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[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Samy_Mann:
Hello everyone

I read this post about the note 7 ROM here (https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-note-7/development/rom-n930tuvu1apgc-6-0-1-deodexed-knox-t3461513) and I really like it. I have though a question.

Actual Status: My Samsung galaxy note 5 N920T is already rooted since yesterday with odin and I installed the grace ux of the note 7 but it seems to be the ROM of the beta version. I have some struggles here because the S Note App and the S Pen features are combined. I have the S Note App from note 5 and note 7 and the S Pen features are mixed from both devices as well. I also can't dial or receive calls.

Questions: 1.Is the ROM provided fully equipped functions well?

2. If I want to install it do I need to root my device again and do I need to uninstall the actual ROM?

I am looking forward your answers.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Samy
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kevin0304s:
Hey guys, i ve got trouble when i'm trying to recompile a systemUI with apktool. Everytime even when nothing is modified it can't recompile.

So i wanted to ask if someone can recompile an apk for me?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] rebecker:
I've been following this forum re 32.3.A.0.376. There are many users commenting on sound issues, etc. However, many have rooted their phones and done modifications. I use my phone unmodified and would like to know if the various issues exist on the standard phone. Thanks.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] beamdelta:
I haven't tried re-locking my bootloader so I do not know whether a locked bootloader would yield higher external sound volume. My *guess* is it won't.

I have however tried both with unmodified kernel and modified (RootKernel 5.20 with DRM fix) kernel and in both cases I experience a significantly lower volume from both Spotify and YouTube compared to Marshmallow.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] sakolaas:
I have been running unmodified stock since launch for the first time on an android, and flashed AU .376 this weekend, with thoughts that if it did not fix this sluggish poor-batteried clump, I would switch to something else like Huaweii.

So far on day 2.5 I experience a much more smooth phone with prolonged battery life, albeit not as much as it had on MM. I've not experienced the sound bugs with low volume, although when I sitting down to switch the various notification sounds while wearing earplugs, it suddenly started playing from the phone speaker.

So far I am happy enough that I will keep the phone for now, with no plans of rooting or unlocking it as of now.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] AndreasElia:
Is the AU .376 legit to donwload? I mean, would my warranty be void if i download it before the official release?

non-root user
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] sakolaas:
It might void the warranty, ref http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Android-development/using-flashtool-void-warranty/td-p/924234. Although for me in Norway this might fall in a gray zone as we have some good consumer protection laws in norway.

I might reflash it without any wipe when the proper release is out just in case I am to sell it at any point.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] robot.le:
Been using the new build stock since yesterday and noticed better battery life. I'm using a US stock E5803 on 32.3.A.0.376 Malaysia and I've disabled a bunch of extra apps. Here are a few pros/cons that I've seen so far.

Pros: Better battery life, improved camera post processing (white/colour balancing, sharpening), improved camera speed with video recording/photos, Improved ram management, LTE does not drop anymore, phone heats up a tiny bit less than before, fingerprint scanner works with no issues, better stamina mode options, and phone sleeps like a baby with no noticeable battery drain.

Cons: Lower volume on 3rd party apps using phone speaker (spotify, etc) and no issues so far with Anker bluetooth speaker.

Untested: Bluetooth with car stereo, call quality.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Caraya:
Im using Nougat since last week and im downloading MM back again. Im not satisfied with nougat. In my opinion the performance is worse than on previous release.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] chall3ng3r:
I installed the previous release (.372) via OTA, so far it's good but battery is a bit less.

My question here is, if .376 will be pushed to my phone via OTA or I will have to flash it manually.

Currently I'm waiting for OTA update and checking daily, so fsr no luck :/
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Cerhio:
Way better than any Marshmallow firmware I ever used on my phone. ZERO PROBLEMS! No sound issues, no notification issues. I'm using .376 w/o root to test if battery life is longer than when using root. Anybody noticed differences in battery life between root and non-root?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] AndreasElia:
How did you install it without root? Tried to do it with Xperia Flash and it give me a locked phone notification.

