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[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
Jesus.. how can you say this rom has a problem in reception if you compared reception with an iphone 4?

post here screenshots of signal strength with Sony 100% stock and then with my rom and then we can speak again about that.....
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] xcelsiussx:
I have compare the intesity of two phone (sony z3c 4.4.4.) and result been similar. Can lollipop been cause of the problem?

I just flash slim rom and the result been identic of yours. Sorry for waste your time.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] cbuctok:
Moly82,

Thank you again for this wonderful debloat and ROM!

I noticed recently that QuickPic and ES became bloatware. What do you think about it and are you going to use Piktures and MiXplorer instead?

Thank you very much!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] framerper2:
I know that this question wasn't meant to me, but have you tried Solid Explorer? It's like ES, but with a much much nicer design. And with QuickPic, there are some alternatives like Piktures or Aperture (BETA), but right now I'm using the neutered version of QuickPic :good::good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
what you mean with bloatware? quickpic has now that sh*tty cm cloud i know, but you can disable it very easily, but es explorer don't see any difference from before?

btw will try piktures, never heard about it before :o

solid explorer is nice, but you need to buy it or it will stop working after a few days if i remember right. i bought it though, but can't add it in the rom if after few days it stops working..

btw you can replace quickpic and es very easily, just delete qp and es from system and then install what you prefer ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] framerper2:
I know I know, my answer was for the other guy ;) Please, don't add any paid app, you will be in trouble, and it's always better to support the devs :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
yes i know i was replying the other guy too! :o just can't understand what he meant when he said es became bloatware ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] ArtoD2:
I am also interested about the ES bloat comment. The Quickpic was purchased by sleazy adware company, but I have not heard anything about ES.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] systemallica:
ES explorer recently included a "junk cleaner" kinda like CM's Clean Master, which on top of that, displays notifications from time to time. You can read more about it here: http://www.xda-developers.com/es-file-explorer-a-short-story-of-a-fallen-king/

On the other hand, Quickpic was bought by Chetaah Mobile a while back, and as you know, included a cloud storage service, as well as plans to add other useless stuff. The worrying part is that the new version introduced a background process which wasn't there before, and unfortunately could be used to colled your data.

Personally I've switched from ES Explorer to Cabinet, and I've installed a neutered pre-CM version of Quickpic, since I can't find another app that works as well as Quickpic.

Cheers.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
ah yes that fuc*ing junk cleaner! how could i forget it! yes i hate it, i can't get rid of it as homepage! luckily i have a old version of es file manager without Junky cleaner and I'll keep that, won't update it anymore as for me is the best file manager around :o

as per quickpic, can you guys please share the "clean" version immediately before they added the cm cloud? because also for me it is still the best image viewer! also i can't stand that process always running haaarrrgggg!!

EDIT: found here in the forum working great bye cm cloud and always running process!! [emoji14]
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Yverson:
Hey there [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]

I recently tried a lot of SoundMods but i experience this strange problem that within SoundSettings after disabling Clearaudio+ there changes nothing.

The Mods should do different things but in the end there should always be the options XLOUD, Clear Phase, Clear Stereo, and DSEE-HX.

After trying hard and making sure i have a stock base with no old mods (flashing your rom and backing that up after install) i wonder if maybe there is something debloated which causes those problems? A search within your list brought no solution but i have little knowledge so i hope you could tell me if this is maybe debloating-related or i have to keep looking for the one Mod x)

Thanks in advance :)

Sound Settings look like this
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
guys i know I've just added the "unmaintained" tag in the thread but I'm temporarily back to lp as i'm having some problems in concept mm... ;(

if interested i may provide an update as i made some changes/addons :o

ps. i really don't know if I'm the first one who noticed, but i find out yesterday looking in build.prop that it is very easy to get nfc icon back in status bar just acting in build.prop :o i have also changed there the nfc status you get after flashing the rom immediately after first boot (from enabled to disabled by default :) ).

very interesting again i think it's strange no one else have noticed this before but never read about that around... anyway now you guys know too how to do :)

[MENTION=5428247]Yverson[/MENTION] sorry no experience at all with sound mods, but are you sure in 100% stock they are working?

someone else tried sound mods in the past and i think they didn't have such problems... for example [MENTION=4343903]Rhonin86[/MENTION] [MENTION=1239635]mj084[/MENTION] etc
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] mj084:
And you can update it, new LP out for Z3c:sly:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] framerper2:
Hell yeah I'm interested! This is the best ROM for Z3C! :D
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
yes downloaded new fw already will test it soon and if all vulnerabilities are fixed will upload a new version for you guys :o

