yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nnwwtt:
Thanks again, could you please also tell me if AdrianDC's build requires the same layout for the SD card as mikeioannina's CM13 one?

Or does it require something different …?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] enapah:
It's the same as CM13, a single partition formatted in either ext4 or F2FS.

I did reformat the sdcard before proceeding, to ensure everything was really in a clean state.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] karamaz0v:
I have a mini pro (mango) currently on CM11 , to go back to stock before installing this

Can I uncompress the Full Stock ftf and do ?

fastboot flash boot kernel.sin

fastboot flash system system.sin

fastboot flash userdata userdata.sin

Will I get the same as "full ftf" installed that way?

And then proceed to install CM14

I know about xperia flashtool of course, but for some reason current versions are not detecting the .ftf files I have.

I read in many posts that not detecting a ftf might mean corrupted, but I have one saved with its md5 and they are still matching fine (i also flashed it long time ago).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] robhazes:
I do not think you need to go back to stock first. Just install it according to the installation guide. That worked fine on my Mango.

But do not re-install apps from a Titanium backup, I had unstabilities because of that. Just do a clean install of each app.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DeadXperiance:
Yes CM 14.1 and lineage 14.1 has also same problem in incoming call. My device is urushi
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SkyWo1f:
Thanks a lot for all your love on Xperia devices, it's working perfectly so far; i hope it's not too much for my tiny MK16,. I previously had the lastest 4.1.B.0.587 and after tuning the performance was almost great. I hope we get to see a Nutella CM someday! :victory:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] chelise:
Thanks for letting me know.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kapilkhanule:
this is a great rom and i acknowledge your hard work.

i tried this rom on mango sk17i and did everything correctly as you mentioned but i had to face serious touch issues like screen was not responding at all.

i searched for the cause and its a common issue for mango but i never came across it for last 5 yrs.

i had this issue since i flashed this rom but after a month of research and reading tutorials i solved my touch problem.

i dont want to be hard or mean but if you can check for problems in kernel coz touch issues raised by krnel only (as i hve searched for the cause).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikusz:
Some chargers and USB cables interfere with the touchscreen. Make sure you don't have anything connected to the phone when testing.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kapilkhanule:
once i flashed rom and gapps using adbsideload i removed all cables and later on turned device on. it was running fine for 10-15 mins and the touch issue occurred.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikusz:
Then my only idea is to flash stock GB/ICS and check if the issue persists. You can also try CM11. It is possible that the touchscreen broke during the flashing process (not necessarily because of it).

I don't seem to recall people posting this issue in this thread but perhaps someone will share a solution.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kapilkhanule:
right now on ics and the issue is still there but atleast i can use device. i hope someone gives a better solution than flashing aroma or st17i rom which did not work for me
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikusz:
If the issue persists on clean stock ICS then it's a hardware fault, sorry.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kapilkhanule:
okay. thanks for your help
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pratyush2173:
Assistant Help!

Hey, I've been trying to get assistant up and working on my urushi with the Lineage 14.1 by the build.prop method, but it doesn't seem to work and ends up with the Google Feed instead of the Assistant, please if you can, guide me a bit on how you were able to run the assistant? Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Chesteryuan:
You could remove your google account and clean the data of google app and google now launcher ,then re-login your google account and try again .
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Vx.34:
Hi everybody.

I noticed a strange behaviour after install CM13 on smultron.

Everything went fine and I successfully get the rom running with the gapps from Mardon (MDPI mini version). I also installed a couple of apps I need and all went ok.

Problem occurs when I installed Runtastic and prompted me to install Google Play Services update, which I tried to do. At this point, during installation, device get increasingly unresponsive to the point of complete freeze, in a matter of 2-3 mins; sometimes it reboots, sometimes not and it just stays freezed.

The strange thing is that Google Play (Store) app updated itself without problems.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Edit - After some search I found that Play Store didn't update to the latest release but is stucked to 7.4.12 (latest is 7.5.08). Play Services also is at 9.8.77, latest is 10.2.98.