Also, is there a way to back up the current firmware before installing .376?

Thanks
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Gewiz:
Install the same way like with root. Use latest version of Flashtool to download and install new firmware.

I assume you have a locked bootloader which means no nandroid backup via TWRP, right?

You could try to backup via adb. Google for adb backup. You can also use a GUI called Holo for it if you not familiar with command prompts.

However from what i heard it's not as good as a nandroid backup and a few things can be missed in the backup.

But if you don't like nougat, you can also just flash back an old firmware via flashtool.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] chall3ng3r:
So, I woke up today to see OTA notification for .376 update.

It was only 85mb download, so I downloaded it via mobile data and installed it. I took screenshots of before and after update, take a look.

View attachment 4044489

Currently running with no issues, and will post update for battery time and performance.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Simo99dr:
Just updated it to Nougat, no root, no unlocked bootloader. Everything is fine, volume is ok I guess (seems high both with music and with ringtones) very fluid. Camera is maybe a bit improved (quality is almost the same) but apart from the countdown before the selfie shooting, there is the possibility to set the Iso up to 3200 when using 20/23 mpx in manual mode (don't remember if it was in MM too); seems a little faster when taking the picture. Still no control over shutter speed in the stock camera, STILL limited to 1/10 in the manual camera app (damn), S T I L L no capability to shoot Raw. Overheating is still there, but not much a problem (at least in winter )

Good update, not really different after all but little improvements are there (damn Sony is too lazy on the camera though)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] AndreasElia:
Good morning

Did everything you suggested without any trouble - used Android Studio for the back up and then download Xperia flashtool (Emma).

Unfortunately when reaching the point that i had to flash my mob with the new system, 'Emma' cannot proceed due to my phone been locked. Knew that it was too easy to finish everything fast and successfully :p Guess i ll have to wait
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] jackpotbox:
Anyone here with a nougat update in UK?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Gewiz:
Nearly pal, i don't know if it should work with latest version of emma to. Never used before. Usually if flashtool is mentioned here, we mean another tool. Try it with this one(latest version):

http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Lelelelel:
I updated to the Vodafone UK firmware through Flashtool (I live in Norway) and I noticed they've fixed the white noise issues with sound through mini jack, which is amazing :D

However, it seems that my unlocked bootloader is causing some issues with the fingerprint scanner, Youtube, mobile connections etc. Think I'm gonna root, as the thermal engine still seems to be kind of meh :/. Also, no stutters so far, even when using Chrome and Word at the same time plus Messenger bubbles :D
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Mathman85:
It's been about 27 hours since the update and I'm loving it. No volume issues at all and battery life seems at least comparable to MM (my use was abnormal for the past day, so I'll report back if I notice drastically different battery life over time). Only thing I did after updating was cleared the cache. One small warning, though: my update took a LONG time... nearly an hour. I didn't expect that, and it had me worried that something went wrong, but it was fine.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] novahob:
Yes, got mine on O2. Not convinced on battery life is better but overall looking it
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] AndreasElia:
Tried again last night, installing eveything right from the beginning. this time is seemed to be much easier and faster and at last updated to Nougat successfully! Only thing noticed until now is the smoother fingerprint sensor and i really enjoy the clear all and window switch commands.

Thanks for all the help, have a nice day

Andreas
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] jackpotbox:
Interesting. I have an unlocked E5823 that I bought from Amazon UK and also use a THREE sim on it. Wonder why I haven't received anything yet.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] irishdh:
https://xpericheck.com/device/E5823

Customised UK only just released, waiting patiently for update notification.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] jackpotbox:
Pardon my ignorance but I would've thought that Sony would've released the customized version ahead of UK network vendors since the vendors are likely to add bloatware.

Well o well.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] croozah:
Since upgrading to Nougat on my non-rooted Z5C, my battery life has been atrocious. OS consuming 40% of battery post-charge, phone idle +30% of the time. Lucky to get a day out of it now.

