek out the smaller threads with fewer replies, because I know they will have relevant information in them.
[Galaxy S6 General] ShadowVlican:
the mods here are just a bit silly... they've closed and merged a whole bunch of camera threads as well... it's hard to find info in that gigantic camera thread....
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
I'm hoping the mods see this and actually give us what we want. Does anyone out there actually prefer the megathreads?
[Galaxy S6 General] justmpm:
I don't like the megathreads very much either, but they are better than the alternative, which is a ton of mini threads on the same topic. It is far easier to search a single thread than to search an entire forum or even worse...all of xda. These megathreads typically only appear in the forums of really popular devices, and I think it is the best way to manage the traffic so that more important stuff doesn't die under the weight of things like a thread for every carrier & country version of firmware, thousands of battery tweaks, millions of camera discussion threads, etc. It really is not about just closing stuff to follow some arbitrary rules, it really is about trying to optimize everyone's user experience.

If you have any ideas about how to better manage the megathreads, or if you think some threads have been closed unfairly, please feel free to PM me...I have big ears..:p

Thanks for trying to understand!
[XDA Assist] dungzenly98:
I'm using a/an philips device (philips w3509), unfortunately, philips doesn't support to update through OTA. I have just see this thread on 4pda :4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=631587 but i don't know how to do it.

Can't anyone help me ? Thanks.
[XDA Assist] Razvan:
Hi there,

I'm sorry but we can't help you with external guides/tutorials and I can't find anything similar on XDA forum. Try to ask in this forum maybe some experts can help you quickly:

> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chipmunk888:
experts, any ways to 'truly' unlock S5 for free?

its locked in the carrier named globe here in the philippines.

i have tried different websites offering to unlock S5 for free but all seems scam, instead redirecting to surveys...

few details are:

model number: SM-G900F

android version: 5.0

knox version : 2.3

maybe someone can help me how...

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chipmunk888:
hope someone can can me out.. been searching and tried some ways online but sadly, all failed...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinura kithmal:
try to flash your country CSC software from sammobile (i am not sure it will work,but give a try and see )

do some google first ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Pelukeiro:
Dear folks, first of all sorry about the quality of my post, actually I am writing from my mobile so that complex the things a little on this.

We did this game just like a flappy bird game but using a 3D engine(to do a little more 3D in feature releases this) game:

Robot Bird - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pgamessoft.robotbird

I will be super happy with your personal feedback
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
Downloaded by Xperifirm

Repackaged by Flashtool & PRF

C6616_10.6.A.0.454_R1E_USA.ftf

MD5 : 21B83601302DA66596238F711BEAF219

Flash it with Flashtool

Flashable Zip Rooted (TWRP or CWM)

Rooted-C6616_10.6.A.0.454_R1E_USA.zip

Fully compatible with C6606 Sony Xperia Z T-Mobile.

If you flash this on Tmobile C6606

1. LTE works

2. Google Wallet Tap & Pay works

3 NO WIFI calling
[Xperia Z General] anumeric1122:
So I've been using this C6616 rom on my C6606 for a few weeks or so now and everything has been working great except for low signal reception. I've read about adding the correct APN in order to use the proper T-Mobile bands, however, after trying a few different sets of settings, I"m still getting much poorer signal than when I was using the latest, official C6606 rom. Are you having any signal issues?
[Xperia Z General] TechLife:
[MENTION=4104539]hoodred[/MENTION]

Can we Flash this over Locked Bootloader of Xperia Z T-mobile????
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
No Signal issue

I did have problem yesterday, but after calling T-Mo, it was them repairing the tower.

I get all LTE, i did input the APN manually .

You do have to realize if you are living in T-Mo high traffic/customer area, their tower prioritize for T-Mo stock ROM phone as first priority.

C6616 is identical to C6606 all the bands are also identical.

