yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
thank you so much its work now i have MM on my sony arc now thats great..i was not making full wipe thats why it was stuck in boot logo:good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
dos any one try to install here map on this rom? i try many version of here map on it but its not working.any help in that??

another thing...any usefull root file manger app? i try the apps i used before like speedy and root manger they dont work
[Xperia Arc Android Development] TomTomcrafter001:
ES pro. If you don't want to buy search for the pro apk.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
thanks i will try to download it from black market:good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
Personally, I'm using fx file explorer with root add-on, but you can use the other file managers if you install busy box first.

HERE maps (latest 2016.03) are working for me with Sygic (v16.2.11).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
i have downloaded the here map from google market and its not working
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
Indeed, tried myself and it's force closing, try to contact the developer,I don't think it's ROM related. On the other hand if you want you can subscribe here, you can find whatever navigation tool you need. ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Kaito_kid:
Fx file manager also work
[Xperia Arc Android Development] blueman24:
MiXplorer. Available on XDA Labs.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aman301582:
I tried here maps too, not working because it can't detect sd card. It will work on kitkat rom.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
thanks finaly a working root application.thank you brother:good:

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i notice in this rom when you set the brightnes on auto its work fine but its go sooooo dark in no light area any way to fix the minimam brights range?

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yea i even try many older here map its FC or not working at all ....i hope there is a way to make here map working in this beautifull rom
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nhicko95:
can u upload the file on your sbin il wait :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
I think, I used this one (a leftover from a root explorer), but you can install any busybox installer from play store. First boot may take very long time. I don't use Xposed any more, because makes my coconut really sluggish and unresponsive.

Edit: seems attachment failed with Xda labs, I'll attached it when I'll be on my laptop.

File attached. Unzip it, copy it to sbin folder and set the right permissions.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
another bug found...GPS not working even in cm12.1 it was not working too any one face the same bug?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nhicko95:
what do you mean unresponsibe?

like what ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
It was unresponsive with some apps, like Viber. When the app was launching it was taking a long time, the keyboard was slow in the app, when I was pressing the back button it needed almost half a minute to execute the command (not to mention the FCs). That was the most extreme behaviour. The overall performance was bad, like I said the phone was sluggish (even Trebuchet) and there were lots of soft reboots (you had to reboot manually after them because everything was unresponsive). I haven't tried Xposed since then (v80), I don't know if it is better with newest versions.

Cheers...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nhicko95:
thanks for now im usinig rr 5.4.4 to try xposed and for micro g
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
i notice in this rom when you set the brightnes on auto its work fine but its go sooooo dark in no light area any way to fix the minimam brights range?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mugy:
GPS works perfectly.IGO,Navitel,Sygic.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
hmmm i will try another app i used route66 and its not get my location
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Kaito_kid:
Yeah... you can dissable outo bright...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
i want the auto bright but its go soo dark if there any way to change the value of the minmam bright ?:confused:

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after i enable the soft button i cant resize it i mean the highest of it. iam using sony lt15i arc so i cant use xposed model...any way to edit the high of soft button ? witch file i can edit it to find the 48.0 dip? i think its the stander high of the soft button..any help??
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
witch file is resposible about the soft button size??
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aman301582:
Thanks Kaito_Kid for post #1187, I didn't try what you said because all apps came back after installing 06/19 gapps by Mardon. And I remember all apps disappeared right after I installed May update of gapps. So maybe it was just gapps issue. Didn't notice it then because I never thought gapps would cause any trouble.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
in partion sd card witch is beter for this rom ext2 or ext 3 or ext4?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
ok...any way to make here map working on this rom???
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dragongreen:
Ext4! But, f2fs is much better
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
thanks man:good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
how to convert from ext2 to f2fs?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DeadXperiance:
In CM 13 you should only make one partition FAT32 of Sd card and and let recovery convert it in f2fs. or you can use Linux for it.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hooooossamq:
aha.. ok thank you:fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] piotrom87:
I've been using this Rom on Neo V and found 2 bugs for now:

1. When I go to: Messages > Settings > Advanced - it always gives FC.

2. WiFi doesn't reconnect to saved network

Let's wait for the new release. Hope we will get it soon and those bugs will be fixed.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] eberhardweber:
Also have number 2 on my Xperia Pro. Not a big deal but of course using something that should be persistently connected isn't altogether viable right now.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Daniel D.:
I would also be interested in an update for the WiFi problem. Any chance for that?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ram147:
Do you know what is the next release date?

Thanks

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I have a Xperia Pro too, i am using the lollipop rom but i'm planning to upgrade to marshmallow in the next release.

In lollipop i'm having some battery drain, how is it on marshmallow?

How is this rom compared to the lollipop?

Thank you very much!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hertell:
Hi all!