Inviato dal mio D5803 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Rhonin86:
+1

If your time allows it - me and not me only i think :) - would be very very happy and it could be something like a pre christmas gift :D

THX in advance

Rhonin
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] xcelsiussx:
Thx! :good::fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
yes i confirm all vulnerabilities fixed in latest fw! :)

Inviato dal mio HUAWEI Y300-0100 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] komixda:
V8....? [emoji4]
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
https://mega.nz/#!HQpFnTZY!X0fmORuHRnaw7E75yhhvzVMv6ACLCt_aXFwBwdWzrkA ;) :o

changelog:

- new 264 fw with all vulnerabilities fixed, customized IT

- Google dialer and contacts replacing sony ones (many thanks [MENTION=448664]Wajk[/MENTION] for his mod!)

- restored sony email

- removed AOSP browser, you can now install the browser you prefer manually

- removed call recording (too many people who didn't read OP with instructions....)

- replaced Google calendar with etar calendar (open source calendar, will be installed in data only in case you do a clean flash)

- some more apps installed in data only in case of clean install (some xposed modules i find essential, all pre-installed apps again will be installed only in case of clean install and can be easily uninstalled from settings > download apps btw as usual)

- nfc icon restored

- apps ops xposed module in data (if enabled, it can now be integrated properly in settings :o )

dirty flash OK, but considering this will be very probably the last version of this rom, don't see best occasion for doing a full clean install for the last time to 100% benefit of all installation changes ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] xcelsiussx:
Thx :laugh: :good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] komixda:
Best rom! Thanks!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
added change log in my previous post with download link, hope i didn't forget anything [emoji14]

will update OP too later on ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] spdrfx:
Hello,

If i flash the official rom with the sony software, the dual recovery will disappear?

thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Yverson:
Thanks for the Update [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]

Great ROM :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Rhonin86:
THX for the next generation of your wonderful piece of work. I recently flashed it the dirty way :D and customized it a little to my needs.

I restored Sony's InCallUI and Contacts - because i'm not sure what are the real advantages of the google apps - i know them from CM, but i like Sony's design in this case ;)

I replaced etar calendar with Today Calendar

Due to the fact that i have adaware i deleted the Xposed Module Min...

The next step will be backing up "my Stock system partition" and test a few soundmods...

THX again Moly and i wish you a lot of fun with Sony's concept ROM

CU

Rhonin
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Yverson:
They there [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION], have you excluded the AOSP Browser from your ROM ?

Its no longer in your overview @ Page1 but it's also not in the changelogs :/

I grew very used to it as it's faster then anything else i tried - do you use something else?

Have you mentioned the recently replaced sony dialer / contact app in your excel-sheet?

I cant find them but like em better >,<

Not sure if this is placed here correct but there was this little bug which could be fixed with a dpi change - described by moly in this post, maybe this helps someone :)

as i am back to 100% stock now (wiped cache, dalvik, system, data, internal partition in TWRP) + TitaniumBackup only MissingApps restore (no System Files)

i'll follow [MENTION=4343903]Rhonin86[/MENTION] and check some SoundMods :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
thanks mate. was enjoying concept but don't like battery life. lp seems better and will test again even kk probably soon [emoji14]

Google dialer just because i feel it faster and i prefer the in call ui by Google. btw I've already got rid of all gapps (don't like at all Google being so ads addicted and intrusive in general with my location etc), so I'm looking for all non Google alternatives and soon will probably get rid also of Google dialer and few other Google apps remaining :o most are gone just a few remain :o

about sound mods, i would be interested only in higher volume for calls while sound is on speakers... so if you find a good sound mod, not too intrusive, and essentially with only higher volume on speakers please let me know! ;) :)

about browser, yes sorry forgot to mention i removed it in change log, just removed it in OP. i liked it, but it needed google stuff to sync my bookmarks, so i removed it for the reasons i wrote above. i use Firefox instead, open source and with built-in bookmarks sync, so i switched to Firefox on my desktop pc as well. i like it, just a little slower, but this way i could remove gapps so will leave with that.. if you need it just grab it from a older version of my rom, from the extra package, or i can upload it for you tomorrow ;) didn't include Firefox in the rom this way anyone can install what he prefers, and in /data rather than in /system, much better ;)

didn't mention the dialer in the excel sheet, because that is a thing of my extra package, not of the debloat script. so flashing the debloat script only won't affect the Sony dialer ;) the fix was only for sony dialer, so now with the Google one is not needed. btw to restore sony dialer just restore phonebook and incallui packages you'll find in the backup folder, and delete the contacts and Googledialer packages ;)

bye guys!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] CAL7:
I flashed the aio, restored some apps, cleared dalvik/cache and rebooted. All seemed good, except Play Store shows "Authentication is required. You need to sign into your Google Account." Gmail says I need to sign-in, but won't let me. In Settings-Accounts, my main account shows up and indicates sync status is good.