Its basically overstock C6606 re-branded as C6616 and sold as unlocked.
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
All Sony t-mobile phone bootloader are locked.

so Yes. i flashed this on my own locked bootloader T-Mo Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] TechLife:
Thanks.....

Please inform this is Lollipop ? 5.1 or 5.0.1....& Both ftf & zip are pre rooted ?
[Xperia Z General] MoseIlla:
Tried installing. Kept getting stuck at flashing system.sin so it bricked my phone. I just reinstalled 4.4.2
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
That happened to me as well when I tried to flash it with the older flashtool

Flash it with the latest flashtool version 0.9.18.6
[Xperia Z General] rhodemaster:
Random Reboots

Anyone else having a problem with random reboots with this ROM on the TMobile C6606. Mine will reboot out of the blue with no rhyme or reason. Tried uninstalling various apps to see if one may be the culprit but nothing so far.
[Xperia Z General] BeachBum68:
Finally, an end to the madness!!!

Huge thanks to the OP, hoodred !!!

I've been looking for a solution to T-Mobile's willful negligence of us Xperia Z (C6606) customers.

Now I wanted to share my experience and I hope it helps others who bought this phone thinking T-MO would support us.

First off, I'm no expert so I'm not responsible if you brick your phone or something else goes wrong.

I'm just passing on what MY experience was and I hope you can benefit from it.

Second, I'm no expert, as I've stated, so don't expect any tech support from me. XDA is a vast resource, but it takes some work to get the results you want.

All I can tell you is to use the grey matter between your ears and research (a lot) before you proceed. Make sure you know what you're doing.

Watch some of those youtube vids that show you step by step how to flash a new ROM.

I can't (won't) guarantee that this will work, all I can tell you is that it worked for me.

*** PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK ***

I was able to successfully load this (the OP's) firmware onto my T-Mobile C6606 which has a locked bootloader.

Yes, I made all the checks ahead of time, I checked the service menu and it does indeed say "Bootloader unlock allowed - No"

So I thought I was boned... But I tried installing Nut's XZ Dual Recovery and that worked.

Please note that I had already rooted with Towelroot.

Once I was at this point, I backed up all my files from the internal storage and made sure everything was synced with google.

Now I was committed; I did a factory reset to clean house, then rebooted into CWM.

First off I performed a backup in CWM, it took about 8 minutes.

Then, in CWM, I cleaned cache, cleaned dalvic, then did the "prep for new ROM option."

Once that completed, I had CWM install from the zip file from the OP, not the FTF (although I suppose that's another way to go...)

Flashing the new ROM was pretty quick and I just rebooted after.

First boot with the new ROM took a little longer, but it wasn't extremely long, I don't think it took more than 5-10 minutes.

Once it got to the new phone setup, I knew I was home free.

I entered my WiFi settings and google account and it just finished updating everything else on its own.

SuperSU was pre-installed so I didn't have any problem with TiBackup or any other rooted apps.

I hope this helps some of you T-Mobile people with one of these phones. I was going nuts waiting for them to release an update but that's just crazy.

I can't tell you how happy I am to finally be on LP. It's on 5.0.1 right now and I've experienced no real issues.

The phone got moderately hot due to downloading so much data over the WiFi and all the processing and setup but otherwise, it's been excellent.

The phone now says that it's a C6616 everything seems to work correctly:

Mobile Bravia Engine, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, mobile data (I'll check APN's today just to verify settings...), camera, etc. I haven't come across any faults, but I'll update if I do.

Big thanks to Sony for keeping their word and supporting their customers, Great job, Sony!

Thanks again to hoodred !!! You Rock!
[Xperia Z General] rhodemaster:
Check the APN settings. Had to adjust mine for LTE to work. Also try using STAMINA power saving mode after you're satisfied with your setup. As I posted above I have had a random reboot issue since flashing over to this ROM. After tinkering around I think I have found STAMINA to be the problem. I be interested to see if anyone else experiences this. Love the ROM anyhow, totally agree with you thanks Sony. :good:
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
Its due memory leak bugs on lollipop affecting stamina mode among other things.

