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[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Infy_AsiX:
I've been through a few Z3C devices and displays. I've seen a few JDI and a couple of Sharp. There's an obvious difference in brightness and white balance, contrast and colour depending on the panel manufacturer. Sharp panels are almost completely superior in every aspect with a higher brightness throughout the range but they have bad colour shifting when viewed at an angle whereas the JDI panels don't.

JDI panels typically can't get as low a brightness digit value without flickering but as they're darker to begin with, they can get to around the same actual brightness output with a higher digit value before flickering.

It seems currently the entire range down to 1 via root is still outputting brighter. So much that the JDI on LOS only flickers at 1 and at 2 it's matched by the normally brighter Sharp at 20 on stock.

edit: I checked and it seems stock's range is 0-2550 whereas LOS is 0-255.

I've used the app Lux Auto Brightness with it's plugin support for CF.Lumen with KCAL for awhile on stock. This seems to work well on LOS for lowering the brightness into negative values but is limited by the minimum set to 7 causing "black crush" if using it's auto mode. If you set the minimum value before flickering occurs, in my case 2, and manually adjust into it's below zero values there's less black crush. It takes some time setting up it's profiles though.

There's no other insomniac lit up zombies finding the minimum brightness stunning? :eek:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] anonim1:
Since you all are discussing this.. can anyone recommend a reputable vendor for a replacement LCD+Digitizer? RepairPartsPlus seems to have good reviews on Google, but it's not clear who the manufacturer is of the part they offer.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Infy_AsiX:
You can probably only tell the panel manufacturer by checking /sys/devices/mdss_dsi_panel/panel_id. There's varying factory build assembly quality too, read below.

After being affected by fakes, I looked as hard as I could for an original replacement. You need to find a reputable proper retailer to get them. The one you linked looks like a copy as the digitizer chip isn't green and those little metal transistors on the LCD flex right of it in the image, aren't like the original. I found Etradesupply https://www.etradesupply.com/catalogsearch/result/?warehouse=0&q=z3+compact+lcd seems to have a definitive display of original screens, at least a must see for photo comparisons sake. They describe the assembly origin quality too.

Also is it just me or is /sys/devices/qpnp-vadc-18/quiet_therm "Result:-40". According /system/etc/thermanager.xml it's responsible for stopping charging at 70deg and shutting down at 75deg. Why's it stuck at -40?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] anonim1:
Much appreciated.

At this point, not sure I want to invest any more time or money on this phone. I've loved it from the day I bought it (Dec 2014), but given the amount of work to find a reliable screen and replace, it's probably time I upgrade. I'm a huge fan of the small form factor and was really hoping for an updated Xperia having the same overall dimensions but with a larger screen and minimalist bezels. It sounds like that may be coming in the future, but with no details on a timeline, I've decided to upgrade to an unlocked S8 rather than opt for a temporary phone while waiting for Sony. For anyone else debating an upgrade, the S8 has nearly the same width (3mm wider) but is, of course, much taller.

I wasn't the most vocal in these forums, but I've spent countless hours/days lurking, reading, flashing, cursing, and learning over the past three years. I'll drop by every now and again to see how everyone is doing. I'd love to see a functional Oreo ROM for the Z3C in the wild :)

Oh, and last thing, for anyone that's been living in a cave and hasn't seen the Xperia arbitration/settlement, it's a way you might be able to get some money back or, at the very least, extend your warranty. Best of luck!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] paparansen:
where can i get his paypal adress?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] FJBeneditto:
Works fine, thanks!

But I have 2 questions:

1) May I need to lock Z3C bootloader after install?

2) I need to flash this kernel, or just leave "as is" its ok?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Cirra92:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4-6...t-LCD-Touch-Screen-Digitizer/32805748648.html

I can suggest buying this one, though I can't vouch for the quality of every single unit they sell, but from my experience it's very good (using one from this seller) and it's actually a JDI panel. Colors, brightness, touch latency, sensitivity everything is resembling original one (I may have had original JDI panel, didn't check that).
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
Hi guys,

I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to both those who have donated to my Paypal, as well as those who are just using my ROM.

I have purchased a new screen which is on its way now :D

Also, update with October security patches is up! Download link in OP as usual. Hopefully I didn't break anything...

Furthermore, we have been testing some blobs from oneplus one to get around that strange data disconnection issue - this is in this release and fingers crossed it doesn't cause more issues than it tries to solve.