Post-upgrade, I wiped cache, have rebooted it twice, and not made any other changes (even deleted a few apps). Unsure wtf is going on here, used to get 2 days easily......
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Bobzee:
I received the Nougate update on my non-rooted device about 3 days ago and it has actually been very good so far!

Battery life has improved slightly when in standby. The phone can now easily last 3 days in standby, maybe more in reality if you really do not use it. 7 days in ULTRA stamina according to the phone, probably more in actuality.

The performance of the OS is fluid and I cannot say anything negative about it. Everything feels snappy. The top menu pulls down beautifully with a great animation and using apps and the OS itself is not slow in any way.

I am yet to determine how the phone does in the new STAMINA modes, as well as to do a test under very heavy usage.

I expect similar results to MM, or slight improvements, but not any downgrades.

So far I can say that the battery life has been improved for me, as well as the overall OS experience.

I have not been met with any serious issues. No sound bugs so far, or anything like that.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] novahob:
Looks like a minor update rolling to Z5 family to .378. hoping this fixes the battery life, I'm sure it's not as good http://www.xperiblog.com/2017/02/mi...tml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&m=1
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] david7380:
Same here!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] novahob:
I must say I'm getting worse battery life. Today 2h 11m SOT and 33% battery left ? Only major usage apart from browsing is using beyondpod for 2 hours. Probably wait for this new update to push, hoping that'll fix it. Otherwise I might have to consider a full system wipe.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] bv90andy:
Did you end up doing a factory reset? And if so,did it help?

ty
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] rebecker:
Sound Issues

Well, I updated today to Nougat. There definitely are issues with sound. The problems exist for my task manager and music player; they don't seem to exist for any Google apps. Disappointing, since I assumed that the delay as the result of the first update being pulled was to fix this issue. Is Google (or Sony) becoming Microsoft...releasing not-ready-for-prime-time software?

EDIT: My music player volume is extremely low through the phone speakers. However, Bluetooth volume through my headphones and BT speakers are normal volume, similar to 6.0.1. So, as it stands, only random volumes of non-Google apps seem to have an issue. Maybe the newest update, released today, will fix the issue. Fingers crossed.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tori729:
How do I get the .378 update? I need to do a factory reset anyway; having issues with other apps, but my phone doesn't have the update yet. (E5823 UK version)

Also, I'm a noob when it comes to flashing/reset etc. so is there a quick link that goes through it all step by step? I have done it w/ an older phone when I rooted but I haven't modded this phone in any way. TIA!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] cannn11:
I have a problem on 376. When turn off 4G via notification bar toggle, network option is turning to only gsm selection.

And battery problem a little bit:(
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] DuncanV:
Updated with .376 : battery a bit more drained and low sound volume issue. :(

But smoother than with Marshmallow :good:
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] zwirek75:
Updated 1298-7258 with .376

Phone is much smoother, battery is much better. No battery drains except for Bluetooth - possible due to permanent bonding with my Garmin Fenix 3. Will investigate further.

There is one issue with unbranded car charged - it does not charge the battery, when plugged into car's usb port it is working - but cant be like that as power delivered is too low.

To sum up - I am quite happy with the update :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Marmalux:
Hello

Have a E5823 with boot-loader unlock allowed = NO.

Have flashed several months ago a international (no customization) stock firmware (Backed up the TA partition). I have upgraded 3 days ago through OTA to 32.3.A.0.376 and i have the following feedback.

- Phone performance drastically reduced (Eg. Fun Run Arena lags quite much now, before no lag at all)

Edit : Found that thermal-engine.conf has been changed by Sony, and this appears to be the main reason for my performance issues.

- Battery life still good

- Low volume bug not present (never was)

- Hate the "search apps" in menu and have not found any way to disable it

- After the update not all settings where kept (for example the alarm clock although it was set correctly the alarm started at a different hour with a different sound and at a low volume). Settings got fixed after reapplying them.

