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[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichelangeloJan:
Hello everyone.

This is my first post here - in hope to get help with my Sony Z5 Compact.

So a week ago I have updated to Nougat,by mistake tbh.

Unfortunately Im really not happy with the device. The volume is OK unless youd like to watch some videos on a website - you won't hear much.

Then, playing a matroska file is impossible - stutters, pauses, gives you 5 fps ( I'm not joking) - it was flawless on MM (305).

So my plan is to go back to MM and I believe I've read every step by step tutorial existing on the Internet but I still have some questions.

1. How do I backup firmware? Every tutorial says about a folder with firmware files that you can import to flashtool to make an ftf backup of your stock firmware. The folder does not exist on my PC.

I've tried "repairing" etc, still, it does not exist.

2. Why do I need a backup firmware ftf for warranty?

3. Where can I find an ftf file?

Xperifirm doesn't give me anything, there are lots of fake websites, xperiablog doesn't send me an approval email for my account.

4. Is there anyone in Lodz, Poland that could help me?

I'd love to downgrade.. The phone is unusable for my work and I can't afford a new one.

Thanks in advance.

Kindest regards.

Michelangelo
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dean F:
Suggest you download Customized SG firmware, the lastest marshmellow is still available for download. Grab it now.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gewiz:
Hello, welcome to xda.

First, please do not open 2 different threads for the same problem - it's against forum rules.

About your problem: which fw you are on? you could try newest nougat firmware .33 first because the problems you described should've been fixed in this. Also you could dirty flash it and won't lose anything.

However if you want to go back to MM anyway, i would recommend 5.11 fw because it's .305 with newer security patch.

Be aware, that if you go back to MM, you will have to make a clean flash.

You can find all 3 firmwares on xperifirm from different regions(also .305). For most regions there are two different available, so click through all firmwares and look on the right side which you can choose.

What do you mean xperifirm gave you nothing?

How to download via xperifirm, create a ftf and flash viaflashtool: https://xdaforums.com/z5-compact/general/32-3-2-33-pushed-t3581352/post71662820#post71662820
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superrman:
yup every update sony become worse

the best one was the last 5.1.1 i think (or one b4)

the last 6MM was meh

the last nougat (.33) is far worse from all of them

probably i won't buy sony's anymore

( i was happy with my WT19 sony ericsson arc like(Legacy Xperia) the one of the reasons i bought this sony(also easy roms flash,you just need use flash tool for stock roms you dont even need root or BTunlocked)

anyway i'm usually replace my phone every 5 years in average (when the phone stop run smooth mid-low range .like waze, temple run 2,subway surfer. apps (z5 still mid-high)

so the phones got about 4 more years, at least how i see it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhaha:
As Gewiz suggested, if you're on .376 or .378 version of the Nougat firmware, then updating to 2.33 might just fix the problems you're describing.

This is the highly recommended solution, since you won't lose any of your data or settings, and you don't really have to do anything, just wait for the update to become available for your region via OTA or Xperia Companion.

If you insist on downgrading back to MM, then you must perform a clean flash using unofficial (non-Sony) tools, which means you will lose all of your data and settings. Therefore you should backup all your data before doing so.

Being on anything but the latest version means you will forever have a non-dismissible notification nagging you about upgrading to the newest version.

If you're fine with that, then download a MM ROM from XperiFirm, create a FTF from the bundle, then flash it to your phone using Flashtool.

I think you're confused by the numerous tutorials you've read about "backups" and "warranty". You've likely read guides teaching you how to root your phone, which involves making a backup of the TA partition of your phone to preserve the DRM keys that resides within. Rooting the Z5C requires unlocking the bootloader, a process that wipes the DRM keys and voids your warranty. So, guides are there to help people make a backup of the DRM keys, so that they will have the ability to restore the keys to the phone and return the phone to warranty-eligible state when they need warranty service or resell their phone.

Since you have made no mention of rooting your phone, I assume none of this matters to you, don't worry about it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichelangeloJan:
Thank you all for the replies.

I updated from 376 to 2.33 and the phone is even more pathetic. It's slow and sluggish even with stamina mode off and data transfer/WiFi off. The battery drain is even bigger, now the alarm volume is terrible ( although video volume in chrome browser is now better). Mind you, I always do a reset after updating the phone, so everything that could be done was done.

I'm after 305 since the 5.11 introduced heating an worse performance ( I don't believe it was just a security patch).

I've managed to download 305 firmware with Xperifirm but I've hit one obstacle - I cannot create an FTF file with flashtool as the Xperifirm download unpacks the " FILE" files to many separate files and folders after download.