Another thing I found is that in battery optimization the only two apps that aren't available for optimization are the two above.

Hope these findings helps.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] paulholland:
The same problem occurred with my Urushi when trying to update to the latest play services. With play services 9.8.77 everything works fine. Do not install apps like Google Maps or Gmail which ask for an upgrade to the newer version of Play Services.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Vx.34:
Thanks for the reply.

In my case unfortunately I had to update because of another app prompts to (Runtastic); never installed the full gapps package.

Trying to find a workaround finally I decided to jump directly to Lineage, flashing an unofficial rom built by good AdrianDC with Mardon gapps: works pretty good (some to be fixed here and there, but fluidity and responsiveness is just terrific, even with energy save active) and both Play Store and Play Services updates to latest version.

Cheers.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ploµf:
Just flashed latest adriandc rom for anzu and im happy to see that latest android runs very well on our old phone... Thanks a lot !

But i got some bugs like wifi direct not workin, bluetooth association not showing keyboard password case and sometimes mtp host or parameters crash...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] paulholland:
system freezes, is not responsive

Latest play services are not the cause of my problem , because freezes and not responsiveness also occur with play services 9.8.77.

I had a look in dmesg and found ¨Write-error on swap-device¨ messages.

Clean re-install (with reset to factory settings) did not resolve the problem.

I have attached dmesg and logcat output.

Maybe somebody can help.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] chelise:
ok, in an attempt to help improve the "incoming call" issue which some of us have been having, I finally got round to sorting out my new SD card (sk17i running on cm13.)

I went from a mere class 4 Sandisk 16GB to a class 10 Sandisk Extreme Plus 32GB.

I cloned my 16GB (which I know, admittedly was likely not the best thing to do, as it also cloned the size of my old card, so now my phone is tricked into thinking my new 32GB card is only 16GB. But space on my 16GB was not an issue and I still had over half of it empty anyway. This its not a huge issue)

Well, I certainly have seen an improvement in the overall usage of my phone, it is running much quicker and smoother, for example, where it took about 10 seconds to load my text messages before, now its only 5 seconds.

BUT it would seem it has not helped the incoming call situation any better at all.

Thus having a top performing class 10 SD card, has made naff all difference.

Me thinks I may have to down grade to android 4 / cm11
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lobotron:
airplane mode GPS ;)

Unbelievable, pulled my urushi out and shortly tested lineage-14.1-20170221-UNOFFICIAL-LegacyXperia-urushi.zip, great work! I have one improvement suggestion, I attach a draft zipped gps.conf file, the one found in the rom is basically empty.

everyone interested in testing a working GPS location based on Device only can

adb root

adb shell

urushi:/ # mount -o remount,rw /system

adb push gps.conf.orig.mod1 /system/etc/gps.conf

adb shell

urushi:/ # mount -o remount,ro /system

should also work for the other legacies
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
Have you seen this? Check out the first link under the video and search for your country.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lobotron:
Thanks for the link. If you compare the solutions you will see they are based on different ideas: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-devs-fix-gps-users-ntp-to-localhost-t3531891 ROM Devs: fix GPS for all users by pointing NTP to localhost which means this should work initial in the whole world assumed the phones time is accurate without any further tweaks, making it a good solution as an initial configuration and also good while travelling.

My gps.conf file is somewhat device specific, using a generic one might work but mustn't, just check it out yourself if you like to.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] freedomfinder:
can i flash this on xperia sola

xperia sola mt27i

current rom - cm 11 4.4.4

:confused:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] filjusz:
Ofc no.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] paulholland:
Finally I switched back to stock ICS 4.1.B.0.587 with only few small apps installed and everything works fine.

So, it is not an hardware issue. Anyone else with freezes on CM13 when using bigger apps?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] wilsonhlacerda:
Our Xperia 2011 have little RAM and Internal Memory. Sure we can trick and run Android M, N,...on them, but is not that good. With huge apps like Waze, Facebook, current Play Store and Google Play Services is even worst or impossible.

