yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
You will be able to have 5.1 also but as a flashable zip with SuperSu very soon now they have released it on xperifirm ;)

If the others want to risk locking themselves out in the rush to get the latest update that's fine by me but as the old saying goes "patience is a virtu" :laugh:

As for the other stuff quoted by the other member I have both 5.1 on my Xperia ZL and 5.0 on the C4 and I can say with confidence there is only a minimal difference and yes my 5.0 rom has 700mb of Ram free also which is still pretty poor as I have 1.2gb to 1.5gb free on my other other Mediatek phones with the same amount of ram and android version. :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mekar07:
Im waiting a great job from [MENTION=3924647]bigrammy[/MENTION] for new root method with fotakernel for 5.1 firmware...it worth to upgrade..

Read below from sony:

1. More customization options. Enjoy more controls over volumes, silent mode, and alerts functions.

2. Added LinkedIn integration. Feel more convenience and productivity contact synchronization with LinkedIn to Calendar app.

3. Camera enhancements. Superior Auto Mode gives faster and more precise focus for impressive images in all conditions.

4. Business support. Be smart and progressive with Xperia in Business for working mode.

5. SmartWear add-on. Make SmartWatch 3 as a remote shutter button for easier capture of selfies.

6. Changing icon size in home launcher settings is enabled.

7. Pressing up and down volume bars will bring the graphic up. Tapping the button on the right expands the volume menu.

8. Tapping the icon on the left side twice silences the phone.

9. New icons for the settings menu.

(source:http://www.vcpost.com/articles/8938...-ota-release-confirmed-coming-sony-xperia.htm)
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
Your wise to wait all Sony did was add more bloat :laugh:

Real reason for the 5.1 upgrade is from the same source
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] gsser:
I am a heavy user and on 5.0 i only got 300-400mb ram. Now, even i use it, it just remains 600. So this is an improvement. As i said i do many rhings on phone at the same time.
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mekar07:
So..no root for updated 5.1?
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
Yes ROOT but I need time as I have to work for my living as I have said before this is just a hobby not my full time job which is fixing airplanes :laugh:

Maybe someone else will do it as it's not very hard now we have the xperifirm Xperia C* 5.1 package. :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] skylinestan:
Yes..Patience is virtues.. I'll surely wait for the 5.1 patches to roll out :)
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] kanej2006:
Thank you for the feedback bigrammy. I'll stick with 5.0 until Marshmallow with root. :)

I'm more than happy with 5.0 and won't bother for minor improvements.

I see. I'm a light user which is why I'm having 600-700mb of free ram. I have only 22 apps installed and I've moved most of them to my SD Card...
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mayanks15603:
I'm also up for the 5.1 patch to come around ;)

Pretty hyped .. Even though if it is for nothing :p
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] androbie:
[MENTION=3924647]bigrammy[/MENTION] can u give me stock fota kernel for xperia c4 dual?
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] kanej2006:
@ bigrammy. Don't you think it's strange Sony even bothered updating the C5 Ultra to 5.1 when 6.0 is around the corner? Weird...
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] AnandSadar:
I have updated C5 ultra E5563 to latest 5.1 update, used same TWRP fotakernel.img and flashed superSU v2.52. Root and recovery both working...
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
I suspect the security patch for Stagefright was the main reason and I think it will still be another 2 or 3 months before a 6.0 release.
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] kanej2006:
Also, another possibility is that the current 6.0 release is not yet ready and Sony want to wait until it's perfect before giving us the upgrade.

In the meantime, we at least have a fully rooted 5.0 thanks to you! :good:
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] skylinestan:
Are u sure is working 100% without any issue? as bigrammy doesn't say it works on v5.1 at the moment
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] AnandSadar:
Yes, it's working 100%
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] skylinestan:
Great. thanks for the info ...btw are u using pc companion to update or flashtool?
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] francoistoen:
Hi

Thanks to bigrammy my phone is rooted.

Here are my phone spec :

Xperia C5 Ultra Dual E5533

Android Version 5.0

Kernel Version : 3.10.61+

Build 29.0.B.1.55

Country France/Carrier SFR

Booloader unlocked : OK

TWRP installed and working : OK

Root : OK (tested with Root checker)

:good::good::good:

Now waiting to see what will happen with the last Android 5.1?? update (Up to now I did not receive it by FOTA nor PC Companion).....