Especially if you have tons of apps running in the background.

Even though Stamina mode killing or hibernatimg the apps, due to the bugs the it didnt clear the memory fast enough.

Its Google fault not Sony

It will get fixed once its updated to 5.1.1

First it get sluggish than it will reboot to clear up the memory.

Use Greenify instead, it'll help to a point or xposed lollipop memory bugs fix
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
Your Welcome

Since you flash the rooted version DO NOT UPDATE THE BUSYBOX

the busybox created specifically for SONY device.

All other busybox are not compatible with Sony xperia z line and you will lose RW on the system partition.
[Xperia Z General] BeachBum68:
Busybox blunder

:eek: Didn't know that... What can I do to fix that if I did that? I literally just did that today... Can I undo this somehow?

Regards

---------- Post added at 01:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:42 AM ----------

Almost a week update: Ok, I did experience some random reboots but a lot of that was caused because of two reasons: First, location by default sets that damn GPS on by default. That caused some major overheating until I turned that off.

Second, I had frozen quite a lot of apps with TiBackup. Lollipop didn't like that, got near constant reboots until I defrosted everything and was more... selective. It's been much better behaved, but it still happens occasionally. I'll need to investigate further.

These are relatively minor issues compared to the major goodness and improvements... I'll take that any day.

I did reinstall Nut's XZ Dual Recovery, that also installs and works flawlessly.

---------- Post added at 01:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 AM ----------

Thanks, I tried Greenify as well and that did make a huge difference. Any thoughts on the 5.1.1 update?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
re-install the dual recovery and you will get the System RW (RIC killer script) and busybox back

http://nut.xperia-files.com/

look for XZ locked dual recovery latest version

You can either use the flashable zip or installer.

They just done updating Z2 andZ3 to 5.1.1 xperia z is next. probably by mid-end of august
[Xperia Z General] tlalokay:
Thanks!

Created an account just to say thank you to everyone that put in time to get this available to us and for the recommendation.

Flashed this onto my C6606 T-Mobile branded Sony Xperia Z. I'm using MetroPCS in the US.

Was a bit of trial and error with the Flashtool drivers [needed to disable the Windows 8 driver signature verification]. Also had trouble with the procedure [starting the Flash, turning off the phone, disconnecting it, reconnecting it with the volume down button pressed].

Everything seems ok though. The battery life is actually better when in standby mode. The responsiveness seems improved. Seems like a new phone.
[Xperia Z General] Schmidt2010:
Yes...I am having the same random reboot issue since flashing the C1616 5.0.2 ftf on my C6606 with the newest 9.18 of flastool.:cool:
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
If your phone unrooted, ROOT it and iinstall xposed memory leak fix module or use greenify it help to a point
[Xperia Z General] BeachBum68:
Does the Xposed framework install on Lollipop? I thought there was a big problem with that.

Also, what the heck is up with the write permissions to the sdcard?

What a pain in the a**. Definitely has been causing problems for some apps...

Turn off stamina mode and use greenify, that's worked wonders for me. I also turn off auto sync until I leave work. That saves my battery a bit.
[Xperia Z General] hoodred:
Xposed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

memory leak module

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetonyp.fixlollipopmemoryleak&hl=en

Sd card write permission

Use any root explorer eg.. ES file explorer

/system/etc/permissions/platform.xml

look for

name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"

and add

<group gid="media_rw"/>

save and reboot
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] abo hani:
Intro : After Xperia Z4v release , i saw it’s charming wallpaper ♥ so i searched for the official wallpapers , and didn’t find any , after that i decided to make my own inspired XZ4v Wallpapers :) , i made 8 colors , i will make more on request .

Notes :

Wallpapers Size - 1080x1920 .

Colors : 8 Colors - For Now .

Credits :

Me :P .

Ambor For Inspire :) .