For a good daily use CM11 is the best option and end of line. Even better if avoiding Gapps and huge apps, but with them are ok. If need lots of apps use a fast random sdcard + Link2sd.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ploµf:
Avoiding Gapps and using fdroid is the best choice with CM13 and later... LOS turns well without "gogole" on my anzu with sandisk 16g class 10 but CM11 works better... Some bugs persists but thanks to adrian and others we have the latest android on our "old" phone with latest security patch and updates...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] wilsonhlacerda:
If this is the choice I'd recommend also this nice app:

Yalp Store (Download apks from Google Play Store)

https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore

And for contacts/calendar this one + a free Fruux account for instance:

DAVdroid (Sync contacts and calendars) - https://f-droid.org/app/at.bitfire.davdroid
[Xperia Arc Android Development] paulholland:
system freezes, is not responsive

Until a couple of weeks ago CM13 did it just fine on my Urushi. I did not install any new apps but from a certain moment I got system freezes, which I never have had before. I suspect a recent update of a app (don´t know which) is the cause the problem.

Another strange thing is the following: since the system freezes it take much less time to flash CM13 with adb sideload (only 3 minutes instead of 10 minutes earlier). Furthermore, the % completed reported by adb stops at 45% instead of 47% earlier and when finished adb reports ¨total xfer 0.98x¨ (I think it used to be ¨total xfer 1.00x¨).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] latvis:
How long does the first boot take on lineage os 14.1 ? im waiting for 15 minutes atleast now, i havent installed gapps... i remember cm13 booting fast on mango
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dragongreen:
About 20 min
[Xperia Arc Android Development] latvis:
ive waited for 2 hours now and nothing, it install just fine, tried reinstalling for about 5 times, even lollipop didnt boot... I use 10 class 4gb card
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dragongreen:
You have flashed the new kernel?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] latvis:
yes, I flashed the kernel from rom. i remember doing same with cm13 and it used to work
[Xperia Arc Android Development] filjusz:
So, you are doing something wrong because its work for me.

Did you created only one and primary partition? Thats very important
[Xperia Arc Android Development] latvis:
yes, as ive told you , I had no problem before
[Xperia Arc Android Development] gu5t3r:
Can someone upload latest CM13 for ArcS LT18i, download links are not working =(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] latvis:
Tried cm13 again and it worked just fine... tried installing lineageos on kernel i found in cm13 and it didint work, but instead of boot loop phone restarted every 2 mins while booting
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DeadXperiance:
I think your sd card may be damaged so try with other one.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Daniel D.:
Oh, the Master is back! :D:good::highfive:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] stevejob:
Hi, i want try CM13 on my Xperia Neo, but i am little bi lt confuse about the format for my SDcard. Its better f2fs or ext4? My Sdcard is Samsung Evo plus 16gb
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DeadXperiance:
Format only one partition as fat32 or you can keep unformated the recovery itself format sdcard.

you can see this link for installind CM13 https://www.leakite.com/2016/03/installing-cyanogenmod-13-marshmallow.html

It is for all 2011 xperia devices
[Xperia Arc Android Development] stevejob:
Wow great thanks, now i am facing problem "unfortunatey instagram has stopped" whet try to log in. I was try to revert to old version and ofcourse i am trying to clean data/cache but i am still stuck in this problem. Any solution?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tagilbo:
Hi!

Can i install some pico opengapps instead of suggested miniGAPPS?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ploµf:
U could try but by flashing latest adriandc LOS 14 for anzu with pico opengapps i had bootloop ! Didnt try twice ! Good luck ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tagilbo:
Doh!

Anyway thanks!

:)

It is LineageOS for mk16?

Can you give me a link please?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] krzyko:
With 10.2.99 version (from APK Mirror) my phone phone (SK17i) works as earlier. Installation took at least 20 minutes (I don't remember exactly as I leaved phone doing something else) and now Maps and Gmail are functional. Phone doesn't lag more than with 9.8.77 version which was a case with versions released in the meantime.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Falk2:
Hello guys,

my cm13 does not run very stable on urushi, unfortunately. It often reboots by itself suddenly without any reason even several times a day. It is not very fast anyway.