François
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] AnandSadar:
Flashtool.
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mekar07:
any screenshoot for 5.1?
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigrammy:
Thanks for that very useful info bro :good:

This means there is no recovery Kernel version checking which is very good news for us all :D :victory:
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mayanks15603:
Hell yeah!
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] francoistoen:
Good info :good: but what about bootloader? still unlocked after update?

Update with flashtool and ftf file? or with "extracted" firmware from xperifirm then bundle in flashtool?

François
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] skylinestan:
YES!!!:victory::victory::victory: confirm working on Sony PC companion update too...:good::good: Before update need to relock bootloader to get into update...after that reunlock the bootloader and flash SuperSU v2.52 and FotaKernel.img....:victory::victory:
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] kevev:
Did anyone sucessfully unlock the E5306?
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mekar07:
Anyone know the answer??
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] AnandSadar:
Bootloader is still unlocked. I download files using xperifirm and then bundled and flashed in flashtool.
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] SKA67:
Hi

this method on Android version 5.1

Tested
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] mekar07:
If i flash ftf file from xperiablog.net, how about bootloader?still unlocked?
[Sony Xperia C4 Guides, News, & Discussion] sumitkhkh:
plz provide us bundled file which we can flash through flashtool
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akhanto:
Hi

Since I'm running CM 13 on my phone. At first my music stutters and then I hear nothing. The music still plays and the headset is still connected. I need to restart my phone to be able to continue lstening to my music. I already tried to delete cache and dalvik without success.

Any tips?

Thanks

Akhanto
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vineen:
Which build are you on? You should report directly to the CyanogenMod team with a log of the bug. This bug, however, is persistent across builds and many users have reported this. I think CyanogenMod is working on it, but let's wait for future builds to fix it.
[Sony Xperia E4 Questions & Answers] LightAU:
Hello, I bought this phone several months ago and i would like to root it.

Here are the details of the phone

Sony Xperia E4G

Model Number : E2053

Android Version : 4.4.4

Build Number : 25.0.A.2.31

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks for reading!
[Sony Xperia E4 Questions & Answers] Jesse72:
I managed to root mine using KingRoot APK. Couldn't get SuperSU working though
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logi23:
So, I have had the phone since the initial couple of batches first shipped out. No problems whatsoever, but now my SIM card is not being read at all.

Only just atarted happening a day ago. Restarting fixes it temporarily as well as removing the SIM and turning the phone off and on before putting it back in. The issue starts again after awhile and is super annoying.

If anyone else has had the issue and fixed it, I would appreciate the help.

Everything on the phone is stock. No root, flashes, etc....
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logi23:
Bump.

Anyone with the same issue, lol?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
It really sounds like a bad SIM. Do you have another phone or SIM to test? If not, it could be worthwhile to try getting a new SIM from your carrier. Or, backup your data and do a complete factory reset and see if that fixes it.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] cmactavish:
Hi there,

I've had my Zenwatch 2 (WI501Q) for a couple of weeks now and everything was fine, but a couple of days ago my phone (Nexus 5, latest stock android) bricked, so I had to factory reset. I had to also factory reset the watch to get it to pair with my phone again. After doing this, the watch now has an annoying quirk, in that when it goes to ambient/always on mode, there is a weird screen/colour pop after about a second. It will first drop to ambient and then the whole screen will pulse/blink (sometimes there will be a horizontal line across the whole screen too) and then it will settle back to ambient mode, however the ambient it finally settles on has slightly less definition (jaggier lines) and any colours are slightly less vibrant than the ambient it goes to before the pop.

I've also just noticed that when it wakes it goes in reverse, there is less of a noticable pop, but the colours get better and there is slightly more definition for 1/2-1 second before it fully wakes up.

The more jagged lines/less vibrant colour aren't a problem really, it's more the 'pop', just thought i'd give as much detail as possible. Phone is on 5.1.1, wear is 1.3.0.2442001. I have tried an additional factory reset on the watch, but the problem persists.

Any one have a similar issue?