It seems like I must be missing some system app. Any ideas?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
strange, all gapps should be there. just curious: if you try to login to a closed WiFi network, does the password prompt/window appear?

because i had a problem here that that dialog didn't appear, and fixed it wiping data.. ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] CAL7:
The Wi-Fi login works normally.

I moved a few apps from __Backup that might maybe be related to account authorization to see if it would fix itself; result is strange. The account validation SEEMS to work because a test email I queued was sent, but the screen goes black (no launcher) after booting so I can't really see anything.

I don't actually expect any help, I'm just venting.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Yverson:
Thanks for your hint [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION], i found Phonebook & Dialer and managed to restore it along AOSP (without sync tool)

i do use AOSP for quick browser-usage without bookmarks and have Firefox for the things i need Bookmarks - after switching to this behavior since i started following your ROM's it feels like Firefox needs ages to build up sites :o

nevertheless Firefox definitely got the better Bookmark-Sync-tools!

I am quite Happy now - like Rhonin said it's like a little pre-christmas gift :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
when you are stuck in that situation (no launcher) and if you just need a launcher to troubleshoot the situation you can mount system in twrp, and copy back the sony launcher from the backup folder to system/app with the builtin file manager. permissions should be already fine so you can then reboot and next boot you should have the launcher working ;) but i don't understand very well clean flashing the rom everything works or you still have problems?

if it is a gapps problems only, you could clean data of google services and phonesky, then remove them from data, then just reinstall them.

thanks mate. yes I was thinking to apply something like that here too :o quick browsing with aosp also because in aosp browser I can open external links properly with third apps (like xda links with tapatalk for example) while with firefox I can't do that, it will always open xda links via the browser.. dunno why the hell they don't add this feature...! :( )
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
Trying this camera mod in the meantime (libs from z5) seems to be working fine, still dunno about image quality if there's a real improvement though.. but seems a little better?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3260819

If someone test it please let me know if you find better image quality ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] boardlord:
If you long press on those links (be it Play Store, Facebook, xda etc), Firefox gives you the option to open them in an app :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
hi thanks for your hint. but doesn't seem to work here?

for example, if from firefox I get a search like this one (the first result) and long press on it, I get only this, so can't really open it with xda... while when clicking on such links in aosp browser I get the prompt to open them directly via tapatalk

am I missing something?

thanks a lot! ;)

EDIT: well, after googling better, it seems I found couple of ways to do that (open xda links in tapatalk etc).. "open native app" addon or just clicking on the small android icon in address bar (right side) after the page is fully opened in firefox.... wonderful! now I can use only firefox :good: :o (yes it is slower than aosp browser, but at least it seems it has all I need now!)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] mj084:
little bit late but here is mirror for v8:

LP_D5803_23.4.A.1.264_IT_AiO_flashable_V8.zip
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] boojay:
How intriguing! I'm using this right now: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3250139

Are the two mods pretty similar? I can tell you the mod I'm using doesn't have working front facing video recording, although you probably already knew that. I tried the workaround the OP suggested, but no go. Not a big deal for me since I never video record with the secondary camera anyway.

I think the current 2.0 camera mod I linked to is better than Zezadas, which in turn, I felt was better than stock. I'm only judging by the fact that more photos suffer less from that washed out, overexposure look that's inherent of Sony's awful software.

Either way, glad to see some progress is being made in this area, which is the Z3C's Achilles' Heel.

Swyped from my Z3C
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
don't know I tried only the mod I linked quickly :o everything seemed to work (fotos, videos, panorama etc) but I didn't try front camera actually, sorry. now can' try it as I am on kk to do few tests. if you try it let me know, I too would like to get rid of that awful sw "blurred" effect in pictures I take..... :(
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] boojay:
Cool. Well I can tell you based on my experiences with Zezadas and Camera 2.0 is that both offer much more control and dynamic range over photos than stock Sony camera. The catch, however, is that in order to take photos that have the best color accuracy, exposure, and contrast, you still need to use manual mode. And unfortunately, that means it's really difficult to get a well focused picture unless you take numerous shots. Although I do typically take better shots with either mod over stock most times.