I have a couple of Xperia Mini PRO's (sk17i / mango) where my primary phone still uses the original SonyEricsson gingerbread rom. Parallell I use this Marshmallow-build in my second phone. It works partially nicely, but placing and receiving calls is painfylly slow. It often happens that the call goes to my voicemail before the Marshmallow-build manages to pick up the call :( Also apps like Google Maps are absolutely too slow to run on Marshmalow that it would be any sense to use them :( I am using the fastest 32Gb sd-card available, but this does still not speed up the phone to an acceptable level.

Would it help out to simply move the whole android-system to the sd-card, and use all of the the phone's internal memory for cache/swap etc?

Even if i love marshmallow, i think that i need to revert to an older rom just because of performance issues. I read some while ago that someone had an opinion that KitKat was the fastest Android-release for the Xperia MiniPro. What opinions do you guys have? Is it something that i might have done wrong, and the Marshmallow-build is quick enough for using on a daily basis without going nuts?

I have also a couple of Xperia Pro's (sk16i / iyokan) that i could use, but i like the small size of the MiniPRO. If i got it right, the MiniPRO (Mango) has a more fast processor than the Pro (Iyokan), so swapping to Pro would not help me at all :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikusz:
No one knows the ETA of the next release, only Mike. Your guess is as good as any. Also, asking ETA is against the forum rules.

While you can hope for fixes, there are currently no changes to any wifi functionality as per the changelog. Without opening a bug report and posting logs, no one will even look at the claimed issues.

You should definitely upgrade to CM13 as CM12 is not maintained since February.

Sorry, I can't comment on the specifics as I am still on CM11.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] eberhardweber:
Battery life is very, very good for me. Better than on Lollipop for sure. Have not noticed any battery drain - only that Bluetooth devices are hard to connect (1 out of 10 connections work), and as noted, Wifi does not reconnect to a saved network. The only thing I'd love is an even faster SDcard. These LegacyXperia devices just need the best of the best.

I haven't used it all day style like I used to back in the ICS days given that it is more of a tool and a toy at this point, but even with running the CPU governor at "performance" and the clock at 1.402 GHz, it lasts two days sitting on my desk after a charge, and gives quite a few hours of screen on time as long as you remember to keep the screen off while you're not using it.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Lio86:
it is a very good realease but it has many random reboot every couple of hours, i hope they will fix it on the next rom

agan thx to everybody
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SirBiggle:
I have a smultron which is similar to the sk17i except for the Keyboard.

the speed to start a call or to receive a call was really slow. not always but sometimes the phone app simply didn't start in time.

I tried cm12.1 and cm13. cm12.1 was more stable since it didn't has the wifi Problem. and in cm13 there seem to be additionally some issues with f2fs. i used ext4 instead of f2fs. so i don't had the problems related to f2fs. i liked the cm13 release but with the Problem to start the phone app, the wifi Problem and some minor Problems with Bluetooth i decided

to try cm11. with cm11 the phone reacts more fast, the phone app starts really ok and there are any Problems with wifi and Bluetooth. but cm11 uses the original Memory layout of the phone. so it is not possible to install many apps. for me it is ok for now since i use the phone basically for phoning and for gps.

the solution for the Memory Problem could be to install data on the sdcard like in 12.1. i tried to modify the boot Image. but with my first try the phone didn't boot.

if i succeed with that one day the mini will be very useful for me with a fast cm11 and no Memory Problems to install apps.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hertell:
I'm very interested to try to fix this. I'm not so familiar with android-development, but i don't think it should be a big issue to figure this out.

Did you go for the LegacyExperia-source found on Github? If i got it right, by following this guide https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Building-LX-from-source, you should get the same release as can be downloaded from basketbuild?

I'll set up now the build-environment on my linux-server, and test to produce a test-rom, and if that works out i'll try to figure out where the memory-laytout is created and try to copy that to CM-11 branch :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SirBiggle:
I did a different Approach. I took the boot.img, unpacked it. inside is a ramdisk. inside that there is a ramdisk.cpio. if you upack that you get the files inside.

after you made the changes you have to pack all again and Flash the boot.img to the phone.

i added a comment to proof the concept before to make any changes. it worked for a test in 12.1 last winter. but i didn't have the virtual machine to do that any more.

so i installed another one but this time i didn't succeed. as i wrote before the phone didn't boot anymore. i want to try again as soon as i find the time to do that.

but if it helps you.

in the unpacked ramdisk i discovered the file fstab.semc

for cm11 it contains among other lines the Mount Point for /data

--------------------

/dev/block/mtdblock0 /system yaffs2 ro wait

/dev/block/mtdblock1 /data yaffs2 rw,noatime,nosuid,nodev wait

/dev/block/mtdblock2 /cache yaffs2 rw,noatime,nosuid,nodev wait

--------------------

in cm12.1 this part looks like that

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/dev/block/mtd/by-name/system /system yaffs2 ro wait