Thanks.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] tempurastyle:
I'm not noticing that on my watch. You might want to factory reset your watch and see if the problem persists.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] kanga10:
Yes, I am having the same problem -- very annoying. It started from when I first set it up, I have already factory reset it once but it didn't help. Unfortunately, where I live customer service is poor and I'm afraid that the store where I bought it will just say that is the way it is meant to work and refuse to replace it.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] cmactavish:
Annoying that it's happening to others (but i guess good to know it's not just me). I'll have a go at Asus support and see what they say.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] kanga10:
Please let us know what they say. I'm not looking forward to sending mine in for servicing as it could take well over a month to get any results.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] azj:
Could it be related to the watch face you're using? I've not seen this with the couple of watch faces I've tried.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] neezy13:
I stumbled across this thread yesterday and thought nothing of it. Then last night I installed Apollo Launcher and noticed this happening on my Zenwatch 2. To my knowledge, this was not happening before that and now that I have seen it, it cannot be unseen and its bothering me. I tried uninstalling Apollo Launcher and restarting the watch but neither solved the issue. It also persists through different watch faces. I have tried the ASUS built in faces and faces from Watchmaker.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] kanga10:
It bothered me so much that in the end I returned the watch and got a LG Urbane instead (even though it cost more) -- I'm glad I did though as the screen is perfect so far and the watch is great in general.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] neezy13:
I don't know if it bothers me that much. I specifically bought this watch because it is my first smart watch and I liked the features for the entry level price point. I did a full wipe through recovery last night and that didn't fix it. For now I've just started using a watch face that its less noticeable on. My current face only shows the hour and minute hands in ambient so it just dims and switches to displaying just the hands and then a split second later, brightens slightly and switches to the low rez ambient mode. I haven't noticed the horizontal line as much, but it does still happen occasionally.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] cmactavish:
I logged it with ASUS and this was their reply:

That feels like a bit of a cop out.

I sent another reply saying that it has been happening to other people and pointed them to this thread.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] skiboarder119:
I have the opposite problem.

When it goes into ambient mode it first dims down too much, then quickly pops back to the normal ambient mode.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] cmactavish:
So kind of actual answer:

Although, I've only just noticed that they are referring to the ZenWatch 1...

I'll reply again to make sure they know it's happing with the ZenWatch 2.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] exninja:
Great, I didn't even notice it before and now I do. However, it definitely doesn't bug me. I still like the watch.
[XDA Assist] nirdybirds:
Hi,

I haven't had my ZMax 2 for very long (I got it just before Christmas), but am already having trouble with charging. Since last night, it has displayed several different charging modes - or none at all. Earlier yesterday I noticed a rapid battery drain with no discernible cause. I did have the Flashlight app running, but the light itself wasn't on; that's the most power-hungry app I have. I turned off the app completely, but it still drained. Unfortunately I couldn't get to a charger before it died. When I did hook it up to the wall charger, I just got a black screen. I figured the battery was so drained, it would take a while to even get to the battery charging animation, so I left it be. When I returned in about an hour, the screen was still black, and long-holding the power button did nothing. I removed the back cover and the battery, put the battery back in, and got the battery charging screen, but instead of the color-based charge level animation, there was just a static screen with a battery graphic, but only two-thirds of it filled with white, and a white plug graphic on top of the battery graphic. I took that to mean that it still needed time to juice up, so I left it alone. Half an hour later, same screen, so I removed and replaced the battery again, and actually got the animation screen. First it said to let it charge up a few minutes before powering on, then it showed the animation, which began at the lowest level red. After about 15 minutes, the animation stopped, and it went back to the static screen.

I again removed and replaced the battery, got the charging animation again, and after a couple of minutes decided to try my luck and long-held the power button. It made it all the way to the AT&T globe screen, then began to loop. I removed and replaced the battery, plugged the charger back in, and went to sleep, hoping that a few hours would rectify the issue.

When I woke up, it still had the static screen, but it was very hot. I removed the battery and cooled both battery and phone off with my fan, then I tried all the steps above again, and got similar results. I searched for suggestions and tried changing the charger, then I tried letting the phone and battery rest separately for five minutes. Neither solution worked, as I got either the static screen or the looping powering up screen (this time without long-holding the power button).