- Major design changes witch i don`t like and makes it harder to use.

- DLNA throw was not working but i have not tested yet with the new firmware.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Mathman85:
So far, I'm not seeing any decrease in battery performance.

And yesterday I turned on Stamina mode (Device Performance Preferred mode) and was delighted to see that it's a usable feature, now (phone will still vibrate/ring for texts and things).

My opinion is that the phone is the best it has ever been, with this update (though I'm not hugely fond of how Nougat displays notifications on the lock screen).
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] kevjs1982:
I'm on EE in the UK - WiFi Calling keeps failing, and worse WiFi keeps crashing.

I'm not the only one either https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Android/Wifi-Calling-Sony-Z5-Compact-issues/m-p/538449#M33976 - wonder if this is an EE only issue or a bigger problem?

On my Bluetooth Pairing the AD2P connection to my car stereo was lost, and you can only turn it back on when connected to the car stereo (annoying phone calls can be done when not connected) - once turned on it works fine.

I notice Three (UK) have pulled it according to Xperia Firm.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] croozah:
I did not factory reset, and no battery life is not getting better.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] bv90andy:
There's something fishy going on with your upgrade.

In the end I upgraded and didn't have any major battery problems. SoT is the usual 3 hours (depending how much I used it to listen to podcasts), and today for example the phone was mostly idle, with just half an hour of listening over bt and 30 minutes of screen on and I'm still at 76%.

Screenshot is from today, mostly idle. Not the greatest standby but not bad.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] panecondoin:
Flashed .378 yesterday. Everything works smooth and fine BUT the battery life is not comparable to MM. Idling is fine but the you can really watch the charge diminish when using the phone... That is a real bummer since Nougat is quite nice to use.

Phone is rooted by the way.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] --jenana--:
There's a difference between (some/a lot of) rooted phones and unrooted phones. There shouldn't be a huge difference between a clean installed Marshmallow phone, and a clean installed Nougat phone.

Offtopic:

It happens quite a lot that phones rooted with SuperSU and rootkernel introduce a problem where both CPU's always work on the highest possible speed (CPU governor performance will be running). To avoid this, you can use phh's superuser, or manually flash SuperSU, or change governor in an appropriate way.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] panecondoin:
Sounds good. What do I have to do to change to phh' superuser? Can I just install it and kick SuperSU? Sounds too simple. I have also factory reset the phone and setup everything without Titanium Backup. And I disabled charge optimization, it's not for me. Will report back.

No luck with factory reset. Still heavy drain. Has anybody changed from superSu to phh superuser and is willing to explain how to achieve this?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] --jenana--:
The easiest is to go to it's topic (just search/google phh's superuser) and follow that guide. As far as I know it has a zip to flash and an apk to install. It's that simple and it could improve your battery life (based on experience from other users). And it's no guarantee because I'm not a genius and it's only based on a diagnose that fits in a single twitter post.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] panecondoin:
Quick report:

Switching to phh's superuser via rootkernel creation aleviated battery drain and heating problems. Thanks [MENTION=6614818]--jenana--[/MENTION] for suggesting so!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] schumifer:
This was supposed to be a non-root thread only, seems that either language-understanding is not at its best or that people just don't care

No easy way to deduct any safe conclusions.

NonRooted here (first time in my android history without root)

.378

No real issues.

Using better battery stats i have around 1.5% battery drain per hour, which of course may mean nothing to you guys, in comparison with my other androids it is quite good.

Would like to get root some day but not looking forward to unlocking the bootloader just yet

I too feel ringing sound could be louder but it is not so bad. The sound is quite good everywhere else, i have tweaked the equalizer to max in every frequency, no distortions.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] novahob:
This is what I'm getting on 376, pretty disappointed with Sony as while nougat brings some great functionality I'd rather be on MM with better battery life tbh. With my usage I struggle to get 4 hrs SOT now and I'd say average now is 3.5hrs but that's with the battery getting under 10% every day. Can't see me keeping this phone much longer due to this. Thing is a mate has a X compact and they get 2 hrs SOT for 25% which is great.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Bobzee:
I struggled with the battery drain issues for about a couple weeks now, with no rooting involved in the process.