/dev/block/mtd/by-name/cache /cache yaffs2 rw,noatime,nosuid,nodev wait

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc,journal_async_commit,errors=panic wait,check

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data f2fs rw,discard,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,inline_xattr wait,check

--------------------

i think to replace the line with mtdblock1 in cm11 with the line mmcblk0p2 should do the job.

amazing that it looks like cm12.1 was already prepared to have f2fs on /data.

there is also a ramdisk-recovery.cpio inside boot.img. to be complete i think this change has to be done there too. but i didn't took a look inside that so far.

for a first test i think it is not required to have access to /data in recovery.

To set up a complete build Environment would be the good Approach. but I thought mine can work too and don't require the complete Setup. So for a private

Change only for me it should be ok. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hertell:
Are you sure that this would work out correctly? I would imagine that you need to configure the android-system also work with the altered boot.img...? But if it's just to modify the boot.img, then i don't understand why this was not done ages ago :)

Anyway, i'll start with creating my build-environment and i check aroudn what will be pulled out from github :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jcmolero71:
also in mango same build, it returns to the main messages screen
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SirBiggle:
I am not absolutely sure. but usually the running Android refers simply to /data. in the boot process /data needs to be mounted into the file System.

that is inside the initial ram disk coming from boot.img.

additionally during Setup in the recovery Image something should Point to the good /data too.

so, if it is only changed in the initial ram disk the formatting with ext4 during Setup will format the wrong partition.

for a test it will be necessary to prepare a Partition on the sdcard with ext4. but this should not be a Problem with a Linux System.

if i remember cm12.1 correctly it must be the second Partition on the sdcard. but the install guides to cm12.1 should answer that question.

in my opinion a first step would be to prepare a boot.img with the changes to fstab.semc

if it works to do a public release it will be necessary to Change the recovery Image too to Point to the good Partition.

perhaps after this is done the Setup will run correctly if it is started through recovery. but for that i have no real opinion since i never looked inside the Setup.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hertell:
[MENTION=6950703]SirBiggle[/MENTION] Oh crap.. 20Gb was not enough for the cm-11 build-environment.. Crap.. I need to get some more space first! :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] xc-racer99:
FYI, there is a very similar change on the LegacyXperia gerrit - http://review.msm7x30.org/#/c/1250/1
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SirBiggle:
so the solution seems to be already present. thank you. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] 123Bramz:
Please request installing rom from non ADB fastboot or adb sideload... Because very hard for me... Testing again so testing again no success, error always Adb tool.... I hope request feature recovery install from SD card for Rom Legacyxperia Marsmallow coconut devices, and, etc
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Splader:
Hey, just wanted to first thank you guys for all this crazy amount of work being done.

I was also wondering if I would be able to install this update. I actually just unlocked my bootloader (my phone is a rogers Xperia Arc, LT15a) and flashed the latest stable CM build. I actually just checked and it says my model number is now Arc S, and the current build is 9.1.0-anzu.

Does that mean that I can follow the instructions listed and hope to get this rom working? I do have a pretty decent 16gb sd card, so I don't think that should be a problem.

I apologize if I sound a little noobish or snobbish, I just spent a good 5 hours getting the CM on the phone and just wanted to know whether I had the chance to upgrade from 9 to 13 before I went and took a shot at it.

Thanks for all and any help, it's much appreciated.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Markoz88:
Hello everybody.

I have got a Sony Ericsson Xperia Active (code name Satsuma), and I can't change any ROM. Now I run the stock Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.0.4, not rooted, and my bootloader is unlocked of course.

The problem is that if I want change the rom, first of all I have to extract kernel image (boot.img) from the zip file, flash it via fastboot (fastboot flash boot boot.img), and then reboot into recovery. I'm able to flash the kernel, but when I reboot with fastboot reboot, the system doesn't boot at all! I did to fastoobt erase system and fastboot erase userdata, but nothing. I've tried many times with different kernels, but with the same result: black screen.

Can someone help me, please? Thanks a lot.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
Have you tried to enter recovery manually, by pressing the volume buttons while booting (when the led is purple)?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Markoz88:
Yes, I turn on the device with the power button, and I press many times the vol - button while the system is booting, but it doesn't boot (with any kernel) and the screen remains black. I've read that the kernel include a temporary recovery, so I think I don't need to be rooted or a permanent recovery previously in the stock rom.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
Is the fastboot report ok after flashing boot.img? Are there any bad blocks?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Markoz88:
Yes, there's written "OKAY". So I proceed with reboot. I don't understand too :confused:

I appreciate very much your interest, this evening (I'm on GMT+1) I will try once again. It's a challenge now, and I can't lose :p
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Splader:
Hey, so I ended up trying it (after stocking the phone) and it worked pretty well. The only problem now is that the phone isn't actually rooted, for some reason. Anyone know an easy way to root the phone without having to revert to stock or mess with the ROM again? Is that even possible?