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to get all the details in. Has anyone heard of or experienced this issue? I realize the phone is relatively new to the market. Does it seem like a battery issue or a phone malfunction?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OttomanTR:
When update 6.0.1 any news ?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWolfman:
maybe a month or 2 away yet the beta test end around 18th Jan then it will be released at somepoint after to I assume BTU firmware with the specific network then needing to add their bits then its released via the networks
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OttomanTR:
I hope out 18 Jan.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWolfman:
very unlikely tbh
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shipoftheline:
LOL talking about Update 6.0.1 when we're still beta testing 6.0
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWolfman:
the mans got a point ;) its the 6.0 i was referring too btw not 6.01 who knows about that yet
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OttomanTR:
I'm talking about 6.0.1 you dont look 6.0.1 videos please Click : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cVD0j3lwE
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farid993:
As i said before:
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WolfsFang:
Yup I doubt the s6 will get 6.0.1
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWolfman:
i think 6.0.1 will be available for our s6 and s6 edge however if you dont have the sim free btu firmware most wont get it as it will be up to the networks to individually release the firmware
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxM4tzexX:
I think the M-firmwares will be based on 6.0.1 from the beginning since it's not that big update from 6.0 to 6.0.1.

Isn't the beta firmware 6.0.1 already?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephanSu:
the beta was made to find out whether that really runs with the rumors of Samsung or whether a version weitwr goes straight

Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazaga:
S6 marshmallow beta suck so far the battery is very bad the wifi suck by 10x i use to get wifi from over 500 m away now i cant even get my own wifi inside my house with good signal...oh and i yhink samsung never gonna release 6.0.1 because they didnt even release 6 yet...its funny how this samsungs retard devlopers are thinking....i dont know where they get ideas...suckest costomer service ever...its time to go with nexus...now i have a liste to not buy...product from 1-apple 2-samsung why ?(slow updates jailbreak knox no roms and more basicaly sucks...)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephanSu:
Me2 with the wlan -.-
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexanderKgr:
Hello, i am searching for Portuguese kdz from h818p.

Any help will be much appreciated.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexanderKgr:
Or from eur?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] esmaeel:
hi every body specially , Dear rom koockers

i have been tried all WM6 ROMs released here , all have this big problem in connection wuth blue tooth handsfree devices: they connect briefly and good interconnection meanwhile the handsfree is in the range (about 10 meters) after putting out the handsfree device more than 3 minutes out of the device distance range and then go back to distance range the connection cant recognized automatically between handset and handsfree (if u go out of range and back as soon the connection initialized but if u stay more than 2-3 minutes and then turn back to range no chance to auto reconnect of handsfree bluetooth and u must press the key on handsfree device to initialize connection althought no need to reenter passkey) , this problem ic common at all the coocked WM6 roms but not in the WM5 roms.

this the only (but very BIG and dissappointing) problem of useful and pretty looking WM6 roms would u anybody please solve yhis big problem.

****i tried all registry and software tricks not solved and only turning back to the WM5 solved this problem*****
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] -W_O_L_F-:
This tutorial is about making a custom ROM for ATIV S or any other Samsung WP8 phone.

Samsung ROM files:

.wp8 - main file with OS and boot

.csc - file with regional info

.smd - ROM for WP7 devices

All those files have (almost) the same format. I call it SMD. Old .smd file can be unpacked using this instruction, back in time smd-tool was made for it, but format changed slightly. This process was only tested on ATIV S.

CSC

.csc files aren't flashed to device, those are just containers for MBN files. And MBN files are copied to DPP during flashing process.

AS ALWAYS YOU ARE MAKING THIS ON YOUR OWN RISK! AND GOOD LUCK ;)

Tutorial contents

Basic:

Making custom CSC (.mbn)

Extracting SMD

How to work with "packed" partitions

What to edit in ROM

Packing SMD

Advanced:

Making CSC from MBN

Making developer ROM
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] -W_O_L_F-:
Making custom CSC (.mbn)

Software

sam-tools

Any tool for mounting drive images (OSFMount)

MBN Creator

MBN Creator is a kitchen itself. It has some limitations, but creating MBNs with MBN Creator is very easy. This method is described in the end.