So what i'm thinking now is that, work will be done on LineageOS 15 and that will be made official. Therefore, I am probably just gonna start adding things like OMS and others starting from the next releases (not this one). I have exams at the end of this month and til mid November, but after that is a three month break I can spend on Oreo development. :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Hi guys,

I just flashed the latest build (20171006) and it looked like the notorious voice call issue (I can hear the caller's voice, the caller doesn't hear me) was fixed...for 5 minutes. I made 2 phone calls. Then it just stopped working again.

Any known (and maybe permanent :) ) fix for it?

UPDATE: made a clean install and so far so good... Hope this time will last. :)

Thanks for the effort. Good job.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] pinky0r:
at least on mobile browser: tap name -> donate -> https://www.paypal.me/slay16
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] FlintStoned-:
I also made a donation.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
Hi guys, I have released my Snap Camera app mod in post 3 (https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74078189&postcount=3).

If you guys are already using the Stock camera port then I guess this wouldn't be too useful, this is for those who use Snap camera (default LineageOS cam).

In the case that things work fine, i'll integrate it directly into the next releases.

More details can be found in that post.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Yes, please. I would actually love that.

By the way, is it just me or there's a pretty big delay when taking the pictures (especially with HDR mode ON)? Not a huge issue. I wouldn't call it a bug. And yes, I know this is not the stock camera. :)) So I can't expect (and I don't) the same results. But I was just wondering if this is something that can be improved over time.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] paparansen:
that is tomascus?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
Yep that's just how it is, no idea why Sony didn't implement ZSL support in the camera HAL in the first place. Unfortunately this kind of stuff is closed source so no improvement can be easily made. I guess it's not that bad when shooting in 8 MP mode as opposed to the full 21 MPs.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
yeah that's me :p
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Got it. Thanks for the info. And keep up the great work, man. You're doing good. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] beflythis:
Am getting intermittent data bug where I have to reboot to resolve.

Occasional bluetooth drops too that require a bluetooth on/off reset.

Is there a workaround or solution for the SDCard bug? Can't seem to identify SD card at all.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] madvinegar:
I cannot get the 5ghz wireless networks to show. Is there a solution to that?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Infy_AsiX:
advanced settings in wifi list, choose correct region.

I don't know if anyone cares but the Sony Hi-Res API audio doesn't work in Poweramp v3 with the 7/10 build. It did in the 21/8 build. Well it was half working then with 24-bit but without the 96kHz.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] dastu:
Error 7

When I want to flash the 10/06 version over the 07/26 version I get the error 7 "this device is ." (TWRP 3.2.0-1)

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a workaround?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Yes. Remove the first line in /META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script.

See the attached screenshot for more details (the highlighted part needs to be removed). Basically you need to remove everything until ui_print("Target: Sony/D5803/D5833:6.0.1/23.5.A.1.291/2769308465:user/release-keys");

Save the changes. Try again.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
How to install update

Hi and sorry for the question (i'm new to Android).

I flashed my z3c with the september version and now i want to get the newest updates from october. Can i do this without loosing all my settings and apps?

I already downloaded the new image from october 5th.

Thank's all
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Yes, you can.

BUT, since I did have issues because of that (truth be told, I was coming from another branch of LineageOS, so it may or may not apply to you), I would highly recommend to do a format /system before installing this update (or any update for that matter).

You won't lose your apps or settings since those are not stored in /system. They are stored in /data :) So, if that's what you care about, don't worry, you won't lose them.

So, basically:

1. format /system

2. install the ROM

3. install Gapps

4. install SuperSu (in case you don't have it and you want it)

5. Reboot

Oh, and don't forget to remove the first line in the updater-script in the ROM before you do anything.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] pinky0r:
i always just create a backup in twrp in case something goes wrong and then simply flash the new zip + supersu, nothing else (no clear cache, no format)

been doing that since somewhen in june with every build - didn't need the backup yet :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] madvinegar:
Thank you!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] paparansen:
sent you a little cookie, beer or whatever money.

thank you for your work!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
I did it like that, but without editing any script (flashed the version 20171005 / mcgi5sr2) - everything seems to work. Thank you!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Well, you also installed a different version which doesn't require you to do that. Have you tried making phone calls yet? :) Cause, if I'm not mistaken, that particular release has a bug.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
Oh - you are right :crying:

Just installed successfully the 20101006 version.

