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[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] guiguilein:
Hi everyone,

After months of hesitating, i finally found another Z3C for a fair price. So now i can easily play with my second device without risking too much ^^

So I've been preparing everything for the flashing process. And suddenly a contradiction came to me :

In the requirements for slimm, it is said with locked or unlocked bootloader. But since you need a custom recovery (twrp prefered), and as far as i know, twrp require unlocked bootloader.....

So is there really a way to install slimm with a locked bootloader ?

Note : this is just for my better understanding. I have no problem with unlocking the bootloader since we can get the drm key back. I'm just trying to optimize the process
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] lamale78:
Maybe downgrading to .75 would help

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[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] M1chiel:
You can easily get TWRP without unlocking your bootloader with Russel's method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3418714

Note that you can only flash stock based rom's (like slimm) and kernels without unlocking.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] odiad:
Hi,

I don't know if my question relates to slimm Rom because it is Slimm-ROM Funktion, or maybe general MM Funktion ( I come from LP). So sorry if I've posted in wrong thread....

When I pressed Home Button for longer Google search has started. But this longpress to start Google search disappeared completly. Also after Reboot.

Maybe I deleted anything - but Google App is still installed. I don't know...

Does anybody know to install or activate again? Thanks in advance, greetings Odiad
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] StaticGTF:
Google Now-app can be accessed by swiping from the left edge in Xperia Home launcher. You must first enable that behavior in the Home-settings though...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] someone755:
I can't say I know how updates here work, and I won't lie to say I care.

Maybe the update includes and demands a newer ramdisk than mine. And considering there's been no newer kernel releases than 291, I doubt it's the kernel itself.

Some users reported that the modules included in the zip are causing bootloops for them, which is likely if the ROM publisher has added any custom kernel modules that my kernel doesn't play well with.

Updates work fine on stock for me, in that there will be no more updates.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Stoffl_:
Settings \ Apps \ Standar apps \ assistant and voice input? \ assistant app

might've to toggle google app off and on again
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Luke_Hero:
Has anyone fixed their proximity sensor issue? I am having the same problem. In the services menu it's always set to 'ON'.

I did a full wipe of everything before installing from clean.

Before I had the Lolipop SLiM rom and no issues with the sensor.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Stoffl_:
Nope. Works here.

Only shows ON when I cover it with my thumb before going into the setting.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] FlintStoned-:
I had the same problem. I couldn't fix it. When making a phone call you'll need to press the upper left screen corner (underneath the sensor) to get the screen back on.

My z3c is now send to xperia repair service. I believe the proximity is hardware related. If you do find another fix I'm happy to hear about it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Thunderhawk2001:
Hey there.

I'm getting constant messages of Google Play Service FC'ing.

I've already installed full and OTA several times, wiped Cache/Dalvik Cache but still get these messages.

Also I've tried to remove Google Play with TB and flash OTA/Full, but it won't install Google Play. I have to manually install it.

Any ideas?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Barua:
I respect your job but in my opinion this is unprofessional rom with bunch of bugs.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] panzerox123:
Hmmmm... No bugs for me... Google play FCs and wakelocks are not a problem with ROM. It is problem with GPS itself. People with different phones are pacing the problem
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] schnidex:
My lockscreen clock settings keep changing! Strange, but hardly a cause for real concern. I still love this ROM and am grateful to Wajk!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Bluestar01:
Also no bugs for me and best rom for Z3C to find.

Don´t know what´s going wrong with him to tell that it´s unprofessional...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
Phone back from repair, in stock everything was fine, while with slimm 3.8 fresh install I have Google Play Service always draining battery. Amplify with setting from the xda guide seems not gaining anything better. Just wanted to report.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] darthaled:
Which service you blocked?

No deep sleep for me with 3.8, NEVER.

Until 3.7 I can fix this rebooting, and it appears again after magnetic charging. Now I can't fix it in any of these ways.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Bluestar01:
I blocked several services , alarms and wakelogs.

I set amplify to standard settings (nothing blocked) and then i had deep sleep afterwards.

i checked for 2 days and was ok.

Meanwhile i am on complete fresh install of 3.8, because i also had a lot of apps installed before .

Now i only have a few i mostly need.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Rhonin86:
Such statements are very usefull :rolleyes:

Therefore a little report from my side, that probably will help the community:

i updated at least directly from 3.6 to 3.8 ota without wiping cache / dalvik - i directly flashed via TWRP the OTA ROM and then XPosed framework in on step. After booting all Xposed Moduls are still working and stock cam was working. i decided to flash cyberian cam too and it also works.