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azakosath:
It is rooted, tap seven times on the build number (under About Phone in Settings) to enable Developer options and there enable root access ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aman301582:
C Apps theme chooser working !

Recently C Apps was released for marshmallow (cm13). I downloaded it from here https://cyngn.com/c-apps , though it was mentioned that c apps require cm13 nightlies released after may, I thought to give it a try. I didn't try the whole package, as I am interested in only theme chooser,I extracted the "ModThemeChooser" folder and pushed it into system/privapp, rebooted and the new theme chooser is working ! I have only changed lock screen wallpaper till now and the app is working. Smoother and better than the old one. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Splader:
Lol yeah, I realized this a little later.

I also realized that the phone just doesn't run fast enough, I think my SD card isn't as good as I thought it was.

I now tried to flash the Xperia Ultimate HD one (after going back to stock LT15i) and while the installation and everything finishes fine, when I reboot I get stuck at a black screen after the 'legacy xperia' logo. Could it be that I'm using a wrong version of CWM? (I'm using the one that came with CM 9.0)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Markoz88:
I can't change any ROM, OK. I don't know why but when I'm on stock rom, and flash the new kernel of the new rom which I want install, the system doesn't boot. I spent too many hours, and I accepted the fact that I have to remain on stock, but rooted at least. Now I have a question. I can't link app to the external sdcard, because I think Sony Ericsson Xperia Active isn't compatible with init.d. Well.. I'm not very lucky. Any solution for this problem? Is there a method to allow link2sd to create the script to move (or better, link) apps from internal storage to SD?

EDIT: I have already found the solution about the link2sd problem.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Lio86:
on mk16i (xperia pro) there is a bug that randomly freeze the mobile many times per day, i tried but i didnt understand what makes the problem

i would like to help the developers, how and where can i send them the logs?

thx everybody
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Markoz88:
1 bad block on boot partition

Ok, I found that I have a device with a bad block in the boot partition. It's an hardware problem, not software, so I can't change any kernel and any rom too. Thanks anyway.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Machaka Azure:
battery mode

Hello,

I would like you for this awesome xperience with CM13, smoother than ever!

But I have one question: I instaled the CM 13 from Satsuma_v.20160418 on my Xperia active, what I only miss is the possibility to change the battery mode - the button is simply not there at all. Should every xperia 2011 (on the list) with CM13 have it, or did only some developers made it available and Xperia active from Satsuma doesn't have it?

Thanks for the answer!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aman301582:
Looks like you didn't flash the kernel provided with xperia ultimate hd ROM, or if the kernel is not provided with the ROM, flash stock kernel. I don't think that ROM is faster than cm11 (or even cm13).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] arwjaya:
touchscreen problem

i installed it on my ray, work fast and good but later it i have problem with the touchscreen, the tapping is not right where i touch, then my phone rebooting and then the touch screen stop working, any one else can help ?

i did redo the flashing kernel process and everything, but the touchscreen won't fix, it's not working either on the recovery mode, but for the hard button is fine...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] comoba:
hi, i'm getting stuck on boot animation after flashing this with the adb sideload from recovery, please tell me what i'm doing wrong. please see my thread in help http://xdaforums.com/xperia-arc/help/adb-sideload-cm13-stuck-boot-animation-t3419251

nevermind, the power of trying, trying and trying again 10 times actually made it boot, yet- ive done nothing different.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] BiCi@ZiZillA:
Hi All,

I decided to give another try to CM13.

It works fine, but I don't like zRam, it eats up the battery, because the CPU is working almost infinitely on compressing data into the ram.

Is there a way to permanently disable it?

I have tried to sideload an old script that worked fine on CM11, but CM13 says it is not signed or it fails some integrity check or something.

I've also experienced this when tried to delete some apk's from the original rom zip, and add some others. This also worked with CM11.

Is there additional steps I have to take in case of CM13?

Thanks a lot for your answers in advance
[Xperia Arc Android Development] umaturman:
I suggest you to try this script. But one should know that without ZRAM the LX13 system will be unstable (if you use gapps) - e.g. constant oom, LMK will go mad, you will meet many freezes and reboots :good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] BiCi@ZiZillA:
Thanks,

I have tried this, but it fails at sideloading - signing, integrity or similar issue.

I'll extract the zip and see what it does, and do it manually.

Regarding my second question; is there a way to create/edit signed zips, that can be sideloaded without error?