So far, the best I was able to do is between 0.5-1% per hour, with Auto Sync OFF, and Location OFF. This also includes all possible non-root settings you can tweak, such as disabling Wi-Fi scanning, setting "Device Only" for location (which shouldn't affect you at all with location off, but who knows, it seems to me that it does use location even if you turn it off), and uninstalling/disabling the Google App.

Overall, I am not happy with these results, because in my mind I should be getting something closer to 0.1-0.2% drain per hour when idle, with LTE ON, but location/sync OFF. I am not sure what the device is doing exactly and it makes no sense... Furthermore, this GPS draining bug is present on the 3 other Sony phones that I have around me (mother and father also use sony so I can check their devices sometimes to compare statistics). They get the exact same drain from GSP, sitting above their screen usage.

Overall, I do not believe that doing a factory reset will change this for me. I am hoping for a 7.0 root method to arrive soon, somehow, because that is the last resort I can think of. Removing the wake-up permissions of all google apps.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Joshuayates:
Where can I find. 378? Mine is trying to make me update to . 376 (UK). Does 378 solve the low audio issue on Poweramp etc. Does this have something to do with the EU volume limit?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Gewiz:
On xperifirm

No

No

If you have the low volume issue, it's maybe fixed with the next update which is announced for mid april
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] DuncanV:
I have encountered an other issue on top of all existing I know so far, I can't controle my music with

any

players when using my Bluetooth Headset, not even the sound volume.

Disappointing, it worked with MM... :(
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Mathman85:
I have no issues whatsoever with bluetooth music playback. I use three different bluetooth devices (Pioneer sound bar, a shower speaker, and a home theater receiver), and I'm able to use either the respective remotes or the phone itself to control volume or skip tracks.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] rebecker:
My Bluetooth also works fine. I regularly use Bluetooth headphones, portable speaker, and car without issues. My only issues are somewhat less battery life than before and volume for some alerts.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] DuncanV:
Well, the same bluetooth headset works perfectly with my Moto G 2013 on LineageOS 7.1.1 regard less whether the commands are triggered on the phone or via the remote of my headset...
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] novahob:
This new update can't come soon enough, I'm now getting 3 to 3.5 hrs SOT now and some days having to top up the battery. While the functionality of Nougat is great, battery life is poor. If i know what i know now i wouldn't have updated. At the moment considering whether to get rid of the phone and get a one plus 3t, with the size the only thing really putting me off. Sony need to step their game up
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Kajoisback:
Hello to everyone!

Today i installed twrp 3.0.2-2 and unlocked my bootloader. All Fine.

But if i try to install nighty Version of lineage os with n Modem/bootloader it shows me 2 errors called :

E: unknown Command But it patches my System Files. After Reboot it doesnt Boot into the System it shows me anything Like bootloader corrupted Or something because its unlocked.

Ich didnt installed gapps After lineage os.zip But i think thats Not the Reason of my Problem.

Ich already tried to wipe System, Cache & Data.

Sorry for my Bad english hope anyone Can help me
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] tester2017:
You must have twrp 3.0.3.1 or twrp 3.0.4.1 and format Data in Twrp recovery in EXT4

after this you can flash universal Bootloader and Linage OS and then flash nougat Modem for G Variant and Gapps if you like .

Thats all! then Boot your Phone and enjoy.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Kajoisback:
I already tried to install v3.0.3.1 Or higher but it shows me always just a Black screen. And now i Cant Boot it so if i will try it again and it will Not Work again i Cant enter recovery and my phone will bei broke Or Not?

Ich Used the howto from xda ( https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-install-twrp-unlock-bl-flash-t3517379 )