And now some experiences:

At a first glance i thought that the GPS issue isn't fixed - but after a full charge it seemed to be better.

Meanwhile i found out that the active mobile radio bug appears with a high time usage whenever i listen to an audiobook (audible) via bluetooth in my car.

So if i take a look at audibles powerconsumption it reports that mobileradie activ takes half of the reportes time 30 minutes - GPS takes 1 hour and 17 minutes.... so it seems not to correspond.

Cheers

Rhonin
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Didgesteve:
I think it's funny, people coming from other roms, who don't bother to read the OP and think "factory reset' doesn't apply to them. Then they ***** about all the problems they have.

Try reading up before you start with a different rom.

This rom works perfectly, if you have errors with it, then you haven't installed it properly.

Why not share your problems on the thread here and see if the people here can help?

We're quite a friendly bunch really.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] lamale78:
I downgraded google services to .75, and battery draining has stopped. But google services got updated automatically to .77 again. How to prevent it from upgrading?

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[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] inhor:
SLIMM 3.8 battery Drain Google Services

My experiences is, that when I flash new ROM during charging, then there is big battery drain by Google Play Services. So when I had battery drain on Slim 3.8, I restored previous backup (Slim 3.7), then wiped Dalvik and wiped cache and flashed full Slim 3.8 without charging. And it is OK.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Barua:
Slimm rom, is first rom that i use.

I shared my problem. While i was listening music, i got a phone call, but the phone freezed, had to restart it. I have faced with this problem a few times.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] :
Monday I'll get my Z3C back from the warranty after 2 long weeks.

[MENTION=448664]Wajk[/MENTION] is it safe to do the Maintenance Update or will it brick the phone?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] panzerox123:
Yep
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] hairyrz:
Flashed from 2.5 up to 3.8 with no problems. Still have TWRP, battery is excellent, its all good. Thanks again Wajk for putting these ROM's together and sharing with the community.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] StaticGTF:
Could it be that simple..!?

I tried this wit my phone that has had severe battery-drain for some time now and the device has been constantly active with no deep sleep whatsoever...

Charged to 100% and disconnected the charger. Dirty-flashed full 3.7 ROM (and Xposed FW). Wiped cache and dalvik. Rebooted and unlocked device. Rebooted to TWRP again and dirty-flashed 3.8 (and Xposed again too). Rebooted without cleaning caches...

And lo and behold! All battery drain has disappeared! Deep-sleep seems to occur as. soon as phone/screent is inactive...

I will discharge the battery to some 20% before fully recharge the device... After that we'll see if this is a viable fix for the GPS battery-drain issue...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Rhonin86:
Hmmm I do not understand exactly - which ROM do you use at the moment ? The one mentioned in THIS thread or CM 12.1

I you used SLIMM ROM first and then you decided to use CM 12.1 it would be nice to "read", what kind of advantages do you see ? Maybe a little comparison ??? What about the fisheye effect of the cam in CM 12.1 ?

THX in advance

Rhonin
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Didgesteve:
Try taking your sim out and clean it with alcohol, be careful not to touch the face when you put it back in.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] fluffi444:
Thanks for you comment. There is actally no need to care (as you said) - I only wanted to let you know.

I never used the modules from your kernel. I flash only boot.img via twrp's img flash functionality...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] N3iss3R:
Hellp

a question why I can not play summoner war can help me or I have to do thank you very much
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Dv2y:
Am I the only one with this problem while using adopted storage? I cannot select the storage in settings. Others cameras works fine.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Wajk:
Thnx guys, I working on.

I don't know what will it do exactly, but reports which are read by me not so positive.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Ogonus:
Hi,

From few releases i have strange behavior. My battery stats shows i think wrong stats shows that google services draining my battery. But I'm pretty sure that it's not true. Battery is really good on this rom and my phone usually work 2-3 days with 3-4h SOT.

Please see screenshots this should better describe my problem. Standard battery stats shows huge battery drain by google services when GSAM Battery shows I believe true stats.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Cirra92:
I do believe your phone is having battery drain, since most of the time your phone spends in standby, but it has over 4h of awake time. Are you listening to some music when the screen is off? Call time is not much, so that shouldn't be the case. With 2-3h of screen on time (on my setup, be aware) I can hold on to more than 7 days of total time since my idle drain (over night) is 1-2% in around 8h, and I can squeeze nearly 1h of SOT per 10% of the battery. Your battery life is by no means bad, it's good, I'm just saying the Play Services might chew a bit more than they should.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Ogonus:
Yes, in this case I was listening music.