However, such a reboot suddenly failed: It now always shows the error " 'system ui' was closed." I cannot pass by by 'ok'.

[I suppose that a GoogleApps update created this problem. I reflashed GA but it didn't help.]

Now I don't know how to repair and properly reboot the system again cause this system recovery does not even offer a cache wipe (just a system wipe)!! (why not? CM12 LegacyXperia recovery supports it!!...)

Otherwise I just could have reflashed the whole ROM, I suppose...

Maybe there is s.o. who can also explain to me why this system recovery does not support a Nandroid? (otherwise I could have solved this problem with a restore anyway)

And I also cannot even get any data from the SD card now cause it is formatted by F2FS. And I could not find any file manager (for Windows) supporting F2FS format. Does anybody of you know?

I also tried to pull the file by "adb pull /data/media/... ." at sideload mode (fastboot mode also didn't work).

But again I failed. It returned the error: "error: closed" instead. And I have no idea, why!

So is there anybody who could explain and solve this unlucky situation?

I would appreciate any help very much!! I am sure there are solutions possible.

Thank you very much!

Best wishes.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Falk2:
there is no reaction right now, unfortunately!...

Then can anyone at least answer the following 2 questions, please?...

1.) How can I make an update on CM13? (I tried to reflash it, as I once was told, BUT this process failed: The flash process was interrupted for any reason, maybe because the SD card was already formatted by F2FS!?)

2.) How can I read (and copy files) the F2FS SD card at my PC (Windows 7)?

Thank you very much!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] robhazes:
I dont' think you can copy F2FS with a windows system.

You can use CloneZilla to make a backup of the whole SD card. I have used that as a backup system for CM13.

To save some of your existing files you may try to mount your SD card on a Linux system and see if it recognizes the partition and the files.

To get your CM 13 working again I think you have to start from scratch. Format your SD as described in the installation instructions.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Falk2:
Thank you very much for your feedback.

Your answers are just what I was afraid to do:

Looking for s.o. with a Linux pc and not having any possibility to rescue my working system, which just was made unreachable by Google's auto-update behaviour.

Or what do you think could have been the reason?...

I suppose you have CM13 installed (which mobile?). THEN didn't you should have made the same experiences with this error?

As you also have only 512 MB RAM and 320 MB internal storage?...

I wonder why nobody mentions anything here...

So the CM13 version definitely cannot be used, at least caused by this problem but the developers don't inform anybody!...

That's sad.

Furtheron it seems as if CM13 cannot even be UPDATED!! (please read my last message)

Do you agree?

Which CM version would you suggest for my Ray?...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] MasterPro112:
- To get your files or even manage them on windows you may try mounting your SD Card to any virtual machine software (like vmware player for example) and boot to a Live Linux distribution (like ubuntu maybe).

- As for CM suggestion, Am happy with latest lineageOS built by [MENTION=2233641]AdrianDC[/MENTION] for my MANGO :)

... oh,, and im using it with microG to make even smoother ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
[MENTION=4130710]Falk2[/MENTION], there is no need to start from scratch, enter in recovery, wipe system, reboot again n recovery and sideload the ROM only without GAPPS . Hope it helps...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Falk2:
Oh, that would be good news.

But I must confess I meanwhile reflashed GAPPS already successfully. But unfortunately this didn't solve my problem.

Afterwards I flashed over the CM13 ROM (but without system wipe). AND it failed after about 2 minutes of flashing!! (now I have a boot circle)

I have no idea why it failed. Maybe because the SD card was already formatted (with F2FS)!?...

Can you see anything at the log (s. attachment).

Or do you think this was because the system partition was not wiped before?...

Doesn't the ROM flash process also reformats the SD card (or only if it is unformatted?)?

So it seems as if an update would not even be possible at this ROM! That would really be VERY uncomfortable!

Can this really be true?...

You think the problem should be in the system part? What could have happened?

(I would have guessed to have success with a cache wipe.)

What do you think could be the reason for my sudden problem generally??...

You never had this problem? Also no stability problems with CM13 LegacyXperia?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Falk2:
Oh thank you for this tip !!!