Could anyone please tell me how should I go about it? I'm really desperate to downgrade this phone as it was perfect until the cursed update and I can afford a new one.

Thanks in advance, and again thanks for all the replies.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xenograph:
First: for nougat (7.0) you need flashtool in version v0.9.23.2

version 0.9.23.1 _cannot_ create ftfs out of what you downloaded with xperifirm

Second: here's a tutorial for FTFs:

http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/08/1...re-files-using-xperifirm-and-flashtool-guide/

Please note: in flashtool, you just have to click "Bundles\Create" (you don't need to decrypt, as this is done by xperifirm already)
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichelangeloJan:
Ok, guys I have one last question regarding this topic. Im sorry this took me so long but I don't have the Internet connection at home.

The "how to create an FTF file" tutorial says " exclude . Ta files" although the screen from it show only 2 files being excluded.

Some other tutorials either say the same or don't mention the .ta files.

So should I exclude all of them? Or should I leave "simlock. Ta" and "booter" in there?

Thanks again.

Michelangelo
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trax7:
Reflash firmware or make a factory reset. I am on .33 Nougat and rooted. Don't have any issues. Only have Greenify and battery life is good, performance is very good.

I also have flashed Zach's kernel, it makes a difference. However, these issues you have are not from this. Some people have reported such issues when upgrading from MM. If you don't want to unlock bootloader and root, make a factory reset or flash a whole .33 FTF in Flashtool. Also no, I haven't had these issues on .376 either.

I hope one of my tips helps you :):cool:

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Don't exclude anything, leave it as is :)

If you ask me, make a backup of all the stuff of your Internal Storage and wipe Userdata as well (unlocking the bootloader also does this, if you decide to do so).
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] hoolahoous:
I loaded a touchit rom on my wing.. and it is so much better than default windows functionality.

One annonyance still remains though. When I am in a program (e.g. looking at contacts list), when I want to get out of the program, I have to reach all the way down to hit the 'end call' button (physical button with red telephone on it).

Other alternative is to click the close button on top right. But that can not be reached with a normal finger since it is so tiny.

So can there be a touch gesture which can make me exit quicker ? Or is there already one which I do not know about ?
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] papamopps:
there are programs like zapit! - you can assinge to a hardware button.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
So, I guess I have about a month to return the LG V20 which TMobile is paying off for me to take the S8 Plus.

Second text message a few seconds after the first about returning the V20 sent the tracking number. So, are these shipping even earlier than the 18?

Very odd.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarineSniper:
I've had my g3 for 2.3 years, and it suddenly went into boot loop one day after charging the phone. The boot loops for around 3 or 4 times then stopped and stayed shut down, got it to repair shop yet they claimed that it wasn't hardware issue but software. I doubt that as I've updated my g3 to android 6.0 last October and has been working fine since. However, just to note that I was charging with a broken cable last time before it went into this boot loop. What's the problem with the phone and how can I retrieve my stuff as i haven't backed up yet. Is this problem fixable as I am trying to avoid factory reset and data wiping at all costs.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
I had the same problem , it happend suddenly 2 days ago and i am trying to solve this stupid problem but so far no solution.

I upgrade it to 6.0 then downgrade 5.0 tried different versions but no solution.

Wierd thing is just started from nowhere.

Kind of Cpu and heating related but not sure what can be the solution cuz when the phone is colder not restarting that much like warmer.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MirzaAwais:
Have you tried new battery?

Are you able to use your phone while plugged in charger?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarineSniper:
I haven't tried a new battery, yet I have two batteries, one was the original and other was bought at the same time I got my phone 2 .3 years ago, I have also tried to boot my phone plugged in, and even safe mode, but no success. Both methods only took it into the boot loop.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
First thing i bought new battery but didnt help at all.

It is most probably cpu heat sink problem , that heat sink doesnt work anymore i guess . Now phone works like normal with low cpu freq. but a bit slower ..

One day i will try to change heat sink on cpu but dont know when :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarineSniper:
So do you have similar problem? and how did you get it to work at low cpu frequency, I don't mind it being a bit slower as long as I get back to my data on my phone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
I have same problem but mine at least opening .. when you can not start the phone , you can not change the freq of cpu.

I did mine with root and app called "no frill cpu"

For starting you can try to put your phone in to freezer 2 or 3 mins (not make super cold) and then start it when it is cold , i managed to use my phone like this around 10 min. so then u can change cpu freq

But today it turn off itself and so far couldnt turn on again ... looks like it gets worse in time..
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarineSniper:
Thank you, I will try that method.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
No problem , tell me if it works.