Google services may eat some battery but I have location on - see second screenshot google services in GSAM has only 1.7 battery (in standard stats 53%). Why there is so difference. Moreover in standard stats i haven't included Music (listening) at all.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Barua:
I used Slimm rom first for a few days, when i faced with some serious bugs and freeze issues then i decided to use Cm 12.1. It's faster and stable, no freeze or reboot issue at all, still using it.

Just camera is so bad at low light, and fisheye effect bug, i don't use camera too much.

And wifi bug, when i return home, wifi doesn't connect automatically home wifi.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Cirra92:
How much time do you spend with mobile data turned on instead of wifi? Since your SOT is already low, and if your phone spends a lot of time on mobile data (LTE is going to eat more than 3G) it's not strange to cause Play Services to accumulate the drain and show up in stats, nothing weird. You can check the drain by clicking on Play Services stats and looking for Mobile Radio active time.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Ogonus:
Almost 100% time LTE is on.

I'm very pleaser with my battery life. This is not a problem. Only concern me why there is such difference between standard stats and GSAM and i believe that standard stats not telling truth.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] sisqoboy:
My situation is the same…

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Same here...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
I've changed rom (Mx ROM v. 8.6.0), by going trough a complete fresh installation (flah stock 576,getting SU and twrp, ecc..) and google play services battery drain seems to be gone. By this I could think that before was Slimm rom causing it, so a rom related problem. Just reporting facts, so that it can be useful for users and devs, no complains :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] panzerox123:
It is a GPS problem,
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] bigboco:
How's your test after recharge? Draining wakelock always starts when I plugged it in for charge.

I want to test this on next upgrade. I always charge my phone while upgrade. Really don't understand how this can be an issue.

For the time being, I have stopped/disabled all google services exception google play service, which cannot be disabled. So far so good.

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I have not turn on GPS for weeks, and location service is off too. For me, it's more like a charging related, because drainning always kick in when I start to charge it.

Just want to help you guys to identify and fix the issue. Appreciated.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] panzerox123:
Lol nor GPS, I mean Google Play Services. It is a problem with the update itself. There are many problems with the latest updates
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] StaticGTF:
Sadly enough my battery-drain is back after a full charge. Nothing I do seems to help short of doing the reinstall procedure all over again....
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Didgesteve:
If you had done a fresh install onto Slim your Google battery drain would have gone. The problem is Google and not the rom. Do you think all the hundreds of Slim users would put up with bad battery life. You had problems with Google because you didn't do a factory reset, as soon as you did, the problem went away. Why are you trying to point a finger at the Dev when the problem is either Google or the user not following the setup instructions.?

Edit: I noticed Google drain improved when I uninstalled the firewall I was using . Google tries to phone home constantly, if you block it, or suspended a service, it just tries even harder, continusly.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
1) I'd just said (few post before) that I did a fresh install as soon my phone had come back from screen repair, and by using the devs guide (more fresh than that).

2) No one is pointing fingers here, or at least not me. I just though it was a good idea saying my experience, believing could be useful for users and devs (like I already said before).

If you got offended by my words I'm sorry, and even for my bad English. I'm not an informatic, but a bioinformatic, so I don't know how roms exactly works, I just know that sharing opinion is usually helpful. I wasn't criticizing.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Didgesteve:
Sorry for complaining about your post, you are right, I did not read your previous post.

I am trying (keep trying) to point out that the the Google problems that people have are not connected to the rom.

I didn't mean to get mad at you, but it seems to be the main theme on the thread at the moment. Google Google Google.

Try complaining on the Google forum.

There must be a reason why the drain is a problem for some and not others. How about people who have the drain problem listing what non standard apps they are using, like Afwall or Disable service, Amplify, etc etc.

Rather than saying 'it's broken', try including some more information about your setup, see if we can work out a common link, see if we can solve it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Overloaded85:
3.8 works perfectly after a clean install. That's what I'm doing everytime now and never issues. Thanks Wajk !
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] spixy:
but if I am coming from stock MM (23.5.A.1.291), do I have to make a full wipe?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] bigboco:
I see people are talking about clean install. Can anyone confirm a factory reset can fix battery drain?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] rajoox:
what kernel every one suggest goes well with 3.8?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] panzerox123:
EliteKernel V3 works well. Flash it only if you have an unlocked bootloader
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Didgesteve:
Possible fixes for Google drain

I have posted several times in this thread ways to fix the Google battery drain. It's now such a long thread that some people may have missed my previous posts, so to summarise : (this is not guaranteed to fix your phone, I am just trying to help)

Method 1

Factory reset, restart to recovery, flash full Slim rom(nothing else) . Restart. Log in to Google from scratch, leave the phone for some time before installing any mods. Let Google phone home and set the phone up before installing Xposed, amplify, firewall etc etc.