Especially about your ROM and with microG. I will try that out soon and post my results into this thread soon!...

But do you REALLY think that the slow and unstable CM13, which seems to be already 'too much' for the 2011-er devices with their poor storage spaces and single-core processors, can be topped so much by an even higher, even more 'overloaded' version 14.1 ?...

Did the guys do with CM13 such a 'bad' job then?...

Following your tip with AdrianDC I actually found a CM14.1 ROM for my urushi!...

But how can I find the installation instruction for it?...

May I also ask you...

How did you find out that JUST AdrianDC has worked at those versions? (I couldn't find any search option at https://basketbuild.com/devs for 'CM14' or 'urushi'...)

I would never have found that without your help!...

May I ask you the following:

Do you know if there is any ROM for the fantastic Sony Xperia SX (only Japanese version) i.e. model SO-05D as well?? That would be sooo great!!...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
[MENTION=4130710]Falk2[/MENTION], here is the "official" answer at post #687. Just remember to reboot in recovery after wiping system.

There are 4 wiping options (if I remember correctly) in recovery,

1. System

2. Data (factory reset)

3. Data (keeps media)

4. Cache

With the first you don't loose data or any settings, it only formats the system partition (you loose GAPPS and whatever modification you have done). The second one formats data partition and the SD card, so be very careful with this one. The third formats the data partition only and not the SD card.

So, flashing the ROM itself doesn't format the SD, unless you begin from scratch [system and data (factory reset) format]. Updates are VERY possible, I was updating normally with every new build each time. About your problem, I can't say why, never happened with me. I don't know if you messed up with developer settings or if your SD has failed, you can read this for more info.

Good luck mate...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Falk2:
I can only tell you again that my system recovery of the last kernel boot.img of 'cm-13.0-20161109-UNOFFICIAL-LegacyXperia-urushi' does not have any other wipe option than the one for system. So it misses your options 3 and 4!! Therefore please have a look to the two attachments.

How can this be explained?...

Therefore I only have the chance to wipe system recovery, reboot into recovery again and install the ROM again.

(Remark: My past reported flash error problem appears just about every second time ("failed to read command" at 41% or 42% of flash process) VERY strange!...)

I even didn't install Mini-GAPPS.

BUT I still have the same problem: "system-ui canceled". ****!

I still have NO IDEA why/how this damned system-ui problem suddenly appeared. In fact CM13 was very unstable and rebooted very sudden at least three times a day by its own. Maybe those crashes may leave s.th. bad data in the cache after some time!?...

That's why I could imagine to rescue the system by just wiping the cache! (it then would not be necessary to wipe data and reset everything)

BUT therefore I need those options (4, and also 3) in the recovery that you mentioned.

I could imagine that earlier versions of CM13 may also have another kernel version which may have an even better recovery. What do you think?

This difference would be strange but should be the reason why you don't know that option 3 and 4 can be missing!...

Is it allowed to use an earlier kernel for a later ROM?... (I currently download the one of 27.02.16)

A separate system recovery for LegacyXperia urushie CM13 I don't get anyway.

Do you know why not?...

Thank you again very much for your engaged help !!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
[MENTION=4130710]Falk2[/MENTION]

Unfortunately, there aren't any custom recoveries for LX (except CM11) and CM recovery doesn't support nandroid backup.

Always, you must flash the boot.img that comes with each build, so use the kernel from 09/11/2016.

Right now I have LineageOS recovery (which it has the same options), but I just flashed an old boot.img from 20/08/2016, which it should has the same options as yours. Under "Factory reset" there are options 2 (Full factory reset), 3 (System reset (keep media)) and 4 (Wipe cache partition) I mentioned before and under "Advanced" there is "Wipe system partition", the first option I mentioned.

I think all CM13 updates have the same recovery.

Are you sure that your SD card isn't corrupted?

So, try to wipe cache first, but I don't think it will solve your problem. If you manage to wipe system partition (wipe cache also) and successfully sideload the ROM and still have same problem, then go for a system reset (keep media).