Download Links - 8 Colors :

1.0 - Press Me .
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] abo hani:
You can request the color you want by sending the Hex-Code too :) , Hex-code " #ffffffff " , you can know it by Photoshop or any similar software .
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] wassim77:
It's great

Thx
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Crazy Guy:
Good Job, Keep going (y)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Ambor:
:)

Cool:)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
i like this :D

WOW !! ^^
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] shehabskull:
Awesome :D
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] ogunja:
Thanks Bro ??

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z3 ™ Single D6643 - Sen liked my work or my help click thanks!

Toni Junior
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] RobE6720:
Nice :D
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DanielHochman:
Hi,

I'm sure this issue is addressed somewhere in this forum, but I can't seem to find it.

I'm running Windows Mobile 2003 SE and I'm having a problem with my connections. After I add a new connection or try to delete one or add a VPN or delete one, the list of current connections doesn't update or change. For example, I'll add a connection called "Test" and go through all the prompts, but after I press finish the box, the palce where it lists the connections will be blank. Sometimes if I try to add a connection with a name I've used in the past, it will say that a connection with that name already exists- even though I have no way of accessing that connection.

This is causing me many problems when using mail/internet.

Is there a program I can use that will wipe all my connection settings so I can start over?

Thanks,

Daniel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Testa.berty:
good morning are a developer for Android and recently created this game now wanted your opinion is also know how to improve your game is called ROMPI CUBI and you can find him on the play store
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
You have already posted this in the Apps and Themes section.

Thread closed.

Darth

Forum Moderator
[General Topics] Testa.berty:
guys think that the news of this blog is accurate ????

Mod edit: Link removed
[General Topics] Darth:
No Idea. It's not in English, and XDA has chosen English as the universal language here. Also, "blogs" are not relevant on a mobile development site.

Thread closed. Thanks!

Darth

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marshall39:
My GS6 is now 5.1.1 , and I have now a strange problem.

The "fast charge" is not that fast anymore , and when I arrive at about 88% it doesn't charge anymore...or very slowy.

I've tried to reboot the phone and it dropped directly from 88% to 42%:eek:

One other thing I saw , in the battery section it is always written "still one minute to get fully charged" (or something similar , I tried to translate from french) even if I have 40%. This morning when I plugged the phone it was written "needs 39 mintues to get charged" and then the second later "needs one minute":confused:

In a simple question what's going on? Can I reset the battery stats without root?

EDIT another weird thing , when it's at 100% and I unlugged it it drops to 95% instantanly....wtf...

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdravkodubravec:
Hi, I am still not on the 5.1.1 but I am going to try to help. Your s6 is originally been on French firmware or? How did you flash it?? And have you had any similar problems on previous firmware?

Because I think that there could be different optimisations in French firmware then in your original one .

Because of not really knowing why are there so many different firmwares and what is really in them I never use firmware from other country then my original.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marshall39:
Yes my S6 is a french one , with 5.0.2 I didn't have such problem.

This morning my phone was at 90% and it didn't move anymore so I tried to reboot it and then...32%

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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thoth33:
Try a battery calibrator app?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japultra:
Somethinig *might* be wrong with your battery.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdravkodubravec:
Send it to service center ...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScaredWalrus:
If you can, I'd send the phone back into Samsung for a repair or a new unit. I had a similar issue with my old S2
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slem34:
Salut [MENTION=3098901]marshall39[/MENTION]

C'est asser bizarre ce qui t'arrive, tu as essayer de le réinitialiser? Parce que sur le S5 il m'était arrivé à peu près pareil et une réinitialisation avec résolus certains beug de batterie ...

Ou de tester une app calibreur de batterie comme l'a proposé plus bas un gas ;)
[General Topics] Vatumb:
A simple and best guide to Flash TWRP or CWM recovery On android Device - With Pictures

Mod Edit: Links removed
[General Topics] v7:
@Vatumb Why do you refer to other sites?If you want to add a guide,create a thread here on the forum.