With auto mode in any camera version, you'll often get sharper images, but unless the lighting is perfect, the color and exposure will frequently be terrible, and even though you can sometimes salvage photos by post processing, that's too much work. Ideally, if someone (really it should be Sony) take the best of both worlds, i.e. the range offered by the custom cameras and the speed of the autofocus, then we'd have a MUCH better camera.

Swyped from my Z3C
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION] Question: Is Layers supported on this rom? If yes, do we need to install busybox? Thanks for the attention ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] mj084:
No rro support...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
I've tried and it worked partially! ?

A part for the apps, it changed the navbar, settings (but it resulted with no icons), and it tinted the status bar. I've excluded the framework and the systemUI for not going in bootloop or else ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] xcelsiussx:
Hi moly more thx for you great Rom. I really like it. I want to inform you regards of the Signal problem i found what cause the problem. The problem is in the prefered network option. So if the the option is set to LTE(prefered)/WCDMA/GSM the intensity of signal decreases and we have dramatic increase of dbm (To see just go in info of smartphone-Status-Sim Status).You see the big difference whit the data networks off. To solve i change the option and check only WCDMA and activate separately 4Glte when use data networks.. This change is significantly improve your smartphone (battery life included as i think).

---------- Post added at 07:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

I forgot to tell you something important . I do not think this is a problem of your Rom but i think its problem of android or of the sony software :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] boojay:
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I just encountered it today. This has happened in other roms I've tried as well and it seemed to be a simple fix one reported, but when I go into Settings > Storage and try to transfer data to SD, I get the error message, "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

This didn't happen in the previous version of this debloated rom and I dirty flashed the update (wiped cache/dalvik cache) so maybe it's my fault. Everything else is working fine so far though.

Swyped from my Z3C
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
no you are right probably it is a package i deleted again (semcstoragechecker) because i don't need to transfer data to sd and with that package i get annoying message when internal sd is almost full ;) try restoring it and after reboot let me know if it is fixed :o
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] mj084:
Read the Thread, its an stock apk from sony rom which is needed, forget the name ATM:eek:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] boojay:
Yup, worked perfectly! Thanks!

Also, in order to avoid that annoying message, this was the fix I used: http://www.khimhoe.net/2014/09/22/h...ata-tp-sd-card-notification-in-xperia-phones/

I actually have AppOpsXposed and just had Post Notification unchecked for the Memory (com.sonymobile.storagechecker) process.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] istux:
That's not good anymore, as in Lollipop that option is disabled...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] boojay:
If you have xposed installed, try the AppsOpsXposed module I mentioned and turn off Post Notification for Memory. I'm on Lollipop and that method works fine.

Swyped from my Z3C
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] TheHow7zer:
I just flashed the latest version the other day and I lost root and access to my recovery menu! What's up with that? Does anyone have any tips to give me? I was updating from a previous version of this rom and followed the instructions for updating that were in the original post. I did notice when exiting recovery that it said it didn't detect root and wanted to fix it, sadly I didn't choose to because it had caused problems for me on my tf101. I'm kicking myself now.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] smartazz69:
I have my droid turbo rooted, unlocked and twrp installed and my phone is on 23.21.44. I want to know if there is a way to hack the mobile hotspot on it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] mj084:
Droid turbo? Here is Sony xperia Z3 Compact Thread;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FcukBloat:
strange the rom does include root and recovery... did you try just reflashing it? and are you locked or unlocked bl?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Yverson:
I have tried another camera 2.0 mod and it's working well here :)

Within another Thread a User posted a backported file compatible to our Z3C: [MENTION=5199563]jjwrongjj[/MENTION]'s Post - KLICK HERE to download mod

To make sure everything runs fine:

1. Nandroid System Backup

2. (optional) Backup Camera and Camera Common folders from /system/priv-app/

3. Clear Data in Apps/All Camera and Camera Common + Force close both

4. download and flash "Z5CameraUI_V2.zip" from the mentioned post #43

This Camera 2.0 has 20 MP / 15 MP already enabled in Superior Auto mode (some other mods do not)

The mod over here for example works as well but only has 8 MP in Superior Auto mode. (Other resolutions only in Manual Mode)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] TheHow7zer:
Honestly I can't remember, although I did flash a later version of this rom with no problems a few months ago. I think I'll just have to start over from scratch :(