I just try right now mine and all day it was restarting but i put it in freezer 2 min. and tried and it turn on ..

I am wondering all problems are same from cpu
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
Few mins. ago i opened up my lg g3 and apply heat sink on cpu chipset and so far it works really better than before

I even tried normal cpu freqs. and it didnt restarted , before using heatsink it was not even possible to see main menu on high freqs.

I was already thinking to buy new phone and spend so much money but then i give it a try and it works. I dont know how long it would help but so far so good.

So i would recommend anyone who has this bootloop problem to try heatsink gel on cpu if still problem continue then you can throw away the phone i guess
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohilj23:
Hello, I've battery problem and it keeps restarting by itself, So I decided to buy new battery and with new battery still problem exist and it's random, after 2-3 min usage it restarts.

What should I do ? the phone was working very good a few days ago and that battery was fine until this stupid restarting happened and even I flashed the stock Rom but it didn't fix it.

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How did you use heatsink gel on your cpu ? Is there any video or guide with picture ?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
You can use these videos for doing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2CP-8zmrU&t=316s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH5wCeootNI
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohilj23:
Thanks for videos, I don't know how but I was able to use the phone for 3-4 hours and for test I used Antutu benchmark and I got 53.000 score, When I tried to charge the phone it turned off and I tried to turn it on again it stuck on Lg logo and I heard some noises sound and phone stuck on logo ( sometimes it has boot loop), For now I turned off the phone and tomorrow I'm gonna buy Thermal paste, Hopefully it will fix it.

Did you have the same kinda of problem ? Like phone stuck on Lg logo or it turn off after you try to turn it on .
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JavierEGI:
How do I know if my G3 is dead? It doesn't do **** when I try to turn it on, it just vibrates and stays there. When I connect it to pc, it detects a connection but nothing happens. This happened earlier this morning and it doesn't want to boot back up no matter what I try.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1sin1:
My phone suddenly turned off and repeated to try to turn on itself but sometimes it was just bootlooping on lg logo sometimes just seeing lock screen and turning off . Noise stuff i dont know but mechanically there is nothing to make sound i think so dont know from what but i never had it.

You can try another working battery and software format. If these doesnt work then you can make thermal paste thing .. but if you think it is easy to do thermal thing then just start with that.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] engmia:
There is no point in software changes -- it's a hardware issue. I don't understand why no one checks the forum before asking -- there is a ton information written on here alone, and how to fix the issue.

You need to fix the loose connections and heat problems of the phone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixyak:
Thats right. All you have to do is applying a thermal on SoC. It did work for me
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] shahar91:
Some one find any solution to the gps problems in Redmi 3s?
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] Vishal.tambekar:
https://xdaforums.com/xia...psfix-t3551868
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] shahar91:
The link is broken
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] Vishal.tambekar:
Find here

https://xdaforums.com/xiaomi-redmi-3s/development/patch-gpsfix-t3551868
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] shahar91:
Thanks.

There is no fix for MIUI Rom? just for the cm?
[Android Head-Units] bonan104:
Hi,

I bought a car radio Android MCU 5.13.17-13 -10-253101-15110. I think is a Tonghai but I'm not sure. Everything perfect except the dialer which is really painful. The contacts are imported but not displayed in alphabetical order. They are placed at random with a logic that can not understand. When I receive calls only it displays the number without contact. You can replace this dialer?

Android 4.4.2

QuadCore Processor r16 1.6 g

System version 4.5.9_20160322
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ovoxo.:
Have an opportunity to buy a used OP2 for $100, which I'm going to assume everything is functioning as intended. Now my question is, is the phone worth the money nowadays, or would you recommend something else in that ball park? Been using iPhones again for the last couple of years, and since my 5x ate ****, I've been having the Android itch.

Any advice from you OP2 owners out there?
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhaval2010:
seems a great deal

just try some custom roms while u are at it [RR]

U are gonna love Android
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel7022:
Ya you'll like the op2 for a hundred !
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinnipinni:
The Device is a I9195.