BTW there are already a bunch of guides about flashing kernels/recoveries.

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[General Topics] Darth:
This ^^^^

All of that info can be found on XDA......please don't promote other site that do the same thing XDA does.....but not as classy! ;)

Thread closed.

Darth

Forum Moderator
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] djblu:
Okay, just did this and it worked. PM'd 5 others, each with a different provider, 3 different continents. They all did the same thing successfully so here go's.

First pick a city in the list that is as close to your location as possible. I'm in Portland Oregon, USA, so I picked San Francisco, California [shows as San Francisco, US]

Now Using Total Comander to access the registry go to:

HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCHome\Weather\Settings

Now this is the only tricky part. your going to change the data under location but the minute that you tap done it's gonna try to connect & download, YOU MUST TAP CANCEL TO PREVENT IT FROM FREAKING OUT.

I replaced San Francisco, US with Portland, US

Did what I just mentioned above and then proceeded to LocationCode

LocationCode was NAM|US|CA|SAN FRANCISCO

I changed it to NAM|US|OR|PORTLAND

clicked okay and closed everything up. went to my HTCHome screen and tapped on what now said portland, and sure enough, went right to portland's weather.. which naturally is raining... I hate this place. But I love you guys. So, after soft reset, everything was still working and now I can use my weather option.

Hope this helps everyone. And just so I can get it off my chest:

THIS NOOB READS THE THREADS!!!! I CAN'T THANK ALL THE DEVELOPERS, COOKS, AND EVERYONE HERE ENOUGH. IF I WERE RICH I'D CONTRIBUTE MORE BUT I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT.

NOOBS: Please... read the threads... it doesn't take that long and it really is informative, you pick a lot of tips & tricks as well as eventually get a good handle on how these people learned what they know through trial and error. Self taught or by a pro, it's the same process of elimination.

Keep up the good work everyone, see ya all around.

Peace

Matthew
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bapski:
tried your solution. no dice. :(

am from macomb, mi. closest is detroit, mi.

changed NAM|US|MI|DETROIT to NAM|US|MI|MACOMB

odd thing though is that when i try to have it update using the MACOMB location, it says:unable to retrieve data for city..but then after awhile, i get weather data(?) so i dont know if its DETROIT or MACOMB weather that im getting.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Limppu29:
This isn´t working. It gives you a wrong weather data.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ahfunaki:
are you using total commander on the phone or on the pc?

i'm not seeing how to get into the registry with either...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bapski:
try pocket controller.. very useful and convenient.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dug_bondo:
HTC Weather connects to the Accuweather International website for weather information. Selected cities in the US are supported by Accuweather International (over 100k poplation?) that is why Portland worked. You would of gotten the same result if you would have changed your HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml file.

I think we are going to have to point HTC weather towards the accuweather.com site instead of accuweather international site to find all locations in the US and not just large cities.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bapski:
anyway to do that?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] simonk12:
why messing with the reg keys? manually editing the xml file in windows folder is easier, and you can find the location code in accuweather.com....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] djstegges:
I have been reading though all the forums and posts about this issue.

I have tried losts of different ways to get one of the points that i need. But all failed.

So i give in... i am requesting help. From the the Accuweather international website this is the link.

http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?loccode=clacton&u=1&partner=accuweather

I have tried to convert this into the code but failed.... Any ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Mark Crouch:
Haven't tried myself, but applying some lateral thinking to the codes used in the first post, you'd need to edit your .xml file (HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml in your Windows folder) and add the codes from your link above - yours would be "EUR|UK|UK141|Clacton".

Give that a blast and see what gives.

HTH,

Mark.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] swtaltima:
djblu... You da man :D worked like a charm. Thank you very much
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] DannyBoy:
What I don't understand is where you are getting the UK141 from???

I can't see 141 anywhere in that url or anywhere on the page.

I'm trying to find the code for Norwich, UK...

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index-forecast.asp?postalcode=NR1 1AA