Restore apps with Titanium Backup, but just apps+data, NO system apps, NO Google apps. I realise a full factory reset is beyond most users compression, but this is really the best way and will fix 90% of the problems I see posted on the thread.

Method 2

The lazy 'I don't believe I need to do a factory reset' method

Disable all Xposed modules, go into airplane mode, no wifi.

Reboot phone.

Delete your Google account.

Use Titanium Backup to delete the data on the following apps:

Google account manager

Google backup transport

Google play services

Google play store

Gmail

Google calendar sync

Google contacts sync

Google bookmarks sync

Google services framework

Download manager

(it will get more & more difficult to do this as once you remove the Google account, Google. gms, keeps FCing)

Reboot to recovery, wipe cache & dalvik, reboot phone.

Enable network.

Add Google account, leave it with 'synchronise accounts' for some time, let Google do its thing before enabling Xposed or any other system mods(important)

Enabling a firewall or excessive privacy control (like trying to mask your IMEI or account) will just piss GPS off and it will try even harder to phone home, causing huge battery drain. The more you try and block the various Google services the more they try get out.

I don't believe that the battery drain is connected to this rom specifically. I know the Dev has made some tweaks to try and help, but if you take the time to read the Google forums, this problem effects most makes of phone and all firmware versions.

Edit: You should always do a recovery backup before making any changes to your phone, I am not responsible blah blah blah
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] jacobs0n:
I've mistakenly flashed D5803 instead of D5833 LOL. Hopefully battery drain gets fixed after I clean install D5833.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] :
No,you do not.

Just wipe cache before installing and after installing the ROM
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Overloaded85:
In my case, it works.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
[MENTION=325890]Didge[/MENTION]stive I used yours method 1 (thanks for re sharing :good: ). Just a quick question: how long you think we should wait before trying installing Xposed and mods? (I only use GB, so I'm not in a hurry). For now seems Google play service it's been calm... Let's see if it stays like that at least until tomorrow...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Didgesteve:
An hour should do it, possibly two. You will know withim 12 hours if it's fixed. Unfortunately I don't know enough about how Xposed works to say what the connection is, but there are definitely some modules that set the GPS off.

But try a day without Xposed see if you get the drain, then enable Xposed, see if it returns.

Several people have mentioned that enabling WiFi while the phone is charging sets the wakelocks in a constant state, that can only be resolved by a restart off charge.

I have been looking into this for a long time and still don't really understand what sets it off.

What I have worked out is that you can't have a war against Google about privacy, the more you block and restrict the worse things get, power drain is you loosing ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Matteo Mazzu:
In the end were all going to wait for Google to fix it. Or at least this is my wish :silly:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] romcio47:
Can someone please make a flashable .zip file with full Xperia Backup only?

"Stock" SLIMM backup is very limited and the original backup from stock Xperia MM ROM is very important for me...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] poldx:
Yeah.. My battery life is awesome.. I use ondemand and a bit of tweak.. RocknRoll!! Thanks Wajk.. :good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Boki_Srb:
You have apk here:

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/sony-m...backup-restore-1-2-1-11-android-apk-download/
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Rockdriver:
Guys, today my phone decided that i don't need anymore notification from whatsapp. i have to open the app, then the notification came trough . what can i do ? whatsapp and other apps, such as gmail, already are whitelisted
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] ivanmasi:
Hi friends i try to install cyberian 4.2. In Recovery is all is ok but not apears the options of cyberian. I delete the data camera (the 3) with titanium before install

Can you help me?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] bigboco:
Thanks, I did factory reset on Sunday. Everything works fine now.

Hope there is a easier way to reset only google stuff.

BTW, I install the Xposed before google setup. It's not a problem.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] lamale78:
Which version of Google Play services is correct for z3c? I installed .430 and battery draining stopped, but google keeps updating this to...436, which causes huge battery drain

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[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Cirra92:
Is anyone here experiencing occasional lags and slowdowns after a while, say after a week of usage or so? After first few days of usage it's flying, but after a while, it inconsistent, it has happened in every SliMM I've tried.

For me personally, Wajk is pulling Sony out of misery with his work, since they did not impress with MM at all.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Boki_Srb:
Disable all permissions for GPS. All.

Also, check if you have any app location related, like weather, disable automatic location update for it. Also collection of data usage and network huge drains battery.

9.8.77(436-135396225)

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No, for me phone is still flying.

Also, after this several days, battery lasts longer.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] KUN1:
Experience the same as described.

Did you find a solution? I tried wiping cache/dalvik but it didn't help