Thank you again for this information :good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
you're welcome. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] dastu:
Thanks! Worked like charm (except editing files inside a zip is not possible on Android)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
I guess you never heard of X-plore. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
I did it with Total Commander :cool:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
I have the mic issue with both 20171005 and 20171006 images...wiped system partition before.

I do not want to do a fresh install again :crying:

So i will restore the backup with 20100927 again...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Did you wipe the system partition before installing 20171006 too?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
Yes, i did.

I even tried it again with clearing cache afterwards...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Well, right now it doesn't work for me either... It did before.

[MENTION=4675360]tomascus[/MENTION], any idea?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
Try this:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72958088&postcount=1201
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Yeah...no. :)) Doesn't work for me.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
I find it so strange that mic works for some people and it doesn't for others :silly:

What release did it work fine in?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Well, so far it only worked with your build, the one from 06.10.2017. Haven't tried others (meaning other builds from you). And, initially it worked for like 2 calls...(5 minutes) and then it was silence of the lambs again.

Do you have the D5803, too? Should I try an older build maybe?

By the way, another bug with this build is that Music seems to be unresponsive during the first time setup (I think the actual file responsible for this has a name, I just can't remember which one it was, I haven't built Android in a very long time). :) Anyway, you can close that pop-up and continue on your way. That doesn't make it ok though. :))

Also, something else is missing (not sure if that has anything to do with the Gapps I'm using or not)... I don't have the Wifi selection screen during the first setup. So I have to login using the carrier data connection. Which is not a problem for me at least, since I've got plenty of traffic left on my subscription. But for others, it might be an issue.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] tomascus:
Calls temporarily working.... now.... that sounds really strange.

I don't think I have anything to do with the wifi selection screen but I will check it out.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Believe me, I was as surprised as you are. And I know it doesn't make things any easier. Cause, in order to fix this issue, you need to be able to reproduce it. Which clearly you can't right now.

Also, I'm not sure if any of my apps could be somehow causing this, since other people reported the same thing. I doubt we're using the same apps. :)) Well, we might be using SOME of the same apps, but debugging THAT would be a huge pain in the ass, and a waste of time, in my opinion.

Interesting (and weird) that you don't have this issue. So, something has to be different in your case.

Are you rooted too? Using supersu, I suppose? I'm just trying to gather some information to see what could be different here.

Also, if it helps....I could try to provide a log?

Edit: Which GAPPS are you using?

I made a little hack...which seems to have fixed the issue. I removed the GoogleDialer app from /System/priv-app, rebooted and installed the Google Phone app (which is exactly the same thing, not to mention the exact same version) from the Play Store.

Also, I found this: https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/191553/

Not sure it's related. But if it is, maybe it helps.

Edit2: Yeah...so this might be a Gapps issue. Not sure how to fix it on the Gapps level (other than using other Gapps). But after studying it a little bit the app downloaded from the store, against the one flashed with the Gapps, I would say that the one from the Gapps doesn't come with the necessary libs in /System/lib/arm.

For as far as I could see, it comes with:

libdreamstream_video.so

libortp.so

libsrtp.so

Now, I managed to add them manually using the arm folder created with the app from the Play Store, and adding it into /System/lib so it can run as system app. And, after setting proper permissions (folders: 755/ files: 644), it seems to be working. For how long? I guess we'll see. But so far so good.

So yeah, at this point I think this might be an issue on the Gapps side. That's why I'm curious what are you using.

If that turns out to be the issue, I guess we could make a flashable zip with the necessary lib for people who already have it installed and don't wanna go through everything I've been through today. :)) Now, of course that won't fix the actual Gapps issue. But it will fix the mic issue...hopefully. It's been a while since I've prepped a flashable zip... If you have the updated knowledge, I could provide the files to you and you can do the actual zip.

I don't know... What do you think?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
I used the gapps 20171010 Nano. Will try another one now.

What i recognized was that the mic is disabled after using the speaker...

Today there is another gaps version 20171011....let's see if it works.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] SaddFox:
I don't know if that's the same issue as the one I'm expecting. Basically, people complain they can hardly hear me at times, saying the sound is muffled.

Anyways, I'll try above fix and report back :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
It's not the same issue. But you can always try the things above. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
Whether different gapps works nor the Google phone app and copying libs. When i activate the speaker during a phone call the mic is disabled till the next reboot...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Mastercheef:
Has anybody GPS issues if parallel mobile data connection with an other app is active?