It had the Stock Rom, I think Lollipop? not Sure, it was the newest aviable via OTA. It had some serious battery issues and sometimes the App not Responding prompt appeared for diffrent apps. They usually vanished after a few seconds. Today I flashed TWRP, took a backup of the full Rom and flashed the daily LineageOS build from the general section. It all worked fine until I realised that I forgot to copy the Contacts. Back to TWRP and made another backup of LineageOS. The I restored the Stock one. After it booted up, I entered my PIN and thats all. Blackscreen and random App not responding popping up all the time. Even after a wait of at least 30 mins nothing changed. So I just copied the contacts2.db file via TWRP and tried to restore my Lineage backup. After booting up, guess what, App not responding, after waiting like a minute, back to bootscreen for a loop. Back to TWRP, full wipe, reflash, After boot, the same. I tried it several times now and I don know what to do. My next thing to try would be flashing RR, but at this point I dont know if it will change anything at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronRoo:
Assuming you did a full wipe as you say then maybe it's a Gapps problem as apps not responding, what gapps source did you use? Was it arm, android 7.1 & micro or smaller? Did you install your old app data?

You could try going back to stock then reflash LOS again, maybe with gapps from a different source, and don't reinstall app data from your backup.

(BTW. When you have a "black screen" does it show the notification bar at the top & can you pull down the quick settings? Does the power off menu work? So in other words, different screen layers seem to work so you see the app not responding msg (though I didn't get app not responding msg). I had this when I first tried LOS14, can't remember if I fixed it ..... or was that LOS13? .......:confused: Or do you mean your whole screen is black but just some msg pop up?)

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BTW My Phone Explorer is a good way to sync your contacts, calendar, some files etc locally with your PC without going through Goggle, and also getting them onto a new rom
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinnipinni:
I tried it with arm 7.1.1 Aroma Package Gapps. The first time it worked fine. After the restore and the wipes etc. I tried it with and without Gapps, but it just showed the black screen and the messages pop up. No notifications. I was able to open up the power menu like normal, on LineOS and on Stock. They behaved the same. I'm now on RR and this seems to work fine. I'll report if something weird happens, its the phone of my father.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] Master-Master:
does this phone hurt ears?!i heard about it somewhere that it makes pain in ears and our neck! i didnt feel it plz you give me a feedback etc.thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] UsernameNotRecognized:
??? What the ****?

No.

Just no.

It doesn't.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] wurstel:
It's like the miui.com forum in here ?
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] deadman96385:
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.​

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you.
*
*/

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. You will need to provide your own Google Applications package (gapps). LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

This thread is for Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 builds for lt02ltespr (SM-T217S). The following will not be supported here:

Custom kernels

Mods

Xposed

I don't support Xposed and any logcat which includes a Xposed module will be ignored. You're kindly invited to not report bugs if you:

Flashed a custom kernel

Installed or did mods from untrusted sources

Modified system files

First time flashing LineageOS 14.1 on your device, or coming from another ROM?

Download the zip(s)

Install a compatible Recovery

Perform a nandroid backup of your current ROM (Optional)

Wipe data/factory reset

Flash LineageOS

Install the Google Apps addon package (Optional)

Reboot

LineageOS Download site

Addon su

su binary is not included in the ROM, you have to flash it manually after

addon su (choose arm)

Google Apps:

OpenGapps

Kernel

android_kernel_samsung_msm8930-common

[MENTION=6949831]aytex[/MENTION] (He made all of the banners on this post)

[MENTION=3044346]arco68[/MENTION] (For his work on the Galaxy S4 Mini)

[MENTION=5706443]DarkFrenzy[/MENTION] (I used his work as a reference to get some of the device specific fixes)
​

XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM][7.1.1][OFFICIAL] LineageOS 14.1 - SM-T217S, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0

Contributors

deadman96385

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information

Status: Nightly

Created 2017-04-13

Last Updated 2017-04-13
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] deadman96385:
Reserved
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] zerbey:
Same issue on this version, when waking from sleep the backlight stays off. To reproduce, lock the screen then unlock. Have to powercycle the tablet to get the backlight to come back on.
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] deadman96385:
Next weeks build will have it fixed sorry about that
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] Lopez Darren:
Can i use this on my sm-t211

Cuz it has barely any ROMs
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] zerbey:
Thank you so much.
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] aaaa12345:
WOW!

Does it work on the t mobile version t217t?
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] deadman96385:
Maybe its untested right now i am working on a specific version for the t-mobile variant

Please send me a pm so you can help me test this if you want too
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] aaaa12345:
Great news! fingers crossed.
[Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Android Development] rgsoussama:
Thanks :) .

Do you make for SM-T116 ?

:laugh:
[Note 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Slem34:
For the person is looking for more new S8 like icons i'have made a clean page where i put my work !​

Mod Edit : Links Removed

Do not hesitate to ask me to make new icons for any application​
[Note 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] zaibjan:
Plz make an apk file
[Note 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Vatsal:
Thread closed at OP's request.