Unpacking CSC files

Official CSCs come in .csc files. Use smd-tool to unpack file.csc to csc_dump folder:

smd-tool /u file.csc /d csc_dump

Now mount DPP.bin and copy CSC.mbn file from it. Unmount DPP then.

\Samsung\CSC\CSC.mbn

Now use mbn-tool to extract files from csc.mbn to mbn_dump folder:

mbn-tool /u csc.mbn /d mbn_dump

Every folder in mbn_dump is for one CSC code. There are 4 files inside every folder (AUT for ex.):

SS_AUT.ini - init values for welcome screen (first boot). Language, region, timezone and carrier.

SS_AUT.reg - registry file.

SS_AUT_AppInstall.provxml - PROVXML file with (and only) install app instructions.

SS_AUT_CSC.xml - PROVXML file.

Warning! There is a size limit for any file ~50KB. MBN itself is limited to DPP free space.

Packing MBN

mbn-tool /p mbn_dump /f my.mbn /ver I8750OXXCMK2 /subver OXX

CSC version (I8750OXXCMK2) should be greater or equal to your ROM version. Otherwise it will be ignored. DOC2 CSC will work on CMK2 ROM, but not vice versa!

Warning! Official DNI and DOC ROMs don't support custom MBNs.

Using MBN Creator

You can apply predefined tweaks from 1st tab or add your own directly into files. Last tab contains MBN file properties. MBN Creator is limited to only one CSC code.

You can check your work in

MBN Creator temp

folder. Output file is CSC.mbn.

Flashing MBN with MBN Creator

Reboot phone into Download Mode

Connect to PC and install drivers

Copy or create CSC.mbn file

Press Flash, Scan

Choose CSC code and press Flash

All done. Reset phone. Perform HR if MBN didn't apply.

Warning! MBN Creator can't flash files larger than 64KB.

Flashing MBN with stock Downloader

Open .wp8 and .mbn files

Check "Select" and uncheck everything but "CSC"

If flasher asks you about something click NO
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] -W_O_L_F-:
Extracting SMD

Software

sam-tools

Any tool for mounting drive images (OSFMount)

Unpack

Unpack file.wp8 to dump folder

smd-tool /u file.wp8 /d dump

Output example:

Partition name NAND off N size ROM off R size Part. ID Type Status
GPT 00000000 00000800 00200C00 0000FC00 00000000 00000000 [ OK ]
SECURE 00000800 00000800 00210800 00000400 00000001 00000000 [ OK ]
DPP 00001000 00004000 00210C00 00800000 00000002 00000000 [ OK ]
SBL1 00008000 00000BB7 00A10C00 0016A400 00000003 00000000 [ OK ]
SBL2 P 00009000 00000BB7 00B7B000 0016A400 00000004 00000000 [ OK ]
SBL3 0000A000 00000FFF 00CE5400 001F8000 00000005 00000000 [ OK ]
UEFI S 0000B000 00001387 00EDD400 00207C00 00000006 00000000 [ OK ]
RPM 0000D000 000003E7 010E5000 0006E400 00000007 00000000 [ OK ]
TZ 0000E000 000003E7 01153400 0006E400 00000008 00000000 [ OK ]
WINSECAPP 0000F000 000003FF 011C1800 0007E000 00000009 00000000 [ OK ]
PLAT 0001A000 00003FFF 0123F800 00742800 0000000A 00000000 [ OK ]
EFIESP 00020000 0001FFFF 01982000 0094A400 0000000B 00000000 [ OK ]
MMOS 00046000 0002403F 022CC400 0440B800 0000000C 00000000 [ OK ]
MainOS 0006C000 004B295F 066D7C00 61F20000 0000000D EACCE221 [ OK ]
Data 00520000 01838FFF 685F7C00 02920000 0000000E EACCE221 [ OK ]

Output files:

header - header of SMD

GPT - partition table

PLAT, EFIESP, MMOS - partitions with FAT file system

MainOS and Data - NTFS partitions

other files - bootloader and other low level stuff

DPP partition isn't flashed to phone. In wp8 file it's empty.

EACCE221 means that partition is packed.