- navigation with google maps and parallel usage of google chrome.

If i do that the GPS signal only will be found if i renew the mobile data connection with axtivate/deactivate flight mode.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Well, yes and no... Let me explain.

I didn't have GPS issues. But I did have a weird (probably coincidental) connectivity issue earlier in Google Chrome, when Maps was running in the background. Basically, I couldn't open any website anymore. Regardless of website. Once I quit Maps, I was able to browse. Interesting part is that after entering Maps again, I was able to work with them in parallel. And now, even after restart, it seems to be working fine.

So...I'm not sure we're talking about the same issue here. Since 1. mine was not a GPS issue, it was a connectivity issue; and 2. it went away after restarting Google Maps (and even after a restart).

However, if you're saying you can't see the GPS icon in the notification area when you switched to Chrome....I think that's intended. Because Chrome does not require your location. Google Maps does. So I feel like it's intended to see that icon up top only when you're in Google Maps, but not in Chrome.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] pinky0r:
when using turn by turn navigation the notification icon should be active all the time afaik
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
I haven't tried that yet, so I can't confirm. Maybe it's active only when the connection to the GPS satellites is actually active. Does this only occur when using Google Chrome in the background? Cause, otherwise, I'm thinking this might be actually a 3rd party issue, meaning no GPS signal in that particular spot.

I could be wrong. I haven't tried this yet. So...you might have a point there. I just can't confirm it yet.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Mastercheef:
GPS icon stays activ during google maps turn by turn navigation.

But GPS signal is lost till the next mobile data reconnect during flightmode or restart.

Mobile data connection during an other app i actually dont try.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
I just installed the latest Carbon ROM - here there are no issues with the microphone - and i installed the same gapps as before.

So perhaps no gapps issue...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
It might depend on the actual Gapps. What I can tell you with certainty is that, ever since I did what I told you before (moving arm lib folder into the system/lib folder and setting proper permissions), I don't have the microphone issue anymore.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Jefferson78:
Ok perhaps it's on the permissions. Which one did you set?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Clean install (meaning including, but not limited to formatting /system before installation)? Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to test this. So I can't either confirm it or deny it.

---------- Post added at 07:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:00 AM ----------

The only ones that should be set so that the system can use those files. :) It's in my previous post.

Folder: 755

Files (in that folder): 644

By the way, you can set ro.qc.sdk.audio.fluencetype back to fluence in build.prop (in case you've modified it). Not sure it changes anything anyway. Which is why I set it back to its default value.

Screenshots attached
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Infy_AsiX:
External SD card write access using Magisk now works on this rom. https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-exsdcard-write-access-enabler-t3670428
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] paparansen:
copy a file from internal to external for example?

if yes, that works for me even without magisk/root.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] RealMenUseIron:
Nfc
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
yes, it's a very cool thing. are you getting somewhere with this? :))
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] Infy_AsiX:
Without requiring use of the Documents provider. Write access is still limited through Documents such as ES File Explorer having issues and even Titanium Backup with root can't use the protect feature on a backup for example. USB OTG storage also has issues.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] paparansen:
interesting....i will check that when i am back home next week.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] RealMenUseIron:
Om sorry it was a mistanke. I wanted to ask about an NFC fix for Lineage 7.1.2 for my HTC one max. But clearly i failed heh
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] arsradu:
Lol, now, you see, that made a LOT more sense. :) Well, back to your issue. I don't know about your HTC One Max, and as you can probably imagine, this is not really the place to ask about this device. :)) It's kind of off-topic.

BUT, what I can tell you, is that I just tried beaming a photo to another Android phone, via NFC, using this ROM (and a Z3 Compact, obviously) and it worked with no issue.

So...in other words, there is no fix for Lineage 7.1.2 since there is no issue. At least with this particular build. I hope this little piece of information helps to guide you (or at least I hope it can be a point of reference) to find an actual fix for your case.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Original Android Development] RealMenUseIron:
Yeah okay. I don't know where the problem is then, I flashed this Rom a few weeks ago, first I had problems with the error code 7 but I fixed that. Now my only problem is the nfc it seems. When I try to enable it it shows me that there has been no enabled nfc. It's like it's stalling when trying to enable it.

Sine I've flashed the lineage os 14.1 from this topic, I think this should be the place to ask for help.